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Sunday, September 29, 2019

NYFF: The Irishman - new Martin Scorsese film

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Martin Scorsese 's film career has been graced by landmarks of greatness: Mean Streets (1973), Taxi Driver (1976), Raging Bull (19...
Tuesday, August 13, 2019

Plácido Domingo Accussed of Sexual Harrasment

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The term "Latin Lover" assumes certain types of behavior that in today's #Me Too movement can quickly and easily turn into a...
Friday, August 09, 2019

Life on the Moon (?)

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The question as to whether or not there is life on the Moon may finally have a positive answer. A payload of tardigrades, micro animals th...
Thursday, August 08, 2019

The Main Slate of the New York Film Festival

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The Main Slate for the 2019 New York Film Festival has been announced.  Here are the films: Opening Night The Irishman Dir. Martin Sco...
Thursday, August 01, 2019

HAL PRINCE dies at 91

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That picture above represents the way I will always remember Hal Prince , that giant of Broadway, who died yesterday in Iceland at the age...
Monday, July 29, 2019

THE IRISHMAN will open the 2019 NY Film Festival

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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...
Saturday, July 27, 2019

Spanish Singer Makes Debut at Bayreuth

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Jorge Rodríguez Norton , the tenor from Asturias, Spain made his debut at Bayreuth on Thursday's opening night gala of the new produc...
Friday, July 26, 2019

Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood: new Tarantino film

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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...
Thursday, July 25, 2019

Bayreuth: New Staging of Tannhäuser

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

Bayreuth: New Ring for 2020

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On the eve of the start of the 2019 Bayreuth Festival , festspielchief Katharina Wagner has announced in a press conference that a new ...
Wednesday, July 24, 2019

A Roadmap for Impeachment?

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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...
Sunday, July 21, 2019

Bayreuth 2019: All Systems are GO!

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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...
Saturday, July 20, 2019

W.A. Mozart's THE MAGIC FLUTE at the Mostly Mozart Festival

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What a sheer delight is the Barrie Kosky , Suzanne Andrade production of Mozart 's The Magic Flute , with incredible animations by Pa...
Friday, July 12, 2019

Leonardo's ST. JEROME at the MET

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One of the great paintings of the Renaissance, Leonardo Da Vinci 's St. Jerome Praying in the Wilderness , an unfinished portrait that...
Tuesday, July 09, 2019

ABT: Beauty returns

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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...
Thursday, July 04, 2019

MIDSOMMAR: New Film by Ari Aster

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After Midsommar , Ari Aster ’s latest journey into modern horror, many critics will be calling the director's talent as visionary, des...
Friday, June 21, 2019

ABT: Manon with Roberto Bolle's Farewell

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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...
Tuesday, June 18, 2019

New "CASABLANCA" from Egypt

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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...
Sunday, June 16, 2019

ON BROADWAY: To Kill a Mockingbird

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The winners here are Aaron Sorkin who has fashioned a riveting play out of Harper Lee 's well known 1960 novel, and director Bartlett...
Saturday, June 15, 2019

ON BROADWAY: Kiss Me Kate

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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...
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Vincent Vargas
Vincent Vargas is a retired foreign language and film history teacher from New York City. He runs websites dedicated to Casablanca (www.vincasa.com) and Richard Wagner (www.wagneroperas.com).
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