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Music Review/Commentary: Anat Cohen’s Tentet & SFJAZZ Collective — Strength in Numbers

May 5, 2016
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Jazz groups of eight to eleven often make fascinating and unusual music, but they rarely survive.

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Concert Review: Amy Beach’s Piano Concerto Revived on the Esplanade

July 26, 2025
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Music by Amy Beach, Leonard Bernstein, Florence Price, John Harbison, and John Williams: this Boston Landmarks Orchestra concert had a little something for everyone.

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Theater Review: “Toni Stone” — Winning Season

June 4, 2024
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The excellent ensemble of Huntington Theatre Company actors, fittingly, work well as a team.

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Film Reviews: Three from the Online French Film Festival

February 19, 2025
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It is a shame that international film festivals cannot be made accessible to wider audiences, but the trend toward online gatherings, such as the Online French Film Festival, is a good start.

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Theater Review: “The Pink Unicorn” — Hugging the Cactus

March 10, 2021
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SpeakEasy Stage Company has (once again) chosen a bold script for its audience.

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Theater Review: “The Race” — Business as Unusual

January 19, 2021
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This is a very effective political drama, a relevant warning about what social critic Chris Hedges calls the formation of “corporate totalitarianism.”

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Film Review: “No Time to Die” — A Miraculous Bond Redux

October 3, 2021
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No Time to Die could only be a product of the Trump era.

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Theater Review: “Seared” — A Recipe for Comedy

August 16, 2021
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Theresa Rebeck’s foodie comedy Seared is more of an amiable appetizer than a substantial entree.

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Arts Remembrance: Emily Remler — The Short Life and Sad Death of a Jazz Guitarist

September 18, 2019
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Emily Remler took a particularly clear-eyed view of her work. She didn’t want to be judged by a lesser standard because she was a woman in the overwhelmingly male world of jazz.

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Dance Review: Dorrance Dance’s Tapestration

January 21, 2019
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I thought I’d never seen such a thrilling example of how dance and music can combine and feed each other.

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