Tuesday , July 28 2026

Culture and Society

Robin Hood: A Journey Through the Ages

Erroll Flynn as the quintessential movie Robin Hood

Robin Hood has returned to our screens With a brand-new series from the streaming service MGM+. Once again, the arrows rain down from Sherwood Forest. This one is a grounded, origin-tilted retelling set in the tense years after the Norman Conquest. So what is it about the legend of Sir …

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Opera Review: ‘Orgy & Bess,’ This Year’s Drag Show from Heartbeat Opera, Soars on Campy Wings – Right into a Glam Gutter

L to R: John Taylor Ward, Angela Yam, Jamilyn Manning, Bernard Holcomb, Sishel Claverie (credit: Russ Rowland)

To "get" a parody, you have to be familiar with what's being parodied, right?Usually. The annual drag shows from Heartbeat Opera are exceptions – hilarious, harmonious, happy ones. This year's extravaganza will cruise on camp, costumes, and kookiness right into your crooked little heart.

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Theater Review (NYC): ‘Dimension Zero,’ a Riotous Anti-Capitalist Puppet Musical

Dimension Zero

Spiky and overflowing, 'Dimension Zero' whips its traditions and influences into a cheeky gumbo, its earnest anti-capitalist message wrapped in cosmic-psychedelic paraphernalia and unstoppable hijinks.

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Review: ‘The Mutables’ Wields Technology to Mix Dance, Theater, Opera

The Mutables

This hard-to-categorize show employs an innovative technology called the "BodyMouth" in a dance-theater-opera performance that references mythological female forest creatures from Balkan folklore, commenting on the othering and suppression of women and the female voice.

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Interview: Heartbeat Opera’s Dan Schlosberg and Jacob Ashworth on Heartbeat’s Past, Present, Future—and Halloween Drag Show!

Rodolfo Giron, Bernard Holcomb, Angela Yam, Hans Tashjian in Heartbeat Opera production 'Slaylem,' costumes by David Quinn

"We couldn't do this show in some places. Even opera, with some people not wanting to perform 'The Marriage of Figaro!'…But we're thankful that we're here in New York and for the moment we're able to do this in its full glory."

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