Jess Chayes

Theater Review: “Seneca Falls” – A History of Women’s Suffrage, Tongue-in-Cheek

The script is not a conventional history of women’s suffrage: dramatic Jean Ann Douglass mobilizes satire, sexuality, suffering, and sarcasm.

Jeremy October 28, 2020 at 6:38 pm on Theater Review: “Gypsy” — A Fine Production of a Troubling Classic MusicalI agree, I don't like what I see in Rose's troubled heart. I really wish that she had someone that...
Mark Flinton October 28, 2020 at 1:03 pm on Film Review: “White Noise: Inside the Racist Right” — Planting the SeedsThanks Tim!
Daniel Gewertz October 28, 2020 at 12:28 pm on Jazz Album Review: Keith Jarrett’s “Budapest Concert” — Crystalline EndgameBeautiful writing. Cogent and exploratory, like fine music. It made me want to listen. Also, made me wonder if I...
Stephen Provizer October 28, 2020 at 12:08 pm on Film Review: Toxicity Roulette — 1969, 2020, and “The Trial of the Chicago 7”I can understand that seeing those distortions onscreen would make it somewhat torturous viewing for anyone who was actually there....
Jeff Spurr October 28, 2020 at 9:21 am on Film Review: Toxicity Roulette — 1969, 2020, and “The Trial of the Chicago 7”Thank you for publishing the very disturbing distortions in this movie. I am now not so eager to see this...