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Folk Album Review: “Ears of the People” — Ekonting Songs from Senegal and the Gambia

February 24, 2023
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The banjo’s African relative makes its American debut via a new Smithsonian Folkways album.

Classical CD Reviews: Ádám Fischer conducts Mahler, Mariss Jansons conducts Rodion Shchedrin & Respighi, and John Eliot Gardiner conducts Schumann

January 23, 2020
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Ádám Fischer’s reading of Mahler’s Eighth Symphony is breathtakingly clean.

Theater Review: “West Side Story” — Still Brilliant After All These Years

August 12, 2018
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The Barrington Stage Company’s moving and fiercely energetic production brings West Side Story back to the stage with a bang.

Theater Feature: An Interview with Benny Sato Ambush on Directing the Virtual Reading of Anthony Clarvoe’s “The Living”

October 29, 2020
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“A play like The Living pricks the conscience of the country. It is the reason I wanted to produce and direct it.”

Jazz CD Review: “Both Are True” — A Big Band Chock Full of the Unexpected

April 24, 2020
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What strikes this listener most is the writing’s disjointedly distinctive — sometimes unfathomable — sounds and textures, as well as the music’s unpredictable flow.

Film Review: “Close to Vermeer” – Out of This World

July 20, 2023
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Johannes Vermeer as a person and a painter remains a mystery, but this documentary expertly probes the brilliance of his art.

Theater Review: “Julius Caesar” — Attacked with Vigor

December 1, 2017
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Probably as it should be for a group called the Actors’ Shakespeare Project, the performances in Julius Caesar are the thing.

Fuse Film Review: “Trumbo”—Un-American Activities in Hollywood

November 27, 2015
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Trumbo is content to be a potted history lesson rather than a thought-provoking work of art.

Visual Arts Review: “Huma Bhabha — They Live” and “The Beyond — Georgia O’Keeffe and Contemporary Art”

April 10, 2019
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Pakistani-born artist Huma Bhabha is still very much at the edge of edgy; Georgia O’Keeffe much less so.

Fuse Theater Review: Sondheim’s Scintillating Portrait of the Artist — Sunday in the Park with George

September 21, 2016
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The cherry on top of this terrific production is its stunning technical design, from lighting and sets to sound, projection, and costumes.

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