Ed Rampell
LATEST ARTICLES BY Ed Rampell
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Anti-Trump artists’ group rides again in short films
November 22, 2017ARULA has moved to the film front, with a Short Film Festival at L.A. Downtown Independent, an outpost of indie cinema.
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Giuseppe Verdi’s “Nabucco”: 19th-century political theater
November 10, 2017In the case of this Verdi spectacle, it remains thematically and politically pertinent 175 years later.
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Brian Willson, a profile in pacifist courage at the Awareness Film Festival
October 19, 2017“In America, if you say ‘Brian Wilson,’ people think the Beach Boys, but in Nicaragua if you say ‘Brian Willson,’ people think of the peace activist."
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“Captain Greedy’s Carnival”: The P.T. Barnum musical about free market capitalism
October 4, 2017The frenetic play has lots of visual flourishes, and a Brecht/Weill vibe, but it also reminded me of Depression-era satire "Of Thee I Sing."
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Not quite ready for Freddy: Andy Warhol’s herky-jerky Herko
October 3, 2017"Freddy" tells the story of real-life dancer Freddy Herko (Marty Dew) largely through choreography (by Cate Caplin) and a recorded soundtrack of music.
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“The Madwoman of Chaillot”: An anti-capitalist method to her madness
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Going Rogue: The original American Antifa?
September 21, 2017As the Nazis ride again, British playwright Oliver Cotton’s brilliant play "Daytona" is about how fascism impacts and haunts survivors throughout their lives.
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“Trouble in Mind”: Nobody knows the stage stereotypes I’ve seen
August 16, 2017This production of Alice Childress’ Trouble in Mind came to me as a theatrical revelation. It is a classic “the worm turns” tale.
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