arts and entertainment
‘Satyagraga’: Philip Glass’s colossal Gandhi epic is activist opera at its best
November 7, 2018With 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.
Read more‘Vietgone’ enacts Vietnamese refugees’ many-sided experience in America
October 30, 2018The fearless Vietgone takes audiences on a rocky 1970s trip across the American landscape with a punchy soundtrack and elements of pop culture.
Read more‘The Hard Stuff’: Wayne Kramer’s life in the revolutionary MC5
September 18, 2018The story of the MC5 remains a powerful example of how music can spark inspiration for the greater cause.
Read moreAtonement and redemption in stage treatments of commies, religion, reality TV
August 21, 2018Who doesn’t love a good redemption story?
Read more“Screwball Comedy”: A comic collision of classes
August 20, 2018In Norm Foster’s Screwball Comedy the Canadian playwright emulates movies of the film genre of the same name that had their heyday during the Depression.
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