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George Drance, S.J., left, as the Narrator and Richard Zavaglia as Stevens in a staged reading of "Mr. Blue."
Books
May 29, 2014
This spring I attended a dramatic reading of the 1928 novel “Mr. Blue,” written by Myles Connolly. The book was required reading when I was in high school, and the staged reading was directed by a longtime Jesuit friend of mine, the multitalented George Drance, S.J., so I was eager to at
Books
March 12, 2014
Dozens of well-known American and British actresses have portrayed religious women in film Some of them mdash Jennifer Jones in ldquo The Song of Bernadette rdquo and Susan Sarandon in ldquo Dead Man Walking rdquo mdash won Academy Awards for their performances There have been nuns who broke i
Theater
March 12, 2014
Tennessee Williams’s The Glass Menagerie first appeared on Broadway in 1945, beginning what would be a wave of great American plays about troubled families. Arthur Miller’s “All My Sons” and “Death of a Salesman,” William Inge’s “Picnic,” Eugene
UNHAPPY FAMILY: Julia Roberts, Meryl Streep and Julianne Nicholson in "August: Osage County"
Film
January 17, 2014
In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus says, “It is not what goes into a man’s mouth that makes him impure; it is what comes out of his mouth” (15:2). Violet Weston, the central character in the film August: Osage County has been popping a huge amount of pills into her mouth for
WISDOM FIGURE. Forest Whitaker and Jacob Latimore in "Black Nativity" (CNS photo/Fox).
Film
December 17, 2013
Looking for the spirit of Langston Hughes in 'Black Nativity'
Film
July 18, 2013
'The Lone Ranger' touches on major themes in the mythology of the Wild West.
Elevation of the Eucharist, detail from the Della Rovere Missal Italy, Rome, ca. 1485–90
Art
July 09, 2013
A new exhibit provides a glimpse into the celebration of the Eucharist in the Middle Ages
Film
December 21, 2012
Fate and forgiveness in ‘Les Misérables’
Theater
November 19, 2012

'Detroit' examines relationships in troubled times.

Theater
May 07, 2012

A cult film based on a working class rebellion comes to "occupy Broadway."