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Leigh Barrett’s staging reflects a clear-eyed understanding of the power of the material’s simplicity, which makes The Last Five Years an exceptional musical experience: thought-provoking as well as captivating.
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A valentine card is touching because it is short and sweet. A valentine play — even at 90 minutes with no intermission — wears out its affectionate welcome.
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Once again, Billy Strings pulled an exhilarating assemblage of musical influences under a big tent.
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Singular folksinger Karen Dalton never made it to the big time. A new documentary suggests why.
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Rather than directly interviewing her father about his life, Lynne decided to take a more peripheral approach in order to figure out what makes her dear old dad tick.
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Belfast is overly sentimental and drenched if not drowned in nostalgia, but it’s also very sweet, uplifting, well-paced, beautifully shot, and competently assembled.
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The presence of veteran drummer Jack DeJohnette ties together two new releases.
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The first Broadway revival of this challenging 2004 musical makes a sincere but ultimately unpersuasive case.
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Viewers are invited to make what they will of the show’s images — to let their imaginations come up with their own expansive and beautiful stories.
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The artists on this expansive tribute frequent different genres, but they find ways into these songs that play to their respective strengths while also deftly showcasing the underlying sturdiness of Neal Casal’s material.
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