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Theater Review: Harbor Stage Company’s “Miss Julie” — A Respectable Tragedy

September 20, 2016
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This is a satisfying if limited production; the Harbor Stage Company is a troupe that is well worth keeping an eye on.

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Handel and Haydn Society’s Season Opener — A Fiery “Israel in Egypt”

October 9, 2023
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The fury H&H’s new artistic director Jonathan Cohen delivered in this performance made “Israel in Egypt” and its timeless story ring with renewed vigor.

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Theater Review: “Hurricane Diane” — A Whimper Rather than a Whirlwind

September 4, 2021
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Madeleine George’s uneven 90-minte one-act comedy/drama borrows heavily on Greek mythology to zip up the misadventures of a cluster of suburban women in New Jersey,

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Dance Review: “The Four Seasons” of Spellbound Contemporary Ballet—Smooth Brilliance

October 24, 2015
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The Spellbound Contemporary Ballet performed the U.S. premiere of Le Quattro Stagioni.

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Coming Attactions in Theater: July 2010

June 28, 2010
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Underneath the discouraging array of customary exhibitions there are some reassuring productions of the new this month, with a smattering of New England and world premieres. Culture Vulture thinks that Richard III will be a highlight at Shakespeare & Co; I am also intrigued by Company One drawing on local playwrights to revamp the tales…

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Coming Attractions: February 2 through 17 — What Will Light Your Fire

February 2, 2025
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Our expert critics supply a guide to film, visual art, theater, author readings, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in.

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Classical Music Review: Mahler’s ‘Resurrection’ Resurrected

March 14, 2009
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By Caldwell Titcomb Conductor Benjamin Zander celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Boston Philharmonic and his 70th birthday. The two greatest post-Brahms symphonists – Gustav Mahler and Jean Sibelius – were markedly unalike. In 1907 their paths happened to cross in Helsinki, and they had several conversations. When the talk turned to the essence of…

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Film Review: Writer Flannery O’Connor — A Singular and Mysterious Consciousness

July 16, 2020
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With its many virtues, Flannery isn’t the perfect film biography. It’s a shoot-by-the-numbers conventional PBS American Experience.

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Theater Review: “The Half-Life of Marie Curie” — The Science of Friendship

November 19, 2021
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A valentine card is touching because it is short and sweet. A valentine play — even at 90 minutes with no intermission — wears out its affectionate welcome.

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The Arts on Stamps of the World — September 28

September 28, 2017
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An Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.

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