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The Coen Brother's 'Inside Llewyn Davis'
A shaggy cat tale about a modern Ulysses
The Coen brothers didn’t set out to make a nostalgic movie about the bards of Bleecker Street, and they literally pull no punches in Inside Llewyn Davis.
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‘Jersey Boys,’ 'Sophie Tucker’ and ‘I Love Lucy Live’
Déjà vu all over again
What do today’s nostalgia shows mean to younger audiences who never saw these performers and don’t remember them — especially when they can Google the real original on YouTube?
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‘Godot’ and ‘No Man’s Land’ in New York
A pair of icons shaking up a pair of iconic plays
Pairing Waiting For Godot with No Man’s Land gives us a Beckett/Pinter double bill of complementary worldviews. Whether you see life as a glass half empty or half full, you’re treated to both.
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Downton Abbey Season 4
Immune to Lady Mary's charms
Downton Abbey is merely the latest soap set in the great homes of Britain to take America by storm. What's the appeal?
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Alison Bechdel's 'Fun Home' becomes a musical
When I learned that Alison Bechdel's Fun Home had been turned into a musical, though I usually shy away from anything described as “heart-rending” or “poignant,” I knew I had to go.
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Piffaro's annual Christmas concert
A Renaissance-American Holiday Fete
Piffaro’s annual holiday program once again presents a Renaissance fete that reflects our American mashup of Christian holy day, pagan winter solstice, and end-of-the-year bash.
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Composer intent
The sound of the music
I accepted a commission to rework one of my pieces because I relished the challenge of changing it, to see if it would still work. Composers love creating problems to solve.
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Abstract photography at LG Tripp Gallery
Who can explain it, who can tell you why?
LGTripp Gallery’s Sixth Annual Abstract Photography Exhibition raises basic questions: How can a photograph be about nothing? How can an artist take a picture of a feeling, as in Abstract Expressionist paintings?
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How kids see ‘The Nutcracker’ (4th helping)
‘This is sort of a dream, right?’
On our fourth annual visit to The Nutcracker with our grandchildren, we find them less reactive and more analytical. And they’re not even six and four!
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Verdi’s twin passions (Part 1)
Verdi’s central character: himself
Verdi’s music stirred patriotic fervor among Italians and also plumbed the emotional price that society exacts from those who love deeply. Both stemmed directly from his own personal experiences.
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