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“I’ve Got the Shakes” pieces together a restless, collaborative portrait of a defining avant-garde visionary.
Carla Simón’s dreamlike family drama merges mother and daughter, past and present, in a moving search for identity.
With Carlos Simon’s “Four Black American Dances,” the Pittsburgh Symphony offers a thoughtful and resonant recontextualization of Dvořák’s Ninth.
Currently running at the Joyce Theater, “Trips” pairs classic Pilobolus works with new creations, reaffirming what has made the company one of dance’s most distinctive ensembles.
Billy Bragg reunion, festival deep cuts, and a weekend of discovery turn MASS MoCA into a communal music feast.
Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.
A rich six-disc set documents a fiercely original voice at the height of its powers.
A ragged farewell that mixes new stunts with archival scraps as Johnny Knoxville and his merry band of masochists age out of self-destruction.
Netflix’s raunchy comedy gives the comedian some room to flail, but there’s not enough weirdness to fully unleash his chaotic brilliance.
Andris Nelsons and the Vienna Philharmonic deliver a polished but curiously inert reading of a symphonic powerhouse.
Arts Commentary: When Books Become Evidence — Hong Kong’s Raids and the New Global War on Dissent