‘Cuarteto’ provides bridge between cultures

‘Cuarteto’ provides bridge between cultures By Omid Bürgin-Esmai’li Take a dose of tango, bossa nova and lambada, mix that with a European art form, and add some multicultural ideology and there you have it: the Cuarteto Latinoamericano, a renowned string quartet known for promoting mostly contemporary works of Latin American composers. The quartet performs this […]

‘Isn’t it awfully nice to have a penis?’

‘Isn’t it awfully nice to have a penis?’ What’s ‘The Meaning of Life?’ If you ask Monty Python, it has something to do with Spam, cross-dressing lumberjacks and the Spanish Inquisition. After 25 years of offensive, vulgar and flat-out hilarious material, the comedy troupe expands on their feelings in the new ‘Instant Monty Python CD […]

Tomei, Downey shine in ‘Only You’

Tomei, Downey shine in ‘Only You’ By Lael Loewenstein The last time director Norman Jewison ventured into romantic comedy, he hit paydirt with the Oscar-winning "Moonstruck." Jewison’s current film about amore, "Only You," hopes to do for Marisa Tomei what "Moonstruck" did for Cher. Tomei plays Faith, a Pittsburgh schoolteacher. Having learned the name of […]

Redgrave brings the personal onstage

Redgrave brings the personal onstage One-woman play mixes Shakespeare with own biography By John Mangum No matter how broad her experience as an actress becomes, Tony award-winning Lynn Redgrave always returns to Shakespeare. Ranking among the most versatile and best-known actresses today, Redgrave has performed in too many different productions in too many different genres […]