The Mothers on Broadway Are Finally More Than Monsters
The dramatic canon has always adored a nice, juicy perversion of motherhood — think the filicidal Medea; the incestuous Jocasta; […]
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Otto Schenk, Opera Director and Bulwark of Tradition, Dies at 94
Otto Schenk, the prolific Austrian director whose lavishly traditional productions for the Metropolitan Opera and the Vienna State Opera thrilled
Why ‘Show Boat’ Is America’s Most Enduring, Unstable Musical
The musical brought out some of the finest work from both: wit, bite and heartbreak in the libretto, and infectious