Bassem Youssef – The Jon Stewart of Egypt
Every mother’s dream is that her son will become a doctor. Her worst nightmare is that he will become a comedian. Egyptian-born Bassem [...]
Playing Around
The Emperor Jones – Extraordinary Theater
Serious voodoo is being practiced on West 22nd Street these days. Prepare to be immersed in the vengeful actions of a spirit world made [...]
Theater of Resistance in Brooklyn’s Fort Greene
In the days immediately following November’s shock election, pundits across the media landscape, responding to a rising chorus of “Not [...]
The New York Pops – Life Is a Cabaret: The Songs of Kander and Ebb
John Kander (1927-) and Fred Ebb (1928-2004) were introduced in 1962 and collaborated on their first Broadway musical, Flora the Red [...]
Sam & Dede, Or My Dinner with André the Giant – Intriguing
Mid 1950s. André’s father Boris helped Sam build a cottage in the northeastern hamlet outside Paris where they both lived. When Sam [...]
Kong: Skull Island – Where Monsters Rule
This planet doesn’t belong to us. Ancient species owned this earth long before mankind. Kong: Skull Island directed by Jordan [...]
The Grave Diggers’s Lullaby – A Crackerjack Tale of Survival
Though time and place are undetermined, we’re on familiar terrain. The shack is poor by any standard: a basin serves as sink, there’s [...]
Intelligence – Outing a CIA Operative
In 2002, former ambassador Joseph C. Wilson was sent to the the African nation of Niger to assess whether Iraq was buying uranium ore to [...]
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