BLOUIN Lifestyle Pick: James Bond’s Props from “Spectre” at Christie’s Online...
Christie’s latest online sale is offering cinephiles a chance to be James Bond – or, well, at least to own some of Bond’s things.In an online sale launched February 16 and lasting till February 23,...
View Article“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” Revives Blues With Attitude: London Stage Review
Somewhere or another, according to the old record-company slogan, Ma Rainey is always singing to you. To be exact, right now that somewhere is in London. The Royal National Theatre has revived the 1984...
View ArticleReview: Delicate Juggernaut Rescues “Norma” at the ENO
You need merely a voice the size of Texas, the vocal flexibility of a nightingale, and the stamina of a prize bull to tackle the title role of Bellini’s “Norma.” Not much to ask, then.Chapeau, and...
View ArticleJames Franco Goes Back in Time in Hulu's “11.22.63”
The premise of “11.22.63” is simple. The miniseries, based on the 2011 novel by Stephen King and recently released in one big chunk on Hulu, asks the tantalizing question: If you could travel back in...
View ArticleJapan’s Lady Gaga, Tokyo Jazz Included in Japanese Cultural Festival in...
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Singapore and Japan, Esplanade have launched a new cultural festival, Super Japan, celebrating all of Japanese culture, from Kumamoto to...
View ArticleREVIEW: Christopher Wheeldon’s “After the Rain / Strapless / Within the...
Christopher Wheeldon’s mixed programme at the Royal Opera House in London includes “After the Rain” and “Within the Golden Hour,” alongside a new work, “Strapless.”“Strapless,” Wheeldon’s eighth work...
View ArticleHong Kong Ballet Is Coming to NYC
As part of a three week North American tour, the Hong Kong Ballet will perform in Canada and in New York City for the first time at The Joyce Theater from March 15-20.The troupe of 44 dancers led by...
View ArticleMoMA’s Doc Fortnight Looks to the Past While Engaging With the Present
Doc Fortnight, the Museum of Modern Art’s annual festival of documentary film, is dominated this year by works that look to the past and scrutinize how it is dealt with in the present. There’s an...
View ArticleSuper Japan Festival in Singapore to Star Kyary Pamyu Pamyu
Forget “Cool Japan,” in Singapore this coming May, the northeast Asian nation is being rebranded to “Super Japan.” That’s the name of a new festival set to open May 13 and due to run for ten days at...
View Article“Fire at Sea” Documentary Wins Best Picture at Berlinale
Italian filmmaker Gianfranco Rosi’s documentary “Fire at Sea,” about the grave refugee crisis currently facing Europe won the 2016 Berlinale Film Festival’s Golden Bear for best film on Saturday.Rosi’s...
View ArticleQ&A: Frank Rich on the Role of the Unconscious in “Becoming Mike Nichols”
Before his death in 2014 at the age of 83, Mike Nichols was developing an HBO film version of Terrence McNally’s “Master Class” that was to star Meryl Streep. The movie never came to fruition, but in...
View Article5 Things We Learned at the BRIT Awards – Apart From Adele Won
Adele had a triumphant return at the BRIT Awards in 2016, as the U.K. record industry’s annual ceremony went very much to plan. The singer-songwriter’s “25” was confirmed as Best British Album, while...
View Article9 Ridiculous Artist Clichés in Film and TV
Clichés and stereotyping are nothing new in popular film and television. If anything, they are the glue that holds the narratives together, a familiar reinforcement of the status quo. But the...
View ArticleReview: Dionysus Contemporary Theatre’s God of Carnage Hints at Hong...
An 11-year-old kid knocks out the two front teeth of another with a stick in a schoolboy brawl. Their parents meet with high hopes for mutual pacification. But high-minded cordiality and civility in...
View Article“A Bronx Tale” On Track to Broadway with De Niro Making Directorial Debut
While “Jersey Boys,” the Tony Award-winning hit about Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, appears to be slowing down after a decade-long run, a new musical adaptation of “A Bronx Tale,” appears to be...
View ArticleTom Conti, Laurence Fox Explore Love, Hate in Lynn’s “Patriotic Traitor”:...
Tom Conti plays alongside Laurence Fox in a new play by Jonathan Lynn... there is war, peace, laugh-out-loud lines and a hint of historical tragedy. All these, plus a life-or-death moral dilemma, are...
View ArticleReview: CIRQUE ÉLOIZE iD at Marina Bay Sands
As the curtain rises, the sound of jackhammers, car horns, sirens, and other street noises blast through the theater. On stage, a selection of city-dwellers are rushing to work. An office worker bumps...
View ArticleWill the Academy Awards Ever Change?
Is there even a way to talk about the Oscars without talking about its problems? At this point, the awards show, now in its 88th year, isn’t much more than a set of problems. And most of them seem...
View ArticleMark Rylance: Tony, Olivier, and Now Oscar Winner
In one of the few surprises at the 88th annual Oscars on February 28, theater veteran Mark Rylance won the Best Supporting Actor award for “Bridge of Spies” over the heavily-favored Sylvester Stallone...
View ArticleReview: Adele Starts World Tour With Arena-Filling Voice, Star Gossip
The singing may blow you away. The staging is sometimes spectacular. As Adele started her world tour, all the doubters who thought she would struggle had best look away now. Or, even better, go check...
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