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Music Year End Feature: The Dead Lives! — In So Many Ways

December 27, 2018
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The Grateful Dead’s music is moving forward with the help of musicians who are OK with the occasional look back over their shoulders.

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Best Jazz Recordings (and Live Concerts), 2018

December 26, 2018
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A pair of our critics supply their favorite albums and live local concerts of the year.

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Dance Review: City Ballet of Boston’s Urban Nutcracker — A Marvelous Mash-up

December 25, 2018
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This entertaining version of The Nutcracker reflects Boston’s rich multicultural diversity.

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WATCH CLOSELY: Sabrina’s Solstice, and Other Dark Seasonal Gems

December 23, 2018
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Where do you go once you’ve watched the classic Xmas films? Some suggestions.

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Classical Music Commentary: Best Opera and Vocal Recital Recordings, 2018

December 22, 2018
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A list of the most memorable opera and vocal recital recordings of the year.

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Music Commentary: Top Classical Performances of 2018

December 21, 2018
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Our critic’s twelve favorite classical music performances that he reviewed this past year.

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Theater Review: “1776” — Retrograde History Lesson

December 20, 2018
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While the push for diversity in casting is admirable, it’s not enough to resuscitate a script that feels dated, even regressive in its approach to historical storytelling.

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Visual Arts Review: “Armenia!” — Art, Religion, and Trade at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

December 18, 2018
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Armenian cultural history has always been about survival: between Armenians preserving their art within the shifting boundaries of their homeland, and carrying their art beyond the country’s borders.

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Theater Review: The Christmas Revels — A Wonderful Nordic Celebration

December 18, 2018
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This year’s version – the 48th! – of The Christmas Revels is delightful and refreshing way to bid adieu to a tumultuous 2018.

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Dance Review: Twyla Tharp’s Boston Show

December 17, 2018
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Dressed in cream-colored pants, a crisp white shirt, sneakers, and big owlish spectacles with red plastic frames, Twyla Tharp played the professor in the first part of the 90-minute show.

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