Les Misérables , NYC

New York,

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Les Misérables , NYC

Theater New York,
Arnold Bennett, no stranger to the quotidian himself, once accused James Joyce of selecting the “dailiest day” as the subject of his novel Ulysses.  Les Misérables, then, could be said to concern itself with the most epical epic: it is the story of a ...
no exit

No Exit, NYC

Theater New York,
“Why, [you’re] the torturer, of course,” Inez (Jolly Abraham) says to Cradeau (Bradford Cover) as she enters Jean-Paul Sartre’s "No Exit."  He says that this is “too comic for words,” but of course he is her torturer just as she ...
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Intimacy, NY

Theater New York,
Thomas Bradshaw is a 33-year-old black American playwright who might as well have his middle name legally changed to Provocative, because no one seems to be able to talk or write about his work without conjuring that adjective. The most ...
love and information

Love and Information, NY

Theater New York,
They Know You Exist Caryl Churchill’s "Love and Information" is a solid one-hour play that happens to run for a little under two hours. Its fifty-seven scenes are connected thematically and not narratively, featuring over one hundred ...
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The Refusal of Time

Art & Architecture New York,
  If you were sorry you missed South African artist William Kentridge’s 2010 production of Igor Stravinsky’s short opera “The Nose,” which played at The Metropolitan Opera, you must experience “The Refusal of Time,” a newly acquired art exhibition ...
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Heartless, NY

Theater New York,
The cast of Signature Theatre's production of "Heartless" Photo by Joan Marcus 'Heartless' Written by Sam Shepard Directed by Daniel Aukin Signature Theatre, New York City Through Sept. 30, 2012 Sam Shepard’s new play Heartless at Signature Theater ...
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Satyagraha

Music New York,
My dear late best friend Danny Cariaga, classical music critic extraordinaire of the Los Angeles Times, once observed that people went to Wagner’s operas when they were new because they had more time. But now, with the onslaught of e-mails, ...