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Theater Review: A Dated “Company”

August 16, 2017
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Director Julianne Boyd is faced with a difficult challenge — dramatizing an outdated psychological travelogue.

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Jazz CD Review: “MONKestra, Volume Two” — Reinventing Monk

August 15, 2017
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John Beasley and his big band doesn’t tame Monk or make him uncharacteristically pretty.

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Book Review: Richard A. Posner — A Rare Judge Who Tells Us How He Really Feels

August 14, 2017
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Why didn’t a legal mind as brilliant as Richard Posner’s get to the Supreme Court? One suspects his candor and bluntness.

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Theater Review: Bravo for “American Moor”

August 10, 2017
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American Moor is a terrific meditation on Othello and race.

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Theater Review: Berkshires Stage Round-up — Minimal Cheers

August 9, 2017
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Theater in the Berkshires has now entered a less than sparkling mode with a group of offerings that left me wondering why they were chosen for production.

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Film Review: “I Called Him Morgan” — A Superb Jazz Documentary

August 8, 2017
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I Called Him Morgan has been lauded as one of the best films of the year, and rightfully so.

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Film Review: “Lost in Paris” — Earthy Yet Surreal Fantasy

August 6, 2017
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Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon’s vision tries to elevate the everyday to a realm of magic by way of the absurd.

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Concert Review: Queen + Adam Lambert at Boston’s TD Garden

August 6, 2017
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To their credit, replacing Freddie Mercury is not something his surviving bandmates have ever tried to do.

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Film Review: “Detroit” — A Brickbat of a Film

August 5, 2017
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Detroit leaves the ethical questions it raises open.

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Visual Arts Review: The Design Language of Ettore Sottsass — at 100

August 5, 2017
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Ettore Sottsass saw design as more than just an aesthetic achievement: it ideally served up an indelible experience.

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