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Aida | Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold | Scene4 Magazine-December 2017 | www.scene.com

Theatre
Across the Pond

Autumn in
London's West End

Carla Maria
Verdino-Süllwold

Strange Landscapes

Blade Runner 2049
The Florida Project

Two recent and very different movies share a common theme of being set in disorienting and threatening places

Miles David Moore

On the Road withAgnès Varda | Catherine Conway Honig | Scene4 Magazine-December2017 | www,scene4.com

On the Road with
Agnès Varda

Nearing 90 and almost blind, French new wave filmmaker Agnès Varda remains as creative, curious, and intuitive as ever

Catherine Conway Honig

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A Spiritual Discipline
A spiritual discipline begins in sadness. This thought came to me
and then left, without leaving any hints.
Michael Bettencourt

All The King's Men
If they don't deliver, give me the hammer and I'll do it.
Nail em up! Nail em up! Nail em up! Nail em up!
Arthur Meiselman

sign only
I made the mistake of answering my cellphone last night after dinner downtown. We were out on the sidewalk taking a constitutional.
Claudine Jones

On Directing
Directing is a mug's game. The current culture in the theatre favors a director, but there are serious flaws in the system.
Nathan Thomas

A Walk Through Newry
All over the world, in markets and plazas, on red clay ruts generously termed "roads" and along ancient streets, people live with guns pointed at them.
Patrick Walsh

The Santa Claus Monologues
There's no red carpet treatment this year, Santa. No helicopter arrival.
No band. No parade. No fanfare. No grand entrance.
Les Marcott


	Gertrude Stein: Meet Frankenstein The Steiny Road Poet wants to introduce you to another Stein—Frankenstein. Like the adult Gertrude Stein, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's Frankenstein was a big baby. Karren LaLonde Alenier

Mosaic for Mika:
A Memoir

A memoir about my friendship with the celebrated writer of the former Yugoslavia, Milan Oklopdzic, also known as Mika Oklop.

Lissa Tyler Renaud

Cartoon: Old Fart Village | Elliot Feldman | Scene4 Magazine-December 2017 | www.scene4.com

Old Fart Village

The Toilet
Whisperer

Elliot Feldman

Interview
with a Cabbage

My ancestors came from a Jewish village in eastern Europe, I think. They passed a few words along.

David Wiley

Yuttana Phongphasuk

"If my entire lifespan could
prolong his life by just a
minute, I would gladly give
it to him."

Janine Yasovant

คลิกเพื่ออ่านบทความนี้ เป็นภาษาไทย

Michael Fabiano Debuts in
Massenet's Manon
at San Francisco Opera

We will have to wait for Fabiano to fully mature into the greatness he promises.

Renate Stendhal

Moods On The
Waterfront

The Photography of
Jon Rendell

Listening

Focal Point

The Art of
David Wiley


	Shakespeare On The Rocks Alex Riffs On His Father And Redemption Griselda Steiner

	Thomas Hardy's Poetry in Song Set 3: Another four of twelve Hardy poems set to music, composed and sung by Lewis Alpaugh


	Undress Me Michael Bettencourt In a bar, Laura turns to Stefan and asks him to undress her by word of mouth, in his best mother tongue.


	The Greed Gene Michael Bettencourt A young couple is told by their genetic counselor, the "genie of genes" that their child has the greed gene, and there is nothing they can do.

Scene4 Magazine: Perspectives - Audio | Theatre Thoughts | Michael Bettencourt | www.scene4.com


	THEATRE THOUGHTS


	An astute and entertaining array of audio essays on an array of topics by an astute and entertaining essayist.


Letters to the Editor Recent Letters

Qreviews Long & short reviews of theatre, film and more

Que Pasa Notices, announcements and coming attractions


	Karren LaLonde Alenier The Dresser addresses what's underneath the art

		Miles David Moore Thoughts and observations from, to, for or against

		Arthur Meiselman Nightdances


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