Like the Christmas movie, the holiday show exists within its own genre. A Christmas play seeks to satisfy the criteria set by its genre even before it even tries to be a good play, because what’s a Christmas play if it’s not sentimental, accessible, family-oriented, overtly American, and evocative of the values we all tend [...]
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Bryce Lambert is most comfortable in a room occupied by those >30 yrs. his senior. Perhaps that's why he started a blog on theater and classical music--or maybe it's just a symptom. His qualifications for arts criticism include an improvident English degree and some pidgin HTML. He hates Live Nation ticket fees, watching concerts via jumbotrons and buying tickets months in advance (or buying tickets at all). These are his primary reasons for going highbrow.
