Month: August 2023

To Kill a Mockingbird at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

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Sixty years ago Harper Lee penned what has become perhaps the quintessential American coming of age novel, the enduring and beloved To Kill a Mockingbird which became in turn one of the most enduring and beloved movies of all time starring Gregory Peck, who won the Academy Award for his heartwarming portrayal of antihero Atticus … Read more

Moulin Rouge at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

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Truth. Beauty. Freedom. And above all, Love. These are the principles by which the young bohemian artists of the Bel Époque Montmartre district of Paris circa 1900 live in their passionate pursuit of love and art. Add a fifth principle of “Spectacle”, and welcome to the Moulin Rouge, the Tony Award Winning Best Musical currently … Read more