http://www.cityofsmoke.com New York History, Commentary, and Culture Sat, 12 Feb 2011 03:02:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.cityofsmoke.com/archives/1551 http://www.cityofsmoke.com/archives/1551#comments Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:51:49 +0000 Mimi Kramer-Bryk http://www.cityofsmoke.com/?p=1551 For Pete's sake, why all the fuss about the Baz Luhrmann La Boheme? You'd think that no one had ever thought of updating classical opera before, or casting "realistically" trim and youthful romantic leads. The production, currently at the Broadway Theater, which brings the action forward to the 1950s, opened earlier this month to reviews that ranged from the rhapsodic to the studiously excited. Only Michael Feingold in the Village Voice had the taste and good sense ]]> http://www.cityofsmoke.com/archives/1551/feed 0