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Television Review: “Emily in Paris” — Sacré Bleu!

October 8, 2020
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This is clearly a version of Paris written by ignorant Americans for ignorant Americans.

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Dance Review: Fernanda Ghi Dance Company — Passion, Fury, and Enigma

October 17, 2019
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Black + White from the Fernanda Ghi Dance Company was provocative, dramatic, and oh-so-mysterious.

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Theater Review: “Charley’s Aunt” — A Tasty Theatrical Chestnut

July 30, 2015
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This production of Charley’s Aunt has the rhythm of a Mozart operatic finale — all the parts contribute to a dizzy harmony.

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Theater Reviews: On Broadway — Tom Stoppard’s “Leopoldstadt” and Martyna Majok’s “Cost of Living”

October 21, 2022
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Two stirring dramas hit Broadway, one weightier than the next

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Jazz Album Review: Ran Blake’s “Looking Glass” — Music from an Idiosyncratic Guru

February 17, 2022
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This album offers a Baedeker of pianist Ran Blake’s cinematic effects, the mis-en-scene for a narrative musical imagination unlike any other.

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Classical Music Review: BMOP’s ‘Band in Boston’

January 26, 2010
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by Caldwell Titcomb Time was when Boston had a City Censor, and books and plays drummed up trade by getting “Banned in Boston.” The Boston Modern Orchestra Project, headed by conductor Gil Rose, came up with the deliciously punning title “Band in Boston” for its Jordan Hall concert on January 22. Indeed there was not…

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Theater Review: “Every Brilliant Thing” — Two Cheers for Solipsism

February 4, 2018
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A manipulative entertainment that sets out to confuse theater and therapy.

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Theater Review: Broadway’s “Water for Elephants” – A Counterargument

May 15, 2024
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“Arts Fuse” theater critic Christopher Caggiano, among others, found that the new Broadway musical “Water for Elephants” “has very little going for it.” Let’s agree to disagree

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Theater Review: “Arabian Nights” — A Fabulous Fantasy for All Ages

December 31, 2015
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The actors’ infectious energy and absolute dedication to imaginative play-acting help make Arabian Nights spellbinding.

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Book Review: “Mr. Beethoven” — Alternative Musical History

November 7, 2021
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Beethoven never left Europe. But he could have. And the possibility that he might have visited Boston is the basis of Paul Griffiths’ touching, witty, and thought-provoking new novel.

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