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Film Review: “Les Misérables” — Nobody is Safe

January 20, 2020
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Les Misérables invites us to ponder, in real time, how people respond in a chaotic, dangerous situation.

Jazz Album Review: Christian McBride’s “The Movement Revisited” — Continuing the Struggle for Civil Rights

January 20, 2020
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In this disc dedicated to black heroes of the Civil Rights Movement, Christian McBride insists that everyone must be free if any of us is going to be.

Music Commentary: New Media, Jazz, and Camille Bertault

January 20, 2020
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Camille Bertault is an uncommon talent. She has a crystalline voice, good intonation, understands the rhythmic and harmonic underpinnings of jazz and has a prodigious memory.

Jazz CD Review: John Bailey’s “Can You Imagine?” — Diz For Prez

January 19, 2020
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I’m not sure Can You Imagine? will be able to summon back Dizzy Gillespie from the great beyond, but it’s not a bad way to pass the time while we wait.

Theater Review: “Pass Over” — An Unforgiving World

January 19, 2020
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If one of the aims of art is to create a distinctively imaginative world, than Pass Over succeeds in generating a landscape of devastation, a hopeless place filled with gaping wounds and visible scars.

Watch Closely: The Latest “Dracula” is Bold and Bloody

January 17, 2020
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This BBC/Netflix production is an audacious rekindling of the undying appeal of literature’s most famous vampire.

Theater Review: “The Effect” — Beware the Nasty Side Effects

January 16, 2020
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The Effect is about the brain, pharmaceuticals, and how little we know about each.

Opera Album Review: The Operatic Artistry of Leonardo (Not “da”) Vinci

January 16, 2020
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A world-premiere recording of Siroe, King of Persia makes it clear that Leonardo Vinci (1690-1730) was as fine a craftsman as the painter with a similar name.

Theater Review: “The Cake” — Thoughtfully Baked

January 15, 2020
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Dramatist Bekah Brunstetter sidesteps easy answers and pat revelations to produce a nuanced comedy about people coming to terms with who they are and where they are from.

Music Commentary: Grumbling About The Grammy Awards

January 15, 2020
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After 61 years – and a slew of rule changes and category alterations – the Grammys remain the most philistine of our major shiny statue ceremonies.

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