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“The Sopranos” creator is the latest filmmaker to tackle the 1960s. He provides an antidote to the rose-tinted lenses of nostalgia, a grounded portrayal that evokes the truth of the period rather than the mythology.
The Lyric Stage actors and pianist Catherine Stornetta do an excellent job making all of “33 Variations” intelligible and, sometimes, very funny.
Green Mountain Project has done everything right, paying careful, historically informed attention to pitch, transposition, tempi, number of performers, and tuning.
Uzma Aslam Khan is a wonderful writer whose descriptions of the northern part of Pakistan and the fast fading way of life that had been lived there for hundreds of years are sometimes stunning.
Is it sexist to feel the need to point out that the two best action/war movies in recent times have been made by a woman director?
When this version of Pippin hits New York, it will be a welcome alternative to the trend among many of the current Broadway musicals to demote dance elements to the background.
Nervous mainstream audiences could breathe easy, the messy cultural ruckus of the ’60s was over: it was ok to find yourself in the suburbs.
As we leave the holidays behind us and begin the New Year, it’s time to get out of Mom’s house and back into the clubs!
Standout exhibitions starting up in January include a show that celebrates Islamic Art at Harvard’s Sackler Museum.
Music with African roots warms the January chill, percussionists raise the roof, vocalist/pianist/songwriter Patricia Barber makes a welcome return, and a sextet of touring all-stars from the Monterey Jazz Festival swings through town.
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