Sergei Tretyakov’s avant-garde play Roar China made an impression on The New Yorker for the striking realism of its set, which featured an 18,000-gallon tank of water onstage at the Martin Beck Theatre. “The Talk of the Town” described some of the demands of the production: STAYING ...
DAYS OF YORE…E.B. Whitenoted the many changes that had taken place duringThe New Yorker’sfirst ten years, including, clockwise from top left, the passing of 1920s notables such asPresident Calvin Coolidgeand two very different theatre impresarios—David BelascoandFlo Ziegfeld; White also rec...
While the Royal Palace itself is not open to the public, its grand golden gates are a sight to behold. Nearby, the Mellah (Jewish Quarter) offers a glimpse into Fez’s multicultural history. Visit the Ibn Danan Synagogue, one of the oldest synagogues in Morocco, and explore the quiet str...
Also co-created by Michael Marinaccio and Tod Kimbro, this production runs a full two acts rather than the Fringe Festival-length performance seen elsewhere on the tour. Remaining dates are tonight (as I post this) and Sunday at the District Theatre, 627 Massachusetts Ave., Indianapolis. Get ...
(11)HORSES FOR COURSES? HANDICAPPING THE ECLIPSE.Atlas Obscuratells how“Eclipse Maps Entered a Golden Age Thanks to Edmond Halley”. In 1715, Edmond Halley published a map predicting the time and path of a coming solar eclipse. Today the astronomer is most famous for understanding the behavior...
(7)ABOUT THOSE LENSMEN.Steve J. Wright may not be treading new ground in“How the Other Half Lives”, but fascism, John W. Campbell Jr., and the Golden Age have been thoroughly plowed under by the time he’s done. This is spilling out of a discussion over onFile 770(item 4 on ...
‘Six White Horses’, which sounded so otherworldly to me, creating images in my head of Tony Curtis and Charlton Heston aboard their “golden chariot”. It wasn’t until a few years later that I found out the records’ producer was Joe Meek, and was fascinated to learn how he recorded...
But as a piece of political theatre, this month’s seven-hour hearing over the supposed heresies espoused by ESG’s corporate cheerleaders would have made the ringleaders of the Salem witch trials proud. /jlne.ws/3IphHWN 4 Things to Expect for Sustainable Investing in 2023 Bob Mann – ...
This is all theatre. As a million people have been given a visa. The real action is happening in plain sight in Europe. Europe is heading toward right of centre right parties. At the moment those parties are playing the game. When a majority of EU Governments are of the same ...
Ed Wynn wowed theater critic Robert Benchley in his portrayal of “Simple Simon” at the Ziegfeld Theatre. Wynn was one of the most popular comedians of his time, but is best known today for his portrayal of “Uncle Albert” in the 1964 Disney film Mary Poppins… AGELESS…Ed Wynn in Simp...