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Overall, this was classy cello playing. Colin Carr relied on, and brought out, the inherent architecture of the Bach suites.
Programming can make a difference in who feels invited to the table, and Provincetown International Film Festival has made it clear that diversity"especially supporting the work of female-id…
Commonwealth Shakespeare Company's Richard III is a deft, gripping version of Shakespeare's vision of malevolence, staged with verve and vision.
On the Couch is an extraordinary coffee table book for anyone interested in "recumbency" and how the couch became the icon of psychoanalysis.
Viewers who have endured abusive domestic family situations may find their throats swelling, their hearts thudding, and their hands shaking.
Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, visual arts, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks.
Vocalist Allegra Levy is at her strongest when purveying certain specific moods -- melancholy, playful, even lightly ironic.
Ronnie Cuber makes the high-speed acceleration sound lyrical as well as virtuosic; the band obliges with solos that come off as much more than your standard bop band running the changes.
Take a break from the summer heat to catch up on the best documentaries streaming on digital platforms.
August Strindberg's Creditors turns out to be a play that speaks chillingly to our time.
To modern sensibilities, Frederic Edwin Church's field sketches and early studies, with their virtuoso spontaneity and unmediated naturalism, may have more appeal than his epic paintings.
Atung and Moy have a lot to say about American history and culture -- acutely informed by the playwright's 21st century sensibility and identity politics.
The quality of the experience has as much to do with the star's in-person performance as it does with the film itself.
Living Colour gives us fair and balanced for those who fear becoming unbalanced.
"Rather than encourage the machines to behave like machines, I chose to find ways to sort of use them to create a very cinematic and atmospheric soundscapes."
Nicholas Van Young supplied an astounding display of virtuosity that seemed to amaze even the dancer himself.
Diverting the resources of Boston's regional theaters into the casino of Broadway undercuts the ideals that launched the regional theater movement.
Slayer has been as good and dependable as any band ever has been in rock and roll.
With this fun and irreverent staging of Cyrano, GSC Artistic Director Robert Walsh has thrown audiences a delightful curve.
Besides passing along the tradition of mariachi to their students, the members of Mariachi Mexico Antiguo perform as an ensemble at local events, including this weekend's Lowell Folk Festiva…
Miguel Zenón's extraordinary writing for strings and saxophone makes use of ever-changing textures generated out of jazz, Puerto Rican folk, and classical music.
Hub Theatre Company's production of The Taming is engaging, thanks in no small part to the hilarious performances of its three lead actors.
The critic settles too comfortably too often on a familiar trope -- Ireland's sense of promise squelched.
A baker's dozen of recordings worth hearing . . . maybe even owning.
This Midsummer Night's Dream is a pleasant enough entertainment that is helped mightily by the bucolic waterfront setting.
