Classic Conversations: Ben Brantley and John Doyle
John Doyle served as artistic director for regional theaters in the U.K. for more than 40 years. In 2005, he won Tony and Drama Desk Awards [...]
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The Metropolitan Opera in Your Homes—Week 28: Puccini Passion
“Vissi d’arte, vissi d’amore” (I lived for art, I lived for love), sings Puccini’s fiery heroine, the opera diva, Floria Tosca. [...]
The 51st State – BLM and the Movement for D.C. Representation
When I moved to the District in the mid 1970s, after being born and raised in New York and living for three years in Pennsylvania, I found [...]
A Covid Visit to The Metropolitan Museum – Easy and Gratifying
Daunted by lines seen snaking down steps and up Fifth Avenue, today’s expedition seemed iffy and was not. Members are admitted through [...]
Michael Kirk Lane- Cabaret Conversations: Karen Mason
Karen Mason manages to straddle theater and cabaret as if she cut her teeth on both. The actress can inhabit a stage role while equally at [...]
Stream Selected Films of Peter O’Toole
Lawrence of Arabia 1962 Directed by David Lean. An epic depiction of T.E. Lawrence’s exploits in The Ottoman Empire during WWI, in [...]
The Metropolitan Opera in Your Homes—Week 27: Sublime Bel Canto
Nothing showcases the operatic voice more than the art of bel canto (beautiful singing). Week 27 offers us the enchantment of bel canto in [...]
Stream The Triumvirate Barrymores
Lionel Barrymore Sweepings 1933 Directed by John Cromwell. Pre-code melodrama/ family saga. Daniel Pardway (Lionel Barrymore) and his wife [...]
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