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CD Reviews: Mascagni’s “Zanetto” and Thomson’s “Four Saints in Three Acts”

January 24, 2017
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Odyssey Opera’s first commercially-released album is a fun showcase; BMOP delivers an excellent performance of Four Saints in Three Acts.

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Theater Review: Hotsy Totsy Burlesque’s “Doctor Who” and “Alpha 66”

September 12, 2016
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Cyndi Freeman and Brad Lawrence are accomplishing their mission: to bring the lowbrow entertainment of yesterday to the highbrow viewers of today.

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Classical CD Reviews: the Nash Ensemble’s Bruch and Carlos Kalmar’s Haydn

April 12, 2017
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A welcome triumph for Hyperion, Bruch, and the Nash Ensemble, but the Oregon Symphony does not do right by Haydn.

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Film Review: “Caché” — Nowhere To Hide

January 11, 2006
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Michael Haneke’s sharp and timely thriller explores how the shadows of a man’s past can come back to haunt him with a vengeance.

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Theater Review: “Cardboard Piano” — Pay Witness

April 2, 2019
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“ignorance about those who have disappeared/ undermines the reality of the world.” — Zbigniew Herbert

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Theater Review: “Hamnet” — Lonely Beyond Words

September 29, 2018
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Not all of the production’s choices pay off, but Hamnet is a fascinating, one-of-a-kind play that strikes at a universal sense of longing.

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Rock Preview: Glenn Hughes Sings Deep Purple — Slightly Unhinged

September 13, 2018
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“I went back and listened to the records and watched videos of performances. I got into character for this,” Glenn Hughes confesses.

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Book Review: “Pew” — Someone Truly Out of This World

August 3, 2020
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In no way a ‘tale told by an idiot, signifying nothing’, Pew is instead a kind of reverie, a wide-eyed spin on the Southern novel.

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Concert Review: Boston Modern Orchestra Project plays John Corigliano

February 24, 2019
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John Corigliano’s take on goodbyes is, if not exactly bitter, then full of sorrow: few happy memories to be had here.

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Music Preview: Ernie Smith and the Underrated Sound of Jamaica’s Storytellers

August 11, 2015
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Ernie Smith’s rich baritone and playful lyrics have found a New England champion in the Rhode Island band Soul Shot.

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