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Jazz Preview / Commentary: Jason Moran’s Monk Project

January 19, 2012
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So Jason Moran has decided to re-create something that is already a pinnacle of a master’s work –- something that could hardly be improved on. You could be expected to ask Why? and How?

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Book Review: “The Secret in Their Eyes” — An Impressive Work of Art

January 19, 2012
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The novel is a brilliant psychological thriller, and several other things as well — a very quiet love story, a narrative of a remarkable friendship between two men, and an exploration of the corruption rampant in Argentine politics in the late 60s and 70s.

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Theater Review: A Visual Artist Looks at “Red”

January 18, 2012
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Arts Fuse Critic (and visual artist) Franklin Einspruch reviews “Red,” a drama about Mark Rothko, and doesn’t like what he sees.

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Coming Attractions in Underground Music: January 2012

January 18, 2012
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The latter half of January brings several outstanding underground music shows to Boston.

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TV Review: Thoughts on the Golden Globes and Its TV Awards

January 17, 2012
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Arts Fuse TV Critic Molly Jay thinks that the Golden Globes telecast was a dud, but that the group’s TV awards were mainly on target.

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Coming Attractions in Jazz: Winter Preview

January 16, 2012
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Is it winter? You wouldn’t know it by the weather, or by the rich array of jazz performances coming up between now and the end of March.

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Concert Review: Concord Chamber Players and Jessica Zhou

January 16, 2012
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In a nice twist, no piece on the Concord Chamber Players program was written before 1907, and that oldest piece came from a fine composer, Camille Saint-Saëns, whose music has fallen somewhat by the wayside since his death in 1922.

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Stage Interview: Thomas Derrah on the Appeal of “Red”

January 13, 2012
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“Red” is about creativity and destruction, Apollonian rigor and Dionysian instinct, fathers and sons, love and rejection, life and death.

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Theater Review: A Rewarding “Red”

January 12, 2012
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“Red” is a drama about the modern artist and his place in art history: at its center, painter Mark Rothko confronts fame and the commoditization of creativity in the world of contemporary art.

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Coming Attractions in Theater: January 2012

January 8, 2012
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The year kicks off with few unusual productions — companies are depending on proven New York hits, such as the Yasmina Reza duo, the Tony award-approved “Red,” and “Green Eyes,” though the Tennessee Williams curio tantalizes.

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