Review

Jazz Concert Review: Mark Harvey and The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra—Boston Giants

October 12, 2015
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trumpeter–composer Mark Harvey’s imaginative conducting made the pieces work together in fascinating ways.

Film Review: “Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead”—The Rise and Fall of the National Lampoon

October 12, 2015
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Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead is mostly a straight-ahead telling of the vivid life of the National Lampoon.

Theater Review: “An Audience with Meow Meow”—Blinded by Glitter

October 11, 2015
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Meow Meow milks the audience for applause so often it feels as if we are seated on stools in a dairy barn.

Film Review: “Sicario”—Horror, South of the Border

October 11, 2015
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Whatever its flaws, Sicario goes a long way to informing us of what’s happening just south of the border — not driven by illegal immigration, but by American drug lust.

Dance Review: Ids in Captivity

October 10, 2015
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Most of the piece was carefully engineered; it seemed more calculated than liberated

Book Review: Gore Vidal—Bitchy, Elegant, Fascinating, and Sad

October 10, 2015
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Jay Parini has provided an important slice of literary and cultural history as well as a portrait of a man.

Theater Review: “Veils”—On Screens, Public and Private

October 9, 2015
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Veils moves from political rallies to private show-downs, from blog exposition to deft, direct, and sometimes swiftly nuanced dialogues.

Theater Review: Bridge Rep’s “Salomé”—Never a Dull Moment

October 9, 2015
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Bridge Rep Theater director Olivia D’Ambrosio has not taken message-mongering to heart in this lively production of a rarely produced play.

Album Review: Round-up of Recent Rock Releases

October 8, 2015
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A by no means complete round up of some recent releases in rock, from Keith Richards to the Libertines.

Concert Review: The Zombies—Great Then and Great Now

October 8, 2015
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I have a short list of the greatest singers I’ve seen live—and Colin Blunstone of the Zombies is right up there.

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