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Classical CD Reviews: Arabella Steinbacher plays Britten and Hindemith and Daniil Trifonov’s “Chopin Evocations”

September 22, 2017
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Hindemith and Britten could hardly have asked for more committed advocates than Steinbacher, Jurowski, and the RSOB.

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Film Review: “Brad’s Status” — A Triumphant Comedy About Male Failure

September 22, 2017
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This downer comedy is a triumphant entry into the botched, washout male category of cinema.

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Theater Review: “Faceless” — Dramatically Indecisive

September 21, 2017
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Selina Fllinger’s play manages to serve up some vivid confrontations between believers and doubters.

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Book Review: “To the Back of Beyond” — Extreme Ambiguity

September 21, 2017
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Evidently, plain-spoken language plus doubt and apprehension equate to novels that, once opened, are very hard to put down.

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Classical CD Reviews: Pianist Andrew Cooperstock plays Leonard Bernstein and Humperdinck’s “Hänsel und Gretel”

September 20, 2017
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If there’s an essential “Leonard Bernstein at 100” album, this one, so far, is it: excellent performances of relatively unknown music deserving to be heard.

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Film Review: The Newburyport Documentary Film Festival — Cozy and Smart

September 20, 2017
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The Newburyport Documentary Film Festival is leisurely and unpretentious — and addictive.

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Theater Review: The Remarkable “Royale” — More Than a Sports Story

September 19, 2017
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The Royale launches the Merrimack Repertory Theatre season with a gloriously theatrical punch to the gut.

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Theater Review: “Flight of the Monarch” — Grand Local Color

September 19, 2017
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The Gloucester Stage Company is mounting a delightful world premiere production of a superb play.

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Theater Review: Wrap-Up from NYC

September 19, 2017
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Brad Lawrence and Cyndi Freeman are planning to bring their one-person shows to Boston in the near future.

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Theater Review: A Romantic Yet Unnerving “Constellations”

September 18, 2017
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Underground Railway Theater’s production of this touching and articulate play is perfectly lovely.

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