FEATURED REVIEWS
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Douglas Messerli | "In Attendance" (on Jake Heggie's and Gene Scheer's opera "Three Decembers)
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in attendance
by Douglas Messerli
Gene Scheer (libretto, based on the unpublished play “Three Christmas
Letters”), Jake Heggie (music), *Three Decembers...
11 hours ago
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Tomás Gutiérrez Alea and Juan Carlos Tabío | Fresa y chocolate
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tea, books, music—and sympathy
by Douglas Messerli
Senel Paz (screenplay, based on his story), Tomás Gutiérrez Alea and Juan
Carlos Tabío (directors)* ...
1 day ago
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Douglas Messerli | "A Man of Many Masks" (on Elsa Flores Almaraz and Richard Montoya's film Carlos Almaraz: Playing with Fire)
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a man of many masks
Elsa Flores Almaraz and Richard Montoya (writers and directors) *Carlos
Almaraz: Playing with Fire */ 2019
In reviewing the LGBTQ...
3 months ago
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Douglas Messerli | "The Missing" (on Don Skiles' Across the Street fromt he Ordinary)
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the missing
by Douglas Messerli
Don Skiles *Across the Street from the Ordinary *(Claremont, California:
Pelekinesis,2020)
A blurb for Don Skiles’ previo...
6 months ago
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"A Study in Contradictions" by Douglas Messerli
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A STUDY IN CONTRADICTIONS
by Douglas Messerli
Jean Genet *The Criminal Child: Selected Essays *(Charlotte Mandell and
Jeffrey Zuckerman, translators) (New ...
8 months ago
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Douglas Messrli | Robert Hunter: Poet
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robert hunter: poet
by Douglas Messerli
Yesterday, for the first time I listened to three songs by The Grateful
Dead, “Scarlet Begonias,” “China Cat Sunfl...
1 year ago