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Monday, June 23, 2025

Truth in Consequences: Anna Karenina Mesmerizes at the National Ballet of Canada

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Heather Ogden and Ben Rudisin in Anna Karenina . (Photo: Karolina Kuras.) Christian Spuck’s Anna Karenina made its North American debut wit...
Sunday, June 22, 2025

Berlin Alexanderplatz: Döblin Meets Fassbinder Meets Lewis

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“It’s only because of their stupidity that they are able to be so sure of themselves.”                              -- Franz Kafka (to Max B...
Friday, June 20, 2025

Good Education: Whisper of the Heart

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Studio Ghibli’s 1995 Whisper of the Heart ( Mimi o Sumaseba / 耳をすませば ) is one of those films about nothing in particular that end up being...
Monday, June 9, 2025

More on the Broadway Musical Season: Dead Outlaw, Buena Vista Social Club and Just in Time

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Andrew Durand (left) and Company in Dead Outlaw . (Photo: Matthew Murphy.) The general complaint about Broadway musicals in the twenty-first...
Friday, June 6, 2025

Guillaume Côté’s Adieu: A Daring Farewell at the National Ballet of Canada

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Guillaume Côté in Grand Mirage . (Photo: Karolina Kuras.) After 26 years at the National Ballet of Canada, Guillaume Côté could have chosen ...
Sunday, May 25, 2025

Life is a Game of Go: The Enigmatic Literature of Yoko Tawada

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(New Directions.) “It is the second job of literature to create myth. But its first job is to destroy it.” --Kenzaburo Oe Yoko Tawada’s beau...
Tuesday, May 20, 2025

The Extraordinary Adam Guettel: The Light in the Piazza at The Huntington and Floyd Collins on Broadway

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Emily Skinner in The Huntington Theatre's The Light in the Piazza . (Photo: Julieta Cervantes.) The new Huntington Theatre mounting of T...