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Theater Review: “Rock and Roll Man” — Ambitious Musical Fun

July 13, 2019
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If you enjoy singing and dancing in your theater seat to the sound of good music while learning a bit about American cultural history and its personalities, you will enjoy this show.

Jazz Concert Review: A Third Report from the 40th Montreal Jazz Festival —  Harmony Amidst Chaos

July 13, 2019
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This year’s Montreal Jazz Festival Festival would have been more successful had it not been for all the construction ripping apart the city.

WATCH CLOSELY: Season 2 of “Dark” is Artful Horror

July 13, 2019
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Despite Dark’s complicated structure, the characters are motivated by utterly realistic desires and emotions, which balance the show’s more abstract elements.

Opera Album Review: Now Hear What Berlioz and Wagner Admired — Gaspare Spontini’s “Olimpie” in a Stupendous New Recording

July 12, 2019
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This world-premiere recording of the 1826 Paris version of Gaspare Spontini’s Olimpie makes a powerful case for a composer much admired in his own day.

Rock Concert Review: “The Rolling Stones” — Loose and Feisty

July 9, 2019
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The Rolling Stones were still up there, sounding vital, and that alone delivered satisfaction.

Theater Review: “A Raisin in the Sun” — A Great Evening of Theater

July 9, 2019
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To see Raisin in the Sun in post-Obama America is to experience how a classic both remains emblematic of its time and changes resonance as time passes.

Rock Review: Phish — A Yin-and-Yang Scenario at Fenway Park

July 8, 2019
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Saturday’s performance made up for a rain delay withthe longest single set since the band’s millennium-greeting Everglades marathon.

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.

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