Ed Rampell
LATEST ARTICLES BY Ed Rampell
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General Nat Turner, the Black Spartacus in a new play
November 3, 2015It does not do Turner and his courageous followers justice, but it may be worth seeing for those who know little about one of the most electrifying moments in American history.
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“Moby-Dick”: Melville’s masterpiece gets an operatic treatment
November 2, 2015Although it has some fishy alterations, this is a mind-blowing production.
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“Scott and Hem”: An imagined second act of the crack up
October 27, 2015Mark St. Germain's "Scott and Hem" imagines a 1937 F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway meetup in Hollywood.
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Something for everyone: The sounds of Sondheim
October 26, 2015This bio-play of Stephen Sondheim dominates footage projected on a screen above the stage with six live singer/dancers onstage accompanied by a four-piece orchestra.
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“The Exit Interview (An Existential Comedy)” in L.A.
October 23, 2015If you want to get your Brecht on, and have a rip-roaring time, head on down to Hollywood's Theatre Row for a good laugh.
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“All My Sons”: Arthur Miller’s scathing critique of capitalism
October 22, 2015If you are a fan of drama you just owe it to yourself to see this play.
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War and anti-war films at Zürich Film Festival
October 15, 2015NGO workers entangled behind the lines of a combat zone during the final days of former Yugoslavia's warfare; Danes embroiled in Afghanistan.
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The Chile coup and Pinochet’s “Christian” torture chamber in “Colonia”
October 9, 2015German director Florian Gallenberger's Colonia is arguably this year's Zürich Film Festival's hardest-hitting film.
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