Posts by Jim McDermott
Waiting for Othello: Denzel Washington Returns to Broadway
This is the latest example of the city’s never-ending surge of inequity — ticket prices that favor the super-rich and the ultra-connected while the can-do shows and actors who are the beating heart of Broadway are displaced for the theatrical equivalent of a Marvel cinematic summer tentpole: celebrity-stuffed, and emotionless.
Read MoreReaching for Himself: Bob Dylan and Bill Richardson, S.J.
The music icon found one of his savviest interpreters in a Jesuit priest
Read MoreDavid Lynch’s Sacramentality of the Strange
The late filmmaker and artist took us into dark waters that prompted startling moments of clarity and connection
Read MoreSongwriter Sarah Hart’s Christmas Imagination
A new album delights and comforts listeners with fresh interpretations of holiday stories and songs.
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