She has had three of her plays premiere at Florida Stage and one of them -- the apocalyptic comedy, End Days -- had an off-Broadway run last spring. But with her latest work, Sirens, showcased at the Humana Festival of New American Plays in Louisville, Ky., last month, Deborah Zoe Laufer landed on the radar of the nation’s regional non-profit theaters and commercial … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2010
Theater feature: Laufer thrilled with response to ‘Sirens’
Playwright Deborah Zoe Laufer.By Hap ErsteinShe has had three of her plays premiere at Florida Stage and one of them -- the apocalyptic comedy, End Days -- had an off-Broadway run last spring.But with her latest work, Sirens, showcased at the Humana Festival of New American Plays in Louisville, Ky., last month, Deborah Zoe Laufer landed on the radar of the nation’s regional … [Read more...]
Book review: Tale of cell line’s ‘mother’ astonishes
By Bill WilliamsBefore the publication of this book, few people other than scientists had ever heard of Henrietta Lacks, a poor black woman who died of cancer in 1951.Lacks was a patient at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore when doctors, without her knowledge or consent, sliced cancerous tissue from her cervix for research purposes. To the astonishment of scientists, the … [Read more...]
Tale of cell line’s ‘mother’ astonishes
Before the publication of this book, few people other than scientists had ever heard of Henrietta Lacks, a poor black woman who died of cancer in 1951. Lacks was a patient at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore when doctors, without her knowledge or consent, sliced cancerous tissue from her cervix for research purposes. To the astonishment of scientists, the cancer cells began … [Read more...]
Art review: Steichen show offers too much of a pretty thing
Actress Mary Heberden (1935), by Edward Steichen.(Courtesy Condé Nast Archive, New York© 1935 Condé Nast Publications) By Emma TrellesThe faces of both the famed and the forgotten share equal stature in the more than 200 celebrity and couture-focused photographs on display at the Museum of Art in Fort Lauderdale.The collection unwinds across all of the museum’s first-floor … [Read more...]
Art review: Steichen show offers too much of a pretty thing
The faces of both the famed and the forgotten share equal stature in the more than 200 celebrity and couture-focused photographs on display at the Museum of Art in Fort Lauderdale. The collection unwinds across all of the museum’s first-floor galleries, yet the images found in Edward Steichen: In High Fashion – the Condé Nast Years, 1923-1937, which runs through April 11, … [Read more...]
The View From Home 3: New releases on DVD
By John ThomasonMystery Science Theater 3000: Vol. XVII (Shout! Factory)Release date: March 16Standard list price: $32.99Aside from, perhaps, the wheel, the cotton gin and the printing press, Mystery Science Theater 3000 is one of man’s greatest creations. OK, well, at least it should be the top 100.Such hyperbole is not uncommon among Mystery Science Theater 3000 fanatics, or … [Read more...]
The View From Home 3: New releases on DVD
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Vol. XVII (Shout! Factory) Release date: March 16 Standard list price: $32.99 Aside from, perhaps, the wheel, the cotton gin and the printing press, Mystery Science Theater 3000 is one of man’s greatest creations. OK, well, at least it should be the top 100. Such hyperbole is not uncommon among Mystery Science Theater 3000 fanatics, or … [Read more...]
Music review: Early Brahms sparkles under young pianist’s fingers
Pianist Ran Jia. By Greg Stepanich The piano sonatas of Johannes Brahms are all early, thickly scored, finger-busting works, and while they receive respect from the performers who study them, rare is the pianist who brings them along on recital. The young Chinese pianist Ran Jia was an exception to that rule last Wednesday at Stage West in the Duncan Theatre, ending her … [Read more...]
Early Brahms sparkles under young pianist’s fingers
The piano sonatas of Johannes Brahms are all early, thickly scored, finger-busting works, and while they receive respect from the performers who study them, rare is the pianist who brings them along on recital. The young Chinese pianist Ran Jia was an exception to that rule last Wednesday at Stage West in the Duncan Theatre, ending her meat-and-potatoes recital of Beethoven, … [Read more...]