Peter Allen (1944-1992) was a talented songwriter and performer who achieved megastar status in his native Australia, but never broke…
Arthur Lazere
Mr. Lazere founded CultureVulture.net in 1998 and worked tirelessly to promote its potential as a means for communicating a distinctly personal yet wide-ranging selection of arts reviews. Under his leadership, the site grew in esteem as well as in “circulation", and is well-regarded nationally and internationally as a source for up-to-date, well-written criticism.
Arthur passed away on September 30, 2006.
Online references on Alcina Alcina was written at a time in Handel’s career in London when he faced competition from…
The National Spelling Bee is a uniquely American phenomenon and a look at the teen-aged competitors and their families provides…
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The plot is familiar to anyone who has seen movies like Friday the 13th or Halloween. In an environment empty…
With an endless stream of violence flooding movie screens for years now, and with the immediacy of television reporting of…
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Director James Ivory, along with his partner and frequent collaborator, Ismail Merchant, and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala are sometimes disdained…
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