Saturday, July 28, 2018

Bayreuth Opens with a new LOHENGRIN

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Remember that line Jeff Goldblum said in the film The Fly , as he was leaving his humanity behind and turning into a hideous monster? ...
Monday, July 09, 2018

PARSIFAL at the Bavarian State Opera

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There is a new production of Parsifal at the Bavarian State Opera . It features a stellar cast of Wagnerians: Jonas Kaufmann in the title...
Friday, July 06, 2018

Piotr Beczała will sing LOHENGRIN at Bayreuth

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Piotr Beczała has accepted the challenge of taking over the title role in the new Bayreuth production of Lohengrin , after Roberto Alagn...
Wednesday, July 04, 2018

Alagna is out of Bayreuth's new LOHENGRIN

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 Roberto Alagna has withdrawn from Richard Wagner ’s Lohengrin at the Bayreuth Festival . The festival announced that the tenor, who was...
Thursday, June 28, 2018

Jurassic Park: Fallen Kingdom

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Jurassic Park: Fallen Kingdom is the perfect title to describe the current state of the franchise that started with Michel Crichton '...
Monday, June 25, 2018

PARSIFAL at the Bavarian State Opera

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On June 28, the Bavarian State Opera unveils their new production of Richard Wagner 's Parsifal . The production will be directed ...
Sunday, June 17, 2018

Romeo and Juliet at ABT

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I never get tired of watching Kenneth MacMillan 's brilliant choreography of Sergei Prokofiev 's Romeo and Juliet . The more I att...
Monday, June 11, 2018

Robert De Niro's F-bomb at the Tony Awards

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Robert De Niro hurled the F-bomb last night at the Tony Awards towards Donald Trump .  CBS, which broadcasted the show live, scrambled to...
Sunday, June 10, 2018

The Band's Visit on Broadway

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The Band's Visit is the musical on everybody's lips as the Tony Awards approaches. At the ceremony tonight, this little gem of a...
Friday, June 08, 2018

Anthony Bourdain (1956-2018)

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Anthony Bourdain (1956-2018) He had a knack for entering the kitchens of far-away countries, and making us feel as if we knew that dist...
Monday, June 04, 2018

La Bayadère at ABT

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La Bayadère , with the glorious music of Ludwig Minkus and the choreography of Marius Petipa is perhaps the greatest exponent of pure Or...
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Sunday, May 06, 2018

AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR... Why?

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Once upon a time, Marvel was a modest comic book company offering superhero entertainment to children of all ages.  The majority of us f...
Saturday, April 28, 2018

Anna Netrebko stars as TOSCA at the MET

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It takes a ballsy opera singer to take on Giacomo Puccini' s great opera Tosca . Even more, it takes a truly fearless Prima-Donna to t...
Sunday, April 22, 2018

A Quiet Place

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It's great that A Quiet Place has become the latest horror film sensation. Directed and starring John Krasinski and his wife Emily B...
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Tuesday, April 17, 2018

CASABLANCA to be shown on TCM

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The film CASABLANCA will be shown on TCM tomorrow, Wednesday at 8:00pm EST. For more information about this classic movie go to my websi...
Thursday, April 05, 2018

ANGELS IN AMERICA is back on Broadway

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" Angels in America, a Gay Fantasia on National Themes ," Tony Kushner 's epic play about the politics of the AIDS crisis ...
Friday, March 30, 2018

El Quijote: Fabled NYC Restaurant closes during Holy Week

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Today, on the day that many Christians commemorate the death of Jesus Christ, many New York food lovers will witness the death of an insti...
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Sunday, March 18, 2018

James Levine is suing the MET

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Will this be the straw that finally breaks Peter Gelb 's back? James Levine is suing the Metropolitan Opera over the fact that he wa...
Sunday, March 04, 2018

Oscars Predictions

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The Oscars are tonight, of course.  Here are some last minute predictions: Actor in a leading role: Gary Oldman Actor in a supportin...
Saturday, March 03, 2018

WACO on the new Paramount Network

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Waco , a six part miniseries based on the 1993 siege of the Waco, Texas compound of the Branch Dividians, a millenarian cult led by David ...