Review

Classical CD Reviews: Shai Wosner’s Haydn/Ligeti and Justin Taylor’s “La famille Forqueray”

February 3, 2017
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Hats off to harpsichordist Justin Taylor for the resonant, gripping performances he turns in on his debut album.

Book Review: “Hope in the Dark” — An Homage to Community

February 2, 2017
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Now, more than ever, It’s worth being reminded of our natural potential for good.

Theater Review: “Trans Scripts, Part I: The Women” — An Evening of Powerful Journeys

February 2, 2017
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This is a script with an exquisite sense of balance; Trans Scripts, Part I is thoughtful, informative, honest, and playful, all at once.

Theater Review: “Really” — An Absorbing Confrontation With Memory

February 1, 2017
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Company One’s production of this unconventional work is absorbing: this is the kind of exciting theater that we need to see more often.

Dance Review: Jessica Lang Dance — Flowing with the Go

January 30, 2017
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I like to see dances that are somehow all of a piece. Hope this doesn’t mean I’m sinking into some kind of retro-fogeyism.

Theater Review: The Lyric Stage Company is not “Afraid of Virginia Woolf”

January 30, 2017
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Edward Albee’s bitter masterwork is a tough nut for a company to crack as well as a hard play to watch.

Film Review: “The Founder” — The First Trump Movie? No and Yes

January 30, 2017
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I ask you, thinking of The Founder: is it just a coincidence that the name Donald is imbedded in the name McDonald’s?

Film Review: “The Executioner” — Death Be Not Pedestrian

January 30, 2017
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Director Luis García Berlanga entertainingly but ruthlessly lampoons the cruelties and absurdities of Spanish life under dictatorship.

Film Review: “Hidden Figures” — Finger Painting by the Numbers

January 27, 2017
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All of these stories are powerful… if only they were treated with dramatic complexity.

Film Review: Woody Harrelson’s Movie — A So-So Nocturnal Odyssey

January 27, 2017
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There was a good energy to the depiction of movie-Woody’s nocturnal odyssey, and a few funny bits.

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