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Dance Interview: Turkish-born Choreographer Korhan Basaran

January 25, 2018
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“I’m trying to be at peace with not being a happy person. It’s ok to not be happy but to do something for the betterment of humanity.”

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Film Review: “42 Grams” — A Story of Food, and Passion

January 24, 2018
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Chef Jake Bickelhaupt’s passion for cooking and for doing everything himself is the driving idea behind this high-energy documentary.

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Film Review: “Unrest” — A Powerful Study of Life on Hold

January 24, 2018
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Jennifer Brea’s absorbing and moving documentary about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is a stunning achievement.

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Remembrance: Dorothy Malone — Hollywood Siren

January 23, 2018
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Could Dorothy Malone be the only person in the world to have dated both Sinatra and Liberace?

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Concert Review: Cantata Singers — Music That Bears Witness to Catastrophe

January 23, 2018
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Peter Child’s challenge was to match his orchestral and choral music to the harrowing nature of the text — and he worked this out well.

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Theater Review: “Road Show” — Sondheim’s Latest Gets Its Boston Premiere

January 23, 2018
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Tony Castellanos as Wilson Mizner, with cast of "Road Show."

Road Show is unlikely to top anyone’s list of Sondheim favorites, it’s an often entertaining take on a quintessentially American story.

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Film Review: “A Woman, a Part” — Leaving the Business

January 23, 2018
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Credit director Elisabeth Subrin for being resourceful in incorporating her cast’s real-life situations into her storytelling.

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Classical CD Reviews: Kamus Quartet’s “Homunculus” and Jeroen Van Veen plays Adams

January 22, 2018
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The nearly 10 year wait for the premiere of Esa-Pekka Salonen’s string quartet Homunculus was worth it.

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Music Interview: Vancouver’s Dan Bejar, Leader of the band Destroyer

January 22, 2018
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“There’s not too many people wanting their money back, thinking that they’re at a Pig Destroyer show or Destroyer 666.”

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Book Review: “Surviving Jersey” — Chronicling Wild Times

January 22, 2018
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This superb volume is much more than a group of essays; it is a tale with a trajectory fashioned by a writer who is determined to be achingly honest.

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