arts and entertainment
‘Severance’: Alienation and its discontents
May 13, 2022It’s only a job, not something that affects one’s actual self-worth or shapes their entire lives. Or is it?
Read moreDave Harris’s incendiary play ‘Tambo & Bones’ opens in world premiere
May 12, 2022Guided by a genius of a director, Taylor Reynolds, the two leads show off a total mastery of craft in any number of idioms—dance, athletics, voice, gesture, song, accent.
Read more‘Pacific Cinewaves’: South Seas cinema at Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
May 10, 2022An Indigenous tidal wave of filmmaking has arisen with Natives writing, directing, producing, and starring in more authentic, accurate works for the big and little screens.
Read moreTwo Greek myths fused in ‘Hadestown’ convey a powerful anti-capitalist message
April 29, 2022Everything about the production is enchanting, a brilliant contemplation of eternal themes such as nature vs. industry, plenty vs. scarcity, faith and doubt, love and fear, all creatively staged.
Read moreAnti-Nazi drama ‘The Last Boy’ commemorates Holocaust Remembrance Day at Manhattan’s Town Hall
April 19, 2022Broadway breakout star Bret Sherman says, “If the story of the Holocaust doesn’t get told, it will be lost to history.”
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