A Warm, Arty Place
Combine a cool art show, one-of-a-kind musical performance, a little vino, free admission, and proceeds that benefit a worthy charity, and you’ve got one...
Vendetta Argentina
Nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Film, Wild Tales did not win, but it was definitely the most entertaining movie in the field....
Treasure Girl
When adapting Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island to the stage, how do you make this hoary old classic new? For playwright Bryony Lavery, the...
Keys Master
For every shade of every mood you’ve ever had, there’s a piano piece by Frédéric Chopin that perfectly captures it. Some people know the...
Treading the Boards
There are so many theater openings this week that we didn’t feel right choosing among them. Instead, we’re recapping all of them here. It...
If You Want Me
Back when John Carney made his 2007 Irish film Once, he could scarcely have imagined it would spawn a Broadway musical that would win...
Love Jones
If Chuck Jones isn’t an American master, we’re hard-pressed to figure out who is. As an animator for Warner Bros., he created iconic characters...
Funny Lady
Adapted from the popular Franz Lehár operetta for the Australian Ballet in 1975, The Merry Widow, with music arranged by John Lanchbery and Alan...
Not Just Selma
Wow, this year’s Oscars are just so depressingly white, aren’t they? Everyone’s in uproar over Selma getting robbed of deserving nominations, but the thing...
The Original Movie Brat
Roger Corman turns 89 this year, and his influence on the history of movies can’t be overstated. The Detroit native directed more than 50...
