Julie Taymor
Eastern Promises and Across the Universe Threaten to End Damon Gravy Train
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The Brave One may have made the most money in Manhattan over the quiet weekend, but Eastern Promises and the musical Across the Universe made the most noise.
David Cronenberg’s follow-up to last year’s critical darling A History of Violence (#5) made $81,000 dollars on one screen, and Julie Taymor’s (Frida) troubled production Across the Universe (#2) averaged over $50,000 on 3 screens. read more »
New Voices, Slimmer Voigt Conspire to Lift the Met
In terms of box office, the season has not been satisfying at the Metropolitan Opera. read more »
Turning Pain Into Art: How'd Frida Do It?
I went to see Frida more out of duty to the sisterhood than genuine curiosity, and found myself both read more »
Far From Heaven: Bold, Adroit, But I Resent Anti-50's Overkill
Todd Haynes' Far from Heaven , from his own screenplay, is well worth seeing for its visual approxim read more »
Frida: A Lush, Sensuous Triumph
The tormented, turbulent and passionate life of legendary painter Frida Kahlo, an artist of unique a read more »
Bard at His Bloodiest In Julie Taymor's Titus
Julie Taymor's Titus , based on the play Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare, would strike the m read more »
Hakuna Matata! The Lion King Comes to Town and It Isn't Cute
As you may have heard, the stage version of The Lion King has opened at Disney's New Amsterdam Theat read more »
