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Theater Interview: Bob Scanlan on Directing “The Arsonists”

August 27, 2024
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“It’s not just some generic ‘evil’ “The Arsonists” protests, it is willful blindness to fascist and authoritarian agendas. Denial and hiding behind “bourgeois” comfort is the theme.”

Rock Concert Review: Queen + Adam Lambert at TD Garden — A Few Curveballs

October 18, 2023
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The show was proof that Queen + Adam Lambert are quite capable of mixing things up, even as they give everybody exactly what they’ve come to hear.

Movie Review: “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” — Faith Restored

November 9, 2022
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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is miraculous, in that it’s a Marvel movie that doesn’t come across as a link of sausage plopped wetly out of the Disney grinder.

Music Interview: Cowboy Junkies’ Michael Timmins on “Songs of the Recollection”

April 10, 2022
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“I may second guess how a song was recorded. But I can say that all that we have done has come from an honest place.”

Theater Review: CSC Stages a Zippy “Twelfth Night” on the Boston Common

August 2, 2014
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There are laughs in this production of Twelfth Night, but the romantic payoffs are scarce, perhaps because the sit-com rhythms tend to swamp all else (including some of the poetry).

Book Review: The Unwavering Gaze — Fabritius and Donna Tartt’s “The Goldfinch”

January 23, 2014
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In Donna Tartt’s much-lauded third novel, Fabritius’ painting “The Goldfinch” and the fleeting nature of, well, everything comes together for a brief and shining moment.

Music Feature: Harmonica Man Takes to the Gospel Highway

October 12, 2013
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Tomorrow night Deacon Leslie Pittman, an emerging star on the gospel quartet circuit at the age of 81, comes into town with Philadelphia’s Just Us Singers.

Jazz Album Review: “Mingus in Argentina” — An Unexpected Gift

April 19, 2025
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I must confess to hearing some of the Buenos Aires recordings on bootleg LPs, though their sound quality pales in comparison to this Resonance release.

Arts Commentary: The Goldsmith-Warhol Copyright Decision — Reason to be Concerned

May 21, 2023
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Decisions like these are increasingly troublesome because they will dictate what constitutes”fair use” for decades to come, even as technology evolves in threatening ways.

Short Fuse Podcast #31 — The Show Must Go On(line)

October 28, 2020
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This episode is all about creativity and curiosity in the age of Covid. Listen in for a round up of some of the best arts and culture offerings available online.

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