Culture

“The Trip To Bountiful” in review

September 29, 2014 By Ed Rampell

The entire house rose at the premiere to give Cicely Tyson and the cast a well-deserved standing ovation.

“To Be Takei”: Love, diversity, and Star Trek

September 26, 2014 By Anthony Mangos

A new documentary chronicling the life of activist and actor George Takei is currently screening, to the delight of his many admirers.

A playwright named “Shagspeare” in Bill Cain’s “Equivocation”

September 24, 2014 By Ed Rampell

"Shag" for short receives a royal commission to write about Guy Fawkes and England's 1605 Gunpowder Plot.

“Persians” theater review: War is Hades

September 22, 2014 By Ed Rampell

"Outrage, once ripened, yields a bumper crop of retribution."

Film review: “Love is Strange”

September 18, 2014 By Eric A. Gordon

Put seasoned actors like John Lithgow, Alfred Molina, and Marisa Tomei together in a film, and guaranteed there'll be a certain amount of movie magic.