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Guest conductor Giancarlo Guerrero, music director of the Nashville Symphony Orchestra, is a big man who conducts with big gestures. In the first half of “The Rite of Spring” I wasn’t quite sure if his podium mannerisms (which culminated in jumping jacks during the concluding “Dance of the Earth”) were helpful or distracting.
Read MoreThe Royale launches the Merrimack Repertory Theatre season with a gloriously theatrical punch to the gut.
Read MoreRosewater is a movie for the idealists, with the implied hope that a principled and conscientious mass media can give the new breed of technologically savvy activists a louder voice.
Read MoreOne of the lessons of the Dead of Winter series at the Brattle Theatre:”The occult is one of many tickets to the revolution.”
Read MoreGina Gionfriddo’s would-be black comedy about the American worship of money and status is a misfire on all levels.
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K.K. Downing does not trash Judas Priest or its legacy, but he gives, from his perspective, an honest and believable assessment of the group and his role in it.
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There can be little doubt that the urgency of the opera’s message about equality is as relevant as ever.
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Arts Commentary: From the Editor’s Desk — By Popular Demand, 2025
Back in February of 2024 I began to write a weekly column for AF newsletter on Substack. A few readers have asked that I post these opinion pieces in the magazine. Here is a selection of my favorites of 2025
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