By Ernest Kearney — In 2003 Harper’s Magazine commissioned John D’Agata to pen an essay about the suicide of a 16-year-old Las Vegas teenager, Levi Presley, who leapt to his death from the observation deck of the Stratosphere Hotel.
By Ernest Kearney — In Unrivaled, Playwright Rosie Naraski introduces audiences to Murasaki Shikibu and Sei Shōnagon, two celebrated authoresses of 11th century Japan.
By Ernest Kearney — "Yaacobi & Leidental" is currently having its US premiere at the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble and the merging of play and venue is certainly a match made in the Black Hole of Calcutta.
By Ernest Kearney — In 1998 the headline of The National Enquirer bellowed to the gullible: “Titanic Survivor Found on Iceberg! She Still Thinks its 1912!” Here was the inspiration for Jeffrey Hatcher’s Scotland Road.
By Ernest Kearney — Sadly, violence is all too often mistaken by the weakest among us as strength. Then, should they turn to violence, they’ll blame the world or fault society for driving them to it.
By Ernest Kearney — In dramatizing the life of Dwight D. Eisenhower, you are faced with two wildly, out of balance acts. The first act is Eisenhower the military man,
By Ernest Kearney — If you’re a fan of Pat Benatar, Invincible is a must see, and if you’re not, see it anyway. The concept is not new, a retelling of "Romeo and Juliet" in a modern setting with music.
By Ernest Kearney — Set in an upscale neighborhood of Philadelphia, Melissa Jane Osborne’s "Smile" (on stage at Atwater Village Theatre) begins with Rachel (Isabella Feliciana) seated in the office of high school counselor, Helen (Andria Kozica).
By Ernest Kearney — With their opera 'Arkhipov,' Composer Peter Knell and Librettist Stephanie Fleischmann have superbly captured the historical event in their ironic juxtaposition of a tragedy barely avoided
By Ernest Kearney — In selecting a basis for their musical, “A Dream At the End of Time,” Thomas Barrett Blakeley and Duncan C.B. Smith chose one of the oddest of H.P Lovecraft’s short stories, "The Quest of Iranon."
