Culture
“Building the Wall,” resisting home-grown fascism through theatre
March 24, 2017It’s a rough-going 80 minutes but well worth the investment if it leads to greater effort to dismantle the incipient apparatus of fascism in America.
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From Navy Seal commando to fair minded film director
March 24, 2017“My interest is always with the side that initiates. The story lies with those who do, more than with the victims.”
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Suspended animation: In Philip Glass’ “The Perfect American” Uncle Walt is Mickey Rat
March 22, 2017Glass’ repetitive music is often lovely and evocative, a sonic tapestry expressing Disney’s dilemmas and visions.
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“Fairly Traceable”: Legal doctrine vs. indigenous people and environment
March 22, 2017The play accomplishes all it sets out to do: Tell a relevant story with complex characters, compelling internal, romantic, political, and legal conflicts, and a potent message.
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“Edward Albee’s At Home at the Zoo” with hearing and deaf actors
March 20, 2017The evening pairs the playwright’s groundbreaking, career-making, just under an hour-long 1959 play The Zoo Story with a 70-minute first act, the prequel Homelife.
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