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Joshua Harmon’s serious but not solemn play focuses on a Jewish family in Paris grappling with the rise of antisemitism.
Read MoreIs he a murderer? Is she? Who was the victim? His wife? The mistress? The Blue Room is Gone Girl French style, which means more sex, more art, and more enigma.
Read MoreDirector and writer Damián Szifrón fills his tales with lethal ironies and jarring twists of fate that build with relentless momentum to resolutions that somehow manage to be both horrid and comical.
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“Queer” breaks new artistic ground for an artist whose visionary talent is already well-established.
Read MoreTwo books — one nonfiction, the other fiction — that deal with Jewish history.
Read MoreA by no means complete round up of some recent releases in rock, from Keith Richards to the Libertines.
Read MoreChucho Valdés moved almost seamlessly from African-Cuban rhythms and chants in Yoruba or Spanish to a hip modern jazz style. The latter, paradoxically, owes much to the brilliant runs and glissandi of Art Tatum, the bluesiness of Horace Silver, and the power of the left hand chords of McCoy Tyner.
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“In these plays, part of my job is to unflatten history in a way that’s engaging, and also shows us that it’s okay for us to feel overwhelmed and confused and scared by the world — that we’re not so different from the people who came before us. They got through it, and we will, too.”
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What are the best new documentaries on digital platforms? Look no further.
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Arts Commentary & CD Reviews: On The Kennedy Center, Ben Folds, & Gustav Mahler