In the dead of night, a university professor returns unannounced to his childhood home in a scruffy part of London…
Alice Neel (1900–1984) is one of many American women artists underappreciated during her lifetime. She didn’t fit in with the…
Speaking to a nearly sold-out audience at the Academy of Music on March 3, Philadelphia Ballet artistic director Angel Corella…
A whirlwind has been let loose on the Ahmanson stage. The National Theatre production of “Lehman Trilogy” has arrived. You…
Theatre for a New Audience’s searing and brilliant new production of “The Merchant of Venice” (a co-production with DC’s Shakespeare…
On Broadway “Slave Play” earned twelve Tony nominations – the most of any play ever — but did not take…
Early on in Trouble in Mind, veteran actress Wiletta Mayer (Ramona Keller) sits down with newbie John Nevins (Michael Zachary…
The Philadelphia Ballet’s ‘New Works for a New World’ program features newly commissioned premieres by choreographers Juliano Nunes, Alba Castillo…
“…I’m here to tell you that change is coming
whether they like it or not…” The goddess is refined, emanating from…
It doesn’t take long for a ballet student to grasp that dance is a bundle of contradictions: you go up…
In 2020, the cancellation of South by Southwest in Austin, Texas was an early indication that COVID-19 was just about…
A Life of Picasso IV’ The Minotaur Years is art historian John Richardson’s fine line portrait of the revolutionary artist…
The world premiere “Swept Away” is the tragic tale of four starving shipwrecked sailors — and it’s a musical. But…
Everybody’s Talking About Jamie is close to three hours long and what was my first instinct to write? Honestly? It…