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Whether or not there’s a real lover, or whether all of this is an elaborate fantasy is beside the point. For Harold Pinter, it may all be the same thing.
Read MoreUltimately, “The Elimination” is less a literary effort than an act of witness by both writer and reader.
Read More“Clybourne Park” was expressly written to be in conversation with Lorraine Hansberry’s “A Raisin in the Sun.” The former gives us a new perspective — actually new perspectives — on the latter.
Read MoreIn Bruce Norris’ Pulitzer prize-winning play “Clybourne Park,” resentment and racism chafe at the thin veneer of polite pleasantries.
Read More[UPDATE: Yes, the Aardvark concert is happening!] Aardvark Jazz Orchestra turns 40, Mango Blue makes a one-night return, Evan Ziporyn plays Don Byron’s new clarinet concerto, drummer Brian Blade arrives with his Fellowship band, and much, much more.
Read MoreEmploying every trick of digital capability to astound and amaze eventually becomes little more than hocus-pocus.
Read MoreThe music has no soul. Alt-J isn’t “the new Radiohead.” They’re “the new Emerson, Lake, and Palmer.”
Read MoreThe month’s standouts include Nick Cave’s Soundsuits at the Peabody-Essex Museum and two exhibitions at MassMoCA.
Read MorePianist Jeremy Denk wields a large artillery of dynamics and colors and it served him well in this performance.
Read MorePlaying by heart with these three incredible people is the most exhilarating thing I’ve ever done as a musician, and I look forward to many more years of doing this with the Chiara Quartet. — Gregory Beaver of the Chiara String Quartet
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Arts Commentary & CD Reviews: On The Kennedy Center, Ben Folds, & Gustav Mahler