The Journal of Art and Reviews (JAR) is a blog which features creative content by young people participating in ArtsConnection Teen Programs. With content for teens by teens, we hope to create an online space that inspires, empowers, and enlightens youth by sharing information, highlighting artists, and creating an online community in the realm of arts and culture.

Angels in America

When you spend seven hours with someone, you feel like you get to know them pretty well, right?  This…

Promises, Promises

Promises, Promises was a great show, mostly due to the fact that Sean Hayes carried it.  I am an…

Dead or Alive @ MAD

As I walked through the pearly white staircase of the MAD Museum to see the “Dead or Alive: Nature…

I Heart Ingrid Michaelson

A giant gaping commercialized chasm housed three acts of guitar playing indie artists.  The difference between the venue’s feel…

Are We the Waiting?

“Don’t wanna be an American Idiot!”  Angsty, beautiful voices chant and sing across the vibrantly lit stage with television…

Michael Lew’s Microcrisis

Michael Lew’s new play, “Microcrisis,” explores the concept of microcredit, the process of taking out small loans, “micro” loans,…

The 39 Steps

In the play adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock’s, The 39 Steps, Richard Hannay (John Behlmann) goes on a quest to clear…

My People, My Society

I came into the Teen Reviewers and Critics program in March 2010 not really knowing what to expect.  I…

Seeing Ourselves on Stage

Green Day’s musical American Idiot, written by Billie Joe Armstrong and Michael Mayer, opens with seizure-inducing lights and a…

Blue Man Group

In 1980, Blue Man Group staged their first show in New York City.  Now nearly 30 years later the…