Inmates at this bucolic but brutal prison have long been singing the blues to sustain themselves, and a new compilation of gospel songs continues the legacy
Leslie Odom Jr. played Aaron Burr in the original run of Hamilton. Now he’s finally back on Broadway as the lead in Purlie Victorious, a 1960s play by Ossie Davis that sets its satire in the Jim Crow South.
In my realm, the most sophisticated, intelligent, difficult thing anyone can do is create something mysterious. It could be a poem, a photo, a movie, a song, a symphony, or a piece of painted wood. What's most important is the mysteryand that experiencing the mysterious creation inspires in the observer a desire to probe its hidden realms, to somehow figure it out. Human cultures are founded on mysteries: Mysteries incite art, inspire science, and facilitate dreaming.