Review
For me, Sweat hits its riveting stride in its second half, when the pressures of the strike tests the relationships of its working class characters.
The amazing Bereishit Dance Company asks how dance fits into the physical world.
The Field is a fairly original, if slightly problematic, folk horror-tinged story.
Lawrence Joseph makes the case that representing violence in verse is necessary because of poetry’s value as art: to concisely capture these deadly events.
Amina Cain’s style is unusual, and it may tow readers so rapidly through this brief novel they won’t look back.
The message of August Wilson’s final play: the future rests not on the number of Whole Foods we build but on the culture we value.
The overall effect is one of a genial, superficial club lecture on reading and writing poetry, punctuated by Frost’s Greatest Hits.
The recital of this remarkably self-aware singer was a series of highly literate and musically satisfying mini-dramas.
What makes The Traitor ultimately worth watching is its epic sweep, the deft way director Marco Bellocchio and his below-the-credits team carve out the dramatic highlights of Italy’s twenty year war with the Cosa Nostra.
Odyssey Opera revels in the glittering wit and touching moments of this full-length chamber opera by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, better known for his Hollywood film scores and some wonderful guitar pieces.
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