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Theater Review: “Ink” Leaves Its Stain on Broadway

May 2, 2019
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James Graham’s new play almost evokes sympathy for the devil. Almost.

Opera Review: A Sumptuous New Recording of Korngold’s “The Miracle of Heliane,” Centerpiece of This Summer’s Bard Music Festival

May 1, 2019
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Once much-performed, then banished from the stage by the Nazis, The Miracle of Heliane, now available in a fine new recording, is perhaps the best opera by the man who would become one of Hollywood’s leading composers.

Television Commentary: Martin v. Tolkien

April 30, 2019
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Is it all, from here on out, to be about Daenerys v. John Snow for the Iron Throne?

Book Review: John Hersey — Reporting Truthfully, at All Costs

April 29, 2019
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John Hersey emerges in this book as a disciplined journalist who held steadfast to an admirably singular goal.

Concert Music Review: The Boston Philharmonic plays Ives and Mahler

April 28, 2019
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This performance of Ives’ Third was the most welcome entry in the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra’s celebratory season – a beautifully considered, powerfully rendered account of this too-neglected score.

Book Review: “Necropolis” — A Book of the Russian Literary Dead

April 28, 2019
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This memoir offers an invaluable, broad look at intellectual Russia before and after the revolutions of 1917.

Theater Review: “Beetlejuice” Bombards Broadway

April 27, 2019
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Beetlejuice may not be the blockbuster its creators are hoping for, but it is occasionally humorous and rarely dull.

Film Review: “Her Smell” — Fiddling with Our Viscera

April 26, 2019
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Her Smell is funny-terrifying, alluring-repulsive, moving-disturbing, era-capturing and timeless.

Jazz CD Review: The Art Ensemble of Chicago — Still Out on the Edge

April 25, 2019
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Amid the continual flood of new jazz releases, this anniversary bash is one to be savored.

Film Preview: Independently Ours — IFFBoston Celebrates Another Year of Community

April 24, 2019
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As always, IFFBoston’s Executive Director Brian Tamm and Program Director Nancy Campbell have curated a stellar lineup of films that promises to represent the very best of current American and international cinema.

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