Portrait of Mlle. Hortense Valpinçon (c. 1871), by Edgar Degas. I recently got to walk inside the Norton Museum and ask something I rarely get to ask: Where to the van Gogh and the Degas? It felt good. I can understand why any museum that owns a masterpiece makes use of its bragging rights every change it gets and despite the local crowd’s tendency to take it for granted. … [Read more...]
Schlocky ‘Cougar’ aims low and stays there
Apologies in advance if you are a fan of Menopause: The Musical, Waist Watchers: The Musical or The D Word. There is a word that sums up these shows and it is “schlock.” But it is schlock that sells, so no amount of critical disapproval will probably end — or even slow — the arrival of these lowest common denominator entertainments. Still, critics are an optimistic bunch, so … [Read more...]