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Fuse Classical Music News: Tanglewood’s Stellar Opening Night

July 7, 2013
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Tanglewood had a stellar opening night on Friday with perfect weather, a large crowd, and melodious concerts of mostly Tchaikovsky.

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Fuse Theater Review: Hooray for Captain Spaulding and “Animal Crackers”!

June 29, 2013
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The Williamstown Theatre Festival’s captivating staging of “Animal Crackers” provides two hours of great fun and near-perfect summer theater for the entire family.

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Theater Review: “Muckrakers” — Too Close to the News

June 25, 2013
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In a novel spin on a very old theatrical situation, paranoia rather than lust drives the one-night stand in “Muckrakers.”

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Fuse Theater Review: An Exhilarating “On the Town” in the Berkshires

June 23, 2013
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What fun!! I’m so glad to have seen “On the Town,” a hard-to-get-right musical in this lovely, lusty and lithe production.

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Theater Review: A Political Refugee’s Tale — “Bashir Lazhar”

May 31, 2013
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Pittsfield’s Barrington Stage Company is now giving “Bashir Lazhar,” ably translated by playwright Morwyn Brebner, its American premiere and I admire the theater’s choice.

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Book Review: “The Woman of Porto Pim” — Riding on a Brilliant Train of Associations

May 28, 2013
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Antonio Tabucchi’s “travel book” transcends conventional literary forms: his stories occupy an attractive space between fiction and non-fiction, poetry, biography, short story and journalistic travel piece.

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Fuse News: May Theater Tip in the Berkshires

April 26, 2013
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Early birds will be served what looks like a promising treat when Bashir Lazhar receives its American premiere courtesy of the Barrington Stage Company.

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Fuse News: Sonia and Sheryl —Tips From Successful Women

April 14, 2013
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Maybe Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg had no interest in the requirements of a good book — just its potential use as a marketing tool.

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Book Review: A Powerful Remembrance of the Cambodian Genocide — “The Elimination”

March 11, 2013
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Ultimately, “The Elimination” is less a literary effort than an act of witness by both writer and reader.

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Book Review: A Provocative Memoir about Growing up Gay in Japan

February 20, 2013
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American readers will be intrigued by a language for sexuality that is plain but understated, neither vulgar nor coy.

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