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Will LeBow

Theater Review: “Happy Ending” — A Dark Comedy About Terminal Cancer

Seeing Happy Ending a few days after the shock of the 2016 presidential election felt bracing to me.

By: Helen Epstein Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Alice Duffy, Anat Gov, Bret Silverman, Culture Vulture, Guy Ben-Aharon, Happy Ending, Israeli Stage, Jaronzie Harris, Karen MacDonald, Maureen Keiller, Nancy E. Carroll, Will LeBow

Theater Review: “The King of Second Avenue” — Did Somebody Say Putz?

The King of Second Avenue’s one-joke shtick wears out long before the end of this 90-minute musical.

By: Terry Byrne Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Abby Goldfarb, Alex Pollock, Hankus Netsky, Jeremiah Kissel, Kathy St. George, Ken Cheeseman, klezmer, Klezmer Conservatory Band, Remo Airaldi, Robert-Brustein, The King of Second Avenue, Will LeBow

Theater Review: “Awake and Sing!”? Too Much Bickering

In this production, intractable conflicts occasionally bubble to the surface, but too often they are buried beneath family squabbling.

By: Terry Byrne Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Awake and Sing!, Clifford Odets, Melia Bensussen, Will LeBow

Theater Commentary: For Mature Audiences?

By Bill Marx After four years in the position, Louise Kennedy is leaving her post as theater critic for the Boston Globe to work on a book project. I wish her well: she’s had to persevere as the position becomes the afterthought of a Tweet. Perhaps she sees the handwriting on the printer’s wall. Her […]

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Featured, Theater Tagged: art, boston-globe, Diane Paulus, Theater, Will LeBow

Music Review: Boston Pops Salutes Our Heroes

Reviewed By Caldwell Titcomb The Boston Pops, celebrating its 125th anniversary, is devoting its third week of programs (May 18-22) to “American Heroes”—both living and dead. The most newsworthy feature is a new cantata entitled “The Dream Lives On: A Portrait of the Kennedy Brothers.” Pops conductor Keith Lockhart addressed brief remarks to the audience […]

By: Caldwell Titcomb Filed Under: Books, Classical Music, Featured, Music, Popular Music Tagged: Arlo Guthrie, Brian Stokes Mitchel, Calwell Titcomb, Cherry Jones, Ed Harris, Edward Kennedy, John Kennedy, John Williams, Keith Lockhart, Morgan Freeman, Peter Boyer, Robert De Niro, Robert Kennedy, The Boston Pops, Will LeBow

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