arts and entertainment
‘A Death-Defying Escape!’ magically combines Jewish humor, lesbian romance, disability awareness
April 6, 2022Perhaps if there’s a single message Carter is trying to leave with her audience, it could be reduced to this quote from the show, addressed to the audience: “Live your life, people! It passes so quickly.”
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‘Hooded, or Being Black for Dummies’ explores racial identity, privilege, prejudice
March 16, 2022Is it possible to address hot-button, ever-timely issues such as racial identity, privilege, prejudice, pop culture, and even racially motivated murder with dark-comedy irreverence?
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Majority Latina cast and crew in world premiere play ‘Alma’
March 15, 2022It has been a coming of age story all along—and really, what else would it be?
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Filmic gifts of Gugu: ‘Fast Color’ and ‘The Girl Before’
March 10, 2022One can only hope that Gugu will continue to use her extraordinary gifts, gracing our screens to advance such causes and further our understanding and action.
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‘The Lehman Trilogy’: Epic theater traces a finance family’s 160-year history
March 9, 2022One doesn’t have to admire these people, except for the sheer brilliance of their heartless audacity, to recognize The Lehman Trilogy as one of the most significant plays of our time.
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