All the works were done with balance, appropriate embellishments in the vocal solo and instrumental parts, and with the energy necessary to bring this music into the twenty-first century.
Although I was disappointed in this Manhattan Theatre Club production, I am, however, very glad to have seen "Wit" -- it is a contemporary classic.
Dominique Eade's two greatest gifts are her clarity of musical thought and her courage as an improviser. She does not try to be a cabaret-style interpreter or a ring-a-ding-ding swinger.
What more could you ask than that a musical comedy version of The Addams Family cast a kooky spell?
Elegantly written, cogently argued, and filled with trenchant artistic analyses, Alexander Marr's book exemplifies interdisciplinary studies at their best.
"69°S" takes risks that never put actual life or limb in danger, but under the static of snow and history, we learn that venturing to the edge is always a kind of art.
Dutch cellist Pieter Wispelwey first performed, as the soloist with the Australian Chamber Orchestra. in the Celebrity Series line-up back in 2007. He made his second appearance at NEC's Jor…
Award-winning filmmaker Helen Whitney: "My films form a kind of spiritual autobiography. I'm always searching for subjects that allow me to ask the big questions: Why are we here? Why must w…
Aside from the intrinsic entertainment value of these operas, they show Ravel in quite a different light than we are used to from his chamber and other orchestral music.
This is a book for anyone interested not just in the economic state of the symphony orchestra, but in the overall financial health of the arts in the United States.
I recommend keeping an eye out for this and other animation shows at local, independent theaters and museums. You will be dazzled and amazed.
The SAG Awards have everything you want, and very little you don't. The ceremony celebrates film and television, so it's always star-packed, and only honors actors, so you don't have to sit …
After the "Lobgesang"'s premiere, Robert Schumann declared this movement "a glimpse of heaven filled with Raphael's madonnas," and Saturday's performance by the BSO came about as close to th…
Though there were differences in quality between the compositions in the BMOP concert, all of the pieces fulfilled the primary requirement of a concerto: they showed off the capabilities of …
You may be still catching up on the Academy Award, Golden Globe, People's Choice, or SAG picks. But this month offers some rare and wonderful treats for film fans of all kinds.
Italian writer Niccolò Ammaniti usually writes with an unadorned style about moral predicaments of the young in small-town Italy. "Me and You," a slender effort in all respects, covers th…
The Cantata Singers approached both works with the sensitivities that each required. Music Director David Hoose retained the intensity of the music through his economic and unpretentious, bu…
Bierce proffers a satiric temperament gone wild and woolly, partly propelled by a revulsion at the criminal vulgarity of the Gilded Age. Given the current triumph of the 1%, his fury at powe…
In "Art," playwright Yasmina Reza uses theater to explore how powerfully we defend our fears and rationalizations.
Guest conductor Giancarlo Guerrero, music director of the Nashville Symphony Orchestra, is a big man who conducts with big gestures. In the first half of "The Rite of Spring" I wasn't quite …
As in the plays of Harold Pinter, Reza realizes that violence seethes underneath our words; our language betrays our better nature.
As in the plays of Harold Pinter, Yesmina Reza's script explores how violence simmers beneath the words; our language betrays our better nature, if you listen carefully enough.
Certainly part of the power of Tomas Tranströmer's poetry resides in how, having established a jagged consciousness, he leaves us in between"in a world full of questions that are not easily…
Arts Fuse TV Critic Molly Jay thinks that the Golden Globes telecast was a dud, but that the group's TV awards were mainly on target.
In a nice twist, no piece on the Concord Chamber Players program was written before 1907, and that oldest piece came from a fine composer, Camille Saint-Saëns, whose music has fallen some…