Culture
‘Moulin Rouge! The Musical’ stuns with dance, vocals, and spectacle
July 14, 2022The show pays homage to over 160 years of music, from Jacques Offenbach, who reveled in the cancan era, to Lady Gaga, Britney Spears, Soft Cell, the Eurhythmics, White Stripes, and countless others.
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‘The Janes’: Courage and creativity on the abortion front
July 13, 2022In a time when once again women’s control over their own bodies has been rolled back, The Janes offers a primer for creative resistance.
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On the bicentennial of Shelley’s death: Evolution of a working-class poet
July 12, 2022Next to Burns, Shelley had the greatest influence on 19th-century working-class literature in England. His vision applies undiminished today.
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‘Open Your Window,’ from the newly published Brazilian novel ‘Never-Ending Youth’
July 12, 2022People’s World readers are invited to enjoy a chapter from the recently published novel "Never-Ending Youth," about the young generation's resistance against the Brazilian military régime in the early 1970s.
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Is ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ a gigantic Broadway ‘afterschool special?’
July 7, 2022The performance is riveting, with fine delivery all around.
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