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Theater Interview: Writing about the American Stage

June 12, 2010
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As a theatrical event, The American Stage anthology would have to be classified as a rousing vaudeville show: there are literary routines for all brows—high, middle, and low. The American Stage: Writings on Theater from Washington Irving to Tony Kushner, edited by Laurence Senelick, Library of America, 867 pages, $40. By Bill Marx “There is…

Concert Review: Bob Dylan on Tour — No Nostalgia Allowed

July 15, 2016
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The set proved that Bob Dylan remains, among many other things, one of music’s great contrarians.

Stage Preview: See Me, Hear Me — Nalaga’at Theater Deaf-Blind Acting Ensemble

March 29, 2014
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Israel’s Nalaga’at Theater Deaf-Blind Acting Ensemble, whose name translates to “Do Touch,” is on a U.S. tour that included a side visit to the White House.

Film Review: Movies to Watch While Sheltering in Place, Thanksgiving Edition — Stir-Crazy 12

November 24, 2020
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Please don’t get on a plane for Thanksgiving. Avoid Covid by eating your turkey dinner before your computer screen, and watching — all free! — these handpicked classic movie entertainments.

Theater Review: “17 Border Crossings” — Journeys to Nowhere

April 21, 2017
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Was this trip really necessary?

Book Interview: Douglas Kennedy on “The Blue Hour”

February 13, 2016
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“Even in a terrain as epic and mythic and exotic as the Sahara, you cannot run away from the weight of your past.”

Book Review: Orhan Pamuk’s Museum of Innocence Opens

May 3, 2012
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Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk’s new museum, named for and based on his 2008 novel, The Museum of Innocence, has opened in Istanbul.

Fuse Theater Review: “Lobster Girl” — A Heartfelt Musical Sea Yarn

June 18, 2016
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Lobster Girl presents us with an idyllic vision of Cape Ann, Massachusetts: blue and pink skies, shining water, a picturesque seagull.

Music Interview: Talking to Rocker Amy Rigby — Musician Turned Author

October 10, 2019
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“I’ve put out records by myself before, but this is like 10 times the work!”

Opera CD Review: Spontini’s Wacky Comic Opera, in Which Nothing Is as It Seems

June 9, 2020
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Metamorfosi is a marvelously effective and amusing one-act opera that would suit college opera workshops splendidly.

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