“To Kill A Mockingbird” Gains All-Powerful Broadway Team
As befitting a literary classic that has never been out of print since its publication in 1960, Harper Lee’s “To Kill A Mockingbird” has attracted an A-list of talents to bring it to the Broadway...
View Article“Barockissimo! Les Arts Florissants on stage” Exhibition Planned in April
Since its founding, in 1979, by conductor William Christie, Les Arts Florissants has been reaping critical and audience plaudits for its productions of Baroque music ranging from the seminal operas and...
View ArticleWhisky-Soaked Detective Chases Dames in “Hardboiled": London Stage Review
Calling all those who like watching the detectives. For fans of Raymond Chandler’s thrillers, movies like “The Big Sleep,” and “Chinatown,” here’s a play you may enjoy. “Hardboiled: The Fall Of Sam...
View ArticleReview: Jérôme Bel, Benjamin Millepied & Jerome Robbins at Palais Garnier
The day after Benjamin Millepied announced his resignation, a new, rather overlong programme (three hours, including intervals) opened at Palais Garnier. The triple bill showcased Jérôme Bel’s “Tombe,”...
View ArticleLeaving the Future Behind: “Better Call Saul,” Season 2
“Better Call Saul” is a very strange show. For starters, it’s a spinoff of a well-respected and award-winning television series starring a secondary character, a format that’s always strange and...
View ArticleOpera Singer Cecilia Bartoli Wins Polar Music Prize
Italian opera singer Cecilia Bartoli has been announced as the recipient of this year’s prestigious Polar Music Prize, with a ceremony to be held in Stockholm, Sweden in June. Credited with reviving...
View ArticleSouth African Teen Leroy Mokgatle Wins at Prix de Lausanne Ballet Competition
16-year-old South African dancer Leroy Mokgatle has received a scholarship at Switzerland’s Prix de Lausanne after winning the “audience favourite” award at the schools ballet competition.Mokgatle is...
View ArticleOscar-Winning “Frozen” To Heat Up Broadway
The ultimate no-brainer: Disney announced on February 9 that its theatrical division, headed by Thomas Schumacher, would develop the global animated hit “Frozen” for the musical stage. An out-of-town...
View ArticleIndia by the Bay Brings Indian Film, Music, Food to Hong Kong
Following the success of the 2015 festival, India by the Bay returns to Hong Kong for another week of events celebrating the best of Indian culture both classic and contemporary.Showcasing all of...
View ArticleThe Confusing Rock ’n’ Roll Myths of HBO’s “Vinyl”
“Vinyl,” a new HBO series that premieres on February 14, is about music: specifically, music from the past, as its title suggests, and even more specifically, rock ’n’ roll. Unfortunately, what it...
View ArticleCelebrating Valentine’s Day with the Men of “Fiddler on the Roof”
In “Fiddler on the Roof,” now in a hit revival at the Broadway Theatre, the milkman Tevye looks heavenward and says, “I know. I know. We’re your chosen people. But, once in a while, can’t you choose...
View ArticleKanye West’s “The Life of Pablo” Is Very Good, Shame About the Boasting
Kanye West’s seventh studio album “The Life of Pablo” is released amid a blizzard of statements from its egotistical creator.The album is the greatest of all time, according to West. Having previously...
View ArticleBerlinale Review: “L’Avenir (Things to Come)" Reveals a True Heroine
In “L’Avenir (Things to Come)," the French film premiering in competition at the 2016 Berlinale film festival, writer-director Mia Hansen-Love presents a real-life heroine who becomes stronger and more...
View ArticleBerlinale Review: Jeff Nichols’ “Midnight Special”
In the opening scene, a voiceover from a local television newscast drops us into a story already in motion: “Police issued an amber alert for an 8 year old boy. He was abducted from his home near El...
View ArticleUdaipur World Music Festival Ends With Musical Landscape
Udaipur the Venice of the East, hosted the first edition of India's first World Music Festival. The musical extravaganza brought together more than 100 global artists from over 12 countries including...
View ArticleEd Sheeran Wins “Song of the Year” at Grammy Awards
Singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran has won the Grammy for Song of the Year at the 58th annual awards ceremony in Los Angeles, for “Thinking Out Loud,” first released back in September 2014 for his second...
View ArticleSplashy Songs: Animal Collective Paints, Sonically
“Painting has more freedom to be abstract than music,” says Brian Weitz, a member of indie-pop group Animal Collective, in advance of the band’s 10th album, “Painting With.” “You can be popular and...
View ArticleReview: Gemma Arterton in “Nell Gwynn”
“I swapped my oyster for my oranges, didn’t I?” says Nell Gwynn. Ostensibly, she’s talking about her life first as a hawker of molluscs and then of fruit. But when the frisky Gemma Arterton adds a wink...
View ArticleGoing to Extremes: Film Comment Selects at Lincoln Center
“Film Comment Selects,” the annual grab bag of films programmed by the staff of Film Comment magazine, is one of the key cinephile experiences of the year. Now in its 16th edition, the series, which...
View ArticleCheckpoint Theatre Celebrates a Decade of "Recalling Mother"
Marking the 10th anniversary of its original performance, artists Claire Wong and Noorlinah Mohamed will present their durational piece “Recalling Mother” at Singapore’s Checkpoint Theatre.Originally...
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