E. Ashley Izard tackles one of the most daunting roles in the American canon.
In response to a story I wrote about LSD, a college creative writing professor told me that it’s never a good idea to give characters drugs, because if they’re high,…
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From Mormon Boy to Rent Boy: Interview with solo performer Steven Fales They have a name for former LDS in Utah: Jack Mormons. You can leave the Mormon church, but the Mormon upbringing will never leave you. ... 
GREAT RUSSIAN NUTCRACKER (Moscow Ballet): Dance review The Moscow Ballet delivers all that is expected from a first-rate Nutcracker, but there are no surprises. 
SUICIDE STORIES (Elephant Room Productions): 2017 Fringe review A surprising reminder of how good it is just to be alive. 
The German Society of Pennsylvania presents their final Delius Society Concert The Wister Quartet and Choral Arts Philadelphia gave their audience a rare chance to hear the Delius Songs of Sunset. 
Literary Legacy: A History of Philadelphia Writers If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth the reading, or do things worth the writing. 
// Three years before his assassination during the Spanish civil war, Federico Garcia Lorca elaborated his theory of duende at the Argentinian premier of BODAS DE SANGRE (Blood Wedding). Although universal, duende is particularly Spanish, “a mysterious force that everyone feels and no philosopher has explained,” a power that “surges up” from the earth, eschewing light and rationality, balancing on the edge of death and madness. Transplanted from Andalusia to Miami, Tanaquil Márquez and Eliana Fabiyi’s powerful adaptation of BODAS DE SANGRE gives duende a Caribbean flare. more…
