Review

Book Review: Little Lamb, Who Tried to Kill Thee? — Exploring the Story of Abraham and Isaac

March 19, 2014
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In the superb “But where is the lamb?,” James Goodman takes up the numerous ramifications, moral and otherwise, of God’s chilling command to sacrifice Isaac and Abraham’s — perhaps more chilling — acquiescence.

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Dance Review: If the Shoe Fits — Boston Ballet’s “Cinderella”

March 17, 2014
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Boston Ballet is showcasing a number of its ballerinas in the title role of Cinderella.

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Music Review: French Soprano Natalie Dessay — She Leaves Listeners Walking on Air

March 15, 2014
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The teamwork and chemistry of soprano Natalie Dessay and pianist Philippe Cassard were terrific, each performer delivering the music with great expressiveness and intelligence.

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Fuse Movie Review: “Generation War, Parts One and Two” — A Soft Core Version of Nazism?

March 14, 2014
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Everyone is a bit more stupid than they need to be in this movie, both the Germans and the Jews.

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Book Review: “The Haunted Life” — Learning About What it Took to Become Jack Kerouac

March 14, 2014
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“The Haunted Life” is little more than an example of the staggering amount of work it takes for a writer to find his voice, a testament to the years of toil Kerouac put in before forging a style all his own.

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Concert Review: NEC Winds Play Mingus, Schuller, Babbitt (and More)

March 12, 2014
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The five compositions and one de facto suite played at the NEC Winds and Winds Ensemble performance spoke with six different voices and carried six different messages.

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Book Review: “Caught” — Running Drugs, Harum-Scarum Style

March 12, 2014
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Given all the terror and brutality we have lived through just in the thirteen years of this new, 21st century, the story of people running drugs back in the ’70s doesn’t seem to have much urgency.

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Concert Review: Jack DeJohnette’s Spring Quartet — Creative Flexibility Times Four

March 8, 2014
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The point of the Spring Quartet, one assumes, is to showcase its four multi-talented members, particularly their talents as composers.

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Theater Review: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” — Too Much Clutter, Too Little Poetry

March 8, 2014
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All the prancing about onstage with planks of wood, actors climbing into eight-foot large puppet skeletons, is marvelous to behold, but it makes for an uneven, confusing production.

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Classical Concert Review: Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra Perform a Scorching “Salome”

March 8, 2014
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If “Salome” was a harbinger for what’s to come, we may be on the cusp of a golden era, indeed.

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