The draw of puppetry may be the space that is left for an audience member's imagination. In a delicate figure of a circus performer and athlete who is losing control of her body to MS. The story of Judy FInelli is movingly and engaging told by Anna Fitzgerald's troop. Ellen Cherry on the electric cello adds a touching dimension.

The best way to see Virginia Beach is to stroll along the Boardwalk leisurely so as not to miss anything and to enjoy the oceanfront views. Along the way you will see statues, monuments and other photo ops while enjoying the sandy shore and exploring many shops.

Pianists approach simple, lyrical music with a delicate touch, and the prize-winning Russian pianist, Mikhail Pletnev, now a conductor, approached his orchestra in just this spirit. Borodin’s short tone poem, In the Steppes of Central Asia, was lush and yet simple, bringing forth lovely melodies, among them ‘Stranger in Paradise,” which we know well from Kismet.

Alison Minick, Kern McFadden, David McBean, John Greenleaf, and Ruff Yeager are a winning ensemble cast who know their way around a classic farce when they are in one. It’s a delightful production that will tickle everyone’s funny bone.

The exhibit at Ferrin Contemporary features work by contemporary artists whose pieces imitate, replicate, or honor inventive repairs of the past. Reanimate, Repair, Mend and Meld examines the current interest in materially related forms and graphic material by leading artists who exploit and explore surrounding issues. The show was originally presented as a special exhibition at the New York Ceramics & Glass Fair 2016.

William Inge, author of a string of successful plays in the 1950s, was known for his depictions of midwestern small-town life in Come Back, Little Sheba; Picnic; Bus Stop; and The Dark at the Top of the Stairs. He had a special sensitivity about solitary female characters such as the spinster schoolteacher in Picnic, the waitress in Bus Stop, and the housewife in Come Back, Little Sheba. Helen and Lila in A Loss of Roses are perceptively drawn characters in this repertory.

Two of the most highly acclaimed films of this awards season have been Alejandro González Iñárritu's “The Revenant” and László Nemes’s “Son of Saul.” Oscars went to Iñárritu for Directing, Leonardo DiCaprio for Best Actor and Emmanuel Lubezki for Cinematography. Nemes’s “Son of Saul” won the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. Both films center on a protagonist in unimaginable torment. One survives through an obsession with vengeance, the other through an obsession with atonement.

I Love You, You're Pefect, Now Change was originally an intimate Off Broadway musical revue about late 20th century romance.It is being given a lively and enjoyable production in Charleston's comfortable new Midtown Cabaret Theatre.

The small Gorki Theater in Berlin will be honored on May 15, 2016 with the prestigious Theaterpreis (Theatre Price) for its innovative and daring plays. The current production of 'Othello' offers one such performance. Shakespeare's play was adapted by Soeren Voima.

Colome, after ten years of production, finally releases, Altura Maxima 2012, a Malbec wine grown from the world's highest vineyard. This is a distinctive wine from Argentina.

Tanglewood is appealing to all age categories with the addition of popular artists, Earth, Wind & Fire, Jackson Browne, Train and the B52's.

Depending on what acts are on tour it generally takes some time for the BSO to fill in the gaps with non classical programming. Of the four acts that have been added three have previously been featured at Tanglewood. In addition to previously announced artists Berkshire audiences will be offered Earth Wind and Fire, Jackson Browne, and Train. The dance band B-52s will appear with an evening of Pops.

It takes time to collect and develop a photo project. The subject may have spooked around my head for days, weeks, perhaps months. The raw material are thousands of digital photographs, which include the subject matter at hand. Then questions arise: What is there to work from? What do I want to say? What can I show? How many images do I need to convey my ideas? Too many sub-categories for one essay? Yes! So, please peruse the first part of 'Sand and Seas.'

Chamber Ballet charms as New York Theatre Ballet performs classic works and the very latest choreography. The strong and stylish presentation of the dancers is a pleasure to watch.

Pericles marked a turning point in Shakespeare's career. Director Trevor Nunn has anchored the many strands of the play in a giant orb, in the storyteller Gower and in the music of the Pigpen Theatre. The many strands of a play, difficult to weave into one satisfying piece, are brought together brilliantly in the Polonsky Shakespeare Center of the Theatre for a New Audience.

In a period of radicalism and terrorism, Intersections serves as a beacon for remembering and cherishing the sensitive beauty of the best of Islamic creative culture. This is a must-see visual and environmental experience.

Tuscany is known for beauty, cypress tress and wine. Gagliole is a boutique winery that excels with the Sangiovese grape.

Here is an offer you cannot refuse. Tickets are just three bucks for a student production of Beckett's Endgame. Such a deal! It is presented March 10 to 12 at the '62 Center in Williamstown. Theatre of the absurd is a challenge for actors as well as the audience.

A Greenland research project measuring climate change, perhaps caused by Shakespeare's death, and the passage of time when beloved possessions no longer work. These are all the subjects of wonderful plays in development in Denver. After years of work, Theresa Rebeck got her play The Nest ready for its well-received premier.

Untitled Theater Company No. 61's presentation of "City of Glass" is outstanding theater, with a phenomenal performance by Robert Honeywell as Daniel Quinn -- the only speaking actor in this 95-minute-long play! "City of Glass" was adapted and directed by Edward Einhorn from the novel written by Paul Auster. Mateo Moreno (Silent Man) and Dina Rose Rivera (Silent Woman) are terrific in this dark and disturbing -- but also very funny -- theater "noir!" Composer/Musician Freddi Price is excellent as well.

Jessica Ames, Tomomi Imai, Erin Pellecchia, Cristina Ramos and Jessica Ruddock dance together in Vencl’s new, four-part piece exploring the relationship between the past, present and future. Choreographed to a suite of nine expressionistic works by Arlene Sierra, “Long Before Afterward” debuted February 19 at the Graham Center of Contemporary Dance in NYC.

Erie Smith in Eugene O'Neill's Hughie is often played for the dark side of a fleabag world of dawls and bangtails. Chuckles erupt as a funny story is woven yet submerged. Forest Whitaker in his Broadway debut creates an incredible lightness of being in the dark night of an off-Broadway flop house.

From IT to wine, the journey of Dave Miner is a Napa Valley success story. It's a true family business.

Readings, full productions, theatre has been key to Denver since Henry Lowenstein arrived to work for the Bonfilses. For the past 11 years Denver has put on a playwriting summit, celebrating theatre and bringing forward talent waiting to hit the main stage.

Berlin just concluded the February 11 - 21, 2016 Berlinale by presenting 434 international films and more than 300.000 tickets were sold. Perhaps for the first time, a documentary film received the most coveted Golden Bear, 'Fuocoammare,' by Gianfranco Rosi. A thread of 'the right to happiness' was woven into the selection of movies, as there were also most serious subject matters in 15 categories. Two demanded much of the audience, time wise: They were 8 and 11 hours long.