Posts
Audiences who are open to a show that provides both riotous comedy and bracing truths will find plenty to think about in this deconstruction of one of the Bard’s most problematic problem plays.
Read More
No Time to Die could only be a product of the Trump era.
Read More
This eye-opening collection of photo-essays, essays, and interviews offers a kaleidoscopic view of a subject that is too often hidden, treated as a private concern rather than one of vital public interest.
Read More
Major works for saxophone in world-premiere recordings featuring virtuoso Paul Cohen and his brilliant colleagues.
Read More
Once celebrated, but now largely forgotten, novelist and short story writer Nelson Algren deserves the attention given to him in a wide-ranging documentary.
Read More
Energizing, joyful, expert, close to sure-fire, Chasing Magic was a great choice to reopen A.R.T. after the long pandemic shutdown.
Read More
Wild Horses is a sort of hybrid of familiar coming-of-age stories: Little Women meets Summer of ’42, with a dollop of Stand By Me tossed in for intrigue.
Read More
The talent at Club Passim’s Nanci Griffith night represented at least two generations: it was a nice, low-key salute to the singer/songwriter, who played the venue often in the mid-’80s.
Read More
A packed, wide-ranging conversation with violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter that touches on several subjects, from a lifelong love of jazz to her verdict on John Williams’ Violin Concerto no. 2.
Read More
Arts Commentary: It’s OK to Like Board Games, Even the Bad Ones
These cheesy board games were repetitive and horrible and I loved every one of them.
Read More