First Nighter: Ivo van Hove's Strong Take on 'Angels in America'
Since Tony Kushner could be considered to know best, why not quote what he says he admired after seeing Ivo van Hove's revival of the playwright's Pulitzer Prize-winning Angels in America, at the...
View ArticleOld New York in 'On the Town'
The sights and sounds of old New York are just a few of the marvels of the musical On the Town, newly revived at the Lyric Theater. If you see a subway sign marked IRT, you know you are in the right...
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Astana Opera on New York's Cultural Radar Screen
New Yorkers are in the enviable position that, sooner or later, everyone will come and visit the city. We do not have to travel the world - even though many of us love to do so - to learn about...
View ArticleReturn of the Artisan?
The digital revolution in music has always faced outspoken critics. Some have complained about harsh digital sound. Many lament illegal downloads. These days, musicians protest paltry revenue from...
View ArticleFirst Nighter: Sting's 'The Last Ship' in Full Sail
Not to be foolishly subtle about it: If a better new musical than The Last Ship appears on the horizon this Broadway season, tuner lovers best consider themselves extravagantly lucky. The production,...
View ArticleArts Education Transforms Societies
Do you enjoy the sleek look of your new iPhone? You can thank Steve Jobs for taking a calligraphy class at Reed College. Have you or your kids scribbled on a pair of Vans sneakers? Vans' President...
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Single Work Appreciation Day: "Aquarius," Inka Essenhigh
I've done this kind of thing before, but from now on it's a program: once in a while, I'm going to write about one or two pieces of artwork. It'll be One-or-Two-Pieces-of-Artwork-Appreciation Day....
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When Chaos Theory Becomes All Too Real
Although he was the lyricist for many musicals (Fiorello!, Tenderloin, She Loves Me, The Apple Tree, The Rothschilds, Rex, and the stage adaptation of The Umbrellas of Cherbourg), Sheldon Harnick is...
View ArticleHow Tattoos Went From Subculture to Pop Culture
Let's face it, tattoos have burst onto pop culture and have taken over the current media scenery. TV shows based on the tattoo industry are springing up on major networks, social media pages for tattoo...
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Project 24: A Portrait Of Millennial Artist Ariel Cotton
This is the third installment of Project 24, a series that documents the lives and work of millennial artists based in New York City. As a collection, these portraits explore how the latest generation...
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The Bunker Experience: Berlin's Boros Collection
The Bunker. All images courtesy of The Boros Collection. Photography by NOSHE. Berlin's Boros Collection is an art viewing experience unlike that at public museums, inviting visitors to view the...
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The Look of Silence and the End of Fear
A decade ago, Joshua Oppenheimer filmed two men by an Indonesian riverbank as they recounted their part in a political genocide. The army had seized power in 1965, organizing gangs and Muslim groups to...
View ArticleWhat Does Dylan Thomas Mean to Me?
Dylan Thomas has been there my whole life. The paintings and photos on the wall, the books on the shelves, the name ever present in everyday discussions. But he was also there in my mum's hazel eyes,...
View ArticleRape, Domestic Violence, and the Remarkable Courage of Two Fledgling Filmmakers
When I decided to attend the Golden Door Film Festival, I had no idea that the filmmakers who would dazzle me with their talent and intensity would be women. And it's no wonder: according to Indiewire,...
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A Pop Surrealism Primer: Spotlighting Mab Graves
There is a massive (underground perhaps only to Schnabel-beholden, 20th c holdovers and latent Banksy tagalongs) artistic movement riding a veritable Gulf Stream of a current that is fast evolving past...
View ArticleHappy Birthday, Slim Aarons!
Palm Beach - CZ! Capri - Marissa! Acapulco - Gloria! Only one photographer has captured the beau monde in all its secluded splendor: the legendary Slim Aarons. On October 29, we celebrate Mr. Aaron's...
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Stage Door: Excuse My Dust, The Brightness of Heaven
She was witty, caustic, talented and tormented. Dorothy Parker was famous for her wisecracks at the Algonquin Round Table and lauded for her poetry and short stories. In the 1920s and '30s, Parker...
View ArticleHow to Have a Conversation With Well-Meaning People
We all have our family of origin, and then we have our family of friends. It's one of the great perks of adulthood -- you get to pick a second family of friends who love you. While it 's likely that...
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Pedro Pablo Oliva Defies Cuban Censorship to Open His Own Exhibition on the...
Excerpt from 'The Strange Ramblings of Utopito' from the Pedro Pablo Oliva exhibition, Utopias and Dissidences (14ymedio) YOANI SÁNCHEZ, 27 October 2014 - Some years ago I visited the studio of the...
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'The Impossibility of Theatre:' An Interview with Emmanuel Demarcy-Mota
Photo: Jean-Louis Fernandez A few years ago, I was sitting at the Brooklyn Academy of Music smiling through a production of Eugène Ionesco's Rhinoceros directed by Emmanuel Demarcy-Mota. The piece was...
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