Book Review: "Lost Empress" " A Novel That Takes Chances
Lost Empress' ambition is admirable, and while the over-the-top style gets away from itself, it's lively and sometimes entertaining.
Lost Empress' ambition is admirable, and while the over-the-top style gets away from itself, it's lively and sometimes entertaining.
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A local company has come to the thirst-quenching rescue with DRINKmelon, the industry's first pure watermelon water.
Three theaters in the Berkshires offer differing views of the past.
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Some people fled William Corbett's bravura; others stayed, laughing.
IÂ think of Bill when I hear from struggling young writers, desperate to get it "right" " and to be accepted and published and make a living in a ridiculously difficult field.
Although his choice of material doesn't always work for me, for my money, Kurt Elling is the most important jazz vocalist of the last twenty years.
Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, visual arts, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks.
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The Barrington Stage Company's moving and fiercely energetic production brings West Side Story back to the stage with a bang.
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A newly published book of translations and two upcoming Boston-area stage productions confirms the enduring elemental power of Federico GarcÃa Lorca.