That NY critic, Edward Rubin, is a bit gonzo and over the top is no secret to his friends who know him as Fast Eddy. He refers to us as kids in a flurry of daily notes and links to reviews and articles of interest. In general we deplore the use of personal pronouns for reviews. Professional standards and decorum strive for objectivity. Now and then, as is the case here, his passion and enthusiasm know no bounds. Regarding an Off Broadway musical Ruthless he gushes "I loved, loved, loved Ruthless." That's just for openers.

Following its world premiere at Yale Repertory Theater, Peerless by Jiehae Park (Hannah and the Dread Gazebo, Wondrous Strange), and directed by Margot Bordelon (Okay, Bye; At the Rich Relatives), will be the third production for the St. Germain Stage.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has leased the iconic Madison Avenue building that was formerly the home of the relocated Whitney Museum. The artist Susan Schwalb offers an insightful and personal view of the work of the Indian artist Nasreen Mohamedi (1937-1990) which launches the new space.

Audiences were often ahead of critics in appreciating Messiaen's music. Turangalila was given a warm, tener, violent, expressive, often magical and always colorful performance at David Geffen Hall. Young people were packed in to hear the composer.

The American Theatre Critics Association (ATCA) has selected six finalists for the Harold and Mimi Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award, recognizing playwrights for the best scripts that premiered professionally outside New York City during 2015.

The ever inventive Czecholovak-American Theatre tracks Antonin Dvorak's arrival in America and shows us how he discovered unique American sounds from cottonpickers in the South to Hiawatha.

In this wonderful solo show, the late Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson shares entertaining and provocative stories about youth-- his first few jobs, a stay in jail, various colorful friends, encounters with racism, music, and love as a young poet in Pittsburgh’s Hill District. Directed by Todd Kreidler and featuring Eugene Lee, both longtime Wilson collaborators, this memoir charts Wilson’s journey of self-discovery through adversity, and what it means to be a black artist in America. This narrative journey, brilliantly performed by Eugene Lee, solidifies Wilson’s theatrical and cultural legacy.

For 62 remarkable years George Wein has be the head of the Newport Jazz Festival franchise. The renowned bass player Christian McBride will ease into that position as artistic director. McBride is a multiple Grammy winner. Has performed at Tanglewood on a program with Wynton Marsalis.

Milwaukee’s theatre scene is one of the strongest, most vibrant of any city in the nation. Boasting two theatre districts, the city’s theatre offerings are varied and exciting.

In anticipation of hot director Ivo Van Hove's production of Arthur Miller's Crucible, we re-visited his current hit production of Miller's A View from the Bridge. Physicalized acting in a plain set provides the perfect visual for the intense emotional action that impels Miller's drama.

Sand and Seas - Part One found hundreds of viewers and readers. What delight! We are offering in Part Two long views and nearly abstract images and textures that oceans and beaches offer to a keen eye and a camera lense.

Playwright Gary Mitchell is from a working-class, loyalist background and grew up in North Belfast. He’s considered Northern Ireland’s finest playwright.

Bob Dylan—with special guest Mavis Staples—will perform at Tanglewood’s Koussevitzky Music Shed on Saturday, July 2. This is Dylan’s third appearance at the Western Massachusetts music festival, having performed there in the 1991 season and again in 1997.

The concert opened with charming tone-poems by Ravel and de Falla, but after intermission, with Ravel's one-act "musical comedy," "L'Heure espagnole," a Feydeau-like farce, the charm quotient went up the scale. A charming cast contributed to a charming evening.

On Saturday night The Log was packed with Williams College students who seemed oblivious to the sixth annual Billstock Festival. Under the direction of organizer Michael Williams the event was masterful in its understated lack of promotion. We hunkered down for a fun evening including a compelling Bowie tribute by the trio, Rebel Rebel, a set of plaintive love songs by Lucy Davis, and a kick-ass rock set by the legendary Jane and Jeff.

Dublin is a modestly scaled, cozy, walkable city with a thousand pubs to hoist a pint of Guiness. You will want to explore the lush Irish landscape and rugged coast.

The draw of puppetry may be the space that is left for an audience member's imagination. In a delicate figure of a circus performer and athlete who is losing control of her body to MS. The story of Judy FInelli is movingly and engaging told by Anna Fitzgerald's troop. Ellen Cherry on the electric cello adds a touching dimension.

The best way to see Virginia Beach is to stroll along the Boardwalk leisurely so as not to miss anything and to enjoy the oceanfront views. Along the way you will see statues, monuments and other photo ops while enjoying the sandy shore and exploring many shops.

Pianists approach simple, lyrical music with a delicate touch, and the prize-winning Russian pianist, Mikhail Pletnev, now a conductor, approached his orchestra in just this spirit. Borodin’s short tone poem, In the Steppes of Central Asia, was lush and yet simple, bringing forth lovely melodies, among them ‘Stranger in Paradise,” which we know well from Kismet.

Alison Minick, Kern McFadden, David McBean, John Greenleaf, and Ruff Yeager are a winning ensemble cast who know their way around a classic farce when they are in one. It’s a delightful production that will tickle everyone’s funny bone.

The exhibit at Ferrin Contemporary features work by contemporary artists whose pieces imitate, replicate, or honor inventive repairs of the past. Reanimate, Repair, Mend and Meld examines the current interest in materially related forms and graphic material by leading artists who exploit and explore surrounding issues. The show was originally presented as a special exhibition at the New York Ceramics & Glass Fair 2016.

William Inge, author of a string of successful plays in the 1950s, was known for his depictions of midwestern small-town life in Come Back, Little Sheba; Picnic; Bus Stop; and The Dark at the Top of the Stairs. He had a special sensitivity about solitary female characters such as the spinster schoolteacher in Picnic, the waitress in Bus Stop, and the housewife in Come Back, Little Sheba. Helen and Lila in A Loss of Roses are perceptively drawn characters in this repertory.

Two of the most highly acclaimed films of this awards season have been Alejandro González Iñárritu's “The Revenant” and László Nemes’s “Son of Saul.” Oscars went to Iñárritu for Directing, Leonardo DiCaprio for Best Actor and Emmanuel Lubezki for Cinematography. Nemes’s “Son of Saul” won the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. Both films center on a protagonist in unimaginable torment. One survives through an obsession with vengeance, the other through an obsession with atonement.

I Love You, You're Pefect, Now Change was originally an intimate Off Broadway musical revue about late 20th century romance.It is being given a lively and enjoyable production in Charleston's comfortable new Midtown Cabaret Theatre.

The small Gorki Theater in Berlin will be honored on May 15, 2016 with the prestigious Theaterpreis (Theatre Price) for its innovative and daring plays. The current production of 'Othello' offers one such performance. Shakespeare's play was adapted by Soeren Voima.