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‘Nothing Compares’ review: Sinéad O’Connor doc boldly engages protest artistry and Irish history
September 30, 2022She’s known for is tearing up a picture of the pope, but O’Connor’s influence and artistry goes far beyond that moment.
Read moreKorean series ‘Extraordinary Attorney Woo’ challenges assumptions about autism and ability
September 8, 2022Woo is extraordinary as she is not only the brightest star in her graduating class from Seoul National University, but she is also a high functioning autistic.
Read more‘Under the Banner of Heaven’: Hell on Earth
June 16, 2022Hulu’s new television series Under the Banner of Heaven is a powerful reconsideration of fundamentalist religion.
Read morePlaywright Lucas Hnath examines the idea of Walt Disney in West Coast premiere
March 30, 2022LOS ANGELES — It’s a long title for a short play about a big subject: Walt Disney. It’s A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney by Lucas Hnath, whose play...
Read moreTchaikovsky’s ‘Iolanta’ in Los Angeles staged premiere features a blind soprano
March 23, 2022The adventuresome Pacific Opera Project (POP) gave the Los Angeles stage premiere of Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta Sun., March 20. The single largest production ever mounted by the company, the opera stars blind soprano Cristina Jones in the...
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