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Theater Review: “American Moor” — Lasting Impressions

April 13, 2019
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American Moor sheds considerable insight into the tension between actor vs. director, into the power play between the two, and who will ultimately prevail.

Book Review: Dancer Ray Bolger — America’s Animated Cubist

April 13, 2019
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Via Ray Bolger’s trajectory we traverse the boards of Broadway and the silver screen of Hollywood — as well as the smaller, but equally thrilling, milieux of nightclubs and television studios.

Theater Review: “The Clearing” — Timely Historical Drama

April 12, 2019
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The Clearing pulls off an impressive challenge for a historical drama: it examines humanity’s weakness in the face of prejudice in a way that is not only faithful to the time period but unmistakably timely.

Book Review: “Treading the Uneven Road” — In Search of Discovery and Understanding

April 12, 2019
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L. M. Brown writes with a sure hand about men and women beset with dreams and longings, who fall in and out of love with each other, and who harbor secrets that shape their lives in unpredictable ways.

Visual Arts Review: The Happy Place? More Like The Sad Place

April 11, 2019
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Of course, there can be no happiness in America without lots of corporate support.

Visual Arts Review: “Huma Bhabha — They Live” and “The Beyond — Georgia O’Keeffe and Contemporary Art”

April 10, 2019
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Pakistani-born artist Huma Bhabha is still very much at the edge of edgy; Georgia O’Keeffe much less so.

Dance Review: Batsheva Dance Company of Israel — Strange Encounters and Outbursts

April 9, 2019
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This mysterious dance may have no meaning at all beyond its cryptic theatricality and movement. Or it may mean a lot.

Opera Review: MassOpera’s “Die Fledermaus” — Modern Life, Lampooned

April 9, 2019
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MassOpera’s updated version of Die Fledermaus pulls off a major feat.

Television Review: “Crashing” — The Power of Being Earnest

April 9, 2019
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Crashing shows us how Holmes’s innate sweetness and affability carries him through the awkwardness and indignities of being a working comedian.

Classical CD Reviews: François Xavier-Roth conducts Berlioz, Yan Pascal Tortelier conducts Gounod, and JoAnn Falletta conducts Respighi

April 9, 2019
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A freshly thought through, energetically executed Berlioz disc; a lovely album that contains excellent performances of underperformed and unfamiliar repertoire that deserves to be heard and championed; a fine, sometimes inspired account of Respighi.

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