There is much to love in this Lyric Stage Company production and I recommend it highly.
Book Review: Charlotte Salomon — A Magnificent Act of Faith
To mark the hundredth birthday of Charlotte Salomon, who is emerging as one of the 20th century’s great artists, come two fabulous volumes dedicated to her work.
Book Review: “Surviving Jersey” — Chronicling Wild Times
This superb volume is much more than a group of essays; it is a tale with a trajectory fashioned by a writer who is determined to be achingly honest.
Book Review: “We Were Eight Years in Power” — An Essential Book
Nothing could be more necessary at this point in time than this book.
Theater Review: “Souvenir” — An Intimate Gem
Spiro Veloudos and his talented cast has given us an evening in the theater when all that makes us human comes to the fore.
Book Review: “Love, Madness & Scandal” — Among the Metaphysicals
The biography offers a fascinating look at Frances Coke Villiers’s tale of rebellion, the plight of a memorable woman during a tumultuous time.
Book Review: “Birdcage Walk” — Helen Dunmore’s Exhilarating Farewell
Helen Dunmore’s astounding final novel is a fascinating take on a family of radicals living in Bristol, England during the French Revolution.
Book Review: “The Songs We Know Best” — The Youth of Poet John Ashbery
This book captures — beautifully — poet John Ashbery’s youth and dreams and struggles.
Classical Music Review: A Bleak “Black Monk” at Tanglewood
It is my sad duty to report that an evening which looked so promising was hardly a worthy homage to an important musical figure of the 20th century.
Book Review: “Women in the World of Frederick Douglass” — Crucial Partners
Focusing on these indomitable and sometimes troubling women, Fought has written an engaging book that is compelling, sometimes even fierce.