arts and entertainment
W.E.B. Du Bois’s story ‘The Comet’ reaches the operatic stage, with ‘Poppea’
June 27, 2024Audiences will have further opportunities to see this amazing piece of “double consciousness” music theater in forthcoming productions in New York City, at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, and at Yale University in New...
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Wildly funny political satire ‘The Outsider’ exposes sorry secrets of electoral appeal
June 20, 2024Politics these days is hardly a laughing matter, but there’s always a privileged spot for satire irrespective of how grim the forecast.
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‘Taking Venice’: How the U.S. did it
June 4, 2024The film is structured as a suspense story, though we know the conclusion before we even set foot in the theater. The musical score helps to keep viewers on the edge of their seats.
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‘Topsy Turvy’: From Covid to Ovid, a pandemic parable
May 29, 2024The play not only lampooned but harpooned the Bush administration and the professional flatterers of mass murderers.
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Women’s liberation comes to the world of mariachi in Los Angeles premiere
May 14, 2024Funny how the theme of oppression of women keeps coming back in the playhouse.
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