arts and culture – Page 135

‘Valley of the Heart’ by Luis Valdez in exuberant WWII era production

November 14, 2018 By Eric A. Gordon

"I use the theater not just to enlighten but to touch the hearts of people. If we can touch the heart, maybe we can do something to bring justice to our lives.”

‘Finks’ and ‘The Little Foxes’: The blacklist echoes through the decades

November 14, 2018 By Eric A. Gordon

"It was perhaps a celebration of human courage in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds. Now, the past the play portrays echoes in our everyday world."

Fountain Theatre explores disability in Pulitzer Prize-winning ‘Cost of Living’

November 13, 2018 By Eric A. Gordon

Perhaps more than anything, Cost of Living examines the human need for one another, and what we do to get what that need demands of us.

Dominican Republic jazz report: When in Cabarete, dance merengue

November 9, 2018 By Laurent Ross

The 21st annual Dominican Republic Jazz finished off with a bang in this beach town on November 5. The final concert was—where else?—on Cabarete’s wide yellow-sand beach.

‘Satyagraga’: Philip Glass’s colossal Gandhi epic is activist opera at its best

November 7, 2018 By Ed Rampell

With Satyagraha Philip Glass transports us to the higher realms of cosmic consciousness. It’s a lot more enlightening to ride in one of Krishna’s chariots than in a yellow cab.