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Jazz Review: Curtis Brothers in Concert — Mentoring Bears Fruit

February 8, 2018
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The Curtis Brothers performance was a display of the mentoring system at its best.

Rialto Round-Up: Adieu to the One and Only Larry Coen

February 7, 2018
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To be with Larry was to be part of his family. If you passed muster, you were friends for life. And Larry had a LOT of friends….

WATCH CLOSELY: The End of the F***ing World — Coming-of-Age Nihilism

February 6, 2018
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The show is tightly put together, brilliantly balancing black humor with just the right amount of dramatic pathos.

Book Review: “I Can’t Breathe” — Humanizing the Underclass

February 5, 2018
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Follow almost any of these police brutality cases to their realpolitik conclusion and you will eventually work your way back to a monstrous truth.

Theater Review: Wilbury Theatre Group’s “The Skin of Our Teeth” — Surreal Meltdown

February 5, 2018
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The WTG production succeeds largely because it heightens the absurdity of a play that takes a comic look at catastrophe.

Dance Review: BB@home — Trainees’ Playground

February 4, 2018
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The show, organized by associate director of BB II Peter Stark, was built to show off the talents and challenge the performing chops of the young dancers.

STREAMING DOCS: A-list Documentaries, February Edition

February 4, 2018
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Where to find the best in new documentaries? In the brave new world of digital streaming.

Book Review: “The Ghosts of Galway” — Fighting an Irish ISIS

February 4, 2018
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Jack Taylor is a Beckettian character on the skids; he can’t go on, and yet he goes on.

Film Review: “Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool” — Unapologetic Romanticism

February 2, 2018
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The most compelling reason to see this film is Annette Bening’s performance as Gloria Grahame — it’s perfect.

Theater Review: “Proof” — Missed Moments of Power

February 1, 2018
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This Proof’s weakness comes from the thinness of its lead performances.

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