Review
A collection that provides a fascinating bit of context for how Andris Nelsons has developed as a conductor over the last decade-plus, and an honest, mostly flattering, tribute to a much-loved conductor, the late Mariss Jansons.
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It may sound oxymoronic, but the Bosstones scream, shout, and agitate for common decency.
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You will laugh at Uncut Gems, but you will leave the theater shaking.
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Our theater critics pick some of the outstanding productions of the year.
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Peter Keough has edited a useful, insightful, and delightful new collection of short essays that explore films that appeal to adults who seek childlike glee or awe at the movies.
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Diana Tishchenko’s a violinist well worth keeping an eye on; Jun Märkl leads the MSO in brisk, shapely readings of pieces by Saint-Saëns; Françoix-Xavier Roth and Les Siecles come up with some winning Berlioz.
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The Legacy Museum draws on a passionate and visceral mix of architecture, graphics, text, art, music, video and spoken word to prove that — ever since the time of slavery — white views on race have distorted the presumed fairness of our legal system.
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John Nelson’s La Damnation de Faust is a triumph; you will rarely encounter Villa-Lobos played with greater understanding or in better sound than here; Paavo Järvi and his orchestra’s survey of Messiaen orchestral works early and late is resplendent.
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While Samantha Fish shines with her guitar work on the new album, she impressed more with her singing live.
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Book Review: A Biography of John Berger — A Seminal Artist and Thinker
If you have not read John Berger, by the end of this biography you’re likely to feel an urgent need to pick up one of his books.
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