Monthly Archives: December 2017

PARIS OPERA’S LA BOHEME: LOST IN SPACE

Thanks to Medici TV we were able to watch a live broadcast performance of Puccini’s La Boheme from the Opera Bastille in Paris. German stage director Claus Guth has buried Puccini’s story beneath at least three other plots and stories, none of which have anything to do with the Bohemians of Paris at the end […]

December 12, 2017 – 5:35 pm | By Paul Kuritz | Posted in Current Events, from Paul, History, Music, Opera, Theater | Comments Off on PARIS OPERA’S LA BOHEME: LOST IN SPACE

LADY BIRD: A TREE GROWS IN SACRAMENTO

The story was called the “best of the year” by the New York Times The author was hailed as a “fresh, original, finished talent” who tells a story about a young girl’s “coming of age”, “growing up and the beginning of wisdom,” “no unsavory detail” is omitted in a tale that has “light and air […]

December 7, 2017 – 7:08 am | By Paul Kuritz | Posted in Books, Current Events, from Paul, History, Men and Women, Movies, Quotations | Comments Off on LADY BIRD: A TREE GROWS IN SACRAMENTO

REGENT THEATRE’S DEAR RUTH: A COMEDY REDISCOVERED

“God moves in a mysterious way” Since hymnist William Cowper wrote those words in the late 18th century, the phrase has attained a triviality not merited by its truth. The famous Cowper line is from his last hymn prior to the onset of a struggle with mental illness which included at least one suicide attempt […]

December 4, 2017 – 9:23 am | By Paul Kuritz | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments (4)

RICHMOND BALLET’S NUTCRACKER: MAKING TRADITION EXCITING

The publicity for the Richmond Ballet’s Nutcracker quotes the New York Times: “one of the country’s most perfect”. I haven’t seen enough Nutcrackers to weigh in with any comparison, but I can safely say that Stoner Winslett and Charles Caldwell’s version accomplishes the seemingly impossible. Their Nutcracker looks very traditional, while simultaneously being thrillingly imaginative. […]

December 2, 2017 – 6:51 am | By Paul Kuritz | Posted in Dance, from Paul, History, Mini-Review, Theater | Comments Off on RICHMOND BALLET’S NUTCRACKER: MAKING TRADITION EXCITING