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‘How to Be a Rock Critic’ Explores Tangled Mess that was Lester Bangs
By Peter Thomas Ricci Lester Bangs is probably the most (in)famous writers of rock criticism, and for good reason – a pill popping, beer boozing, cough-syrup downing polemicist who wildly
By Peter Thomas Ricci Let’s be direct about it: Lookingglass Theatre’s production of “Moby Dick,” a remount of its world-premiere staging from 2016, is a truly spectacular piece of theater,...
By Peter Thomas Ricci “Jacques Brel’s Lonesome Losers of the Night,” the original musical revue from Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre, was nominated for the Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Musical...
by Peter Thomas Ricci Writers Theatre’s production of the Jason Robert Brown musical “Parade” is the kind of show that makes my heart sink – a technically perfect, ravishingly performed...
by Peter Thomas Ricci The term “National Treasure” is one of the more irritating cliches in the performing arts, yet it is entirely appropriate when applied to the luminous Audra […]
by Peter Thomas Ricci Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe’s musical “My Fair Lady” is among the most beloved of the classic musicals, with multiple Broadway stagings and a film […]