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Theater Review: The Peterborough Players Stage a “Seagull” That Soars

July 25, 2013
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The Peterborough Players have put together a “Seagull” that floats elegantly on nineteenth-century Russian and twenty-first-century American wings, simultaneously bright and dark.

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Theater Review: Chaim Potok’s “The Chosen” — Brought Memorably to Life on Stage

July 23, 2013
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The agile hand of adaptor and director Aaron Posner has given us a production of Chaim Potok’s novel “The Chosen” that our children and grandchildren must see.

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Fuse Album Review: Drone — Done In “Slow Focus”

July 23, 2013
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With “Slow Focus,” the duo steps away from the variety and lushness of their previous LPs in order to put together an alluringly bleak listening experience.

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Jazz Concert Review: Mr. Ho’s Orchestrotica Quartet at the Regattabar

July 22, 2013
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But Mr. Ho’s Brian O’Neill had another idea. What if he took the very inauthenticity of the original music as a motive for putting together things that were never meant to go together originally? Like Bach’s Toccata and Fugue with a Balkan beat?

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Classical CD Review: An Inspiring 80th Birthday Tribute to Conductor Claudio Abbado

July 22, 2013
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This attractive, inexpensive box set dedicated to Claudio Abbado contains a rich gathering of lucid, colorful recordings, among the most accomplished modern performances of symphonies that are absolutely central to the repertoire.

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Classical Music CD Review: Lutoslawski — The Complete Symphonies, Los Angeles Philharmonic/Esa-Pekka Salonen

July 21, 2013
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It’s a pity Witold Lutoslawski’s music isn’t turning up on more orchestral programs in the U.S. this season and next – Benjamin Britten seems to be the centennial birthday boy of choice.

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Film Review: “Only God Forgives” — A Pseudo-Greek Tragedy

July 19, 2013
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Director Refn’s craftsmanship isn’t in doubt here, just whether this deadening story was worth all the effort.

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Theater Review: “Pygmalion” at the Williamstown Theatre Festival — An Extraordinary Evening

July 19, 2013
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This production of “Pygmalion” is also a case study in how an accomplished director –- former Huntington Theatre Company director Nicholas Martin – weaves every part of his team into a seamless whole.

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Book Review: “In the Land of the Living” — A Coming-of-Age Yarn Mixed With Grief

July 18, 2013
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Austin Ratner’s follow up to “The Jump Artist” is an an exuberant, terrific novel — for its weaknesses, as well as its strengths.

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Rock Review: Savages, Live at Middle East-Downstairs — Intense, Pounding, and Explosive

July 17, 2013
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None of this is to suggest that the members of Savages approve of the exploitation of women, whether those women are porn stars or just everyday women walking down the street. But it is to suggest that Savages are okay with sex.

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