I don’t want to reveal any names, but I was recently told that Simon Critchley, following a conference somewhere on the Iberian Peninsula, invited another philosopher to go see the Chemical Brothers, as he had an extra ticket. At the concert the second philosopher suffered a mild heart attack and was forced to cancel all [...]
Monthly Archives: February 2009
Review: “The Cherry Orchard,” BAM Harvey Theater, Jan. 3 – Mar. 8
February 6, 2009 – 2:57 pm
There’s a moment in Sam Mendes’ new production of “The Cherry Orchard” in which the pompous young manservant Yasha (Josh Hamilton) and his adoring lover Dunyasha (Charlotte Parry) are alone in a field, kissing. Yasha says he doesn’t like girls who are too forward. “…[A] girl must know her place,” he says. “If there’s one [...]
