“Do you love me?” It’s a question that long-married couples sometimes ask each other, but never with quite the verve that lyricist...

Tweet The Tempest is thought to be the last play Shakespeare wrote without collaborators. Commentators often describe Prospero, the...

Tweet Louis Jordan isn’t a household name, though by rights he should be. Plausibly considered the father of rhythm and blues, rock ‘n...

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Tweet You may remember the era – Sputnik 1 launched in October 1957; the Russians were ahead in space. And they felt the time was right...

Tweet Journalist Dan Grossman has the coolest job, and one I’d say is crucial to the fate of the planet. He travels around the world...

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Tweet Photo of Natalie Mitchell, Andrew Veenstra, Miriam Silverman and Nick Dillenburg by Dented Lens Photography. There’s a rumble going...

Tweet John Hurt in the Gate Theatre’s production of Krapp’s Last Tape. Photo by Anthony Woods. John Hurt – his face a topographic map of...

Tweet Sundance is all the way out West. And I’ve only been lucky enough to attend Austin’s cool South by Southwest once. But having a...

Tweet Scott Fletcher as Kenzie and Jamie Quinn as Fraz in the National Theatre of Scotland’s production of 'Black Watch'. Photo by Manuel...

Tweet Lauren Molina and Geoff Packard (photo: Scott Suchman) Boom buh da paaah! The Overture to “Candide,” along with the Symphonic...

Tweet Hollis Resnick and Margaret Anne Florence No I haven’t heard every musical produced on Broadway in the past decade – but I’d be...

Tweet (Stacy Keach as Lear, Photo by Carol Rosegg) The king’s three daughters have a chance to claim their inheritance, as King Lear...

Tweet A dog came in the kitchen And stole a crust of bread, Then cook up with the ladle, And beat him ’til he was dead. Then all the dogs...

Tweet And although I speak some Spanish, I’m not good enough to appreciate whether Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Spanish translations catch the...

Tweet Feinstein’s at Loews Regency, Garrison Keillor is engaging, maddening, entertaining, and just about perfect. The maddening first –...

Tweet Perhaps the last is the most interesting. As a rather clueless 55-year-old, I’d never heard of Newsom, let alone heard her sing. ...

Tweet The producers of Eric Bogosian’s “Talk Radio” on Broadway, which stars hyperserious Liev Schrieber, are taking out huge print ads...