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Theater Review: “1776” — Still an Egg in the Theatrical Incubator

June 5, 2022
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This revival of 1776 tries to strike a culture wars balance, celebrating the country’s commitment to independence while also here and there skewering the idealized images and blatant hypocrisies of America’s patriarchal founders.

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Music Feature: Paul Rishell and Annie Raines — In the Spirit of the Masters

March 1, 2018
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There’s not much about the blues that Paul Rishell, 68, and Annie Raines, 48, don’t know or can’t play.

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Book Interview: James Shapiro on America’s Complicated Relationship With Shakespeare

May 1, 2014
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“Americans have been most drawn to the great tragedies—in our classroom and on our stages. “

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Book Review: “My Red Heaven” — The City as a Mirror for Consciousness

April 29, 2020
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Few contemporary authors much care to tussle with the proverbial mot juste; Lance Olsen insists on it, and over the course of fifteen novels, five books of nonfiction, and five short story collections, has shown himself a master of prose style.

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Fuse Feature: The Best and Worst Films of the Year

December 18, 2014
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Our demanding critics choose the best and worst films of the year.

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Book Review: “Drums & Demons: The Tragic Journey of Jim Gordon” — Overcome by Madness

February 20, 2024
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“Drums & Demons” is at times frustratingly unclear on dates, but its research is comprehensive about the brilliant career and disasterous end of drummer Jim Gordon.

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Book Review: “A Life of My Own” — Reserved to a Fault

October 16, 2018
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Claire Tomalin narrates her story with a prototypically English stiff upper lip, and a reticence about the personal.

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Fuse Feature: Summer Festival Season Returns — And So Do Fledgling Music and Arts Extravaganzas

July 6, 2015
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A handy-dandy guide to seven newish summer arts festivals in the Boston area. They are all free of charge.

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Classical Album Reviews: Jordi Savall Conducts Schumann and Bruckner and Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s “The Planets & Earth”

July 25, 2025
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What business has a period orchestra got playing the music of Anton Bruckner? And why can’t conductors and orchestras just leave Gustav Holst’s “The Planets” alone?

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Film Review: Tongues Are Untied in “Kneecap”

July 30, 2024
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A frenetic, funny, foul-mouthed, and sometimes facile testament to the fact that language matters.

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