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The movie plays all sides equally, providing no answers, no favorites, no villains, no heroes. Everybody’s motives and ethics are in question.
Read MoreMavis Staples’ voice and stage presence still exude power, still plumb emotional and spiritual depths.
Read More“All my effort is to transform machines into narrative, to show how much narrative power they have inside them, how they can tell stories.”
Read MoreIn a period of radicalism and terrorism, this installation serves as a beacon for remembering the beauty of the best of Islamic creative culture.
Read More1984‘s theatrical vision of authoritarianism in action is not for the faint of heart.
Read MoreHardly any of the under-60s generation can tell you who Serge Koussevitzky was or what his legacy consists of.
Read MoreElgar’s brilliant scoring in his Symphony no. 1 was front and center, in this performance not an end in itself but serving clearly expressive goals.
Read MoreNo one I know is neutral about this kind of material and I was pleased to watch a play that did not shrink from its many complexities and challenges.
Read MoreArts Fuse critics select the best in film, theater, dance, music, visual arts, and author events for the coming week.
Read MoreNobody, these days, plays the music of the Strauss family better than the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Holiday Commentary: Making Room for the Stranger