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Book Review: “Razzle Dazzle” Minus Some of the Sparkle — John Lahr Profiles the Stars, and Himself

December 6, 2025
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If John Lahr could learn, even in his eighties, to cut back on his own self-adoration and stop being so damned star struck, the razzle in his profiles would dazzle all the more.

Arts Commentary: Rich in Creativity — But Nothing Else

December 5, 2025
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Predictably, when you get to the discussion of money, honey, the rubber hits the road.

Jazz Album Reviews: A Roundup of Recent Recordings

December 5, 2025
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New albums from Billy Hart, Phil Haynes & Free Country, Pat Thomas, Kalia Vandever, and the Webber/Morris Big Band.

Weekly Feature: Poetry at The Arts Fuse

December 4, 2025
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This week’s poem: Uche Nduka’s “The Cantaloupe”

AT DOC NYC: A Filmmaker’s Farewell to a Friend, Flophouse Vérité, and the Fight for “Female Viagra”

December 4, 2025
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A trio of good documentaries: Benita, Flophouse America, and The Pink Pill: Sex, Drugs and Who Has Control.

Book Review: “Corrections At Work” — – Practical Reforms for Correctional Officers, Sidestepping Abolition

December 4, 2025
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When it comes to the aberrant conditions in today’s jails and prisons, concerns such as how corrections officers are regarded by their superiors in the system, the media, and the public are beside the point.

Jazz Album Review: Sun Ra and His Arkestra Live at The Left Bank — Cosmic Swing and Ragged Glory

December 3, 2025
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Sun Ra was often deliberately far out, as we used to say, and also joyously entertaining.

Arts Remembrance: In Memoriam — Tom Stoppard

December 2, 2025
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One of the great playwrights of the 20th century, Tom Stoppard wrote to entertain, but with intellectual rigor.

Popular Music Reviews: Ray Charles — The Quintessential Sound of American Popular Music

December 2, 2025
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Add these four remastered Ray Charles albums to your collection and remind yourself what the real thing sounds like when it finally comes along.

Theater Review: “Fun Home” — The Fragility of Memory

December 1, 2025
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“Fun Home”‘s relevance not only lies in how it flawlessly interweaves three storylines that revolve around the same character, but how it dramatizes, with grace, humor, and pathos, a familiar human struggle — looking at our parents through adult eyes.

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