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Theater Review: “Venus in Fur” — No S & M Please, We’re American

January 10, 2014
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“Venus in Fur” could be best described as cheeky rather than kinky, more of a talky intellectual exercise than a zesty exploration of the allure of sexual domination and submission.

Standing in “Orson’s Shadow”

March 3, 2007
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A real life collision of legends of stage and screen that took place almost 50 years ago is a seductive, but dangerous, idea for a play.

Music Commentary: The Summer of Doja Cat — Never the Same Thing Twice

August 25, 2020
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Doja Cat offers a glaring example of why the music industry’s new (albeit Big Brother-inspired) way of doing digital business is here to stay.

Arts Fuse Podcast #13: Everything You’ve Wanted to Know About Book Reviews But Were Afraid to Ask

April 9, 2019
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If you’re a fan of the podcast or the magazine, you know that Arts Fuse writers are sworn adversaries of the dreaded algorithm.

Book Interview: Natsume Sōseki — A Century After the Death of a Literary Giant

December 9, 2016
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Maybe finally we’re reaching the Natsume Sōseki moment in the English-speaking world.

Opera Album Review: A Scandalous Liaison Makes a Wonderful Opera: Lennox Berkeley’s “Nelson”

January 18, 2022
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Berkeley’s Nelson reinforces my sense that many fine composers of the twentieth century have largely slid off the map because they did not cater to the obsession of many critics and academics with “the New at all cost.”

Book Review: “Renato!” — Novelist Eugene Mirabelli, Creator of Inwardness

February 5, 2021
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What a pleasure it is to revel in this work, which expresses enduring values in such an original way.

Opera CD Review: William Alwyn’s Powerful Take on Strindberg’s “Miss Julie” — A Neglected Masterpiece

December 25, 2020
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The second recording of William Alwyn’s searing opera confirms the work’s vitality and importance. It is one of the best and most accessible operas to have been written in the past few decades.

CD Reviews: Ken Thomson’s “Restless” and Alberto Ginastera’s “One Hundred”

January 23, 2017
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Ken Thomson’s Restless doesn’t hide from dark places or things; Oberlin Orchestra does right by Argentinian composer Alberto Ginastera.

Film Review: A Dispatch from the 23rd Annual Boston Underground Film Festival (Part 2 of 2)

April 10, 2023
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Local film festivals like BUFF are keeping what’s left of the American film industry from turning into a massive IP holder churning out algorithmically generated slop for the masses.

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