Year: 2017
Cézanne et Moi portrays the troubled friendship between the Post-Impressionist master Paul Cézanne and the Nobel Prize-nominated novelist Émile Zola .
American Gods–A Subversive Riff on Religion
The dual theme of religion and government is an intriguing new exploration for television. American Gods focuses on myths and established religions fighting the new religions of technology and money.
The Wizard of Lies–Decades of Untruth
This HBO TV drama (which premiered on May 20, 2017) chronicles the infamous Wall Street meltdown of financier Bernie Madoff's $64 billion dollar Ponzi scheme, perhaps the largest financial fraud in US history.
“Dear Evan Hansen”–A Note to Loneliness
Deeply personal and profoundly contemporary, Dear Evan Hansen is about social media's ability to unintentionally magnify "little lies" until they take on a life of their own. At that point there is no easy way out.
“A Third Gender–Beautiful Youths in Japanese Prints”– Japan Society, New York City ( March 10- June 11, 2017)
The notion of gender fluidity is the essence of this Japan Society exhibit of woodblock prints. The show challenges modern notions that male and female are obvious either-or identities.
“A Doll’s House Part 2”–Knocking on the Door
A door slams. The viewer is stunned. Nora makes the shocking decision to leave her husband and three young children. That is where A Doll’s House, the iconic 1879 play by Ibsen, leaves off. Now the young playwright, Lucas Hnath, has continued Nora’s story in this intriguing Tony-nominated play asking us to imagine her life fifteen years later. Hnath's A Doll's House Part 2, opens with a knock on that door. Nora is back.