Here is the perfect Christmas gift for the “Downton Abbey”/”Upstairs Downstairs”/antimacassar set. Anglophiles will probably thrill to the (sometimes hard…
Karen Weinstein
Weinstein is a clinical psychologist who teaches in the medical school at UCLA. She also holds a master's degree in Urban Studies and has a strong interest in history and architecture, as well as the theater.
Reader beware. This is not a review for the opera cognoscenti whose weary ears may be seeking newer, less familiar…
Trip thee lightly into the woods my darlings but beware the eternal dangers lurking there. Thus it is and thus…
What is naughty or nice is often a matter of when the question is asked. In 1967 when it debuted,…
Why pair Baroque "Dido and Aeneas" with Bartok's 20th century "Bluebeard’s Castle"? According to program notes by director Barrie Kosky…
Put off by the weighty title of the Geffen's latest offering on its more innovative stage? Take it from me,…
In lean times theater directors turn more frequently to one person performances and very small casts. For material, the "written-and-performed-bys"…
Maybe you are one of those folks who looked at the advertisements for the Australian Ballet's “Swan Lake” and said,…
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to win a MacArthur genius grant? I mean, aside from the…
“The Trip to Bountiful” is an old-fashioned story mounted with old-fashioned style. Not that that is all bad. It is…
“If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all” was the mantra of my youth, but that mantra…
The question: To be or not to be faithful to the original setting of an opera is known to evoke…
Somewhere folks who make up summer reading lists and compile theatrical playlists get the notion that we still have the…
Are you thinking you caught me leaving out some important information in the heading? Like the actor’s name? Well, I…