Archives for March 2018

Carlos Kleiber and the Bavarian State Orchestra perform the first movment of Brahms’ Fourth Symphony at an undated concert:

(This is the latest in a series of arts-related videos that appear in this space each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday)

“Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.”

Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere’s Fan

Vladimir Horowitz plays Chopin’s G Minor Ballade at Carnegie Hall in 1968. This performance was originally telecast in prime time on CBS:

(This is the latest in a series of arts-related videos that appear in this space each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday)

Men tighten the knot of confusion
Into perfect misunderstanding.

T.S. Eliot, The Family Reunion

Here’s my list of recommended Broadway, off-Broadway, and out-of-town shows, updated weekly. In all cases, I gave these shows favorable reviews (if sometimes qualifiedly so) in The Wall Street Journal when they opened. For more information, click on the title.

BROADWAY:
• The Band’s Visit (musical, PG-13, nearly all shows sold out last week, reviewed here)
• Dear Evan Hansen (musical, PG-13, all shows sold out last week, reviewed here)
• Hamilton (musical, PG-13, Broadway transfer of off-Broadway production, all shows sold out last week, reviewed here)

CLOSING SOON OFF BROADWAY:
• At Home at the Zoo (drama, PG-13/R, extended through March 18, reviewed here)
• Hangmen (black comedy, PG-13/R, newly extended to March 25, reviewed here)

“It is precisely because an ideal is necessary to man that the man without ideals is in permanent danger of fanaticism.”

G.K. Chesterton, Heretics