Life & Culture

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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Review

Inspired by Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, a new play ponders race, gender and inclusion

by Celia Wren The Washington Post

Images of two duchesses linger in playwright Vivian J.O. Barnes’s mind: Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, standing at a lectern, with a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II looming behind her. Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, looking glamorous soon after giving birth. The appearances by Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton – as the titled women are better known […]

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Disney’s ‘Raya and the Last Dragon’ dazzles and delights the senses

by Michael O'Sullivan The Washington Post

Taking its core inspiration from the naga of Asian folklore – semi-divine beings that shapeshift between serpent and human form, a la Nagini of the Harry Potter universe, which most famously borrowed the idea – Disney’s gorgeously animated, entertainingly told fantasia “Raya and the Last Dragon” is a visual feast. If the ingredients of the […]

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What to expect from the 2021 Grammy Awards

by Sonia Rao The Washington Post

This week marks a year since everything began shutting down because of the pandemic, including concert venues across the country. We’ve made it four full seasons without dancing to blaring music, without swaying alongside a spellbound crowd, without exaggeratedly mouthing beer orders to friends headed for concessions. To those with postponed concert tickets still wasting […]

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