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This production of Shakespeare’s ‘The Merchant of Venice” tries to have it both ways: a show about intolerance, bigotry, and hatred is set in a ‘politically correct’ past.
What is perhaps most astonishing is that families of every economic stripe, even those for whom it is a great sacrifice, are seeing to it that their children experience these pleasures, despite the sad fact that schools all over the country are cutting back on arts programs.
What Ain Gordon’s play demonstrates is that even when records are indecipherable and incomplete, we still have the right, and perhaps the responsibility, to imagine what happened.
Despite all the irritating behavior exhibited by both spouses in “Journey to Italy,” the film is ultimately a work of great compassion.
“The Iran Job” is an engrossing documentary that cannily integrates basketball and a look at Iranian street life in the months leading up to and including the Green Movement protests.
“We’re in this really great place now where the music [klezmer] can sound fairly traditional in style but at the same time we can do more in-depth arrangements.”
Every aspect of “Yeezus” has been shaped to alienate Kanye West’s fanbase – from the lack of cover art to the undernourished track list of ten songs.
Well, maybe this isn’t the last time. Maybe this isn’t the last tour. Maybe they’ll be around for a few more years at least. And why the hell not? The Stones have still got it, and they’re almost worth the money.
There is lots to praise (lavishly) in BEMF’s production of “Almira”: a large cast with no weak links, fabulous musicians, and inspired sets, costumes, and dancing.
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