Feeling incomplete is part of being human. It might be in fact the very thing that gives us an “advantage” over the rest of the species in the animal kingdom. Because we need to fill emotional vacuums, we have gone on to create science and art, and i …Read more

Set in exotic Yucatán on the eve of the Mexican Revolution, The Mapmaker’s Opera is a dramatic adaptation (of a novel by Béa Gonzalez) that has more in common with a telenovela than with the art form mentioned in its title. Not that there is anything …Read more

We hear the notes of a piano, the clinking of glasses, the murmurs of a crowd and then a voice, “good evening ladies and gentleman, welcome to Philadelphia’s liveliest spot in South Philly: Emerson’s Bar and Grill” says the announcer, before introduc …Read more

Martin McDonagh’s The Cripple of Inishmaan was one of the most delightful surprises to open during the last Broadway season (read our review here). In the title role, Daniel Radcliffe proved he’s becoming one of the greatest actors of his generation …Read more

Over the next two weekends The Museum of the Moving Image will offer a treat that every true cinephile should indulge in, they will show Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey in 70MM! The 1968 classic won an Academy Award for its groundbreaking vis …Read more

Tony nominee Norm Lewis (Porgy and Bess) has just taken on duties as the title character in the record-breaking The Phantom of the Opera and at least judging from the performance we attended, he might be the reason why Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote this …Read more

After a stellar New York run in 2012 at Lincoln Center’s LCT3, Disgraced is finally making its way to Broadway and we couldn’t be more thrilled. The play which deals with Islamophobia and prejudice, is one of the smartest, most thought-provoking piec …Read more

When we first heard Max Crumm would be joining the cast of The Fantasticks we – like any decent human being –  couldn’t contain our excitement. Max is one of the theater’s most likable personalities, not to mention one helluva singer. Since he first …Read more

In Finsterworld, director Frauke Finsterwalder and co-screenwriter Christian Kracht take us to a place of bright colors populated with strange characters that hold a mirror to our faces and dare us not to find ourselves identified with them. For all …Read more

One might be tempted to classify Alex van Warmerdam’s “Borgman” as yet another entry in the “home invasion” sub-genre, however to do so would be to deny oneself of the many pleasures concealed within this adventurous tale. The word “pleasures” itself …Read more