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Opera Review: Purcell’s “Dido” — Re-made for the Lives We are Living Now

November 2, 2020
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Coming soon to your computer or cellphone: The Boston Camerata launches a bold staged performance of Purcell’s pathbreaking opera, but in a way that keeps its cast and audience safe.

Jazz CD Reviews: Mary Halvorson and Rich Halley — Fearlessly Free

November 2, 2020
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New albums from Mary Halvorson and Rich Halley march into fresh realms of freedom.

Television Review: “How To with John Wilson” — Fascinating Adventures on the Fly

November 1, 2020
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In this brilliant series, documentary filmmaker John Wilson captures the absurdity of life in New York.

Film Review: “The Craft: Legacy” — Girls Just Wanna Cast Spells

November 1, 2020
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At a time when witchcraft — not to mention women’s issues of power, autonomy, and identity — is such a prominent part of our cultural conversation, it’s disappointing that The Craft: Legacy doesn’t weave a more satisfying spell.

Music Review: The Harry Smith B-Sides: Precursor to The Harry Smith C(ensored)-Sides?

October 31, 2020
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The Atlanta-based label Dust-to-Digital would like to show us the flip side of The Anthology of American Folk Music, but they don’t like what they hear.

Classical Reviews: Boston Modern Orchestra Project plays Harold Shapero, Peter Lieberson’s “Songs of Love and Sorrow,” and Charles Ives’s Complete Symphonies

October 30, 2020
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Discs dedicated to overlooked composers Harold Shapero and Peter Lieberson are well worth your attention. Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra don’t do well by Charles Ives’ final symphony, but the three preceding symphonies fare better.

Film Review: Frederick Wiseman’s “City Hall” — A Kinder, Gentler Government?

October 30, 2020
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City Hall is a quiet, unsentimental celebration of civility in its many forms.

Book Review: “The Camera Lies: Acting for Hitchcock”  — The Art of Doing Nothing, Well

October 29, 2020
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Dan Callahan has crafted an entertaining and illuminating guide to understanding Hitchcock’s relationship with some of the most iconic actors of the day.

Theater Feature: An Interview with Benny Sato Ambush on Directing the Virtual Reading of Anthony Clarvoe’s “The Living”

October 29, 2020
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“A play like The Living pricks the conscience of the country. It is the reason I wanted to produce and direct it.”

Rock Album Review: Puscifer’s “Existential Reckoning” — Amusing Ourselves to Death

October 29, 2020
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Existential Reckoning confronts today’s lethal inanity in blistering fashion, via songs that posit dire consequences for a country that wants to be entertained more than wants to be informed.

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