All owe a debt to “Rent,” and I for one am happy to pay it.
Rob Weinert-Kendt
Rob Weinert-Kendt, an arts journalist and editor of American Theatre magazine, has written for The New York Times and Time Out New York.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
Is ‘Watership Down’ really for kids?
A new Netflix miniseries brings out the story’s aspects of adventure and conflict, with occasionally pulse-pounding results.
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
“Mary Poppins Returns,” but what is she doing here?
Disney’s new sequel, “Mary Poppins Returns,” has a big umbrella to fill.
Posted inArts & Culture, Theater
Atticus Finch and Howard Beale finally get their Broadway moment
Two starry new Broadway productions have no qualms about speaking their mind.
Posted inArts & Culture, Music
The Velvet Underground: rock’s first cult band
In a new exhibit, we are treated to a kind of shrine to the band’s origins.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
‘Brideshead Revisited’ changed my life. Can it work its magic on the ‘Downton Abbey’ generation?
A 11-part television adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s great novel aired weekly on PBS in 1981.
Posted inArts & Culture, Theater
Kenneth Lonergan’s “The Waverly Gallery” makes a belated and brilliant Broadway debut
Two seasoned actors explore meaning and mortality in ‘The Waverly Gallery’ and ‘Thom Pain (based on nothing).’
Posted inArts & Culture, Theater
Review: The Troubles bring trouble to a farm family in Northern Ireland
In the fallen world of “The Ferryman,” conflict and compromise poison everything.
Posted inArts & Culture, Theater
Who is the better songwriter: Bob Dylan or Rodgers & Hammerstein?
How did an old war horse manage to outrun a rolling stone?
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
‘King Lear’ returns to film, prophetic as ever
A new adaptation from the BBC and Amazon makes ideal use of a sensational cast of British actors.