Ed Rampell
LATEST ARTICLES BY Ed Rampell
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‘Lysistrata Unbound’: An ancient Greek sit-down sex strike
June 26, 2018One suspects that Aristophanes is smiling down from Mount Olympus upon this latest adaptation of his masterpiece.
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Eco-messages abound in ‘Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’
June 22, 2018Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’s eco-theme raises it from being just a crowd pleasing special FX-laden spectacle to a more worthy movie meditation upon species going extinct.
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‘100 Aprils’: Armenian genocide makes for heavy drama
June 15, 2018This tragedy about genocide is for more adventurous ticket buyers with a leaning toward the serious, who don’t mind being challenged.
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O’Neill’s autobiographical ‘Long Day’s Journey into Night’ a must-see
June 14, 2018The Bristol Old Vic Production of Long Day’s Journey Into Night is a masterful rendition of Eugene O’Neill’s masterpiece about the human condition.
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Shakespeare’s ‘Coriolanus’: An ancient class struggle epic with modern topicality
June 5, 2018In the first act the company’s timing was occasionally off, but by Act II they were off and flying into the wild blue yonder.
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Good when she’s bad: Bawdy bard Mae West’s ‘Sex’ appeals
May 16, 2018In our more enlightened age, like the immortal Mae West herself, you too, will enjoy Sex. Why don’t you come up and see it sometime?
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Stormy weather, creativity, love ands laughs in “El Niño”
March 15, 2018El Niño beautifully reveals not only the importance of romantic love and the part it plays in one’s self esteem, but in how these dynamics affect the creative process.
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Is nothing Sacred, Fools?: “The Art Couple” premieres in L.A.
March 8, 2018When I found out Sacred Fools was mounting a play about Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Gauguin I immediately set out to review The Art Couple.
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