TV star and satirist, Kwaku Sintim-Misa (KSM), has described Ghanaian movies as “concert.” KSM is calling for a change in an industry that he says has been producing sub-standard movies over the years. “Though the movie industry has shown some growth, there is more to be done in order to build a robust industry that [...]
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Read the rest of this story »By BEN BRANTLEY At the end of the first of half of Daniel Sullivan’s marvelous new production of “The Merchant of Venice,” at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, Shylock the moneylender can be found loudly lamenting his recent losses. These include a) a small fortune in cash and jewels, and b) his daughter, who [...]
Read the rest of this story »By KEN JAWOROWSKI It’s brash. It’s bold. It’s untamed. It’s the chaos of merchandising that swallows visitors entering Madison Square Garden to see “FUNundrum!,” the new offering from Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus. While the show turns out to be the best the troupe has presented in years, to get to it you’ll [...]
Read the rest of this story »Sara Krulwich/The New York Times Music and movement: The musical “Fela!,” directed and choreographed by Bill T. Jones, has more than 15 cast members, but only a few, including the one in the title role, have clearly defined roles. Sahr Ngaujah plays the Nigerian singer and activist Fela Anikulapo-Kuti in the musical “Fela!” That harsh [...]
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Read the rest of this story »By BEN BRANTLEY Imagine, please, that a screenwriter named Will Shakespeare takes a meeting with some big-studio executives to pitch a script about a military hero who thinks his wife is cheating on him. Skip to next paragraph Enlarge This Image Sara Krulwich/The New York Times "Othello": From left, Jessica Chastain, John Ortiz [...]
Read the rest of this story »By RACHEL SALTZ “George Bataille’s Bathrobe,†by Richard Foreman, takes place, or so it would seem, in the mind of a writer named Frank. “We are alone on earth,†he says as the play opens. “Therefore to speak is an exercise in futility.†Skip to next paragraph Gemini CollisionWorks Gyda Arber in “Blood [...]
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