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Music Review: Providence Art-Pop Trio Arc Iris stretches its wings in “iTMRW”

January 28, 2020
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So, after three original albums (plus a re-imagining of Joni Mitchell’s Blue) that fell short of wide acclaim, perhaps it was only a matter of time for them to think big.

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Opera CD Review: Carl Maria von Weber’s Wildly Assorted Candy Box — A Spiffy New Recording

January 9, 2020
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The rarely staged Oberon is easy to love and will fascinate admirers of early nineteenth-century music.

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Theater Review: “Miss You Like Hell” — A Lukewarm Road Trip

January 16, 2019
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This is yet another sentimental exercise in the mechanics of mother/daughter rapprochement

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Theater Review: “RoosevElvis” — Antic Americana

May 13, 2016
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RoosevElvis turns out to a sort of slaphappy homage to two American legends, a genial romp that sticks to stereotypes.

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Theater Review: “Who Would Be King”—A Bible Story Retold, Entertainingly

November 19, 2015
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Liars and Believers have been creating, conceptualizing, and rehearsing this show for eighteen months—and the seasoning has paid off.

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Fuse Theater Review: “Ghost Quartet” — Bang the Drum Slowly

September 10, 2015
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The things that go bump in the night are a pretty gooey lot in Ghost Quartet.

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Fuse Dance Review: The Bang Group and Elders Ensemble — Grownups

May 6, 2015
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I wondered why the Elders Ensemble program so consistently portrayed the elders as somber and withdrawn.

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Theater Review: “Rain Dogs” — A Humdinger of a Tribute to the Music of Tom Waits

May 17, 2014
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Having glittery, Bettie Page-y young women clad in leather and thongs undulate to music by Tom Waits is pretty much guaranteed to work.

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Theater Feature: Rogue Burlesque — Sex and the Single Nerd

July 28, 2013
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Rogue Burlesque will be performing an unfiltered homage to our fixation with nerd culture, from “Weird Al” Yankovic and Superman to Edgar Allan Poe.

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Theater Review: Creatures of the Night Throw a Rocking Party

October 26, 2011
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“The Rocky Horror Show” works best when it is immersive like this—a theatrical party that includes the audience.

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