A Taste of Summer in America
July 1 – 5th A Taste of Summer in America. 5 talks about formative memories of messy summer al fresco eating from Nathan Englander, TC Boyle, Simon Van Booy, Audrey Niffenegger and Susan Orlean for...
View ArticleUpdating of Great Expectations
ICE festival I didn’t know about this Festival but it has been going for 20 years. It’s a curated showcase of independent companies presenting work in progress at the New Ohio Theater on Christopher...
View ArticleTwelfth Night – Mark Rylance
Amazing production that leaves me wondering whether in fact having women in this play undermines its comedy. Rylance gave Olivia a pouty over the top morose diva quality that was adorable White faced...
View ArticleJulius Caesar all female fitting mirror opposite to the Rylance Twelfth Night
It was loud very loud, the womens prison setting had a metallic feel, echoing, stark, steely, brash and harsh. Guards reading rules to us ( new inmates or visitors – not clear) as we entered ( in...
View ArticleInside Llewyn Davis
Agonizing journey – lovingly detailed. How a musician struggles and how hard it is to be businesslike and diplomatic when you are cold, exhausted and homeless. Started to listen to Dave Von Ronk’s re...
View ArticleNo Man’s Land – Mckellen and Stewart
Jason Bell A buddy play – the friendship between the two greats was palpable. A treat to watch national treasures. So much a genteel sequel to The Caretaker. The trope of the stranger appearing is...
View ArticleAmah in the Bathtub by Judith Kampfner
The lives of British colonial women in 1960s Singapore seems charmed because they have so much freedom but they may be unaware of problems back in their homes that cause both children and servants to...
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NEWS: ‘Forever Mankind’ by Judith Kampfner and Jonathan Mitchell – a cold war thriller about an alternative history of the moon landing – will be repeated on BBC Radio 4 on Wednesday May 13th in the...
View ArticleDie Fledermaus Jan 4th Met Opera
Highlight was Danny Burstein as Frosch. Delightful, clever, fresh performance. It’s a wonderful monologue that opens Act 3. I liked his performance as Luther Billis in South Pacific. This was his Met...
View ArticleA Bed and A Chair music and movement – Sondheim tribute
Jazz at Lincoln Center All Stars on stage with dancers and four singers at City Center.. limited run Nov 2013 The performers and the musicians seemed to exist in separate worlds. The dancers were the...
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