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I saw Bughouse at the Vineyard Theatre on April 4, 2026. It’s a new play about Henry Darger, conceived and directed by Martha Clarke on a script by Beth Henley, adapted from Darger’s writings. Darger is the first person I heard referred to as an “outsider artist.” He worked as a janitor and dishwasher in a hospital outside of Chicago. He lived in a boarding house - - his two-room apartment was cleared out shortly before his death and what was found there boggled the imaginat

Stephanie and I heard the Philadelphia Orchestra at Carnegie Hall on March 31, 2026. They were conducted by Principal Guest Conductor Marin Alsop. I've heard her a few times, she's amazing and lots of fun to watch. They opened with the New York premiere of a piece by John Adams co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall, The Rock You Stand On. We weren't wild for it. It had a promising start, with sections of the orchestra giving little outbursts - - the strings answered by the brass,