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Post-Rock CD Review: Caspian’s “On Circles” — Short Films for the Inner Eye

January 26, 2020
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With this album, post-rock sextet Caspian pulls off the tricky maneuver of infusing blood and emotions into carefully assembled and deliberately delivered songs.

Coming Attractions: January 26 through February 11– What Will Light Your Fire

January 26, 2020
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, visual art, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks.

Theater Review: “Maytag Virgin” — Love Blossoms, Memorably

January 25, 2020
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Maytag Virgin accomplishes what it sets out to do and then some: it is a compelling two-hander about grief and romance that explores how the two emotions can intermingle.

Arts Remembrance: Homage to Claudio Roditi

January 23, 2020
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Apart from Claudio Roditi’s musical skill, what stood out was his warmth.

Opera Album Review: Oscar Wilde in the Opera House, Part 2 — Richard Flury’s Approachable “A Florentine Tragedy”

January 22, 2020
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Another operatic version of Oscar Wilde’s one-act love triangle that ends with the woman’s husband murdering her lover, to her enraptured delight.

Theater Review: “The Undoing of Prudencia Hart” — Lost in Spaciness

January 21, 2020
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Unfortunately, no improvements to the staging will clarify dramatist David Greig’s muddled storyline.

Book Review: Miranda Popkey’s “Topics of Conversation” — A Bemused Candor

January 21, 2020
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What you will be impressed by is the strength of the interior thinking, the detailing of the voices sorting out their confusion.

Opera Album Review: Oscar Wilde in the Opera House, Part 1 — Zemlinsky’s Intense Setting of “A Florentine Tragedy”

January 21, 2020
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Salome is not the only strong opera based on an Oscar Wilde play. This one-acter by Zemlinsky deserves a place in the repertoire today.

Book Review: “Were We Awake” — Speculating in the Dark

January 20, 2020
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L. M. Brown knows there are certain questions in life that we just never get the answers to. Or dare to ask.

Film Review: “Les Misérables” — Nobody is Safe

January 20, 2020
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Les Misérables invites us to ponder, in real time, how people respond in a chaotic, dangerous situation.

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