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Film Review: “Welcome to Leith” and “61 Bullets”

April 22, 2015
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Two powerful documentaries that explore the dark side of America, past and present.

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Theater Review: “Ernest Shackleton Loves Me” – Musically Engaging But Dramatically Weak

September 27, 2015
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This show’s eclectic score is more progressive than what is typical of our determinedly conservative modern musical theater genre.

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Theater Interview: A Conversation with Artistic Directors Olivia D’Ambrosio and Joseph Rodriguez

September 12, 2013
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Teaming up allows Bridge Rep, as a new company, to do a much, much bigger show than we might ordinarily be able to do: we can offer our audiences a large ensemble piece like The Libertine, which would be beyond our reach otherwise.

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Theater Review: “BLKS” — Fun, Heartbreaking, and Thought-Provoking

November 5, 2021
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BLKS is a bouncing, romping, profanity-laced, and sex-filled roller coaster — but it also has an important message for those who are not Black femme sisters

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Concert Review: Hudson at the Berklee Performance Center

October 12, 2017
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It’s clear these four musicians love playing together. As long as the magic lasts, it’s well worth your hearing.

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Film Review: “You Hurt My Feelings” — A Shape-Shifting Entertainment

May 23, 2023
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It features fine performances, but the comedy-drama, You Hurt My Feelings avoids placing too much on the line. It exists in a comfortable middle ground — nothing is ever taken to an extreme.

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Concert Review: Boston Modern Orchestra Project/Gil Rose at Jordan Hall

May 21, 2012
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Ultimately, there’s a “look at my technique” quality to composer Lewis Spratlan’s writing in this piece that doesn’t match the musical content and that seems to be striving to be all things to all listeners.

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Jazz Remembrance: Rivers Ran Deep

January 5, 2012
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It was with great sadness that I learned that on the day after Christmas 2011 pneumonia carried off an underappreciated giant of jazz, saxophonist and composer Sam Rivers. His 88 years took him on a long journey from his midwestern origins to decades here in Boston and later in New York to a rich late period in the somewhat improbable locale of Orlando, Florida.

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Book Review: “Mecca” — A Wonder of an American Canvas

March 27, 2022
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This is an immensely complex, deeply atmospheric story of the working class, of immigrants with global origins, many who are descendants of early settlers.

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Film Review: “The Pink Cloud” — Love During Lockdown

February 6, 2022
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The Pink Cloud is a fascinating watch by sheer virtue of its accidental prescience.

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