The monumental strike that brought Hollywood to a standstill for much of the latter part of last year stayed front of mind during The Singularity Play now running at Jackalope Theatre in Berger Park. In that strike, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio …
The Singularity Play Peers into a Dystopic Techno Driven Future Read More »
Frustration and anger can fuel beautiful art that sheds essential insight on the world and the people who inhabit it. Sanaz Toossi’s, English, now on the Goodman’s Owen stage, does that and much more as it takes us inside an Iranian classroom where three adults and an eighteen-year-old are struggling to learn English as their …
On the Question of Immigration, English Lets Courage and Sacrifice Lead Read More »
Sometimes walking out of a dance concert leaves you feeling as if dancers are divinely endowed creatures with natures, qualities and abilities that set them far apart from not only “the rest of us”, but also from all other artists. Those feelings were surging like hurricane force winds at the end of Hubbard Street Dance …
Hubbard Street’s Spring Program Dusts Brilliant Dance with Va Va Voom! Read More »
Psychological trauma in family’s holds a macabre fascination. By definition painful and lingering, it attracts and retains our interest because we never know its depth or where it will lead. Will the structure and direction of the lives in question lead to catharsis or tragedy? Or will the outcome rest somewhere in between; a hazy …
Sisters Struggling to be Sisters Dominate Into The Earth with You at BTE Read More »
Two arts institutions housed under the same roof in Washington DC have complementary missions. One tells the story of America by focusing on the “people who shape the nation’s history, development and culture”. The other shares the stories of our nation through arts and craft. Together, the collections of the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) and …
Using Art to Relive History in the Nation’s Capitol Read More »