Review

Fuse Theater Review: “Night is a Room”—Primal Bluster

November 24, 2015
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Perhaps the yuck factor of Night is a Room’s sexual proclivities elicits giggles as a cover for not knowing how or for whom to care.

Theater Review: “A Confederacy of Dunces”—A Genial Comic Uprising

November 22, 2015
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The Huntington Theatre Company is giving Jeffrey Hatcher’s stage adaptation of the celebrated comic novel a congenial production.

Concert Review: The Boston Philharmonic Orchestra plays Wagner—Superbly

November 20, 2015
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The biggest takeaway from the evening was the superb quality of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra’s playing.

Book Review: Bill Griffith’s Indelible “Invisible Ink”

November 20, 2015
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Bill Griffith, the creator of Zippy the Pinhead, dives deep into his personal life in his extraordinary new graphic memoir.

Theater Review: “Who Would Be King”—A Bible Story Retold, Entertainingly

November 19, 2015
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Liars and Believers have been creating, conceptualizing, and rehearsing this show for eighteen months—and the seasoning has paid off.

Music Interview/CD Review: Langhorne Slim’s “Spirit” is Moving, Come Hell or High Water

November 19, 2015
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The Spirit Moves is imbued with a sense of rebirth, emotional and creative, that pairs well with Langhorne Slim’s trademark barn-burning intensity.

Fuse Book Review: Living With the Spenders—Surviving an Odd Childhood

November 18, 2015
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One must be impressed by memoirist Matthew Spender, who refuses to descend into resentment or anything resembling self-pity despite a very strange childhood.

TV Review: “Master of None”—Aziz Ansari’s Masterful New Show

November 17, 2015
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Master of None is an exercise in emotionally intelligent storytelling that delves into the real lives of its characters.

Film Review: “In Jackson Heights”—An Urban Village Going Global

November 17, 2015
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As with so many Frederick Wiseman films, we get color, character, sociology – and cinema.

Film Review: “The 33″—Truth is More Frightening Than Fiction

November 16, 2015
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Avoiding overly melodramatic images, The 33 is a true horror story on screen, one that we can identify with in the deep, fearful recesses of our collective subconscious.

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