These hefty chunks of black vinyl in their gorgeous packaging should please Deadheads and audiophiles alike.
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This is that rare show that can break through one's usual cynicism and raise in an adult mind a childlike sense of wonder.
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Imagine Gilligan's Island but with something serious to say about human nature.
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Life for an up-and-coming concert pianist is an endless cycle of practicing and marketing...and yet more marketing.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘The Devil’s Music: The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith’
Miche brings the singer and her music to life through a committed performance resulting in a memorable theatrical experience almost guaranteed to lift the spirits.
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The expensive musical lacks what made the best superhero comics great: that unique combination of mythic mystique and crackling emotional punch.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Ajax in Iraq’
Instead of dramatizing the compelling themes raised by the parallels between ancient and modern wars, this play lectures us about them.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Drawn and Quartered’ by Maggie Bofill at INTAR
Under the inventive direction of Lou Moreno, the brave performances of Liza Fernandez and José Joaquin Perez shine in this powerful one-act.
Read More »Music Review: Jeff Norwood – “Push Pilin'”
Norwood detours from the traditional path of the bluesman and delves into the deep, piney woods of acid-blues and even trance-blues.
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Sophisticated, tuneful, soul-inflected pop is Eoin Harrington's specialty, and his new disc is loaded with it.
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