Ed Rampell
LATEST ARTICLES BY Ed Rampell
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‘Satyagraga’: Philip Glass’s colossal Gandhi epic is activist opera at its best
November 7, 2018With Satyagraha Philip Glass transports us to the higher realms of cosmic consciousness. It’s a lot more enlightening to ride in one of Krishna’s chariots than in a yellow cab.
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‘Johnny Got His Gun’ on stage: I resist, therefore I am
October 23, 2018Joe Bonham is an all-American doughboy horribly dismembered and disfigured by enemy artillery at the frontlines in France. As Joe evolves, his determination to live intensifies, and his thoughts turn to the nature of what cut...
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‘First Man’: The wrong stuff, from claustrophobia to the cosmos
October 11, 2018The image of a helmeted Gosling being used to advertise First Man walks that fine line between being a homage to or a rip-off of the far superior film 2001.
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‘Oppenheimer’: American Vishnu, the destroyer of worlds
October 9, 2018For those who love hard-hitting drama that has the guts to take on challenging subject matter illuminating the human condition, don’t dare miss this production.
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‘A Picture of Dorian Gray’ speaks of obsession with beauty and youth
October 2, 2018More adventurous ticket buyers who prefer their plays on the edgier, experimental side will more likely enjoy this drama.
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‘Moroni for President’: A gay Mormon Navajo freedom fighter
September 28, 2018Based on its name, I thought it might be a satire based on Trump about a moron running for the White House. But to paraphrase an old saying, don’t judge a film by its title.
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‘Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable’ rides the wild surf undefeated
September 26, 2018Aaron Lieber’s exquisitely shot Unstoppable is the second feature-length film about the 13-year-old Kauai girl whose arm was bitten off by a tiger shark in 2003.
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Intrigue in the palace: Verdi’s ‘Don Carlo’ and the Don in D.C.
September 25, 2018This stunningly impressive production weighs in at almost 3.5 hours.
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