All posts tagged "review"
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Growing Up, Moving On: Beth Ditto’s Fake Sugar and Lorde’s Melodrama
New albums from Beth Ditto and Lorde find both artists in search of new voices
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Review: Avant Bard’s “King Lear”
"King Lear" may be small in budget, but it's big in vision and has a grimly authentic lead in Rick Foucheux
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Review: Macbeth at Shakespeare Theatre
Strong supporting performances can't compensate for the central failing in STC's Macbeth
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Future Islands’ “The Far Field” (Review): Cohesive and mature, but a little lacking
Three years after late night fame, Future Islands makes a case for their staying power
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Electric Guest’s “Plural” (review): Bright optimism belies troubled production
Electric Guest emerges from hibernation with a collection of catchy, expertly crafted tunes
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Nine Inch Nails “Not the Actual Events” (review): Offers little that we haven’t heard before
Not the Actual Events is a solid enough record, but it gives us very few reasons to be excited for what happens next
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Irving Berlin: A Simple Melody is a “whirlwind tour” of his works
The InSeries devotes its latest revue to one of the great unsung heroes of the American songbook
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Dragonette’s Royal Blues (review): Unmemorable, but incredibly enjoyable
Dragonette breaks their silence with catchy synthpop
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Shakespeare Theatre’s “The Secret Garden” (review): A Broken Secret
Shakespeare Theatre offers an uneven revival of The Secret Garden, which is still unequivocally Daisy Eagan's show
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Bon Iver “22, A Million” review: An intriguing experiment with mixed results
Bon Iver ditches acoustics for synths and doubles down on existential dread
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ACLU asks Supreme Court not to review 4th Circuit ruling in Grimm lawsuit
Lawyers representing transgender student Gavin Grimm have filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court arguing that it should not review an appeals court ruling that...
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Hell’s Kitchen’s fantastic response to Yelp review saying “too many gay people”
Minneapolis eatery says it tries to "create an environment that is blind to any form of prejudice "
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Sausage Party (review): Audacious, but juvenile
Sausage Party is funny, but one wonders what South Park's Matt Stone and Trey Parker could have done with the idea
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Review: “Kiss Me, Kate” at Shakespeare Theatre
Shakespeare Theatre's Kiss Me, Kate is two hours of song, dance and unstoppable fun
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Deeply Felt: “Girlstar” and “Avenue Q” (reviews)
Signture's "Girlstar" falls apart at the seams, while "Avenue Q" is all the better for them
