Very old things for very new needs Very old things for very new needs

With recent events in politics, it is becoming ever clearer that humankind hasn’t evolved much since the Enlightenment.

By March 25, 2016 at 9:00 AM
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That sly come-hither stare That sly come-hither stare

Harry Lawrence Freeman’s Voodoo, begun sometime before 1914, was completed and first heard on radio in May, 1928, then staged on Broadway later that year—seven years before Porgy and Bess, please note.

By June 29, 2015 at 10:00 AM
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Servant of new masters Servant of new masters

Morningside Opera’s ¡Figaro! (90210) is a staging/translation (into English, Spanish, et al.) of Le Nozze as if in contemporary Beverly Hills (as if!), and it’s playing at the NSD Theater on Bank Street near the Meatpacking District through next Sunday.

By June 12, 2013 at 6:32 PM
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