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• Met Opera Round-Up: ‘Casting’ an Ever-Wider Net While Singing the Broadcast Blue...

  

  The Met Opera’s staging of The Death of Klinghoffer, with Paulo Szot (left) as the Captain, and Sean Pannikar (right) as the Terrorist (Photo: Met Opera)The Tim... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• Julio Mazzei, the Cosmos and the Untold Story of the Man Behind the Glasses (Par...

  

  Cosmos soccer star Pele at the Meadowlands in New Jersey (Photo: Alamy Stock Footage)The Search for Order in the Soccer UniverseAccording to Clive Toye (in the... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2017 ENTERTAINMENT

• ‘When the Legend Becomes Fact’ — Hollywood and the Historical Film (Part Four):...

  

  Liz (Cissy Spacek) Jim Garrison (Kevin Costner) in their living room, in JFK (1991)Quo Vadis, Domine?”Liz Garrison (Cissy Spacek), District Attorney Jim... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• Skipping the Groove: The Long-Lost Art of the Complete Opera Album (Part Two) —...

  

  Sophia Loren (Aida) Afro Poli (Amonasro) in the film version of Verdi’s Aida (1953)Lights! Camera! Opera!From Puccini to his illustrious predecessor, Verdi,... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• Skipping the Groove: The Long-Lost Art of the Complete Opera Album (Part One)

  

  Enrico Caruso (ca. 1910) listening to a gramophone recordingDawn of the Sound EraIn the beginning (of the recording industry, that is), there were wax cylinders. Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• Gods, Devils, Sinners and Saints — Visions of Heaven and Hell in the Movies (Par...

  

  Daniel Webster (Edward Arnold) bargains with Mr. Scratch (Walter Huston) in William Dieterle’s The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941)The Wages of SinSelling one’s... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• Met Opera Round Up: Singing the Broadcast Blues (Part Two): ‘Nabucco,’ ‘La...

  

  Set for Verdi’s Nabucco at the Met (Photo: Marty Sohl / Met Opera)Now, Where Were We?Mozart’s The Abduction from the Seraglio and Verdi’s Nabucco. Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• ‘When the Legend Becomes Fact’ — Hollywood and the Historical Film (Part...

  

  President Kennedy First Lady Jackie in Dallas, Nov. 22, 1963 (Photo: AP)So Let It Be RewrittenReturning to the topic of history on film — and specifically to... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• Gods, Devils, Sinners and Saints — Visions of Heaven and Hell in the Movies

  

  The Devil Himself! Darkness (Tim Curry) in Ridley Scott’s LegendIt’s the Time of the Season!The Easter-Passover season has drawn upon us. And as such, we make... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• ‘Carrie’ (1976): Be Careful Who You Pick On

  

  Carrie White (Sissy Spacek) Tommy Ross (William Katt) at the senior prom in Brian De Palma’s Carrie (1976)Have you ever been bullied at school? At the... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• Met Opera Round Up: Playing ‘Catch-Up’ and Singing the Broadcast Blues (Part One)

  

  Here’s What We MissedJohn Dexter’s colorful set for Mozart’s The Abduction from the Seraglio (Met Opera)We’re back with more tales of operatic woes. Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• ‘It Came from Outer Space’ (1953): Strangers in a Strange Land

  

  The discovery of the alien craft in It Came from Outer Space (Universal, 1953)An imaginary Arizona locale and desert town is the eerie setting for... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• Dysfunctional Family Values: ‘Elektra’ and ‘Salome’ at the Met (Part Two) — Swep...

  

  Don’t Lose Your Head, John!“Reach out and touch someone” – Salome (Patricia Racette) entices Herod (Gerhard Siegel) to give in to her entreaties in Salome... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• Dysfunctional Family Values: ‘Elektra’ and ‘Salome’ at the Met (Part One)

  

  Swedish soprano Nina Stemme as Elektra (Metropolitan Opera)It’s Greek to Me!Every generation feels it has the answers to life’s problems — and ours is no... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• Michael Richards ‘Winged’ Takes Flight: A Voice Once Silenced Cries Out Anew...

  

  Truth to PowerYours truly beside sculpture of Tar Baby vs, St. Sebastian (Photo courtesy of Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Sep. Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• ‘There’s Somethin’ Happenin’ Here’ — Songs That Celebrate a Turbulent Time...

  

  For Pete’s SakeAmerican Folk-Rock Bank: The Byrds, circa the 1960sLong before Bob Dylan made his mark; before Peter, Paul and Mary made the folk scene a... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• ‘King Kong’ (1933): The Monster That ‘Aped’ New York

  

  The lights are bight on Broadway: King Kong on stage (1933)A giant killer gorilla escapes its confines to wreak havoc on the streets of 1930s Manhattan. Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• ‘The Day the Earth Stood Still’ (1951): A Message for Mankind

  

  Klaatau (Michael Rennie) speaks: “We come in peace and with goodwill,” in The Day the Earth Stood StillThe eerie sound of the theremin (two of them, in fact)... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• ‘The Thing From Another World’ (1951) and ‘The Thing’ (1982): Who Really Goes...

  

  The Iceman cometh and went: Howard Hawks’ The Thing From Another World (RKO Pictures)One is an old Cold War relic, the other a modern-esque tale of paranoia... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• ‘Superman: The Movie’ (1978) — The Hero with a Heart

  

  Christopher Reeve as the “reel” Man of Steel in Superman (1978)What’s the best superhero movie ever made? Why, it’s Superman: The Movie, of course. You can bet... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2016 ENTERTAINMENT