Registered Critic: Cris Gross
For Piano and Harpo
In the years before Jim Henson introduced his trash-talking muppet, the title of 'Oscar the Grouch' belonged solely to Oscar Levant, a top-tier concert pianist and familiar second-banana in films including An American in Paris, the Oscars' 1951 Best Picture. In the early days of television, he was known for an acerbic wit that cut through the frothy chatter of late night interviews and game show panels.
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MOBY DICK
For 150 years, writers for the stage and then screen have sought to wrestle Herman Melville's sprawling Moby-Dick into a two-hour play, film or opera. In 2015 Chicago's Lookingglass Theatre Company succeeded by energizing its storytelling by relying on stage techniques available when the book was published.
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