An absorbing, pungently played exploration of the stark truths and confounding complexities that spawned the Hollywood edition of the #MeToo movement.
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Concert Review: Cellist Sophie Shao, Pianist John Blacklow – Music by Debussy, Herschel Garfein and Others (30 September 2022)
An exciting new piece by Brooklyn composer Herschel Garfein fit smoothly with Debussy and George Walker at Bargemusic.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): Shakespeare’s ‘Measure for Measure’ from Smith Street Stage
A new production of 'Measure for Measure' takes the measure of cruelty and love with innovative staging and an excellent cast.
Read More »Concert Review: TENET Vocal Artists – Motets of J.S. Bach (NYC, Sept. 18 2022)
TENET Vocal Artists demonstrated that Bach's motets are as uniquely, miraculously Bach as anything else he wrote for the human voice.
Read More »Concert Review (NYC): Momenta Festival VII – ‘Horn Fifths,’ Music of Brahms, Bacewicz and Mogi
The Momenta Quartet presented music from three centuries, featuring piano and French horn, at Momenta Festival VII.
Read More »Exclusive Interview: Maestro Jun Märkl on Taiwan Philharmonic’s 2022-23 Season
The Taiwan Philharmonic's Music Director talks to us about the orchestra's "Virtuoso Music in Scotland" concerts and what's in store for the season.
Read More »Theater Review (Off-Broadway NYC): ‘Our Man in Santiago’ by Mark Wilding
Not everything is as it seems in this comic spy thriller about the CIA and the overthrow of Chilean president Salvador Allende in 1973.
Read More »Exclusive Interview: Kevin Kwan Loucks, CEO of Chamber Music America
CMA's head spoke to us as the organization gears up for its 45th Annual National Conference.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): Walt Disney Faces the Animators’ Strike of 1941 in ‘Burbank’ by Cameron Darwin Bossert
The play acutely dramatizes the strike using only three characters, and suggests parallels with our age that go beyond the current resurgence of union organizing.
Read More »Book Review: ‘The Red Widow: The Scandal That Shook Paris and the Woman Behind It All’ by Sarah Horowitz
A tale of a gripping scandal surrounding perhaps the most notorious crime of Paris's belle époque.
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