Review
From Dave Schumacher’s seaworthy “Agua con Gas” to Carlos Henríquez’s rhythmic “Monk con Clave,” these new releases fuse Afro‑Caribbean pulse with big‑band imagination, blending tribute, danceable grooves, and inventive soloing into a shared, celebratory soundscape.
Dominick Argento’s adventurous 1975 operatic transit through the psyche of Edgar Allan Poe proves to be both delightful and disturbing.
Two beloved cult properties arrive on Broadway with formidable casts and decades of devotion behind them – but conjuring darkness turns out to be harder than it looks.
“Making Art and Making a Living” assembles colorful tales of ingenuity while skirting the economic inequities that make them necessary.
Fatih Akin’s “Amrum” traces a boy’s quiet moral awakening as Nazi Germany falls, blending lyrical imagery with unsettling historical clarity
Neige Sinno’s “Sad Tiger” turns a devastating childhood experience into a fearless, searching work of moral and psychological clarity.
Marjorie Garber’s case for poetry as resistance proves more fanciful than persuasive.
A new collection of Harold Bloom’s letters reveals a critic who found the heights of Western literature far more inviting than the “drab” reality of a Vermont forest.
Poet Adrian Matejka distills identity, anti-racist critique, political commentary, and literary history into rapid left-right-left punches, each landing hard.
With chemistry forged on tour, the group fuses jazz, punk, and prog into a fluid live assault.
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