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Film Review: “Creed”—”Rocky” Returns, Triumphant

November 28, 2015
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Creed easily taps into the sensibility and adrenaline of the original Rocky.

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Theater Review: An Antic ‘London Assurance’ from NT Live

July 3, 2010
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London Assurance by Dion Boucicault. Directed by Nicholas Hytner. The National Theatre production presented by NTLive at the Coolidge Corner Cinema, Boston, MA, July 14. A bonus simulcast has been added to the NTLive lineup; on July 14th Coolidge Corner Cinema will, once again, simulcast Dion Boucicault’s comedy London Assurance starring Simon Russell Beale and…

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The Collective Stupidity: Economics as Fiction

March 22, 2008
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By Peter Walsh “But the trouble continued to spread over the country, and there were reports of big concerns, and even banks, in trouble.” — Upton Sinclair, Oil! (1927) No doubt there are still those who think economics is a dull, plodding technical field, akin to accounting, which pale men in green eyeshades practice somewhere…

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Film Review: “Stray Dog”—A Red Neck Hero

October 20, 2015
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Stray Dog shows us again and again, through its protagonist’s words and actions, that you can’t judge a book by its cover, or its red neck.

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Theater Review: “Lungs” — The Protocol of a Bittersweet Romance

February 20, 2013
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Presence is the sense that the actors live in the here and now, every minute, every second they are on stage. And Liz Hayes and Nael Nacer do that in the New Rep production of Lungs.

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Dance Review: Stepping Way Way Out

July 26, 2006
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Karole Armitage, once known as a “punk ballerina,” brings her dance troupe to the Berkshires. By Debra Cash Where has dancer Karole Armitage gone? Is “gone” a verb or adjective? Why has she put an exclamation mark smack in the middle of her new company’s name? The articulate choreographer with A-list artist friends, sweethearts and…

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Book Review: “The World Republic of Letters” — A Literary Demolition Derby

August 12, 2005
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An intriguingly speculative study argues that the history of world literature boils down to a power struggle between outsiders and insiders.

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Opera Album Review: Is Perfection Still Possible? Lully’s “Isis” under Christophe Rousset

August 1, 2020
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Is it any wonder? An opera that angered Louis XIV in 1677 brings enormous pleasure in 2020.

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Jazz Album Review: Three Superb Recordings — Inspired by the Number 7, College Fight Songs, and “One Hundred Years of Solitude”

November 15, 2024
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A trio of jazz albums that dazzle in surprising ways. 

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Musician Interview: Jerry Cantrell Gets Ready To Rock The House Of Blues

January 31, 2025
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Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains and I talked about the making of his latest recording, his most recent two solo albums versus his previous two, and his thoughts about his Boston fans.

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