Feingold continues his close examination of the 1936 motion picture version of Kern and Hammerstein’s “Show Boat”
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All The Devils Are Here: Patrick Page Takes On Shakespeare’s Villains
★★★★★ A tour de force in which the acclaimed actor provides fascinating insights while enacting the Bard’s villains, even Lady Macbeth
Simply Sondheim: The Master in Revue, Yet Again
★★★★☆ Arlington’s Signature Theatre brings us a worthy (if unfocused) evening of Sondheim, headlined by Norm Lewis, Emily Skinner, and Conrad Ricamora
Little Wars: Women Writers Talk Bitingly During World War II
★★★★☆ Playwright Steven Carl McCasland confronts Lillian Hellman with Gertrude Stein and other gossips
Myths and Hymns Chapter 1, Flight: Adam Guettel and Friends Soar
★★★★★ The astonishing song cycle from the “The Light in the Piazza” composer is reconceived for streaming, with exciting results
Feingold on Old Movies for Theater Lovers: James Whale’s ‘Show Boat’ (1936)—Part 1
(This is the first part of a two-part column. The second part will appear next month.) Warning to my fellow voyagers: This boat ride may take our rickety vessel through some deep and turbulent waters. If the situation makes you queasy, please bear in mind that I am only your guide: I neither built the…
Ratatouille: The Rat In The Hat Strikes Back
★★★★☆ The Tik Tok generation cooks up a streaming tribute to a Pixar classic of their youth
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom: August Wilson Hits the Screen Singing
★★★★★ Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman star, George C. Wolfe directs from Ruben Santiago-Hudson’s adaptation
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom: A Perfect August in December
★★★★★ Wilson’s Chicago-set 1920s play gets a magnificent, melodic Netflix transfer
This Is Who I Am: A Cup of Flour, a Pinch of Pain
★★★★☆ A father and son prepare a real dish, while they really dish and heal