Review

Dance Review: DanceUP’s Compound Fractions

September 27, 2017
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Local chauvinism aside, the evening was a diverse one, at least in terms of dance genres.

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Concert Review: Andris Nelsons and Boston Symphony play Bernstein

September 25, 2017
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On the whole, this BSO Opening Night was a welcome overview Leonard Bernstein’s larger output and of his versatility as a composer.

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Classical CD Reviews: Joyce El-Khoury’s “Echo” and Matt Haimovitz’s “Troika”

September 24, 2017
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Soprano Joyce El-Khoury sings spectacularly in her new disc, Echo.

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Film Review: “Stronger” — A Moving Tale of Resilience

September 23, 2017
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What keeps Stronger from turning into a patly sentimental yarn is Jake Gyllenhall’s modulated performance.

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Classical CD Reviews: Arabella Steinbacher plays Britten and Hindemith and Daniil Trifonov’s “Chopin Evocations”

September 22, 2017
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Hindemith and Britten could hardly have asked for more committed advocates than Steinbacher, Jurowski, and the RSOB.

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Film Review: “Brad’s Status” — A Triumphant Comedy About Male Failure

September 22, 2017
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This downer comedy is a triumphant entry into the botched, washout male category of cinema.

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Theater Review: “Faceless” — Dramatically Indecisive

September 21, 2017
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Selina Fllinger’s play manages to serve up some vivid confrontations between believers and doubters.

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Book Review: “To the Back of Beyond” — Extreme Ambiguity

September 21, 2017
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Evidently, plain-spoken language plus doubt and apprehension equate to novels that, once opened, are very hard to put down.

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Classical CD Reviews: Pianist Andrew Cooperstock plays Leonard Bernstein and Humperdinck’s “Hänsel und Gretel”

September 20, 2017
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If there’s an essential “Leonard Bernstein at 100” album, this one, so far, is it: excellent performances of relatively unknown music deserving to be heard.

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Film Review: The Newburyport Documentary Film Festival — Cozy and Smart

September 20, 2017
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The Newburyport Documentary Film Festival is leisurely and unpretentious — and addictive.

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