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Film Feature: Talking to Author Kim Barker About “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot”

March 3, 2016
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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot is based on Kim Barker’s account of her experience as a journalist and single woman in Afghanistan.

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Dance Review: Russian Romantics — John Cranko’s “Onegin” at Boston Ballet

March 3, 2016
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The rapturous reaction to Boston Ballet’s performance on Sunday afternoon demonstrated that this kind of work can still move an audience.

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Rethinking the Repertoire #7 – Christopher Rouse’s “Phantasmata”

March 3, 2016
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Christopher Rouse is a tough composer to pin down and that stylistic unpredictability has, in part, provided his music notable expressive breadth.

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Fuse News: Arts Emerson Presents a Magisterial “Three Sisters”

March 3, 2016
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This is a beautifully directed staging (by Lev Dodin).

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Book Interview: Edgar Allan Poe — America’s Maestro of Suffering

March 2, 2016
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The Annotated Poe invites readers to take a fresh look at Edgar Allan Poe and his far-ranging artistic legacy.

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Rethinking the Repertoire #6: Felix Mendelssohn’s “Die erste Walpurgisnacht”

March 1, 2016
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Felix Mendelssohn remains one of the West’s most underrated composers.

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Book Review: “What The Eye Hears” — Putting the Wrong Foot First

March 1, 2016
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Brian Seibert’s history of tap dancing has unleashed something I can only describe as a tap world pissing contest.

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Fuse Coming Attractions: February 29 through March 8 — What Will Light Your Fire This Week

February 29, 2016
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, theater, dance, music, visual arts, and author events for the coming week.

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Classical Music Review: Sir András Schiff — “The Last Sonatas,” Performed Divinely

February 29, 2016
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Those assembled at Boston’s Jordan Hall were thoroughly prepared to be enraptured.

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Dance Review: Revolution in Reverb – Bolshoi Postmodern in HD

February 29, 2016
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Introduced by gigantic moving set-pieces and robots with prison searchlights for eyes, Bolt often looks like poster art.

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