Hadestown: A Very Short Review
There are standard musicals, the ones we’ve always heard about, the ones written by Rogers & Hammerstein or Andrew Lloyd Webber or Stephen Sondheim. These
There are standard musicals, the ones we’ve always heard about, the ones written by Rogers & Hammerstein or Andrew Lloyd Webber or Stephen Sondheim. These
Now that I have moved to the West Coast I am slowly setting up all my systems and favorite places. A decent bakery, of course.
Oh, you’ve heard of ‘Calamity’ Jane Austin. She was a native of Texas when it was a republic, a noted women’s author in the early
Somehow I have missed this classic movie, only viewing it this year. A major error! A life without Totoro is not a life worth living.
I used to live in Washington DC area, and the Washington Post was my hometown newspaper. The big problem with having a major national newspaper as
Somehow over the years I have missed all things Miyazaki. I blame this on my children, who were never interested in anime or Japanese film.
One of the things I do when I do a Big Apple theater run is I vary my diet. (I think the last time I
When you think of actor Hugh Jackman, does the image of Wolverine flash into your mind? Then you’re not a musical theater fan! He’s starring
Sometimes it takes a while for the stars to align. After red-hot tryouts in Edinburgh, the UK, and Chicago, SIX, the new musical, was supposed
People in Europe do not worry about reusing old stuff. The continent is packed full of old stuff. Every time they dig for a parking
Roof tiles fascinate me. Robert Heinlein said once that a house’s job, broadly speaking, is to keep off the rain. And to do this you
This is a particularly nice example of shuffling and reshuffling an ancient building. The picture is of one of the gates into Diocletian’s palace, visible
When the Emperor Diocletian decided to retire, he built himself a palace on the other side of the Adriatic. This got him out of Rome,