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Film Review: “In Transit” — Albert Maysles’s Marvelous Final Testament

August 31, 2017
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Everyone who loves documentary, who cherishes the Maysles brothers’ legacy, should rush to the Brattle Theatre to see In Transit.

Jazz CD Reviews: Freedom Now — Tetraptych’s “Tetraptych” and The Alchemists’ “Journey to the East”

August 30, 2017
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If you want to know how exquisitely intuition and structure can be balanced, you could hardly do better than to hear these two new discs.

Classical CD Reviews: Sit Fast plays John Dowland and Jurowski conducts Strauss and Mahler

August 29, 2017
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Sit Fast’s performances are breathtaking for their clarity and emotional involvement; Vladimir Jurowski serves up a ho-hum, un-monumental an interpretation of a late-Romantic pillar.

CD Reviews: Joshua Bell’s Classical Collection; the Baltic Chamber Orchestra plays Shostakovich and Strauss

August 28, 2017
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The Classical Collection proves that violinist Joshua Bell is only now entering his prime; the Baltic Chamber Orchestra serves up a grim and underwhelming disc.

Theater Review: “Burn All Night” — Party Like It’s 1999

August 25, 2017
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Burn all Night is a pretty damp squib coming from one of the country’s major regional theaters.

NYC Theater Review: It’s August — Festival Time in Manhattan

August 25, 2017
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The performances were variable, but their messages could not have been timelier … or more necessary.

Book Review: “The Language of Light” — History With a Point of View

August 24, 2017
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Gerald Shea’s is a powerful voice for the legitimacy of Sign Languages of the Deaf and for visual communication as an essential human right.

Theater Review: “Henry IV” — A Bold But Overreaching Stroke

August 23, 2017
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So, how do you come away from a lukewarm production with such positive feelings?

Theater Review: Shakespeare & Co’s “The Wharton Comedies” — Polished Storytelling

August 22, 2017
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Veteran Shakespeare & Company members Corinna May, Diane Prusha, and David Joseph contribute satisfyingly polished performances.

Jazz CD Review: Matt Wilson’s “Honey and Salt” — Homage to Carl Sandburg

August 21, 2017
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Matt Wilson’s album includes both beautifully performed musical settings and readings of Carl Sandburg poems.

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