It seems as if for years, people have been fascinated by certain anomalies in society — or, as Robert Ripley (yes, that Ripley) would have called them: “oddities.” This fascination would soon evolve from Mr. Ripley’s eventual Believe It or Not! empire and travelling circuses to that most perverse of modern entertainments: reality television. FromContinue reading “One Final Act: A Peek Behind the ‘Side Show’ Curtain, as it Comes to a Close”
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Let’s Pick up the Pace and Go to Hell in a Fast Car: Kander & Ebb’s Chicago Serves Up Some ‘Razzle Dazzle’
Imagine this: a steamy jazz club. A saxophone whining and groaning into the smoky air. Dancers in their racy costumes, warming up. All of a sudden, the song segues into a rag-tag big band number, and under a single spotlight stands headliner Velma Kelly in a rendition of a familiar song. Well, stop dreaming, becauseContinue reading “Let’s Pick up the Pace and Go to Hell in a Fast Car: Kander & Ebb’s Chicago Serves Up Some ‘Razzle Dazzle’”
Welcome to The Real: From Amsterdam to Berlin, The Public Theatre’s ‘Passing Strange’ Breaks Stereotypes and Crosses Boundaries
So, like three weeks later, here’s my review. Oh. My. God. I know — not very articulate of me in what is supposed to be a review, but suffice it to say that these are the only words that could describe my immediate reaction upon leaving the Belasco Theatre late Saturday night (5/31/08). Before IContinue reading “Welcome to The Real: From Amsterdam to Berlin, The Public Theatre’s ‘Passing Strange’ Breaks Stereotypes and Crosses Boundaries”
Jessica Taghap 