Eileen Atkins and Michael Gambon are wonderful in Samuel Beckett's radio play directed by Trevor Nunn.
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Movie Review: ‘The Advocate’
The Advocate is a legal and moral thriller that looks at hard questions of equal justice under a rule of law that is skewed to acquit the wealthy. Is justice possible when the justice system is broken? Ask the advocate.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘The Norwegians’ by C. Denby Swanson
Olive and Betty need some hit men, Norwegian gangsters in particular. These are really, really nice gangsters who will straighten out a woman's unhappy love life for a reasonable fee.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘The English Bride’ by Lucile Lichtblau
An interrogation room, and two separated suspects, once lovers, questioned by a Mossad agent about a terrorist act they may have committed. Whose story should you believe?
Read More »Book Review: ‘Comic Genius: Portraits of Funny People’ by Matt Hoyle
A fun, coffee table book for fans of both comedy and photography.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Kill Your Darlings’
The Beats were conceived in an evolutionary, revolutionary derangement of the senses.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Jericho’ by Jack Canfora
Jericho by Jack Canfora is a play about healing from devastating, traumatic events. Is it possible to recover? Is it possible to eventually move on? Perhaps, for some...
Read More »Theatre Review (Singapore): ‘Blithe Spirit’ by Noel Coward
Things go very wrong when a medium brings back the spirit of a man's dead wife.
Read More »Ready…Set…Write: NaNoWriMo Begins Friday at Midnight
NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) begins November 1 at midnight.
Read More »Theatre Review (Singapore): ‘Rumours’ by Neil Simon
This funny play was an excellent choice for an amateur theatre company with inexperienced actors.
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