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At the Metropolitan Opera House, the troupe revives Frederick Ashton’s richly textured three-act production, set to music by ...
In American Ballet Theater’s production, four principal dancers made their debuts in the role, which carries the ballet.
The ballet’s mythological plot is drawn from a 16th-century pastoral play by the Italian poet Torquato Tasso. Ashton described its convoluted plot simply: “Boy loves girl, girl captured by bad man, ...
The heartwarming canine comedy classic, “Sylvia,” from Point Loma Playhouse, has four final performances July 11-13 at Point ...
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The Silencing of Sylvia Plath
In the afterword to Loving Sylvia Plath, a book detailing the abuse that Plath suffered at the hands of her husband, the poet ...
Since Sylvia Plath died in 1963, she's been turned into a crudely tragic symbol. As she inspires more biographies, will we ever get closer to the 'real' Plath, asks Lillian Crawford.
Sylvia Woods was born in Hemingway in 1926, and her father died a few days later. In 1929, her mother, Julia Pressley, left Woods, her only child, with her grandmother and other relatives, joining ...