Commentary

Rethinking the Repertoire #21– Alban Berg’s “Altenberg-Lieder”

June 2, 2018
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The Altenberg-Lieder feature Alban Berg at his most direct and concise, as well as his most sumptuous.

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Theater Review: “Evening at the Talk House” — Amusing Ourselves to Dystopia

June 1, 2018
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Evening at the Talk House is a savage indictment of our country’s acceptance of the immense, horrific violence necessary to maintain our consumer comforts.

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Theater Commentary: The Boston Theatre Critics Association — Wasting Its Time

May 28, 2018
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Recommended hashtags for the Boston Theatre Critics Association: #MeTooGiveMeTime, #MeTooNotYet

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Book Commentary: Portnoy’s Revenge

May 27, 2018
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There’s something Shakespearian about the grasp of Philip Roth’s fiction.

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Visual Arts Commentary: Paying Attention to Boston’s Jewish Expressionists

May 22, 2018
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Until recently, the Museum of Fine Arts has ignored Boston’s artists of Jewish heritage.

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Visual Arts Commentary: Hugh Ferriss — Architectural Delineator of the Heroic Modern

May 19, 2018
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A visionary ‘Paper Architect’ who influenced popular culture as well as a generation of architects.

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Jazz Commentary: Survival of a Scene in Boston

April 21, 2018
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Local music venues — especially those with “off” music like jazz — are caught in a vice, with real estate escalation on one side and corporate-dominated digital technology on the other.

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Commentary: Once More, Back to the Little Shop of Horovitz

April 10, 2018
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The strategic silences in the Boston Globe’s piece on the legacy of Israel Horovitz are disturbing.

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Film Commentary: Cast in “Chappaquiddick” — An Actor’s Perspective

April 4, 2018
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Chappaquiddick may satisfy some for whom Ted Kennedy was overdue for a comeuppance.

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Performance Art Review: A Powerful “Stain” on the Boston Common

March 29, 2018
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Those who stopped at the top of the Boston Common, at about 1 p.m., witnessed an extraordinary work of performance art.

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