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Theater Review: The Compelling Story of a “Geisha of the Gilded Age”

July 13, 2013
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It was an unexpected pleasure to stumble onto this one-hour, one-woman show, which explores a fascinating episode in Japanese-American history.

World Music Interview: Kobo Town — Playing the Calypso News

July 13, 2013
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NOTE: KOBO TOWN’S PERFORMANCE AT JOHNNY D’S HAS BEEN CANCELLED

Film Review: “Your Day Is My Night” — An Innovative Look Inside a NYC Chinatown Apartment

July 12, 2013
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Director Sachs calls “Your Day is My Night” a “hybrid documentary,” with real-life stories told by middle-aged and elderly Chinese immigrants presented in a honed, often theatrical, style rather than as verité oral histories.

Dance Review: Brooking Challenges

July 12, 2013
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Instability is key to Brian Brooks’ choreographic agenda. Some of the dancers crouch on their hands and feet and are transformed into slow-moving mounts for the dancers balancing on their backs.

Fuse News: A Quick Guide to The Outside the Box Festival

July 12, 2013
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Participants of Ted Cutler’s Outside the Box Festival recognize there could have been more publicity about the event.

Jazz CD Review: Violinist Billy Bang’s Superb Final Recording — “Da Bang!”

July 12, 2013
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When I saw him, he was rarely still on stage: a Billy Bang performance was something like a dance.

Film Review: “The Tomi Ungerer Story” — Too Minor An Artist, Too Much Self-Adoration

July 12, 2013
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Does every semi-famous person deserve a full-length documentary about them?

Fuse News: Arts and Culture Tips — What Will Light Your Fire This Week

July 11, 2013
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in music, theater, visual art, and film that’s coming up this week. A new feature!

Film Review: “Hannah Arendt” — Heidegger in Jerusalem

July 11, 2013
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“Hannah Arendt” is a substantial and worthwhile portrait of the influential and controversial thinker who gave us the phrase “the banality of evil.”

Theater Review: “2 Pianos 4 Hands” — One Highly Amusing Evening

July 11, 2013
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Some of the jokes in “2 Pianos 4 Hands” reach fairly deep into an understanding of how classical music works and is taught; other jokes will be recognizable to anyone who has taken piano lessons or raised a child to do so.

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