Month: May 2013

Theater Review: A Political Refugee’s Tale — “Bashir Lazhar”

May 31, 2013
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Pittsfield’s Barrington Stage Company is now giving “Bashir Lazhar,” ably translated by playwright Morwyn Brebner, its American premiere and I admire the theater’s choice.

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Movie Review: The Deliciously Deceptive Practices of Ricky Jay

May 31, 2013
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The filmmaker is annoyingly passive and star-struck, as the documentary’s subject, Ricky Jay, speaks to his chosen agenda: a wish to tell stories about his mentors and favorite magicians.

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Coming Attractions in Jazz: Festival Preview 2013

May 31, 2013
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[Updated June 21] Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial start to summer. Beaches reopen, and the jazz festival season follows close on their heels. Indeed, the first major festival kicks off this Friday, before June has even begun.

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Fuse News: Arts and Culture Tips — What Will Light Your Fire This Week

May 31, 2013
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Arts Fuse critics select some of the most promising in music, theater, and film for the coming week. A new feature!

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Dance News: Remember Devon Carney of the Boston Ballet?

May 31, 2013
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This week, Devon Carney was named Artistic Director of Kansas City Ballet.

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Fuse News: Poetry on the Water

May 31, 2013
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While I believe that merely publishing these days is an act of entrepreneurial legerdemain, I direct you to a pair of Canadian poets who have gone one step beyond.

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Rock Review: Making Art Out of Homelessness — “Drifters/Love Is the Devil”

May 30, 2013
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After the critical success of 2011’s “Badlands,” Alex Zhang Hungtai returns with the release of “Drifters/Love is the Devil” — a double album that expresses trauma in two devastating ways — the direct and the atmospheric.

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News Obituaries: Mulgrew Miller and Jean Bach

May 29, 2013
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The jazz world says goodbye to a much-loved pianist and to the documentarian of an iconic photo.

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CD Reviews — “Martin Boykan: Orchestral Works” and “Reza Vali: Toward That Endless Plain” (BMOP Sound)

May 29, 2013
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Two new albums from BMOP Sound reflect the considerable artistry and vision of Gil Rose and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project.

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CD Reviews: Isabelle Faust plays Bartók; Wolfgang Rihm’s Symphonie “Nähe fern”; Tokyo String Quartet plays Dvorak and Smetana; Thea Musgrave’s Chamber Works for Oboe (Harmonia Mundi)

May 29, 2013
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A round-up review of new releases from Harmonia Mundi — an invigorating crop of albums.

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