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Film Review: “Proud” — What It Means to Exist as a Gay Person in France

June 19, 2020
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Proud excels when it makes the political personal, utilizing its characters as affecting markers for changing minds and hearts.

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Film Review: “Félix and Meira” — Intelligent But Uptight

June 2, 2015
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In his Boston Globe review, Ty Burr complained Félix and Meira was needlessly slow in the telling. I felt that the movie is needlessly discreet.

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Theater Review: An Uneven Evening Out “On The Town”

May 20, 2013
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The Lyric Stage Company of Boston’s production can’t quite get its arms around all of the varied elements in this exhilarating musical, but some terrific performances make up for other weaknesses.

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Book Review: “Acts of Desperation” — The Ordinary Flip-Flops of Desire

March 10, 2021
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This debut novel concentrates on the vagaries of desire, but in a spare, uncomplicated, and natural fashion that sets it apart from any formulaic romance.

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Jazz Appreciation: A Celebration of Charlie Parker on His 100th Birthday

August 29, 2020
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Arts Fuse jazz critics offer their favorite performances from the Bird.

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Book Review: Sarah Ruhl’s “Smile: The Story of a Face”

October 16, 2021
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This is the voice of a wife, mother, sister, daughter, friend, patient, and author who wrote a memoir on her own terms. I can’t wait for Sarah Ruhl’s next play.

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Film Review: “Vivarium” — Sheltering in Place

March 31, 2020
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Vivarium offers such a completely well-thought out narrative that it hardly matters whether we are dealing with magic realism or a satirical fable.

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Book Review: “Playing Changes” — Redefining Jazz

December 13, 2018
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This volume is clearly critic Nate Chinen’s resounding response to the “jazz is dead” chant.

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Jazz Appreciation: The Double Six of Paris — A 60th Anniversary Appreciation

June 24, 2019
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2019 is the 60th anniversary of the formation of the Double Six of Paris, so it is a good time to shine a spotlight on the group’s spectacular work.

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Theater Review: SpeakEasy Stage Company Delights with “Significant Other”

September 21, 2016
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From Significant Other’s opening moments, it is clear that this smart and heartfelt script is in very capable hands.

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