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Poetry Review: Gail Mazur’s “Land’s End” — Poems of Questions and Declarations

November 25, 2020
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It’s hard to imagine many of Gail Mazur’s poems emerging from anywhere else than from inside Route 128.

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Theater Review: Finding Hope in Isolation — “Dream Boston,” Episodes 1-5 @ The Huntington Theatre

November 25, 2020
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In this innovative series, the Huntington Theatre Company has charged 11 local playwrights to imagine a future vision of Boston, post-pandemic, when “we can once again meet and connect in our city.”

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Classical CD Reviews: Anna Clyne’s “Mythologies,” Simone Dinnerstein’s “A Character of Quiet,” and Hélène Grimaud’s “The Messenger”

November 24, 2020
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Composer Anna Clyne’s new disc displays her maturity as a composer and brilliance as an orchestrator; pianist Simone Dinnerstein builds a number of bridges between Philip Glass and Franz Schubert; pianist Hélène Grimaud’s interesting program is marred by some uneven Mozart.

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Film Review: Movies to Watch While Sheltering in Place, Thanksgiving Edition — Stir-Crazy 12

November 24, 2020
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Please don’t get on a plane for Thanksgiving. Avoid Covid by eating your turkey dinner before your computer screen, and watching — all free! — these handpicked classic movie entertainments.

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Television Review: “Animaniacs” Reboot — Out of Step

November 24, 2020
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The new Animaniacs provides no good reason for reviving Yakko, Wakko, and Dot in the 21st century.

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Book Review: “Sittin’ In” — Remembrance of Jazz Clubs Past

November 24, 2020
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Sittin’ in raises fascinating issues and its wealth of ephemera provides an amusing context in which to ponder deeper questions.

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Classical CD Reviews: Delibes Ballet Suites, John Williams in Vienna, and John Harbison Concertos

November 23, 2020
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Terrific performances, blazing with color, character, and wonderful technique from Neeme Järvi and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra; John Williams and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra offer considerable pleasure with some misteps; another triumphant release from Gil Rose and the BMOP.

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Book Review: “Nobody Ever Asked Me About the Girls” — A Disappointing Look at Women, Music, and Fame

November 23, 2020
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Journalist Lisa Robinson deconstructed the idea of the girl who could hang with the guys (and laugh off their casual misogyny) long before Gillian Flynn immortalized the Cool Girl in Gone Girl.

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Theater Review: “The Tattooed Man Tells All” — Memories of a Survivor

November 22, 2020
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Peter Wortsman has made a valuable contribution with this play; it is a rare theatrical account about how living through the Holocaust shaped survivors.

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Classical CD Reviews: François-Xavier Roth and Schumann, Herbert Blomstedt and Brahms, and Daniel Barenboim and Elgar

November 21, 2020
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Françoix-Xavier Roth delivers a must-have cycle of Robert Schumann’s symphonies; Herbert Blomstedt’s Brahms’s Symphony no. 1 is spacious, restrained, and – too often – dull; Daniel Barenboim’s latest Elgar installment features a regrettably unsung masterpiece.

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