Through the magic of theater, 'Unmaking Toulouse-Lautrec' will bring you into an intimate space where the mind of a great but troubled artist can live on for a new generation.
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Concert-Dance-Drama Review (NYC): ‘Lucretia’ by Cantata Profana
Cantata Profana explores via collage the story of a rape that, according to legend, triggered the fall of the monarchy in ancient Rome.
Read More »Music Review: Jerusalem Quartet – ‘The Yiddish Cabaret’
The new album from the Jerusalem Quartet and soprano Hila Baggio brings back the sound and sensibility of a bygone time and place with skill and high spirits.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘The Virtuous Fall of the Girls from Our Lady of Sorrows’ by Gina Femia
In Gina Femia's new comedy, girls in a Catholic high school wrestle with the conflicting rights and wrongs of the Church, the permissive society outside, and their own developing minds.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): Shakespeare’s ‘Measure for Measure’ from Spicy Witch Productions
This new, radically pruned rendition of Shakespeare's 'Measure for Measure' seizes on the theme of the ill treatment of women to create an audacious feminist reading.
Read More »Concert Review: American Classical Orchestra – ‘Eroica’ (NYC, 17 May 2019)
Beethoven's "Eroica" Symphony was a jubilant finish to the American Classical Orchestra's season under Thomas Crawford, showing their mastery of, and ardent feeling for, the classical repertoire.
Read More »Song Premiere: The Iveys – ‘Colors of Honey’
We debut the newest single from the upcoming album by quintessential family band The Iveys.
Read More »Opera Review: ‘Murasaki’s Moon’ by Michi Wiancko
This one-act opera dramatizes the genesis and composition of 'The Tale of Genji.' With emotionally penetrating music and glorious singing, On Site Opera's production has as much to say about our modern world as about ancient Japan.
Read More »Opera Review (NYC): A ‘La Susanna’ for the #MeToo Era at BAM
Heartbeat Opera and Opera Lafayette have devised a superb staged production of the baroque oratorio 'La Susana,' retelling a biblical story of sexual harassment with love, humor, seductive grace, and wonderful music.
Read More »Theater Review (Off-Broadway NYC): ‘Caroline’s Kitchen’ by Torben Betts
A madcap story of family secrets and thwarted love trashes the household of a popular London cooking-show doyenne.
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