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Concert Review: Chameleon Arts Ensemble Pianists Impress ‘Up Close’

April 23, 2015
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Had they not had interesting and flourishing careers already in place, Elizabeth Schumann and Gloria Chien could give many full-time piano duos a run for their money.

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Film Review: “True Story” — A Failed Whodunit

April 22, 2015
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True Story relies far too heavily on answering the formulaic question ‘Did he do it?’

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Visual Arts Review: Asserting Cuban Identity — Through Art

April 22, 2015
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For these artists, African origin is the foundation that should guide the development of Cuba’s national personality and consciousness.

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Film Review: “Welcome to Leith” and “61 Bullets”

April 22, 2015
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Two powerful documentaries that explore the dark side of America, past and present.

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Concert Review: Joseph Calleja — A Tenor to Love

April 20, 2015
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Joseph Calleja’s voice is absolutely gorgeous, and he has been compared to the great Golden Age tenors Gigli and Caruso.

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Fuse in New York: “An American in Paris” and “Wolf Hall,” Parts One and Two

April 19, 2015
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Today’s Broadway is at its best presenting blockbuster spectacles like Wolf Hall and An American in Paris.

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Fuse Book Review: A Peek Inside the Palace of a Veteran French Wordsmith

April 17, 2015
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Roger Grenier wears his considerable learning lightly. His writing is a graceful dance of the intellect.

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Theater Review: “Ulysses On Bottles” — Floating More Questions Than Answers

April 17, 2015
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Tragedy isn’t when evil triumphs, but when good becomes entangled in its own inevitable contradictions.

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Fuse Concert Review: Andris Nelsons conducts Schuller, Mozart, and Strauss

April 16, 2015
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There was new music, of which Nelsons’s an uncommonly gifted interpreter; old music that mostly sounded lively; and a big, loud, late-Romantic warhorse that let him and the BSO show off.

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Dance Review: RUBBERBANDance Group — Plenty of Elasticity

April 15, 2015
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RUBBERBANDance shares some elements of the new-circus genre: a set of very specialized and spectacular physical skills, and the idea that although circusy movement can bombard the audience with thrills, it can also imply human relationships.

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