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.

Diary of a Teenage Girl

The Diary of a Teenage Girl, written by and starring Marielle Heller, is truly a masterpiece.  It is an…

Lenin’s Embalmers

The unusual layout of the room immediately catches the eye.  The theater is a black box, with two adjacent…

Please Allow Me this Rant

Performing arts don’t only demand prodigious skill, but a willingness to expose emotions, even if the exposure only occurs…

Unforgettable Summer

500 Days of Summer (2009) is as warm and tantalizing as the season that it takes its name from. …

Billy Elliot

I ventured into Manhattan on February 7th, through the cold and windy city streets, in an effort to make…

Conviction

Enclosed within 59E59 Theaters is Theater B, unpretentious and intimate in design.  Walking in you find foreign writings across…

A Streetcar Named Desire

The theater was packed.  Every seat in the BAM Harvey Theater filled with people brimming with anticipation, but the…

A Little Night Music

At the current revival of A Little Night Music, directed by Trevor Nunn, I imagine that even the front…

Dear Edwina

Dear Edwina is the best musical I have seen so far.  Although originally designed for kids, adults will find…

The MAD Review

Coming to the MAD Museum helps a person explore art on a more creative level, and also helps when…

Paper Hearts

Cut, sliced, rolled. “Slash: Paper Under the Knife” is a collection of paper masterpieces brought together in the Museum…