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Theater Review: “Now Circa Then” — Comic Time-Tripping

July 8, 2019
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Opening on July 4, at a moment when immigrants and their living conditions are once again in the forefront of the news, Now Circa Then is an inspired choice.

Jazz Concert Review: The Montreal Jazz Festival Turns 40, Part One

July 6, 2019
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The Montreal Jazz Festival is overwhelming in a way, but somehow genial, and finally inspiring.

Book Review: “In Extremis” — A Flawed Heroine

July 5, 2019
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In Extremis is required reading not only for anyone interested in war, but for anyone interested in how an unusual woman makes her way in the world.

Book Review: “The Earth Dies Streaming” — Insistent Originality

July 4, 2019
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I happily read The Earth Dies Streaming through, all 433 pages of acute, often brilliant writing. And also often funny as hell.

Theater Review: “Gertrude Stein and a Companion” — A Satisfying Dramatic Fusion

July 4, 2019
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In two short acts, playwright Win Wells depicts not so much a relationship as a fusion, a merging of identities into one single, complex personality.

Music Review: New Pop Releases of June 2019

July 3, 2019
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Here’s a list of five June releases that are making major waves on the Pop scene.

Music Review: “Solid Sound Festival 2019” — A Far-Reaching Family Affair

July 2, 2019
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Wilco went all-in this year for a personal bond, inviting internet-culled winners onstage for live-band karaoke with the group.

Jazz Album Review: “Swing Symphony” — Quintessential Wynton Marsalis

July 2, 2019
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Wynton Marsalis’ Swing Symphony is his third effort in the grand form.

Theater Review: “Tea at Five” Doesn’t Deserve Faye Dunaway

July 2, 2019
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Faye Dunaway has chosen Tea at Five as the vehicle to bring her back to Broadway after a 37-year absence. Would that she had waited a bit longer for a vehicle more worthy of her considerable talents.

Film Review: “Midsommar” — A Feminist Grimoire

July 2, 2019
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People versed in modern witchcraft or paganism may recognize some of the themes examined in Midsommar, but what I found most fascinating was the pronounced emphasis on female sexuality.

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