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Opera Review: BLO’S “Handmaid’s Tale” — Sublime Dystopia

May 10, 2019
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The perversity of The Handmaid’s Tale oppressive allegory lends itself well to opera, and Boston Lyric Opera makes the most of the material’s emotional heights and depths.

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Film Review: “Shadow” — The Magical Warrior — Given a Delicate Spin

May 9, 2019
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Zhang Yimou’s return to form is a story of doubles, duplicity — and zithers.

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Theater News: There Goes the Neighborhood — Gold Dust Orphans to Lose their Fenway Home

May 8, 2019
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“I saw it coming three years ago, when there was a frenzy of development in the Fenway. Now the neighborhood looks like a corporate mall.”

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Film Review: “The White Crow” — God’s Acrobat

May 8, 2019
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The White Crow, wisely, offers up no easy answers regarding why Rudolf Nureyev defected.

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Jazz Review and Appreciation: The Music Never Stops – Betty Carter Live (Again)

May 7, 2019
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A landmark concert from 1992 is a chance to rediscover Betty Carter’s greatness, to appreciate again how this artist was special to the very essence of her soul.

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TV Review: “Barry” Season Two — All Bets Are Off

May 6, 2019
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HBO’S Barry has finally started to hit its stride as a mirthfully dark comedy/drama.

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Theater Review: “School Girls” — Teaching Lessons

May 6, 2019
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School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play is a serious comedy that takes aim at our provinciality and ignorance.

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Film Review: “Bolden” — Putting Flesh on a Jazz Myth

May 5, 2019
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Bolden is an intense film, depicting a life lived in a horrifically racist time and place.

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Theater Review: Another View of “Indecent” — Flat and Obvious

May 5, 2019
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In the case of a scene set in the Lodz Ghetto, the lineup of characters on the way to the concentration camps veered, for me, close to Holocaust porn.

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Coming Attractions: May 5 through 21 — What Will Light Your Fire

May 5, 2019
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, visual art, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks.

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