Review

Theater Review: “Gay Shorts, Part 2: We Are Family” — Amusement Galore

May 29, 2018
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Open Theatre Project’s Gay Shorts is bold, out, and unafraid.

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Theater Review: “Typhoid Mary” — Surprisingly Apt for Our Times

May 29, 2018
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This tautly-directed, well-cast production is filled with contemporary medical, political, and social resonances.

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Jazz CD Review: “Heart of Brazil” — Homage to Egberto Gismonti

May 29, 2018
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While perhaps not more than the sum of its parts — that would be hard to imagine — the music on this tribute disc has its own vitality and stands well on its own.

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Dance Review: Boston Ballet — Dancing in Time

May 28, 2018
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La Sylphide is full of magic. It might be about magic.

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Theater Review: “Allegiance” — Inspiration By-The-Numbers

May 27, 2018
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Despite my complaints, Allegiance is affecting – almost frustratingly so.

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Film Review: “Filmworker” — (Over) Labor of Love

May 26, 2018
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Tony Zierra’s film is a worthy and interesting one, but I admit to becoming worn down by the endless litany of unglamorous ways that protagonist Leon Vitali worked his butt off for the genius filmmaker.

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Film Review: “Let the Sunshine In” — Darkness Reigns

May 25, 2018
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Let the Sunshine In is French filmmaker Claire Denis’s one-note ode to the power of love even when, in this case, love stinks like dead fish.

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Book Review: “Secrets and Shadows” — Lessons of the Past

May 25, 2018
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Roberta Silman’s engaging and deeply felt novel is a reminder of what it means to carry a historical burden on both a personal and national level.

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Jazz CD Review: “The Genius of Eddie Jefferson” — Performed by Allan Harris

May 24, 2018
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Singer Allan Harris clearly loves Eddie Jefferson’s music and performs it with sincerity and chops.

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Theater Review: “Madame Defarge” — Epic Lite

May 24, 2018
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Director Ellie Heyman and her talented cast have their hands full with this new work because it is, in some ways, a tale of two musicals.

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