Bruce Chadwick
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‘What’s Up, Doc?’’ Bugs Bunny Takes on the New York Philharmonic, Carrots and All
That wascally wabbit, Bugs Bunny, the notorious carrot chomping, sarcastic cartoon rabbit who first leaped on to the nations’ movie screens in 1940 and has been the star of 800 cartoons, four movies and 21 television specials, is back again, this time as the star of a special concert, Bugs Bunny at the Symphony II, in which the New York Philharmonic, live, plays the music of a dozen full length… → Read More
The Upstart Press Mogul Who Changed How We Understand the World
Americans are so busy arguing over who is more biased, Fox News or MSNBC, or whether President Trump will win or lose his fiery war with the nation’s press, that we forget the story of the bold, brazen audacious, in-your-face media mogul who changed our world and made us look at newspapers and television in an entirely different way – Australian upstart Rupert Murdoch. Murdoch, the son of an… → Read More
Were These Enslaved Women Grand Medical Experiments or Guinea Pigs?
Doctor James Marion Sims was a giant in American medical history. He founded the first Women’s Hospital in America in New York City in 1855 at Madison Avenue and E. 29thStreet, became one of the most well-known surgeons in the country, the father of Gynecology and, last but certainly not least, the President of the prestigious American Medical Association. How did he become so prominent? He did… → Read More
Are Your Religious Beliefs and Conscience Worth Your Life?
In 1530, Sir Thomas More, the Lord Chancellor of England and prominent writer and philosopher, refused to attach his name to a letter signed by numerous nobles and churchmen to Pope Clement VII defending British King Henry VIII’s decision to annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon and marry Anne Boleyn in hopes pf producing a male heir to his throne. Shortly afterwards, turned down by the… → Read More
Review: Showtime at the Apollo: The Epic Tale of Harlem’s Legendary Theater
I have an aversion to graphic books of all shapes and sizes. Why do you need to combine all the graphics of a comic book to tell a story when you can just publish a standard book, the kind printing presses have been producing for 500 years? I have changed my mind, thanks to Ted Fox’s just plain wonderful Showtime at the Apollo: The Epic Tale of Harlem’s Legendary Theater, a brand-new, delicious… → Read More
Holidays Start with the Magical "Holiday Inn"
This year the holidays got off to a booming start with a magical production of Irving Berlin’s "Holiday Inn," a musical based on the 1942 Bing Crosby movie. → Read More
King Kong Is Back to Climb the Empire State Building
This time he's haunting Broadway. → Read More
The First Asian Woman Immigrant Dazzles America
Afong Moy arrived in America in 1834, when she was fourteen, as an entertainment act. Her story is told in this wonderful two-character play. → Read More
Artists Tackle the Great Conspiracies of History
That’s the theme of “Everything Is Connected: Art and Conspiracy,” the new exhibit that just opened at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. → Read More
Freddie Mercury: The Movie
Director Bryan Singer has done a superb job of keeping the Freddie Mercury personal story alive and strong within the overall story of the group and all of that ... → Read More
The Few. The Proud. The Marines. The Murderers?
"The Trial of Donna Caine," reviewed here, takes a long, hard look at military justice, chicanery and duplicity. → Read More
Charley and His Wacky Cross-Dressing Aunt Startle Merry Old England
"Charley’s Aunt," a drawing room comedy, is for lack of a better word a real hoot. → Read More
Dr. Frankenstein’s Monster is 200 Years Old this Autumn
There have been fifty-five movies about the monster in which he starred or played a minor role. → Read More
Little Wanda June and the 1960s Tough Guy
A review of a production of Kurt Vonnegut's "Happy Birthday, Wanda June." It is daffy, absurd, eclectic, bawdy and just wonderful. → Read More
Remembering the Dreadful 1967 Detroit Race Riots
A riveting play – "Detroit ‘67" – not only tells a story but sends a loud message. → Read More
Grab Your Hat and Stomp Your Feet – "The Color Purple" Is Back in All of Its Glory
"The Color Purple" is not only a terrific show, it is a bold historical look at the oppression of women in America and how, in Georgia at least, and in this sto ... → Read More
There Is Buried Treasure in the Brilliant Revival of Sam Shepard’s “Buried Child”
The play is set in the 1970s, but the family at the heart of the drama faces challenges that seem familiar to people now. → Read More
Lizzie Borden Took an Axe…
The poem is better than the movie. → Read More
A Gilded Age Chapter in History’s Sometimes Dreary War of Husbands and Wives
The love triangle story in "The Age of Innocence" is as old as ancient Rome and yet, under the wondrous literary powers of novelist Wharton, as fresh as a ... → Read More
A Hidden Theater Gem in Spain
It’s the ruins of the Roman Theater in Cartagena and it’s larger than New York City’s famed Radio City Music Hall. → Read More