theater
Bringing Eleanor Roosevelt’s lover Lorena Hickok out of the shadows
February 26, 2016The play's frank assertion that Hick and Eleanor were lovers represents a departure from earlier dramatizations of their relationship.
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“I kill a man…/I love a man…”: The Emile Griffith jazz opera
February 24, 2016Of the hundreds of opera performances I have attended over a lifetime, rarely have I been so emotionally stirred as I was by this one.
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A new opera focuses on Frau Schindler of “List” fame
February 12, 2016In three acts, the opera features more than 20 roles, plus chorus, in scenes that alternate between the Schindler home and the factory.
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New L.A. play says: Beware the catch in every dream
February 2, 2016The new play "Dream Catcher" provides an uninterrupted 80 minutes of high drama between two passionate characters.
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“Candide”: The best of all possible shows?
January 27, 2016It's at all times innovative, witty and charming, full of puppetry, pageantry, imaginative stagecraft and Voltaire's waggish sensibility.
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