The connection between our recent confirmation of Einstein’s theory of gravitational waves and St. Valentine’s Day may not be immediately apparent, but they are both covered by this rubric: there are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than our dreamed of in your cosmology.
Archives for February 15, 2016
Carmen: An Afro Cuban Jazz Musical at Olney Theatre Center (review)
Carmen: An Afro Cuban Jazz Musical, co-produced by Olney Theatre Center and Tectonic Theater Project, takes the tragic heroine of Bizet’s 1875 opera and transports her to Cuba in 1958, when the island nation was on the brink of revolution.
Lost in the Stars from Washington National Opera (review)
Many people taking their seats for the first time at WNO’s Lost in the Stars may wonder at the production’s stark and formidable stockade, lit but darkly. The leader of the Chorus enters and acts as Magician and Stage Manager, raising a few of the set’s steep side panels with a wave of his hand […]