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Evelyn Rosenthal

Music Appreciation: Two American Musical Geniuses Named Steve, on Their Birthdays — Sondheim and Wonder

Musical theater giant Stephen Sondheim turned 90 on March 22, and Stevie Wonder—for my money, the greatest popular music composer of the last 60 years—turned 70 on May 13.

By: Evelyn Rosenthal Filed Under: Featured, Music, Popular Music, Review Tagged: DJ Spinna, Questlove, Stephen-Sondheim, Stevie Wonder

Concert Review: Sergio Mendes & Bebel Gilberto — 60th Anniversary of Bossa Nova

For Sergio Mendes, the captivating anniversary show was a chance to look back on the early years of bossa nova and its birthplace.

By: Evelyn Rosenthal Filed Under: Featured, Music, Popular Music, Review, World Music Tagged: Bebel Gilberto, bossa nova, Sérgio Mendes

Theater Review: “Pacific Overtures” — A Civilization on the Brink of Change

Pacific Overtures offers a history lesson — but it is an entertaining, moving, thought-provoking, and timely one.

By: Evelyn Rosenthal Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Lyric stage company of boston, Pacific Overtures, Spiro Veloudos

Jazz Album Review: Magos Herrera & Brooklyn Rider’s “Dreamers”—A Soulful Journey through the Americas

Magos Herrera teamed up with the Brooklyn Rider string quartet to create a collection of music that makes its case for life, love, and liberation through its sheer beauty.

By: Evelyn Rosenthal Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music, Review, World Music Tagged: Brooklyn Rider, Dreamers, Jazz, Magos Herrera

Jazz Preview: Luciana Souza’s “The Book of Longing” & Yellowjackets

Why this team up? Other than that both Luciana Souza and the Yellowjackets have been nominated for multiple Grammys?

By: Evelyn Rosenthal Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Preview Tagged: Leonard Cohen, Luciana Souza, Mack Avenue, Raising Our Voice, Sunnyside, The Book of Longing, Yellowjackets

Theater Review: A Fabulous “Fun Home”

The SpeakEasy Stage production is intimate and emotionally satisfying, highlighting the musical’s strengths — its sharply witty book, memorable songs, and heartbreaking characters.

By: Evelyn Rosenthal Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Fun House, Jeanine Tesori, Lisa Kron, SpeakEasy Stage Company

Jazz CD Review: Luciana Souza’s “Book of Longing” Tells a Compelling Story

With this album, Luciana Souza has created her own indelible “book” of songs that ache and celebrate, muse and regret, dream and mourn.

By: Evelyn Rosenthal Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music, Review Tagged: Luciana Souza, Sunnyside, The Book of Longing

Theater Review: “The Wiz”: Not in Kansas Anymore

A delicious, comforting gumbo of a Wiz with all the right ingredients for an upbeat, entertaining evening (or afternoon) at the theater.

By: Evelyn Rosenthal Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Dawn M. Simmons, Lyric Stage Company, musical, The Wizard of Oz, Wiz

Theater Review: “Jagged Little Pill” — A Relevant and Rocking Brew

In the end, Jagged Little Pill manages to spotlight multiple modern problems while making us care about its characters.

By: Evelyn Rosenthal Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: American Repertory Theater, Diane Paulus, Jagged Little Pill, musical

Jazz CD Review: Kate McGarry’s “The Subject Tonight Is Love”

Kate McGarry’s latest release is a gorgeous seminar on the many facets of love.

By: Evelyn Rosenthal Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music, Review Tagged: Binxtown Records, Gary Versace, Kate McGarry, Keith Ganz, The Subject Tonight Is Love

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