How long does it take for one of the 12 apostles to remove himself so completely from his holy role that he actually becomes the devil?
Author Archives: Daniel Boden
Theater Review
For the current generation of college students, Randy Newman is a softy, known best for his film scoring and warmhearted songs such as “You’ve Got a Friend in Me” from “Toy Story.”
A new musical revue, “Harps and Angels,” brings together 36 of Newman’s songs in a high-energy, mostly satirical ballad to America’s lowest lows.
Theater Review: “Maestro”
As the house lights dim, old footage of Leonard Bernstein’s television program, “Young People’s Concerts,” projects onstage, and the maestro teaches the audience how to prepare to conduct a symphony.
Alumni thespians put on “Island of Brilliance”
Jill Renner walked hurriedly to a black storefront on Venice Boulevard and, pulling back a large, wooden, ramshackle door, stepped into a small theater space.
International Profiles: Nahela Nowshin
Dubai: It’s kind of like Shangri-La meets El Dorado on the Arabian Peninsula. Some people imagine palm tree-shaped islands, hotels that look like sailboats and palatial condos owned by oil barons and vacationing celebrities. In most people’s minds, Dubai is paradise.
International Profiles: Kyu Ick Shin
Just one month after arriving in the United States, Kyu Ick Shin experienced his first American rite of passage: Taking a knife in hand, he began to excise the stringy innards of a pumpkin.
Theater review
Small spaces, long periods of mandatory silence, a constant state of observation and limited bathroom breaks.