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Musician Interview: The Jesus Lizard’s Duane Denison Talks About Assembling the “Rack”

December 9, 2024
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“For me, having new material to play — that’s the best. If you’re on tour, you are presenting a new album and people are psyched because you are playing some of that stuff live.”

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Theater Reviews – A Musical Mixed Bag on Broadway

November 25, 2024
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Capsule reviews of five new musicals that opened this month on Broadway.

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Musician Interview: Prog-Rock’s Senior Bass Master Tony Levin — Still Searching for the Ideal

November 17, 2024
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Now, at least through mid-December, bassist Tony Levin – also a prolific photographer and blogger on tour — remains happy recasting King Crimson dreams each night with Beat

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Dance Interview: Janet Eilber on the Martha Graham Dance Company’s Return to Boston

November 16, 2024
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“Modern dance is not a secret club. Yes, we are presenting masterpieces by a visionary 20th century artist, but we are communicating that through the greatest dancers today, and showing how that work continues to evolve.”

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Visual Arts Interview: Brookline Sculptor Murray Dewart on His Show at the Boston Sculptors Gallery

November 15, 2024
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The 77-year-old Brookline sculptor has been exploring many sides of his chosen craft since his days as a senior at Harvard. And he was already dabbling in all sorts artistic endeavors long before that.

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Musician Interview: Cappella Clausura Explores the Light Amidst the Darkness

November 12, 2024
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Among Artistic Director Holly Druckman’s goals is to turn Cappella Clausura into a “very serious player in the Boston early-music-new music scene.”

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Music Interview: Fiddler and Composer Hanneke Cassel — Love and Commitment

November 7, 2024
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“My goal is to play these wonderful venues and also be close to home so I can have time in the morning with my daughter. I marvel at living in New England.”

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Actor Interview: Toni Collette Makes her Case for “Juror #2”

October 31, 2024
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“I still pinch myself that I got to work with Clint Eastwood. But any anxiety quickly dissipated upon meeting him. He is so cool and calm and funny and easy.”

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Film Interview: Steven Ascher on “Looking Forward” — An Essay into the Future

October 20, 2024
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“Looking Forward” is constantly vacillating between the things that give you hope and the things that give you despair.”

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Musician Interview: CJ Johnson from Oh He Dead Talks “Ugly” Ahead of Show at the Middle East

October 16, 2024
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Oh He Dead’s new album carries a unified punch as it interweaves meditations on dark subjects: mortality, polarization, and how life isn’t always sunshine and rainbows.

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