Review
Director Eric C. Engel and the Gloucester Stage Company cast gives Fences an insightful and nuanced production.
Despite a few clichéd moments, Land Ho! is the satisfying product of the natural grace that Aaron Katz and Martha Stephens have developed as filmmakers.
It was good to see Martha Davis and The Motels with a full house at Johnny D’s, especially since the group clearly has life in them.
There are some fine moments in Re:Group Theatre’s production of the epic A Texas Trilogy, but there are also many limitations.
Though it doesn’t seem that Chicago will ever shake up their setlists or rediscover their original mission, at least they can still sneak just a little Varese in with the hits.
If Van Gogh had picked up an acoustic guitar, he’d be Frank.
The authors have used their research well. Beyond applying an abundance of detail to trace his intellectual growth as well as the trajectory of his emotions, Eiland and Jennings have managed to intimate—though perhaps not to capture—something more elusive: a sense of Benjamin’s aura.
Because it includes so many images from all parts of his life, Finding Fela may offer the finest tribute to the star’s determination and defiance though the way his face and body look as time goes on.
In this whodunit by Robert Galbraith — the pen name of J.K. Rowling, better known for her Harry Potter books — editors, literary agents and writers play the part of monsters on the loose.

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