Opera · October 2025
Radvanovsky’s Medea at the Lyric Opera Rehabilitates a True Anti-Hero
This murderous mother is hard to portray positively, but the great soprano Sondra Radvanovsky manages to deliver a multi-sided Medea.
October 12, 2025
All Essays
Film · September 2025
As Hollywood Flounders, Many Movie Theaters Fill Seats With Old Pictures
The pipeline of new movies is in trouble. But many movie theaters are attempting to make bank on the classics.
September 29, 2025
Opera · September 2025
Welcome to the 100th Opera Season After the Art Form’s Alleged Death
A century ago, Puccini's last opera debuted. Since then, say many, it's never quite been the same.
September 11, 2025
Theater · August 2025
The Summer of the Dying Culture: Anna in the Tropics, Cabaret, The Leopard, and a Mini Midwest Theater Tour
An unintentional tour of plays and films about the waning days of a once-thriving culture unearths a gem in the countryside.
August 28, 2025
Theater · August 2025
The Two Noble Kinsmen by Shakespeare and Fletcher in Two Rare Productions
Completists will travel around the world to see this rare Shakespeare play in production, but I just saw two productions of it in seven months.
August 9, 2025
Film · July 2025
Why Aren’t There Any Movies Starring British Prime Minister William Gladstone?
A gap in our cinematic education revealed.
July 30, 2025