THE ALCHEMY THEATRE ANNOUNCES CAST FOR GRAND HOTEL, THE MUSICAL
Photo: Vicki Baum (1888-1960) The Alchemy Theatre is proud to announce the cast and creative team for Grand Hotel, The Musical. Grand Hotel, The Musical will be performed at the…
Murder on the Orient Express
If you are going to be killed, there are two really fine places for the deed. One is an English country house, the other is the Orient Express. Agatha Christie…
Tony Bennett at Ballet Austin
“Zig Zag was my fourth work with Tony’s music,” said Jessica Lang, choreographer of this amazing work featuring the music of Tony Bennett. It received a rousing reception at the…
DEATH AND NATURE SHALL STAND AMAZED
Austin Opera: Verdi’s Requiem Written by Verdi in Latin, his 1874 Requiem is widely regarded as a transcending masterpiece, but it certainly not an opera in the traditional sense of…
Paris in the Belle Époque
The most recent issue of Transversal, the International Journal for the Historiography of Science, is devoted to the Belle Époque. The phrase has entered the English lexicon, but identifying what…
The Best of All Possible Worlds
To live in the 17th century, it was still possible to be an expert in everything. The phrase used to describe Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz is “universal genius.” He lived from…
A Dazzling Star Banned in Texas
Photo: Primo Levi In January 2025, the PM of Italy, Giorgia Meloni, announced a revamping the school curriculum by introducing Latin studies. The education minister, Giuseppe Valditara, also wants to…
Rome’s second Emperor: Tiberius
Augustus was a hard act to follow. Rome’s first Emperor is widely considered to be one of the finest absolute rulers of all time. Quite literally, no one could measure…
Early American History: NOT the Disney version
The mid-1990s was an era where the Disney corporation decided to release a couple of films to teach Americans about their early history. Pocahantas, in 1995, was a fairly successful…
President Carter appealed to the best in us
Famed American journalist Jonathan Alter contrasted President Jimmy Carter with the current incumbent (DT), during an appearance at the LBJ Library a few days ago. “DT appeals to the worst…