Lion Taymor
Director Julie Taymor I knew I was going to use a punny headline of some sort, this was perhaps the least offensive among my options. I saw The Lion King tonight, admittedly years after its opening,...
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It’s summertime, when the livin’ is easy: and Gershwin might be on my mind right now. Summer musicals are taking over the stages at summer festivals in Stratford & Niagara-on-the-Lake. Crazy For...
View ArticlePushing our buttons: Hadrian, Actéon, Pygmalion and erotic opera
Before there was pornography, there was always opera. Slavoj Zizek spoke of opera as redundant once we had psychiatrists, which is how he explains the decline in opera in the 20th century. But maybe...
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I wish I could somehow reclaim my innocence. Sometimes sophistication & experience get in the way. No you can’t believe everything you read, especially when you overthink (….guilty). When will I...
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