Billed as a romance, this is actually a nice film about parents and children–a subject some of us need to explore to understand more about our own. Kumail is a Pakistani stand-up wanna-be (filmcompanion.com)whose traditional parents want him to be a lawyer and marry a Pakistani girl. He has trouble telling them that he doesn’t…
No, I was not performing; I was in the audience on the fourth side of the cleverly designed stage area in David Geffen Hall (formerly Avery Fisher, home of the NY Philharmonic, named anew with a $100 million donation). We like these seats because they are very close to the music, I don’t get a…
You just have to get there at 9 am to get tickets. I am talking, of course, about Shakespeare in the Park at the Delacorte Theater–the joyous Midsummer Night’s Dream. The music is eclectic–from Beale Street blues to rock to tango to gospel, produced by a terrific band, sung by an electrifying singer and danced…
