arts and entertainment
“The Hip Hop Nutcracker” breaks out across America this season
November 22, 2016This loosely reconstructed version of the classic Tchaikovsky ballet is simply astounding.
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Journeying in films, from Nigeria to North Korea
November 17, 2016When you have over 80 countries represented in a major film festival screening about 400 films, it’s not hard to find great cinema.
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“Urinetown”: Disaster capitalism as a musical
November 7, 2016NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Urinetown: The Musical is a wicked, irreverent satire with broadly drawn characters from the world of melodrama. It tells an earnest tale of love, greed, corruption and revolution set in a not...
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“Unbound”: A generational saga from Panthers to Occupiers
October 31, 2016Playwright D.G. Watson’s Unbound proves the old cliché “politics makes strange bedfellows.”
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“The Source” updates opera for the WikiLeaks age
October 26, 2016"The Source" is to be applauded for daring to tackle such controversial subject matter.
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