Tag: travel
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Electra/Persona
The first sounds from Electra are gutteral moaning, plaintive crying, while crawling up the stairs toward the hammer. The hammer becomes an extension of her hand for almost the entirety of the first act. For about 20 minutes, it is all Electra, an extended monologue as she walks up, down, around, swinging the hammer, shaking…
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Nagler Hall, Fashion Institute of Technology
220 West 27th Street De Young, Moscowitz & Rosenberg Completed in 1960
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AT&T “Long Lines” Building
33 Thomas Street John Carl Warnecke & Associates Completed in 1974
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My Year of Brutalism
Seventeen years ago, I arrived at a new job on a college campus that had buildings the likes of which I had never seen. When I pointed this out to my manager, she simply replied “Brutalist.” I thought this was a personal opinion. At that time, my interest in architecture was high, but my actual…
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The Seagull
I traveled to London to see Cate Blanchett in a new adaptation of The Seagull. I had second row seats for this show at Barbican and was about ten feet away from the stage. TL;DR: well worth the trip, 10/10 would recommend.
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Hello, London
In summer 2023, I was shocked and awed to discover that Kristin Scott Thomas was returning to a West End stage to perform in a play called Lyonesse. I immediately bought a ticket.