Mos Def and Talib Kweli are Black Star. Photo Credit: The FADER.
When the Music TRaC attended the Mos Def concert on Saturday, I was completely thrilled and taken to a place I had never been, both literally and emotionally. This show was one of the most amazing, cool, and fun things I have ever been to. I have not been to many-well, any concerts, that did not include what would be considered a “classical” instrument. Saturday night changed everything, I arrived promptly at 7:45 and then realized that everyone was running late. Upon arrival we were told that we were “on the list.” I thought that this type of thing only happened in movies; being thrust into shrouded world of exclusivity that I had never known before, I had now become part of that 1% that could say they were “on the list.” [click to continue…]
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Yoko Ono and her exhibit "Uncursed." Photo Credit: Kishin Shinoyama.
The bombing of Hiroshima was tragic for its land and all its creatures, casting a great shadow for generations to come. Yoko Ono’s Uncursed at the Galerie Lelong transports the viewer to the painful past of Hiroshima. The entrance is a glass door, enabling Yoko’s main medium – freestanding doors – to be immediately seen. However, upon entrance is a wall, perpendicular to the door, with three peepholes. The peepholes were a limitation and the wall a barricade. The quarantined room was dimly lit and covered with rubble and ash. Transparent spoon-head bodies inhabited the space, and like the viewers, we’re distant and separate. [click to continue…]
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Armie Hammer and Leonardo diCaprio as Clyde Tolson and J. Edgar Hoover, respectively. Photo Credit: Warner Bros.
J. Edgar Hoover was the director of the FBI through eight different presidents, six different decades and domestic conflicts such as the gangster wars of the 1930s and the Red Scare. Though he was arguably one of the most powerful men in government, his straight-suited image covered up his eccentric personal life. Among other things, he is rumored to have been involved in a long-time affair with Clyde Tolson, his second-in-command, in addition to being a cross-dresser. This dichotomy should have provided all that the all-star production team, including director Clint Eastwood, Oscar-winning writer Dustin Lance Black, and star Leonardo DiCaprio, needed to make J. Edgar one of the best American biopics of the last ten years. However, dissonance between the visions of writer and director prevented the film from offering insights into one of America’s most intriguing figures. [click to continue…]
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"Newsies the Musical" at Paper Mill Playhouse. Photo Credit: Sara Krulwich.
There is something extremely special about the movie, Newsies, that was released in 1992. It was a box office bomb, yet it became the #1 most requested movie-stage adaptation ever from Disney. After over 18 years, Disney Theatricals announced they would be producing the show, Newsies the Musical, for Papermill Playhouse‘s first show of their 73rd season. As this became a huge deal in the theater world, I had to see for myself the magic of the most anticipated show Disney has ever produced! [click to continue…]
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Daniel Radcliffe in "The Woman in Black." Photo Credit: Nick Wall.
Saturday morning matinees aren’t usually my thing. My friend and I, gigantic Harry Potter fans, thought we’d support our favorite wizard Daniel Radcliffe in his latest post-Harry Potter role. The Woman in Black is about a widower named Arthur Kipps who’s a lawyer who is assigned to Eel Marsh to handle property that has to be sold.
Before watching, the trailers made the movie seem like a suspenseful thriller that leaves you on the edge of your seat. Instead, I found it be a movie that had lots of hype but didn’t meet up to it’s expectations.
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"Radio and Juliet" choreographed by Edward Clug. Photo Credit: Ballet Maribor.
Huge stage. The lights turn off, and a huge screen transforms the stage. Video, that’s what the show begins with. Juliet is lying on a bed in an all white room as she opens her eyes. She walks to another room to sit and peer at raindrops as they slump against the windowpane. A mountain of thought appears to confound her.
As the video comes closer to an end, miniature figures, the dancers of Ballet Maribor, begin to walk out on the stage at the Skirball Center. They travel through a stripe of bright light then immediately vanish into darkness. The beating sound of the rock band Radiohead breaks out from the speakers and suddenly we notice six figures standing ready to dance. [click to continue…]
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A Reconstruction of Martha Graham’s “Every Soul is a Circus”
by Ada Miranda February 16, 2012 DanceThe reconstruction Of the circus soul has come The magic begins…..
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