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Melissa Rodman

Visual Arts Review: “Matisse: The Red Studio” – A Lesson in Objects

Making the viewer draw visual connections among Matisse’s pieces in the title painting is at the core of MoMA’s The Red Studio.

By: Melissa Rodman Filed Under: Featured, Review, Visual Arts Tagged: Matisse: The Red Studio, Melissa Rodman, MoMA, Museum of Modern Art

Theater Review: “Prayer for the French Republic” — No Safe Haven

Joshua Harmon’s serious but not solemn play focuses on a Jewish family in Paris grappling with the rise of antisemitism.

By: Melissa Rodman Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Manhattan Theatre Club, Melissa Rodman, Prayer for the French Republic

Opera Review: “Eurydice” – Not a Love Story But a Father-Daughter Dirge

Forget romance. Forget chemistry. Forget star-crossed lovers. At its heart, this Eurydice is concerned with the love between a father and a daughter.

By: Melissa Rodman Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Opera, Review, Uncategorized Tagged: EURYDICE, Mary Zimmerman, Matthew Aucoin, Melissa Rodman, Sarah-Ruhl, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Book Review: “What You Can See From Here” – Hopefully Romantic

There is enough candor and humor, along with a handful of bracingly moody characters, to make Mariana Leky’s vision of perpetual love compelling.

By: Melissa Rodman Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: german, Mariana Leky, Melissa Rodman, Tess Lewis, translation, What You Can See From Here

Theater Review: “Days to Come” – Wanting to Say Too Much

Mint Theater Company’s choice to revive Days to Come is more intriguing than Lillian Hellman’s muddled play.

By: Melissa Rodman Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Days to Come, Lillian Hellman, Melissa Rodman, Mint Theater Company, Mint Theatre Company

Book Review: “Big Girl, Small Town” – Vinegary Vignettes

This novel’s greatest strength is its frank character sketch of Majella. The protagonist is sharply rendered through her observational, sensory navigation of the people and doings in the fictional Northern Ireland town, of Aghybogey.

By: Melissa Rodman Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Algonquin Books, Big Girl Small Town, Melissa Rodman, Michelle Gallen

Music Commentary: Remembering the Resonant Indie Pop of Sawyer

It should be no surprise that Sawyer seeks and finds new sounds on Less Than More Than. The EP is a deep dive into synth-driven pop that expands on the band’s philosophy.

By: Melissa Rodman Filed Under: Featured, Music, Rock Tagged: Emma Harvey, Kel Taylor, Less Than More Than, Melissa Rodman, Sawyer

Book Review: “Beneficence” – A Family, A Farm, An Unshakable Feeling

Beneficence is a novel that lingers, tucking details into its heavy folds.

By: Melissa Rodman Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Beneficence, Godine, Melissa Rodman, Meredith Hall

Book Review: “Pizza Girl” — Savor Every Bite

In her novel Pizza Girl, Jean Kyoung Frazier has given us an exhilarating spin on a long line of road-rebel mothers.

By: Melissa Rodman Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Jean Kyoung Frazie, Melissa Rodman, Pizza Girl

Book Review: “The Talking Drum” – Gentrification From A to B

Despite her story’s potential for uncomfortable confrontations and revelations, the author chooses to pack the vicissitudes of her novel’s changing neighborhoods and their inhabitants’ lives into a neat and tidy package.

By: Melissa Rodman Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Inanna Publications, Lisa Braxton, Melissa Rodman, The Talking Drum

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