The nine tales found in “Maybe This Time” chart the unnerving psychological transformations of its characters. Its style forces us to reconsider our ways of reading and our childlike dependency on narrative authority.
Classical Music Review: Boston’s Cantata Singers
Boston’s Cantata Singers opens its 48th season with an eclectic musical mix of the Baroque and the Modern.
Theater Review: Ibsen’s DollHouse — Deconstructed
Entertaining and provocative, this quick-witted and dreamlike evening of theater suggests that imbalances of power sacrifice individual freedoms and love. Everyone becomes a doll (master and servant) in a doll society.
Theater Review: A Delightfully Daffy “Divine Sister”
Charles Busch’s plays are informed by an obsession to playfully upend iconic film genres. This time it’s the celluloid celebration of nuns, and what a divine romp it is.
Music Interview: Dogs, Sheep, Pigs, and Kangaroos with The Australian Pink Floyd Show’s Jason Sawford
Not only is TAPFS considered the best Pink Floyd tribute band, but it is argued that they are the best cover band in the world.
Pop Music Review: Portugal. The Man Inspires Its Own Nationalism
Portugal. The Man is nothing if not a paradox — the band is nostalgically avant-garde.
Classical Music Review: The Bewitching Lyricism of Countertenor Andreas Scholl
As one of the most highly esteemed countertenors in the opera world today, Andreas Scholl did not disappoint, but radiated confidence and sincerity in his interpretations of some of Purcell’s most beautiful music.
Music Review: Regina Carter — A Genius Comes to Rockport
With Reverse Thread, Regina Carter moves beyond conventional boundaries, her music a rich blend of jazz and world music—a cross-cultural exploration of modern and traditional music that expands the boundaries of both genres. Regina Carter. At the Shalin Liu Performance Center, September 24. Her album is Reverse Thread (E1 Entertainment). Carter will be performing in […]
Film Round-up: Halloween Scarefests on the Silver Screen
In the coming week there will be screenings of a variety of horror films from over the decades — you choose how you want your spine tingled. And don’t forget to dress up
Poetry Review: A Playful Walk along “The Illustrated Edge”
In locales as varied as Israel, Kenya, Massachusetts, and the country of the brain, and in rough groupings of poems about small daily epiphanies, relationships, loss and death, and the sad affairs of the world, the poems in “The Illustrated Edge” explore the meandering paths of all sorts and mixtures of feelings.