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Astonishing but not — the former site of the Ballet Shop on Broadway remains unoccupied. It would be interesting to know what extortinate rate is being charged– Let’s not forget that this is a town where landlords can hike a … Continue reading →

IMPORTANT DOUBLE BLOG: At the Mostly Mozart opening night earlier this week, we were treated to a spectacular evening of voice. If you missed hearing Pinza live, or Siepi, or Sotin, or Raimondi, stop beating yourself up. We are living … Continue reading →

Virginia Rich Barnett’s answer message concludes with, “And please, be kind to the planet.”

Sanders takes it like a mensch: you can tell he’s a bit gobsmacked by Hillary’s recidivism, her obtuse arrogance in selecting Kaine and keeping the love going to Wasserman Schultz. And he’s not going to lay down and endorse their … Continue reading →

It will be almost funny to see how Hillary’s idolators in the liberal comentariat wish away the events of the last 48 hours. Do we expect paeans to her brilliantly triangulatory acumen?  And haven’t they been telling us for weeks … Continue reading →

There seems to be  complete breakdown occurring at the upper reaches of the Democratic party: Hillary is allowed to pick the VP candidate who will sink her campaign–of course he’s being praised by the GOP! Obama continues his make-love-not-war on … Continue reading →

Fraudster Paul Ryan, a millionaire because of his wife’s wealth and his sedulous servicing of the billionaire class, gets up at the GOP convention and dares to excoriate “progressive elitists.” Dares to, because he knows that the Democratic party refuses … Continue reading →

Gillian Murphy has some interesting things to say about Pillar of Fire in the new, Summer 2016 Ballet Review.

Listening to Richard Strauss’s heavenly Burlesque for Piano and Orchestra and also thinking of Antony Tudor’s heavenly ballet Dim Lustre to this same music. By the end of this ballet, the two romantic lead characters have made deep and life-and-relationship-altering … Continue reading →

Someone close to me came up with the churlish comment that nobody knows that I mean Basquiat if I call him “Jean,” and not “Jean-Michel.” But that’s what we called him and he called himself at CAS. Once when I … Continue reading →