Archive for April, 2012
Karita Mattila Reveres Uta Hagen: Huh?!?
Finnish opera singer Karita Mattila’s performance of Salome at the Metropolitan Opera was one of the … Read more »
“The Columnist”: My Financial Times Review
The FT has published my review of David Auburn‘s play, “The Columnist,” which has just opened … Read more »
Wildbirds & Peacedrums: Art On A Boat
Swedish experimental duo Andreas Werliin and Mariam Wallentin, the husband-and-wife team better known as Wildbirds & … Read more »
Bessie Smith: A Crazy Singer Long Before Rihanna
by Debra Devi
What hugely popular female singer beat a rival unconscious, slept with her musical director, … Read more »
“Upstairs Downstairs” Put Out Of Misery
I love the dry, understated way that the BBC announced this week that the reboot of … Read more »
Entering The Dark Mind Of Pablo Picasso
Picasso’s phantasmagorical etchings from the 1930s, which go on display at the British Museum next week, … Read more »
