South Pacific

Theater: "Joe Turner's Come..." To Broadway And Will Stay For A While

Michael Giltz | Posted 04.20.2009 | Entertainment


Michael Giltz

Director Bartlett Sher's revival of August Wilson's magnificent play Joe Turner's Come and Gone has just opened on Broadway to rave reviews.

Tolerance Is Not For Rent

Jason Mannino | Posted 02.20.2009 | Living


Jason Mannino

This week, for the first time in Oscar history, a political protest is being staged (in the past they have only been health related for breast cancer ...

Admiring Continents

Pablo Ganguli | Posted 01.29.2009 | Style


Pablo Ganguli

I still do not know what possessing Indian nationality signifies. I have always felt so very un-Indian with only rare flashbacks of nostalgia for things from the sub-continent.

Where Climate Change Catastrophe is NOT a Hypothetical

Joel B. Schwartzberg | Posted 12.22.2008 | Green


Joel B. Schwartzberg

Just this month, a top UN official predicted that by the middle of this century, the world should expect six million people a year to be displaced by ...

Exclusive: South Pacific's David Pittsinger Speaks Out

Michael Giltz | Posted 12.19.2008 | Entertainment


Michael Giltz

If Rahm Emmanuel considered a career in ballet, it shouldn't be any surprise to find out that opera and Broadway star David Pittsinger -- currently starring in the hit revival of South Pacific -- was drawn to politics.

The Oracle at Delphi

Michael Jones | Posted 09.29.2008 | Chicago


Michael Jones

He told us that nobody was ever wounded in the movies. He would drink his Irish whiskey neat and tell us about the effect of high explosives on human beings.

Confessions of a South Pacific groupie?

Abigail Pogrebin | Posted 06.12.2008 | Entertainment


Abigail Pogrebin

Beneath my New York armor, I'm as corny as Kansas; The recent revival of South Pacific reminded me of all the lovers kept apart by this endless war and how atypical it is to love blatantly, putting devotion ahead of all else.

The Ultimate Sacrifice

Amy Ephron | Posted 05.25.2008 | Politics


Amy Ephron

Bush has given up golf, but has he given up hunting dove, one of his favorite pastimes at the Crawford Ranch?

South Pacific -- Musical Orientalism

Rick Ayers | Posted 05.01.2008 | Entertainment


Rick Ayers

What is most stunning is how this musical is greeted so uncritically. Popular discussions in the media have got to be a little more sophisticated than this.

CULTURE ZOHN: Women, Men and Water at Lincoln Center

Patricia Zohn | Posted 04.04.2008 | Entertainment


Patricia Zohn

2008-04-04-frontwl.jpgWhat is it about women, men and water? This week, everyone I saw on stage or screen was jumping or landing in cold water to make a change in their lives.

Microscope of Grief

Steven Denlinger | Posted 02.22.2008 | Living


Steven Denlinger

What kind of pain does an artist with an overheated core experience within a conservative Mennonite community like ours?

Coming to Los Angeles: Labyrinth

Steven Denlinger | Posted 02.15.2008 | Home


Steven Denlinger

The novella 'Coming to Los Angeles' continues as a serial this week. Chapter 1: Labyrinth IN THE FALL OF 1998, I was teaching in the North Canton C...