Sos & Victoria Petrosyan performed amazing quick-change acts in front of the live audiences and juries on America’s Got Talent 2016, reaching all the way to the quarterfinals. Their act amazed the audience and the juries resulting standing ovations for their stunning performance. Husband Sos an Armenian and his wife Victoria an ethnic Russian “The New Generation of...
Before Romeo and Juliet there was Khosrow and Shirin

So we’ve all heard the Shakespearean love tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, but how many in the western world are familiar with the ‘most beautiful love story ever written’ in Persian literature; Khosrow and Shirin (also known as Shirin and Farhad)? The story of Shirin and Khosrow is one of the most popular ancient stories in the middle...
Sketches of Ancient Armenian Costumes by Eugène Lacoste (1877-1878)

I recently stumbled upon some interesting sketches of Armenian costumes from the 2nd to 3rd century AD. These sketches by Eugène Lacoste (from 1877-1878) depict ancient Armenian costumes, for usage in theaters for the opera about Saint Polyeuctus. Polyeuctus according Christian tradition was an ancient Roman saint who lived in the early 3rd century AD. Christian tradition states that he was...
DEPORTED / a dream play
A very interesting play by Joyce Van Dyke is soon (March 8, 2012) to be performed at the Modern Theatre in Boston. Unfortunately I don’t live anywhere near Boston or the United States for that matter, but those interested should definitively take a look. I’ve got a feeling it’s going to be very emotional and aesthetic. Deported is a dream play. ...