Review

Theater Review: Listening to “Our Better Angels”

November 9, 2017
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Is a romantic relationship with someone who is lovely — but mentally ill — worth the effort?

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Dance Review: Classical Plus at Boston Ballet

November 7, 2017
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The Boston Ballet’s program was meant as a tribute to the 100th anniversary of Finnish independence.

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Book Review: “Oriana Fallaci: The Journalist, the Agitator, the Legend”

November 2, 2017
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De Stefano tracks the evolution of a cabinet-maker’s daughter into a famously bombastic, chain-smoking political reporter and author.

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Theater Review: “Call Me Ish” – imaginary beasts’ [or, the whale]

October 31, 2017
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Matthew Woods and his actors do not draw on a faux-naturalist performance style, which is so (unfortunately) fashionable in mainstream theater.

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Theater Review: “Kiss” and Don’t Tell

October 30, 2017
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The bottom line is that we simply aren’t given a requisite sense of the play’s embrace of tragedy.

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Book Review: “World Enough” — and Punk Time

October 30, 2017
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Set in Boston’s rock scene during the ’80s, the mystery World Enough serves up plenty of compelling entertainment.

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Theater Review: “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time”

October 27, 2017
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We are invited to see the world through the eyes of an adolescent whose autism makes human communication and contact incredibly difficult.

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Theater Review: “A Guide for the Homesick” — Modern Uncertainty

October 27, 2017
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Coming of age in today’s world is a tumultuous and confusing experience; Ken Urban’s script expertly taps into these modern anxieties.

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Dance Review: Festival of South African Dance — Sheer Exhilaration

October 26, 2017
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A festival of Gumboot and Pantsula at Rhode Island College featured a large cast of virtuosic dancers and engaging musicians.

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Poetry Review: “Noon until Night” — The Whole Struggle

October 25, 2017
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Comparisons and guesses about influence aside, poet Richard Hoffman’s voice is individual, original, and strong.

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