The Arts in NYC Fall 2012

I walked into the Lincoln Center without biased judgments or negative views of the opera. I have heard people speaking poorly of the opera and about how boring it was. But, there are also people I know who loved the opera and enjoyed sitting through everything. The only logical way for me to see if […]

“Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.” If only I had followed Alexander Pope’s advice before heading to Lincoln Center to see Aida. Ever since I was a little girl, I’ve heard of the Opera and how grant and elegant one is who heads out to such an event. For […]

Expectations color reality, right? Well, much to my dismay, I expected so much more from the Opera than I received. My criticisms run rampant, so I’ll do my best to keep them terse and understandable before the inner arts aficionado in me begins to scream. For starters, for what it could have been, the show […]

Look, I’ll be frank. I came into last night’s performance expecting to be bored to the point of tears for the entirety of the performance. I’ll admit that there were portions of last night’s opera that were very engaging and interesting. On the whole, though, this was easily the least enjoyable of the three outings […]

The performance was good, it wasn’t quite as good as I expected, but then again my expectations were rather high. The story is one that I like, because its like an Operatic version of Romeo and Juliet. There were a few things that I didn’t really like, okay more than just a few. The first […]

  Here’s what The New York Times had to say about The Met’s production of Verdi’s “Aida” we saw last night.  What do you think? Greg Broom sent us this article and interview with Melvin Sokolsky, the photographer that inspired him to become a fashion photographer.  What do you think? And Kenneth Pietrobono’s exhibition The […]

The Signature Theatre Company’s production of “The Piano Lesson,” directed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson, was a worthwhile performance that enabled me to further and greatly appreciate August Wilson’s work for a number of reasons. Although the play most certainly followed Wilson’s dialogue and instructions to a tee, Boy Willie’s “boyishness,” brashness, and impulsivity are evident. His […]

Because I wasn’t able to go see The Piano Lesson with you guys, I’m going to be reviewing something else. So, awhile back, I won tickets on Twitter to go see a movie called Red Flag, produced and written by Girls star Alex Karpovsky. It was being screened at SVA Theatre as part of the Friars Club Comedy Film Festival. (Side […]

The play was so much better than the book. While reading, I didn’t enjoy “The Piano Lesson” very much because I felt that August Wilson built up the suspense so much that he just let me down at the end. I wanted Boy Wille to sell the piano, or Bernice to shoot Boy Wille, but […]