Culture
‘The Americans’ reaches new heights in “The Summit”
May 18, 2018Much of Elizabeth’s undercover work this season has focused on digging up intel to help the Soviets during the upcoming nuclear armaments summit with the U.S.
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‘Sorry to Bother You’: A darkly comedic condemnation of capitalism
May 17, 2018Whether intentionally or not, "Sorry to Bother You" reflects the feelings of a whole generation about life under capitalism.
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Long Beach Opera offers a different (and shorter) Tristan and Isolde story
May 17, 2018What Richard Wagner does in five hours, Swiss composer Frank Martin does in under two.
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Charles Busch’s ‘Die, Mommie, Die!’ is apotheosis of campy gay melodrama
May 16, 2018If you just might be starting to think that some of the characters and plots that come out of Hollywood are kind of absurd, a ticket to Die, Mommie, Die! is just your ticket.
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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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