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Album Review: Innovative “Love & Mercy” Soundtrack is Worth the Wait

September 25, 2015
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Atticus Ross’ success in creating these pieces results in a listening experience quite a bit more harrowing and evocative than the lush and sunny Beach Boys harmonies people are accustomed to.

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Classical Music Album Review: Isabelle Faust and Alexander Melnikov play Brahms

September 25, 2015
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Just about anything Isabelle Faust touches these days is gold – she’s one of the finest violinists out there

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Album Review: Los Lobos — A Solid “Gates of Gold”

September 24, 2015
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It’s the rare breed of rock band that makes such meaningful music so deep into its career.

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Theater Review: “The Strawberry Girl” — Harvest of Horror

September 24, 2015
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Israeli Stage has opened its sixth season, which is dedicated exclusively to female playwrights, with a haunting work that examines the complicity of an ordinary German in the Holocaust.

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Visual Arts Review: “Mel Bochner: Illustrating Philosophy” — The Art of Picturing Ideas

September 23, 2015
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These drawings are invitations to view the world in an active way, to encourage us to exercise (and stretch) our minds.

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Dance Review: Choreographer Leonid Yakobson — Soviet Rebel Under Cover

September 22, 2015
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Boston Ballet’s reconstructed versions of Yakobson’s Pas de Quatre and four Choreographic Miniatures were a revelation.

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Theater Review: “A Little Night Music” — Staged Beautifully, and with Heart

September 22, 2015
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The Huntington Theatre Company’s magnificent production of Stephen Sondheim’s masterpiece A Little Night Music is as good as it gets.

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Film Review: “Black Mass” — Oh, What Could Have Been

September 22, 2015
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Rarely is an actor so completely miscast in such a pivotal role.

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Fuse Theater Review: Color Me “Gloucester Blue” — at the GSC

September 21, 2015
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Gloucester Blue is a lively play whose glow is generated by the spirited, tragicomic performances of a cast that obviously delights in performing it.

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Concert Review: Odyssey Opera’s “Le Cid” — Romantic Turbulence

September 20, 2015
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Massenet’s instinct for drama and gifts as an orchestrator go a long way to carrying the piece, but it still can make for a long night at the theater.

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