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Film Review: “The Leisure Seeker” — One Last Road Trip?

March 23, 2018
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We’re not in European art film territory here.

Film Review: “Red Sparrow” — A Retro Cold War thriller

March 23, 2018
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Red Sparrow isn’t great in any way, but, at two hours and twenty minutes, we do get our money’s worth of old-school genre entertainment.

Classical Music Commentary: Boston Symphony Orchestra’s 2018-19 Season Announcement

March 22, 2018
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The BSO seems to have taken to heart complaints about its lack of programming diversity, devoting two full programs to underrepresented groups.

Book Review: “This is Hip” — The Trials and Tribulations of Jazz Singer Mark Murphy

March 22, 2018
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Jazz singer Mark Murphy was just too much for most audiences during that period; too intense, too varied, too unpredictable.

Dance Review: DanzAbierta’s “MalSon” — Retrograde

March 22, 2018
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We were reminded of how difficult it is to create an evening-length’s choreography without a storyline, musical structure, or a well-developed concept

Opera Review: BLO’s “Threepenny Opera” — Neither Fish Nor Fowl

March 22, 2018
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It would have been wonderful to have seen either a faithful version of Threepenny Opera in German or a boldly conceived contemporary version.

Classical Concert Review: St. Lawrence String Quartet plays Beethoven, Adams, and Sibelius

March 21, 2018
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It is, clearly, a crafty Beethoven remix and the ways John Adams assimilates the older composer’s language into his latest style are fascinating.

Concert Review: Cantata Singers Perform “Missa solemnis”

March 20, 2018
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This performance was far more than special and crazily beautiful — it was extraordinary.

Jazz Concert Review: Rudresh Mahanthappa’s Indo-Pak Coalition at the ICA

March 19, 2018
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Indo-Pak Coalition’s energized music and performance somehow manages to square the circle —  it is as engaging as it is songful and intelligent.

Dance Review: Kelley Donovan’s Tides of Thought

March 19, 2018
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Kelley Donovan believes every dancer should own her movement, not just perform it.

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