“IIIII want candy!” the famous song penned by Bert Berns goes. Seemingly for as long as candy has existed, children have been taught that candy is bad: it’ll rot your teeth; it’ll work you up and spoil your appetite; you’ll become obese and develop diabetes. Who would have thought something so sweet could have gotten […]
Giuseppe Verdi was one of history’s most illustrious Shakespeare fanatics. Think of him as the Kenneth Branagh of 19th century opera. And while he only produced three Shakespeare adaptations to Branagh’s five (so far), all of them are operatic gold. So, when I received my program at Bard on the Beach’s celebration of Verdi on […]
“IIIII want candy!” the famous song penned by Bert Berns goes. Seemingly for as long as candy has existed, children have been taught that candy is bad: it’ll rot your teeth; it’ll work you up and spoil your appetite; you’ll become obese and develop diabetes. Who would have thought something so sweet could have gotten […] 