Would you kill for love?
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Theater Review (NYC): ‘The Home Place’ by Brian Friel at Irish Repertory Theatre
Can one feel "at home" in an alien culture where one oppresses and dominates?
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Burning Doors’ with Maria Alyokhina of Pussy Riot, Belarus Free Theatre
Can villainy endure against the courage to seek freedom of the soul? Or will truth and its power overcome unjust, corrupt evil? Artist-activists from Belarus challenge the tyranny in Vladimir Putin's Russia with this superb production.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Kafka and Son’ Fringe Encore Series 2017
Franz Kafka becomes illuminated in this exploration of his relationship with his father.
Read More »NYFF 2017, HIFF 2017 Review: ‘The Florida Project’ starring Willem Dafoe
Where do homeless families live in Florida?
Read More »Hamptons International Film Festival Opening Night Film Premiere: ‘Itzhak’ with Itzhak Perlman
How well do you know the effervescent Itzhak Perlman? Alison Chernick's documentary about the great violinist is a delightful portrait of the man and the myth.
Read More »NYFF World Premiere Review: ‘Last Flag Flying’ with Bryan Cranston, Steve Carell, and Laurence Fishburne
Does war serve any purpose for the little people who fight it?
Read More »Los Angeles Film Festival Review: ‘The Pathological Optimist’ by Miranda Bailey
What is the controversy surrounding Andrew Wakefield and the MMR vaccine?
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘All in Good Time’ by Tulis McCall
Because her piece centered around the inevitability of aging, men, women, young and old found her raucous insights spot-on. Without a doubt, McCall's one-woman show remains the finest I have seen in the solo performance category.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘The Show-Off’ by George Kelly
Show--off, pompous, self-absorbed fraud! Do such descriptors remind you of anyone?
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