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Theater Review: “Miss You Like Hell” — A Lukewarm Road Trip

January 16, 2019
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This is yet another sentimental exercise in the mechanics of mother/daughter rapprochement

Theater Review: “Heartland” — Pointing the Finger at Us

January 16, 2019
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Heartland proffers a rare combination — it is a prescient history lesson that also works dramatically.

Book Review: “American Audacity” — Literature is the One Religion Worth Having

January 15, 2019
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Demanding that people pay attention to quality is about as audacious a demand you can take in our giddy culture.

Book Review: “Which Side Are You On?” — American History, Skimmed Over

January 14, 2019
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In its efforts to cram so much information into so small a space, the narrative becomes unfocused.

Theater Review: Return to “A Doll’s House”? — You Can’t Go Home Again

January 12, 2019
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A Doll’s House, Part 2 comes off as a return to the barn — after the door has fallen off its hinges.

Film Review: “Pledge” — Lambdas to the Slaughter

January 12, 2019
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Pledge is Daniel Robbins’ third film, and his first really good one.

Book Review: “Physics & Dance” — The Intelligence of Movement

January 11, 2019
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The authors let dance serve as a way of embodied knowing — an intelligence that can unlock an understanding of physics’ theories and abstractions.

Film Review: “Destroyer” — A Jolting Ride

January 11, 2019
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This hardscrabble crime thriller is also a powerfully subtle character study.

Theater Review: “Small Mouth Sounds” — Small Change

January 9, 2019
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Despite its promising premise, Bess Wohl’s script is yet another wan exercise in genial domestic comedy.

Blues CD Review: Ryan Lee Crosby’s “River Music” — A Potent Musical Stew

January 6, 2019
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River Music will satisfy the slightly adventurous listener as few other records I heard last year.

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