Review
Returning musicals take another shot at success – with very different outcomes.
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Not only does Michelle Cann hold a seat in the upper echelon of stellar pianists, but she’s a great storyteller as well.
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The group’s arc over three nights celebrating 35 years clearly followed an upward trajectory, displaying moe.’s improvisational prowess and sense of communal fun.
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Literary critic Malcolm Cowley’s in-the-trenches vision of modernism deserves to extend beyond the halcyon epoch he witnessed — a case made splendidly by Gerald Howard’s biography.
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“Wicked: For Good” has its faults, but it still stands out as one of the stronger adaptations of a musical to film.
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Conveying the value of hope and resilience are undoubtedly important, but positing social and civic responsibility is also essential, and “Annie” clearly offers that opportunity.
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The destruction and displacement of people today so recall the past that Thomas de Hartmann’s music resounds with fierce, resonant force.
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This tragic, absorbing, and moving quasi-novel is best characterized as a “tour de force”.
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Three independent films got a bounce out of the New York Film Festival and could be coming to you soon.
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Locke’s List for 2025: Notable Operatic Recordings and a Few Non-Operatic Ones