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Theater Review: Did You Hear the One About the Lawyer With the Cellphone? – “Kol’s Last Call”

October 19, 2017
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An entertaining but surprisingly slight monologue from Israeli playwright Joshua Sobol.

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Classical CD Reviews: Leif Ove Andsnes’ “Sibelius” and Borusan Quartet’s “Company”

October 19, 2017
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Leif Ove Andsnes’ excellent all-Sibelius album is nothing short of revelatory; Borusan Quartet’s disc is creatively programmed and brilliantly played.

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Music Preview/CD Review: Jon Langford’s “Four Lost Souls”

October 18, 2017
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With Jon Langford, the only certainty is that there will be surprises that make it party time.

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CD Reviews: Jonas Kaufmann’s “L’Opera” and Michael Spyres’ “Espoir”

October 17, 2017
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Two great tenor discs have recently been released

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CD Review: Wormwood Casts a Mean “Mooncurse”

October 17, 2017
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Even though Wormwood’s sound is thick and lumbering, the band is actually pretty nimble.

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Opera Review: Boston Lyric Opera’s “Tosca”

October 16, 2017
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For my taste, too much of the stage action during Friday’s performance was stiff and shopworn.

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Film Commentary: October — A Month of Horror, Multiplying

October 16, 2017
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I love subtlety, and beauty, and trash, and terror, in equal measure.

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Jazz CD Reviews: Cowboys and Frenchmen/ Mark Zaleski Band

October 13, 2017
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Both Cowboys and Frenchmen and Mark Zaleski Band “groove, interact, and emote.”

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Film Review: “It” – The Ordinary and Fantastic Eventually Meet

October 13, 2017
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It is most effective when it dwells on the sad influence of history, on personal tragedy, on the banality of evil and cruel indifference.

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Film Review: “Kékszakállú” — Obliquely Inspired by Bartók

October 12, 2017
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What follows is a succession of images and tableaux static enough to make Michelangelo Antonioni look like an action-movie director.

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