Month: October 2016

Film Review: “Christine” — Dramatizing an On-Air Suicide

October 22, 2016
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Christine is less interested in serving up a moral lesson or providing sociological analysis than generating sympathy.

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Theater Review: “Abigail/1702” — Beat the Devil?

October 21, 2016
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Despite an appearance by Satan, this is not all that frightening a yarn for Halloween, but the MRT’s production is absorbing nonetheless.

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Theater Review: Paul Zaloom’s “White Like Me” — Madman on a Mission

October 21, 2016
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It’s the wild mind of puppeteer Paul Zaloom that’s really on display here.

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Theater Review: Sarah Ruhl’s “Court Life” — A Losing Match

October 20, 2016
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Sarah Ruhl attempts, but fails, to discover illuminating similarities between the powerful then and now.

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Jazz Review: Danilo Pérez & Jazz 100 at Sanders Theater — Surprise after Surprise

October 20, 2016
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With an artist as focused and sharp as Danilo Pérez as its musical director, Jazz 100 makes you sit up straight and hang on every note.

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Book Interview: William F. Buckley on TV’s “Firing Line” — “Open to Debate”

October 19, 2016
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“Conservatism was his perspective, but William F. Buckley was really interested in having the other side on and having real discussions.”

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Book Review: Was Sonny Liston Murdered?

October 18, 2016
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The Murder of Sonny Liston is an absorbing, albeit speculative, attempt at addressing the mystery that died with the man.

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Theater Review: Actors’ Shakespeare Project’s Extraordinarily Meta-“Hamlet”

October 18, 2016
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In this innovative production, Hamlet comes off as Shakespeare’s most successful genre mash-up of tragedy and comedy.

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Visual Arts Book Review: Critic Douglas Crimp — “Before Pictures”

October 18, 2016
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Critic Douglas Crimp’s autobiography provides an absorbing, microcosmic look into the early days of the 1970s New York art scene.

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Arts Remembrance: Homage to Paul West — The Cosmic Range of an Eccentric Genius

October 18, 2016
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“Surely the passion for the plain, the homespun, the banal is itself a form of betrayal, a refusal to look honestly at a complex universe.”

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