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Opera Review: Boston Early Music Opera’s “Orlando” — Divine Madness

June 10, 2019
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This entertaining opera is a real soap opera, given that it chronicles the fallout of the passionate protagonist’s unrequited love.

Film Review: “The Dead Don’t Die” — A Zombie Jamboree

June 10, 2019
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The Dead Don’t Die is a satiric trifle, but a cleverly amusing one.

Theater Review: “Pacific Overtures” — A Civilization on the Brink of Change

June 10, 2019
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Pacific Overtures offers a history lesson — but it is an entertaining, moving, thought-provoking, and timely one.

Jazz Concert Review: Christian McBride & Tip City — Mastery and Joy

June 9, 2019
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It’s an uncommon pleasure to see band members enjoy themselves the way Tip City did.

Classical CD Review: “Letters From Gettysburg” — A Powerful Plea for Compassion

June 9, 2019
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Letters from Gettysburg is an extraordinarily haunting five-movement work that elevates the experience of one man into a memorial to all victims of war.

Film Review: “The Raft” — An Illuminating Voyage

June 8, 2019
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What happens when a dubious scientific experiment yields unexpected results?

Film Review: “The Souvenir” — Fear of Melodrama

June 7, 2019
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Joanna Hogg refuses by aesthetic principle to put a lot of inflection into her scenes, steering them away from melodrama and even heated drama. As a result, some episodes are half-baked, sketchy, and flat.

Theater Review: “The Stone” — Nobody is Innocent

June 6, 2019
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This marvelous production pulls off a tricky balance — vibrant bursts of creative energy are put at the service of illuminating the thorny nature of memory and guilt.

Dance Review: “Significant Others: Dances for Family, Friends and Lovers” — Through the Lens of History

June 5, 2019
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In this piece, Peter DiMuro asks a vital question: how has history informed the ways we look at queerness today?

Book Review: “Exposed” — Between Two Incompatible Worlds

June 5, 2019
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Jean-Philppe Blondel’s books are especially praised by critics for their charm and smoothly-shaped prose.

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