PHILADELPHIA — “Sky on Swings,” a 78-minute chamber work about two women declining from Alzheimer’s disease, was given its world premiere by Opera Philadelphia for the first night of its season-opening O18 festival. Frederica von Stade, a celebrated 73-year-old mezzo-soprano, … more
A young orphan named Lewis Barnavelt aids his magical uncle in locating a clock with the power to bring about the end of the world.
“A zany, immaculately designed kids adventure.” -Harry Windsor –The Hollywood Reporter
“Charming entry-level spookiness and nicely old-fashioned eeriness for budding fright fans. A disarmingly goofy Jack Black and a vamping-it-up Cate Blanchett meet in a comic middle that is perfectly pitched.” -MaryAnn Johanson –FlickFilosopher
BEIJING — X-Men star Fan Bingbing’s Beijing management office is dark and abandoned. Her birthday passed almost unremarked in China’s hyper-adrenalized social media environment. For one of China’s best known stars and a rising Hollywood actress, Fan’s vanishing is stunning, … more
WASHINGTON — Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows: ABC’s “This Week” — To be announced. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — To be announced. ___ CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Reps. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., and Anna Eshoo, D-Calif. … more
NEW YORK — Darko Tresnjak thought back to November 2016, when he headed to the acclaimed modernist home designed by Charles Gwathmey in Manchester, Connecticut, he had purchased a year earlier with his husband. “The election happened and I was … more
