They say right up front that they’re telling a fairy tale, so the warning flag is flying–Brooklyn the Musical has…
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.
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La Rondine is the only opera among Puccini’s mature works that is generally passed over in the current repertory–and with…
The telephone rings. You pick it up. No one there–or maybe the light click of a hang up on the…
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online references on Richard Strauss As always with Strauss, much can be made of the historical and political context of…
Click the poster to buy at MovieGoods.com Within the last generation or two, television has irrevocably changed the idea of…
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Dame Edna Everage and the Rise of Western Civilisation (2000), John Lahr It’s surprising, considering her vast ingenuity (no, that…
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Click the poster to buy at MovieGoods.com The current state of independent cinema is often bemoaned — not always unfairly…
The Mystery! series, produced by PBS Boston affiliate WGBH, has been on the air for an astounding twenty-four years, presenting…