What do you get when you combine composer Leonard Bernstein, lyricist Stephen Sondheim, playwright Arthur Laurents and choreographer Jerome Robbins, then throw director Steven Spielberg and screenwriter Tony Kushner into the mix?
Movie: ‘West Side Story’
New Orleans billboard campaign reminds all to ‘Keep Christ in Christmas’
More than 60 billboards were placed around the Greater New Orleans metro area after Thanksgiving, Nov. 25, 2021.
Second chances: Vatican Christmas stamps feature work of homeless artist
Homeless artist Adam Piekarski’s story is an example of Pope Francis’ call to “nurture tomorrow’s hope by healing today’s pain.”
Stephen Sondheim on Screen
Several stage works by composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, who died Nov. 26 at age 91, have been adapted for the screen over the years.
Designer picks simple fabric, Cypriot symbols for pope’s vestments
The vestments, by Lebanese designer Maged Bou Tanous, were made for Pope Francis when he celebrates Mass Dec. 3, 2021, in Nicosia, Cyprus.
Video game: ‘Jurassic World Evolution 2’
An addition to the vastly profitable dangerous dinosaurs franchise that began with Michael Crichton’s 1990 novel, “Jurassic World Evolution 2” (Frontier), like its 2020 predecessor, offers players the opportunity to create successful theme parks.
‘Burning,’ Nov. 29, Amazon Prime
An urgent call to action to address global warming, the 90-minute movie premieres Monday, Nov. 29, on Amazon Prime.
‘The Wheel of Time,’ streaming, Amazon Prime
“The Wheel of Time” moves, unfortunately, at a snail’s pace in a ponderous new fantasy series overstuffed with familiar-looking wizards, warriors and monsters.