A Great Set, A Great Show
Putting a classical play on stage brings in a great advantage: well-known material that people will surely appreciate. However, it is also a huge challenge, […]
Articles by Ekaterina Lalo
Not Sophie’s Choice
A hilarious comedy, “Life as We Know It,” should have been called “Life as We Imagine It,” as the events in the movie are quite […]
What is Mom Saying?
Jake Miller’s new book is devoted to a species that was never described before. His pocket-size “encyclopedia,” “Decoding Mom,†which is written mostly for teenagers, […]
Reading Without Reading
“Blink†by Malcolm Gladwell is one of those books that attract you from the very start, even though the cover of the “#1 National Bestseller†[…]
Crazy Eyes, Swords Swinging and Shakespeare
Instead of the promised “sex, drugs and rock-n-roll,†which you do not necessarily need in a classical play, the viewers of “Cymbeline,†shown at The […]
You’ll Want to Take This With You
If you’re a young lady graduating from high school, and have a best friend is going away to college, you might think about giving her […]
A Romance Comedy That Goes the Distance
Having met Garrett (Justin Long) at a bar in New York City during her summer internship, Erin (Drew Barrymore) did not even imagine that their […]
Red, Dead and Awesome
Have you been longing for a game that allows you to travel far on a horse, slow down the time so that it’s easier to […]
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?
The basis of “Hello, I Must Be Going,†debuting in the Fringe NYC 2011, is the common and eternal theme of life and death. What’s […]
Finding Comedy in Unusual Places
Humorous and entertaining in spite of its uneasy topic, “Miss Kim,†a part of Fringe NYC 2011, is a play based on a true story […]
More ‘Salt’ Please
Who is Salt: a double agent working for both CIA and Russian government, or merely an innocent woman, who was accused of espionage, now trying […]