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Concert Review: Hub New Music in Worcester

February 6, 2018
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A stirring serving of contemporary classical music from Hub New Music.

WATCH CLOSELY: The End of the F***ing World — Coming-of-Age Nihilism

February 6, 2018
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The show is tightly put together, brilliantly balancing black humor with just the right amount of dramatic pathos.

Book Review: “I Can’t Breathe” — Humanizing the Underclass

February 5, 2018
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Follow almost any of these police brutality cases to their realpolitik conclusion and you will eventually work your way back to a monstrous truth.

Theater Review: Wilbury Theatre Group’s “The Skin of Our Teeth” — Surreal Meltdown

February 5, 2018
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The WTG production succeeds largely because it heightens the absurdity of a play that takes a comic look at catastrophe.

Dance Review: BB@home — Trainees’ Playground

February 4, 2018
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The show, organized by associate director of BB II Peter Stark, was built to show off the talents and challenge the performing chops of the young dancers.

Theater Review: “Every Brilliant Thing” — Two Cheers for Solipsism

February 4, 2018
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A manipulative entertainment that sets out to confuse theater and therapy.

STREAMING DOCS: A-list Documentaries, February Edition

February 4, 2018
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Where to find the best in new documentaries? In the brave new world of digital streaming.

Book Review: “The Ghosts of Galway” — Fighting an Irish ISIS

February 4, 2018
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Jack Taylor is a Beckettian character on the skids; he can’t go on, and yet he goes on.

Film Review: “Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool” — Unapologetic Romanticism

February 2, 2018
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The most compelling reason to see this film is Annette Bening’s performance as Gloria Grahame — it’s perfect.

Concert Review: Boston Symphony plays Mozart and Shostakovich

February 2, 2018
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Despite Shostakovich’s often-dissonant approach, the Fourteenth has always been highly-regarded if infrequently-played.

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