Hello Beautiful People, On March 26th, I had the pleasure of attending the first preview of The Testament of Mary, which officially opens April 22nd and runs until June 16th at the Walter Kerr Theatre. I am in awe of Fiona Shaw. Whatever opinions you may have on the show, let’s get something clear right…
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A Write Teacher(s) Review: Jack the Giant Slayer
Hello Friends, One thing I’ve learned over the years is that humanity, as a whole, loves a good story. Even if books aren’t as popular as they were years ago, it hasn’t diminished the simple human need for a good yarn. Television and movies simply require less of the viewer, providing the images and the…
A Write Teacher(s) Review: STAGED, by Ruby Preston
Hello Beautiful People, Recently, I wrote about SHOWBIZ, by Ruby Preston, or should I say gushed about SHOWBIZ, by Ruby Preston. And the gushy, mushy, swooning nature of my praise is going to continue, as I just finished STAGED…in a day. That’s right, I literally finished the book in one day – it was that addictive,…
A Write Teacher(s) Review: Life of Pi
Dear Friends, Ah, here we are! The last of the last…THE FINAL film review in the Best Picture nominee series. Let’s talk about Life of Pi. It was released in September, so it’s likely that you have already seen it, but if you haven’t, it’s being shown in theaters around NYC, I assume due to…
A Write Teacher(s) Review: Beasts of the Southern Wild
Dear Friends, I am heartbroken. I left the theater completely heartbroken. Beasts of the Southern Wild was the most artistically fulfilling (for me) of all of the Oscar nominees that I have seen so far. It was absolutely thrilling to see a piece that seamlessly merged fantasy and reality the way Beasts of the Southern…
A Write Teacher(s) Review: Django Unchained
Hello Friends, The first thing you should do is YouTube the song “Flower”, by Moby, and press “play” while reading this review. It’s the very first song I thought of when I sat down to write this piece. It captures the vibe of Jamie Foxx walking across a god-forsaken piece of land holding a rifle…
A Write Teacher(s) Review: Silver Linings Playbook
Hello Friends, The Oscars are fast approaching, and in my push to see as many Best Picture Nominees as possible, I found myself hoofing it over to Williamsburg Cinemas, a few weeks ago, in order to catch one of the very few showings of Silver Linings Playbook that I could find anywhere below 100th St. I rushed…
A Write Teacher(s) Review: Zero Dark Thirty
Hello Friends, Zero Dark Thirty is yet another film I was against seeing, upon the premise that I lived through 9/11, and I didn’t want to relive the experience on the big screen. I was angry that the film was being made, feeling like somehow we were all being exploited, and I certainly wasn’t going…
A Write Teacher(s) Review: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf?
Hello Friends, Tonight, I sat in the audience and watched a masterpiece unfold on the stage in front of me. Edward Albee’s work, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is, in fact, a masterpiece. The work originally opened on Broadway on October 13, 1962, and it won the Tony Award for Best Play that year. It…