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Theater Review: “Brundibár” and “But The Giraffe!” Serious Theater for Young People

April 2, 2014
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The Underground Railway Theater production shows that sometimes children’s theater is capable of a moral depth (perhaps even a fearlessness) that adult theater often avoids.

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TV Feature: Finding “The Inner Light” at the Star Trek Convention

June 14, 2013
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Google the favorite Star Trek episodes of all time and “The Inner Light” is on just about every top ten list.

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Classical Music Sampler: March 2013

March 1, 2013
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March is a month to hear amazing pianists – Jeremy Denk, George Li, Charlie Albright, Jeffrey Swann, Wu Han, and Lydia Artymiw – as well as inspiring choruses and unusual chamber music

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Film Review: “Ain’t in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm” — Heartfelt Tribute to an American Original

September 1, 2013
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The documentary was originally screened at South by Southwest in 2010 while Levon Helm was still alive, but with his death from cancer in 2012, the film now serves as a heartfelt tribute to a true American original.

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World Books: International Reads for the Holidays

December 12, 2009
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Because of my gig at WGBH’s The World I read works in translation when I have the chance. Here’s an idiosyncratic round-up of first-rate literary stocking stuffers from around the globe. By Bill Marx Some of my favorite books from around the world this year raise the thorny issue of the relationship between literature new…

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Book Review: An Invaluable Testament to When Movies and Criticism Mattered

September 8, 2011
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What drives serious writing about film? “When Movies Mattered” suggests an answer: it helps for a critic to take a side, not as consumer advocate, hipster crank, or box office predictor, but as a passionate advocate for standards, often taking on the role of separating overpraised films from the unfairly neglected.

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Album Review: Queen’s “A Night at the Odeon”—Holding Nothing Back

December 3, 2015
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1975 was when they officially began their reign. A fab year for sure.

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Theater Review: “Alice” Grows Up in a Musical Wonderland

October 22, 2014
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Andrew Barbato’s play turns the Dormouse, the White Queen, and even the Red Queen (“Off with their heads!”) into nurturing Montessori teachers, concerned with comforting and reassuring an upset Alice.

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Visual Arts Review: Jamie Wyeth at Boston’s MFA — Liberally Peppered with Shlock

July 31, 2014
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Awe-striking passages of deft realism are easy to find throughout the show. Wholly satisfying paintings, resolved from edge to edge and full of convincing purpose, are not.

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Theater Review: An Entertaining “Winter’s Tale” — Under the Summer Stars

August 27, 2015
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The Winter’s Tale‘s odd structure and hybrid genre is a challenge to modern directors and audiences alike.

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