Review

Concert Review: Boston Modern Orchestra Project’s “Glass Works”

February 20, 2017
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It was a treat to experience Philip Glass’s orchestral music live and in-person.

Film Review: “Toni Erdmann” — Humor is Tedium’s Balm

February 18, 2017
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Toni Erdmann gently but somewhat darkly reminds us that living life in the fast lane means missing out on its slower, humbler pleasures.

Theater Review: Wooster Group’s “The Town Hall Affair” — Reality as a Funhouse Mirror

February 17, 2017
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The Wooster Group deconstruction adds layers of artificiality to what may or may not have been a serious event.

CD/DVD Review: “Celebrate Ornette” — An Exuberant Homage to a Jazz Genius

February 17, 2017
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This collection demonstrates that the music of Ornette Coleman is in tune with something elemental and essential in the human spirit.

Book Review: “In the Midnight Hour” — The Tempestuous Life of Wilson Pickett

February 17, 2017
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Tony Fletcher’s research is impeccable, his sources are unimpeachable, and his style is thoroughly engaging.

Theater Review: A Stylish “Steel Magnolias” at Peterborough Players

February 16, 2017
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This Peterborough Players production deserves a longer run than it has in the company’s inaugural winter season.

Theater Review: A Very Winning “Beauty Queen of Leenane”

February 15, 2017
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The Druid Theatre Company staging shows what amazing things happens when a group of artists work together fully and completely .

Dance Review: Gallim Dance’s “WHALE” — Strictly Small Fry

February 13, 2017
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Nothing in this over-lengthy work refers to whales, the ocean, or even the fishing industry.

Book Review: Hebrew Poet Hayim Nahman Bialik — Not the Whole Story

February 13, 2017
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We learn a great deal about Hayim Nahman Bialik’s life in this biography. But the volume does not live up to its subtitle.

Book Review: “The Mary Julia Paintings of Joan Brown” — In a Pantheon All its Own

February 9, 2017
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Poet William Benton’s slender and beautiful book can safely be described as sui generis.

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