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Film Review: “A Quiet Passion” — A Personal View of Emily Dickinson

April 25, 2017
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Cynthia Nixon is a great Emily Dickinson, so deeply angry, so heartbreaking in her fool’s life of stoic suffering.

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Theater Review: “Paradise” — A Fascinating Culture Clash

April 19, 2017
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Paradise‘s central conflict and the performances in the Underground Railway Theater production are damn good.

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Film Reviews: Three Fine Documentaries at SXSW — “Salvage,” “Breakthrough,” and “Mr. Jimmy”

March 21, 2019
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The first three films I watched at SXSW this year were picked by me with the editors in mind. Not coincidentally, the editors also had pedigreed Massachusetts roots.

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Book Interview: Danny Goldberg on the Essence of Hippiness

September 21, 2017
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“To me, ’67 was a year that was different from what came after it.”

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Concert Review: Bernstein’s Kaddish Symphony returns to Symphony Hall

March 16, 2018
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This symphony is the finest synthesis of Leonard Bernstein’s considerable theatrical instincts within a concert framework, idiosyncratic and singular.

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Theater Review: A Fabulous “Fun Home”

October 29, 2018
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The SpeakEasy Stage production is intimate and emotionally satisfying, highlighting the musical’s strengths — its sharply witty book, memorable songs, and heartbreaking characters.

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Book Review: Astaire, Balanchine, and Kelly — The Foundations of Film Dance

September 27, 2018
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While Beth Genné proffers a terrific take on dance and its social context, she exhibits a shaky grasp of musical-theater history.

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Visual Arts Commentary: Three Temporary Public Art Pieces — A Dialogue with Art and Ourselves

September 18, 2018
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Three bold new public art installations underscore the possibilities of visual and conceptual experiences in 21st century Boston.

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Jazz Commentary: Greg Hopkins Big Band at Ryles — Whither Big Bands?

June 20, 2018
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At this time in the Boston jazz scene, there are no ongoing spaces for big bands and, predictably, the number of such ensembles has shrunk.

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Dance Review: Boston Ballet — The Whole Enchilada

May 15, 2018
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Sleeping Beauty needs not only to thrill us but to carry us somewhere back into its own history.

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