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Arts Remembrance: Guitarist Garrison Fewell — The Master of Searching for Something More

July 5, 2015
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An inspiring man as well as a brilliant musician, Garrison Fewell had the courage to turn away from the darkness and to embrace the light.

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Theater Review: William Inge’s “Off the Main Road” — A Major Discovery

July 5, 2015
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William Inge’s Off the Main Road is both contemporary and politically incorrect in the best ways.

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Theater Review: “Out of Sterno” — Absurd to the Point of Distraction

July 4, 2015
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Out of Sterno punches the same punchline far too often.

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Dance Feature: Jacob’s Pillow Archive — Rebooted

July 4, 2015
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Jacob’s Pillow’s revamped archive is a sort of museum as well as a library. A catalogue of the holdings is in the works. .

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Concert Review: Expecting the Unexpected — Brian Wilson Delights at Boston’s Blue Hills Bank Pavilion

July 3, 2015
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This was probably the loudest, rockingest Brian Wilson show I’ve ever seen.

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Theater Appreciation: “Miracle of Miracles” — The Priscilla Beach Theatre Redux

July 3, 2015
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The venerable Priscilla Beach Theatre was in danger of crumbling away — but it has been fully restored and is swinging into a summertime season of musicals.

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Arts Fuse Appreciation: Ornette Coleman’s Horn of Plenty

July 3, 2015
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So there was the Ornette Coleman Quartet, leading off the final side of vinyl with a cut that changed my life, “Lonely Woman.”

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Fuse Theater Review: “Intimate Exchanges” — A Comedy of Possibilities

July 2, 2015
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In many ways, Alan Ayckbourn in Intimate Exchanges has concocted the perfect recipe for a company like the Peterborough Players.

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Dance Review: Tom Gold Dance — An Uneven Outing

July 1, 2015
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“Ballet is only good when it is great,” the legendarily unblinking dance critic Arlene Croce once wrote; whenever I bring that judgement to mind it makes me both swallow hard and sigh softly.

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Book Review: “Look Who’s Back” — The Second Coming

July 1, 2015
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The writing in this novel depends on winks and nods. You’re invited to be in on a big joke, assuming it is one.

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