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Film Preview: Busby Berkeley’s Babylon at the HFA

December 7, 2016
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A 30-film series dedicated to Busby Berkeley, Hollywood’s architect of mind-blowing musical production numbers.

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Classical Music Sampler: July 2010

June 30, 2010
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By Caldwell Titcomb July 7: The Church of St. John the Evangelist offers a series of free, late-afternoon Wednesday concerts, now in their fourth year. The July series starts off with a tribute to the 200th anniversary of Robert Schumann in the form of two of the greatest song cycles ever written (both from 1840).…

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Opera Album Review: “Circé,” A Big Hit from the 2023 Boston Early Music Festival, Now Enchantingly Recorded

May 13, 2024
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The BEMF performed the work in July 2023 in New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, to enormous enthusiasm.

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Coming Attractions: October 16 through 25 — What Will Light Your Fire

October 9, 2016
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in theater, visual arts, film, music, author events, and dance for the coming week.

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Theater Review: “The Humans” — Americans in Limbo

March 16, 2018
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In The Humans, Stephen Karam suggests that America can be a heaven that, in a moment, might flip into hell.

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Theater Review: “How I Learned What I Learned” — August Wilson’s Indelible Lessons

March 14, 2016
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August Wilson’s dramatized autobiography, thanks to the magnificent actor Eugene Lee, is a stirring experience.

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Coming Attractions: September 28 Through October 13 — What Will Light Your Fire

September 28, 2025
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Our expert critics supply a guide to film, visual art, theater, author readings, television, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in.

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Concert Review: Plenty of Boston at L.A. Festivals

May 29, 2023
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So why am I going to write about the Nuggets concert for a New England outlet? Because, totally surprising to me, there was a lot of Boston in the show.

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Theater Review: CSC Stages a Zippy “Twelfth Night” on the Boston Common

August 2, 2014
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There are laughs in this production of Twelfth Night, but the romantic payoffs are scarce, perhaps because the sit-com rhythms tend to swamp all else (including some of the poetry).

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Classical Music Sampler: April 2013

March 28, 2013
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A busy month that includes a pair of appearances by composer/conductor Oliver Knussen, turns by stellar pianists Evgeny Kissin and Lars Vogt. Also, the final concert this season in the admirable Music for Food Series.

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