Abridged Puppetry and Flashing Birdmen: The Magic Flute at the Metropolitan Opera

My View Elizabeth – Julie Taymor’s adapted Magic Flute for families (running at 1 hour 40 minutes) intrigued me, and clearly others as I discovered when we tried to buy tickets.  For the remaining shows the only seats we could find were individual and on different levels, but we decided to go for it.  I couldn’t… [Read More]

We Few, We Happy Few: Kenneth Branagh’s The Magic Flute in Teeny Tiny US Theatrical Release

We saw one of only eightNYC screenings of Kenneth Branagh’s film of The Magic Flute this week.  Emerging pictures has arranged an ultra limited 2 day single showing run at four locations in NYC and elsewhere around the country (including Des Moines, IA amazingly) and it will be available via various video on demand providers on Tuesday, June… [Read More]