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Theater Review: “Vanity Fair: An (Im-)morality Play” — Amoral Fun Galore!

February 5, 2020
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Underground Railway Theater has a runaway hit. You’ll never see a show quite like it. It’s bold, ridiculous, and very risky.

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Theater Review: “King John” — Fractured History Lesson

February 5, 2020
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Praxis Stage picked the right time to stage a Shakespeare play about a head of state who doesn’t have anything on his mind but corruption.

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Concert Review: Odyssey Opera’s “The Chronicle of Nine”

February 4, 2020
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Arnold Rosner’s writing in each act is strongly contrapuntal, metrically unpredictable, and idiomatically scored. The music is marked by constantly shifting colors, a strong sense of rhythm, and a healthy dose of lyricism.

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Theater Review: “Hair” — An Antique Trip

February 4, 2020
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The New Rep production of Hair is acceptable: if the intent was to look back at a now-dated musical that once caused a stir.

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Film Review: 2020 Oscar Animated Shorts — Sadness and Beauty

February 3, 2020
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Among this group of strong animated shorts I found the French selection, Mémorable, to be the most powerful and artful.

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Film Review: “Color Out of Space” — Unleashing a Primal Desire for Destruction

February 2, 2020
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All in all, Color Out of Space is only OK.

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Film Review: The 2020 Oscar Documentary Short Films

January 31, 2020
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A critical look at this year’s Oscar-nominated documentary shorts.

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Poetry Review: Richard J. Fein’s “Whitman/Vitman” — A Vigorous Homage

January 31, 2020
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It’s hard to think of a contemporary poet who has engaged so passionately and devotedly, over many decades, with a single forebear.

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Jazz CD Review: “Light Blue” — Tight and Graceful

January 31, 2020
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Overall, Light Blue is an impressive album: its ensembles simultaneously tight and graceful, its solos expressive.

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WATCH CLOSELY: “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” — Apocalyptic Witchcraft

January 30, 2020
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Where will the coven go from here? Its pivot away from patriarchy echoes the growing resistance of women the world over — and that is a powerful message indeed.

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