Month: May 2018

Dance Review: Wayne McGregor’s Anemic “Rite of Spring”

May 31, 2018
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Could it be that choreographer Wayne McGregor choked in the face of the Rite of Spring challenge?

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Book Review: “Blown” – A Madcap Journey

May 31, 2018
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Blown is a short and engrossing mystery novel that also stands as a morality play, an ethical fable that suggests that our own selves are perhaps the greatest mystery of all.

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Theater Review: “Jagged Little Pill” — A Relevant and Rocking Brew

May 30, 2018
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In the end, Jagged Little Pill manages to spotlight multiple modern problems while making us care about its characters.

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Film Review: At Harvard Film Archive –“The Complete Luchino Visconti”

May 30, 2018
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Luchino Visconti made theatrically tinged movies driven by music, indebted to painting, sculpture, architecture, and literature—he accomplished, dare I say, a fusion of the arts.

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Theater Review: “Gay Shorts, Part 2: We Are Family” — Amusement Galore

May 29, 2018
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Open Theatre Project’s Gay Shorts is bold, out, and unafraid.

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Theater Review: “Typhoid Mary” — Surprisingly Apt for Our Times

May 29, 2018
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This tautly-directed, well-cast production is filled with contemporary medical, political, and social resonances.

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Jazz CD Review: “Heart of Brazil” — Homage to Egberto Gismonti

May 29, 2018
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While perhaps not more than the sum of its parts — that would be hard to imagine — the music on this tribute disc has its own vitality and stands well on its own.

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Music Feature: Alt-Country Singer Kelly Willis — Blue Again

May 29, 2018
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“I’m happy with where I am in my career. I know what I want to do and can do it. I just enjoy it.”

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Dance Review: Boston Ballet — Dancing in Time

May 28, 2018
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La Sylphide is full of magic. It might be about magic.

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Theater Commentary: The Boston Theatre Critics Association — Wasting Its Time

May 28, 2018
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Recommended hashtags for the Boston Theatre Critics Association: #MeTooGiveMeTime, #MeTooNotYet

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