Hedwig rocks! Totally! So totally, in fact, that if youre not into stage smoke, strobe lights and amplified instruments, youd…
Suzanne Weiss
Suzanne Weiss has been writing about the arts for the past 35 years. Formerly Arts Editor for the papers of Pioneer Press in the northern Chicago suburban area, her work also has appeared in Stagebill and Crain’s Chicago Business, among other publications. Since moving to the Bay Area she has reviewed theater, opera, dance and the occasional film for the San Mateo Times, “J” and is a regular contributor to CultureVulture. She is the author of “Glencoe, Queen of Suburbs.”
Suzanne passed away in 2016.
The United States of America and the Bolshoi Ballet were founded in the same year, 1776. Since its Revolutionary beginnings,…
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The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater just gets better and better as time goes by. In residence for a week…
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Sooner or later it had to happen. Cesaria Evora put on shoes. Granted they were old-man slip-on bedroom slippers but…