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Book Review: Alvin Epstein’s “Dressing Room Stories” — Vivid Theater History

April 26, 2016
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Alvin Epstein’s recollections about his decades as a stage performer have been gathered in the form of tales abut what happened behind the scenes,.

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Poetry Review: “Winter Recipes From the Collective” — Louise Glück’s Cold Comfort

December 21, 2021
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The poems in Winter Recipes from the Collective are about bearing with life in a barren place; they do the kind of singing Bertolt Brecht said was necessary when dealing with “the dark times.”

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Film Review: “Maestro” — Scenes from a Marriage

December 24, 2023
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“Maestro” is raw and unsparing but also full of understanding, grace, and honesty. This compelling drama brings to life the man and woman behind an extraordinary amount of musical activity, with many of their shortcomings and contradictions fully intact.

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Book Review: “Know My Name: a memoir’ — Required Reading

October 16, 2019
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No author has addressed the issue of sexual assault so much on her own terms, and in such a personal and powerful way.

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Author Interview: Novelist Elizabeth Graver on “The End of the Point”

April 29, 2014
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“The space between fantasy and reality is a very charged one. Fiction can explore that, which might be one reason why I’m so drawn to it as a form.”

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Music Review: Celebrity Series Audience Falls in Love with Audra McDonald

October 4, 2011
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Audra McDonald is so popular on stage, in concert, and on television that she has become, to many, a one-name goddess like Bette, Judy, and Barbra. Judging from her recent star turn in the American Repertory Theater’s production of “Porgy and Bess” and this brilliant concert, she can give the other One-Named Ones a run for their money.

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Book Review: The Life and Times of Keith Haring, An Iconic Artist

March 5, 2024
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This biography of Keith Haring is a compendium of vivid, first-person narratives that provide an engaging insider’s perspective on the artist’s life.

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Film Review: “Censor” — “The Horror, the Horror…”

February 2, 2021
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Censor explores thought-provoking questions about the strange relationships between films, society, fantasy, and reality — and individual identity — in an increasingly mediated and violent world.

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Theater Review Roundup: Taking in London Stages

March 9, 2011
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Reviews of eight stage productions in London, with two terrific shows noted: American dramatist Bruce Norris’s powerful study of racial relations, Clybourne Park, and Alan Ayckbourn’s 1980 farce Season’s Greetings. Another winner on the West End, the critically acclaimed War Horse, comes to New York next week. By Joann Green Breuer Penelope by Enda Walsh…

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Fuse Film Review: The 2014 Provincetown International Film Festival — A Sampling

June 26, 2014
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Alive Inside, the winner for Best Documentary at the Festival, had the audience gasping and in tears.

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