arts and entertainment
Fighting racism on two fronts: ‘The Double V’ on stage
August 28, 2024Carole Eglash-Kosoff has thankfully rescued an important chapter in human rights history from obscurity and crafted an enjoyable anti-racist, antifascist, feminist drama about Blacks joining the crusade to make the world safe for democracy.
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Arthurian legends, Cold War realpolitik and sexual politics in ‘Camelot’
July 31, 2024Set in medieval England, Lerner and Frederick Loewe’s Camelot, one of Broadway’s top musicals of all time, is as fabled as the legends this play is derived from.
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‘Into the Woods’: Enchanting fairy tales for grown-ups
July 29, 2024This superb revival of Into the Woods is a stellar show, that movingly ponders the meaning of life and all the chances we must take while we embark upon our journeys.
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‘The Spy Who Went into Rehab’: A dramatic spoof on a film fantasy
July 23, 2024Gregg Ostrin has taken this potent potion and cannily shaken and stirred it with the notion and concoction of putting this vodka martini-swilling smoker, gambler, compulsive seducer, and multiple killer in a rehabilitation center.
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Still advertising for himself: ‘How to Come Alive with Norman Mailer’
July 19, 2024Did I come alive while viewing How to Come Alive with Norman Mailer and thoroughly enjoy it? Guilty as charged!
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