Ed Rampell
LATEST ARTICLES BY Ed Rampell
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“Stand-Off at HWY #37”: Mixed loyalties, motives in great Native drama
March 5, 2014Ramirez courageously unleashes the dogs of war and sets her characters on a collision course. And as they head for the brink, she struggles to rein them in.
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“Billy Budd”: sex, revolution and sea in jaw-dropping opera
March 4, 2014In 1888 Herman Melville began the philosophical novella Billy Budd. Perhaps one could say that composer Benjamin Britten and his librettists E.M. Forster and Eric Crozier "completed" it with their adaptation.
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Pan African Film Festival opens Feb. 6 in L.A.
February 10, 2014One of L.A.'s leading annual cinema showcases and the biggest and most prestigious Black-themed film festivals, will take place February 6-17.
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Not all “peace and love”: Bill, Joan and the Beat Generation
February 6, 2014The latest addition to the Beatnik canon is on the stage, in the form of Bill & Joan, world premiering at the Sacred Fools Theater in Los Angeles.
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Marxist economist Richard Wolff draws overflow crowds
February 4, 2014They flocked to hear the unapologetically self-avowed "Marxian economist" who has long toiled in the obscurity of academia and left circles.
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“Day Trader”: wickedly clever play critiques capitalism
January 27, 2014Day Trader is sort of Sunset Blvd. meets Body Heat meets Wall Street, a modern morality play that will keep audiences on the edges of their seats.
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“Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit”: propaganda dressed as entertainment
January 17, 2014Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of Ruskies? The Shadow Recruit knows!
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Black-themed films lead Progie nominations
January 16, 2014Riding a wave of black-themed films, movies about slavery, apartheid, and police repression dominate this year's nominations for best progressive films.
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