Posts Tagged ‘Wendy Smith’
Rock of Ages
Forty years after their deaths, Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin now seem part of the mainstream culture they rebelled against
Read MoreOffbeat at the Apollo
Elvis Costello’s cable TV show, Spectacle, ranges across musical genres and centuries
Read MoreThe Meaning Behind the Lines
How Ibsen’s toughness and Chekhov’s tenderness transformed American playwriting and acting
Read MoreFrom Oppressed to Oppressors
The Battle of Algiers took a pitiless look at the war for Algerian independence, but the filmmakers could not foresee the failures that would result
Read MoreGood Thing Going
Stephen Sondheim only looks better with time
Read MoreWar Weary
If Iraq is not another Vietnam, why do I find myself rereading Dispatches?
Read MoreThe Man Who Got His Way
John Hammond, scion of white privilege, helped integrate popular music
Read MoreThe Abuses of Enchantment
Why some children’s classics give parents the creeps
Read MoreMiller's Tale
The playwright drew a line between reaching out and selling out
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