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Theater Review: A Languid “Seagull” at the Huntington Theatre Company

March 27, 2014
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I do not remember disliking the characters in Anton Chekhov’s “The Seagull” as much as I did in this production.

Concert Review: Gary Numan at the Paradise — A Friendly Kind of Intensity

March 26, 2014
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Yes, Gary Numan’s jumped a bandwagon, but the former new-wave hitmaker has done it with style.

Concert Review: A Gripping Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra at Symphony Hall

March 25, 2014
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For at least the last decade, the LAPO has set the bar in creative programming, commissioning new works, and integrating itself into its community.

Concert Review: Cellist Yo-Yo Ma Delivers a Magical Evening

March 24, 2014
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Heralded cellist Yo-Yo Ma has played with several distinguished pianists over the years, but none (are) better than Kathryn Stott.

Film Feature: Local Rocker Robin Lane and Coming Back Strong “When Things Go Wrong”

March 23, 2014
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Robin Lane’s story goes back to her ‘60s days as a child of Hollywood glamor, her long tenure as a Boston rock survivor, and her recent renaissance as a musical counsellor for abused women.

Book Interview: Jewish-American Writer Bernard Malamud at 100 — Appreciating the Beauty of the Ethical

March 23, 2014
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“Bernard Malamud is the great sentence-maker, the great craftsman, and the sheer quality of those sentences has never perhaps been given its complete due.”

Film Review: “Tales of Intransigence” — A Ribald Road Movie at the Boston Turkish Film Festival

March 23, 2014
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Centered on the acting talents of the late Tuncel Kurtiz, the film is a ribald, engaging, and briskly-paced concoction of improvisation and folklore.

Film Review: Jason Bateman’s “Bad Words” — The Spelling Bee, Comically Deconstructed

March 22, 2014
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Although rather shallow in its characterizations, “Bad Words” makes up for this deficiency in its rollicking, R-rated demolition of a familiar character-building institution: the spelling bee.

Music Commentary: Checking Under the Hood of the Beatles’ “White Album”

March 21, 2014
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Deconstructing the “White Album” — How the Beatles could fight Like cats and work like dogs.

Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week

March 21, 2014
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in music, film, theater, author readings, and dance that’s coming up this week.

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