Abby Wood as Ruth Carson and Jim Jorgenson as Dick Wagner, Australian journalist for London Globe (roles originally played in the ’70s by Diana Rigg and John Thawe) Dear friends and readers, Brief review: we saw Tom Stoppard’s Night and Day at the WSC last night and despite its manifest decency of perspective, and how [...]
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Stoppard’s Night and Day at the WSC
Posted in 20th century culture, Plays, political novels/films, politics, tom stoppard, tagged Night and Day, WSC on June 12, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Capriccio: The pleasures of art as standing in for hope
Posted in 18th century, 20th century culture, Austen, comic poetry, Music, opera, painting, Theater, tom stoppard, women's art, tagged Moliere, renee fleming, richard strauss, the Met on April 26, 2011 | 12 Comments »
Renee Fleming as the Countess bowing before the audience after the opera was over: we see a wide portion of the whole set from on high Dear friends and readers, Before too much time goes by, I want to praise and recommend going to see the Met’s production of Richard Strauss’s Capriccio. The Admiral, Izzy [...]
