As the saying goes, if it’s not one thing, it’s your mother. That’s never been truer than in Sophocles’ Greek tragedy Oedipus, in which the title character kills his father and marries his mother. The current Broadway revival, adapted and directed by Robert Icke, sets the story
In the last week, I saw two works that dealt with similar issues, so it seemed fitting to combine them. 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗯𝘆 𝗟𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 The prologue of this Netflix miniseries asks, “Who the f-ck is Charles Guiteau?” The short answer is that he’s a presidential assassin, but there’s much more to the
One of my least favorite criticisms lobbed at movies is “stagy.” Just because a film takes place in one location doesn’t mean it’s any less worthy than a big Hollywood blockbuster. Some of my favorite movies, like Doubt and Fences, fit the “stagy” description. While Blue Moon isn’
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