Jon Sobel

A blizzard. A gun.* And a meeting of a volatile Brooklyn chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America during the administration of a corrupt ex-cop NYC mayor. What could go wrong? Chapter Meeting asks us to believe some things that don’t make sense. But a lot goes right in this world-premiere Perfect 10s production of the incisively written comedy. A spitfire cast is briskly directed by playwright Taylor Jon Gonzalez.

I like when classical music ensembles call themselves bands. The word implies a proletarian good time instead of the formal, highbrow listening experience suggested by a continental term like “ensemble” or neutrally descriptive nomenclature like “The

Center stage, a lone woman watches a slide show of old family photos. Off to one side, a man with a guitar sits silently, keeping so still that one wonders if he’s just a dummy prop. From this spare beginning, ISLA explodes into a captivating visual-musical memoir.

The short stories in The Black Box are likely the first works by Greek writer Mata Kastrisiou that E

The short stories in The Black Box are likely the first works by Greek writer Mata Kastrisiou that English-speaking readers will encounter. These dreamlike

During the 1800s and into the 1900s, many girls and young women who

Argentine composer Diego Tedesco’s first portrait album reveals a composer with a sure grasp on the musical language he wields. Varietas, out now on New Focus Recordings, includes an assortment of striking works. Three feature soloists (violin, guitar, voice). The others are ensemble pieces. All uncover fresh seams of gold in well-explored mines of atonality and abstraction.

The music of composer Marc Mellits caught my attention back in 2018 with its adventurous mixture of

Theater Review (NYC): 'The Real Ivanov' by Anton Chekhov – New Adaptation, Same Old Depression and Despair

Much like its title character, Alice Won't Die refused to give up the ghost. After losing its theate