Culture
‘Sorry to Bother You’: A darkly comedic condemnation of capitalism
May 17, 2018Whether intentionally or not, "Sorry to Bother You" reflects the feelings of a whole generation about life under capitalism.
Read moreLong Beach Opera offers a different (and shorter) Tristan and Isolde story
May 17, 2018What Richard Wagner does in five hours, Swiss composer Frank Martin does in under two.
Read moreCharles Busch’s ‘Die, Mommie, Die!’ is apotheosis of campy gay melodrama
May 16, 2018If you just might be starting to think that some of the characters and plots that come out of Hollywood are kind of absurd, a ticket to Die, Mommie, Die! is just your ticket.
Read moreGood when she’s bad: Bawdy bard Mae West’s ‘Sex’ appeals
May 16, 2018In our more enlightened age, like the immortal Mae West herself, you too, will enjoy Sex. Why don’t you come up and see it sometime?
Read moreA Bloody Chicago welcome, in this week’s ‘The Americans’
May 14, 2018Sometimes, even though a mission is thoroughly hopeless from the start, you still soldier through to the thankless end.
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