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Arts Feature: Favorite Stage Productions of 2021

December 30, 2021
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Our theater critics pick some of the outstanding productions in a year mangled by COVID.

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Concert Review: John Williams’s Violin Concerto no. 2 at Tanglewood

July 25, 2021
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On first impression, John Williams’ second violin concerto didn’t strike me as an instant classic, but there’s more than a little here to warrant repeated listening.

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Concert Review: Boston Symphony Orchestra’s Season Opener — Johannes Brahms

September 23, 2013
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In conductor Christoph von Dohnányi, the BSO has one of its most trusted guests and thoughtful collaborators.

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Remembrance: Burt Reynolds — A Manly, Funny, and Prolific Actor

September 8, 2018
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Burt Reynolds was appealing primarily because one always knew what to expect from him: sex appeal, charm, humor, and a manly warmth that permeated every part he played.

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Book Review: Rereading Walker Percy’s “The Moviegoer”

January 3, 2020
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It’s Walker Percy’s subversive strategy to stick us with a decided non-hero and have us gradually appreciate his non-participatory status.

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Book Review: “Fabrications” — A Collection of the Lies We Tell

February 10, 2021
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Few writers can generate as much tension in so few pages as Pamela Painter.

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Book Review: Randy Rainbow’s “Low-Hanging Fruit” – A Mirthful Manifesto with a Gay Agenda, Sans Show Tunes  

August 16, 2024
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This collection of observational essays by online musical theater parodist and insta-celebrity Randy Rainbow is a Birkin bag full of snarky social commentary about the most pressing issues facing the US, from dancing TikTok grandmas to Donald Jessica Trump.

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Theater Review: “Absence” — Movingly Moving Toward the Null Point

February 14, 2014
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The protagonist may necessarily be passive in the face of his or her diminishing mental condition, but art must rage against the dying of the light.

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Theater Review: “Going to See the Kid” — Baseball for the Holidays

December 13, 2016
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Despite some small misfires, Going to See the Kid tells an amusing, heartfelt story with confidence and flair.

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TV Review: Give Some Love to TBS’s “The Pete Holmes Show”

March 2, 2014
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Along with the absence of a desk, the fact that guests aren’t coming on in order to plug their latest whatever sets “The Pete Holmes Shows” apart from typical late-night fare.

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