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Glenn Rifkin

Concert Preview: On a Mission — Chris Smither Returns to Club Passim

With the Covid-19 pandemic decimating entertainment venues around the country, artists like Smither are doing everything they can to help these vital music emporiums survive.

By: Glenn Rifkin Filed Under: Featured, Folk, Music, Preview Tagged: Chris Smither, Club Passim, More From the Levee, Still on the Levee

Arts Commentary: “Hamilton” — Streaming on Disney Plus,  Feeling Like You’re in the Room Where it Happened.

The opportunity to see the culture-changing Broadway phenomenon Hamilton on Disney Plus, sucked up all the arts oxygen over the Fourth of July weekend.

By: Glenn Rifkin Filed Under: Commentary, Featured, Review, Television, Theater Tagged: Disney Plus, Glenn Rifkin, Hamilton, Lin-Manual Miranda

Television Review: “Laurel Canyon” — Journey Back to a Tiny Fortunate Universe

From the mid-’60s to around 1972, Laurel Canyon became the epicenter of a magical musical interlude that gave birth to some of the most iconic and timeless music of a generation.

By: Glenn Rifkin Filed Under: Featured, Review, Television Tagged: Alison Ellwood, Bonnie Raitt, David Crosby, Don Henley, Graham Nash, Jackson Browne, Joni Mitchell, Laurel Canyon, Laurel Canyon: A Place in Time, Linda Ronstadt, Roger McGuinn

Television Review: Netflix’s “The English Game” — The Sport of Class Warfare

For those averse to sports, The English Game is focused more on attitudes and mores of the time than on the game itself.

By: Glenn Rifkin Filed Under: Featured, Review, Television Tagged: Julian Fellowes, Netflix, The English Game

Theater Interview: Tony-winning actress Kelli O’Hara — Broadway is not Enough

” I want to try everything, study everything. I just love this work.”

By: Glenn Rifkin Filed Under: Featured, Music, Preview, Theater Tagged: Kelli O’Hara, Seth Rudetsky

Music Feature: Childsplay — The Last Waltz

Childsplay, the celebrated flash-band of fiddlers who have come together around the holidays for more than 30 years, is calling it quits.

By: Glenn Rifkin Filed Under: Featured, Folk, Music, Preview Tagged: Bpb Childs, Childsplay

Music Interview: Singer/Songwriter Chris Smither — Coming Full Circle

His songs have been recorded by the likes of Bonnie Raitt and Diana Krall. For many, his rank — just short of superstardom — remains a mystery. He’s just too good to be less than a household name.

By: Glenn Rifkin Filed Under: Featured, Folk, Interview, Music Tagged: Chris Smither, Glenn Rifkin

Film Review: “Rocketman” — A Musical Fantasy

This fantasy musical is unexpectedly moving, a driven and musically satisfying experience for serious Elton John fans.

By: Glenn Rifkin Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Rocketman

Theater Review: “The Heath” — Shakespearean Resonances

It’s impossible not to be moved by Lauren Gunderson’s elegant, understated writing.

By: Glenn Rifkin Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Glenn Rifkin, Lauren Gunderson, Sean Daniels, The Heath

Music Preview: Livingston Taylor — A Boston Treasure

“I see myself as I’ve always seen myself, as a pop musician in a folk genre.”

By: Glenn Rifkin Filed Under: Featured, Music, Preview Tagged: Livingston Taylor

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