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The New York Film Festival will open on September 27th with the world premiere of Martin Scorsese 's latest film The Irishman , a bio...

Jorge Rodríguez Norton , the tenor from Asturias, Spain made his debut at Bayreuth on Thursday's opening night gala of the new produc...

With a title that evokes two of director Sergio Leone ’s great films, as well as the world of fairy tales, which imply make believe and wi...

The Bayreuth Festival began today with a new production of Richard Wagner 's romantic opera Tannhäuser, directed by Tobias Kratzer ...

On the eve of the start of the 2019 Bayreuth Festival , festspielchief Katharina Wagner has announced in a press conference that a new ...

We are hours away from a day that has been awaited by many on the democratic side of the aisle in Washington D.C. Robert Mueller will tes...

In the spirit of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, all systems are go for the opening of the 2019 Bayreuth Festival , w...

What a sheer delight is the Barrie Kosky , Suzanne Andrade production of Mozart 's The Magic Flute , with incredible animations by Pa...

One of the great paintings of the Renaissance, Leonardo Da Vinci 's St. Jerome Praying in the Wilderness , an unfinished portrait that...

On the very last day, and the very last performance of this season's American Ballet Theatre , I decided to catch their swan song, a r...

After Midsommar , Ari Aster ’s latest journey into modern horror, many critics will be calling the director's talent as visionary, des...

Ballet farewells are for the cognoscenti. Those that have followed the career of an artist, and want to make sure they have a last look at h...

A new film bearing the name Casablanca has been released by Egypt. Many critics are pointing out that the new movie might be a turning po...

The winners here are Aaron Sorkin who has fashioned a riveting play out of Harper Lee 's well known 1960 novel, and director Bartlett...

Cole Porter never had it so good with Kiss Me Kate . His 1948 answer to Rodgers and Hammerstein 's Oklahoma! was his first musical w...

When Samuel Beckett wrote his follow up to Waiting for Godot , a one-act play for four characters called Endgame , he wrote that this pla...

Titus Andronicus has not fared well in the modern era. William Shakespeare 's first tragedy (co-written, it is believed with George P...

Spring is the traditional time to present the works of Richard Wagner at the Metropolitan Opera . For many years, for instance, the optio...

One is not sure what Jordan Peele wants to be: a social critic, or a scare meister? Thus far he has been able to blend the two with genui...

Homecomings are dangerous. From ancient Greek tragedy we know that a return home after many years can stir dormant emotions and bring fort...