Review

Theater Review: A Wonderful “Journey to the Center of the Stage”

September 14, 2018
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The Beau Jest Moving Theater staging succeeds at conjuring up the genially comic spirit of the late Larry Coen, a bounteously talented actor and director.

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Theater Review: “Kiss of the Spider Woman” — Captivity Made Memorable

September 10, 2018
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This was the first stage production in a while that had me on my feet at the end, and thinking and feeling about it long afterward.

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Dance Review: Boston Ballet — Time After Time

September 10, 2018
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Jerome Robbins makes me think about how nonverbal characters can inhabit their times.

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Jazz CD Review: Macuco Quintet — Welcome “Friendly Signs”

September 10, 2018
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It is this ability to ground their sophistication that makes the Macuco Quintet a band worthy of affection as well as admiration.

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Film Review: “Hale County This Morning, This Evening” — A Beautiful Day

September 7, 2018
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The genius of this film is that no preaching is necessary; it makes its political point in an apolitical way, an art film that is, incidentally, didactic.

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Theater Review: “The Black Clown” — Non-stop Vitality

September 6, 2018
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The Black Clown commands the vastness of the Loeb’s stage with an enviable energy.

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Film Review: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” — Shakespeare Goes Digital

September 4, 2018
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Does Shakespeare need a digital makeover to stay relevant and entertaining?

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Dance Remembrance: Paul Taylor (1930-2018)

September 4, 2018
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Choreographer Paul Taylor leaves a repertory that sprawled from the outrageous to the sublime.

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Jazz CD Review: Luciana Souza’s “Book of Longing” Tells a Compelling Story

September 4, 2018
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With this album, Luciana Souza has created her own indelible “book” of songs that ache and celebrate, muse and regret, dream and mourn.

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Book Review: “Summer Cannibals” — A Patient Psychological Portrait of a Toxic Family

September 3, 2018
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Summer Cannibals’ main virtue is its keen transmission of psychological warfare in families.

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