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January 18, 2024 / Concert Reviews - Archive

Concert Hall, January 12 9/10 Anoushka Shankar’s music is as mellifluous and luxuriant as her name, and she’d barely played two notes when I fell under her spell once more. As with her late father, Ravi, her virtuosity on the sitar goes far beyond mere dexterity. The sound she makes…

January 14, 2024 / Theatre Reviews - Archive

Everest Theatre, January 9 7/10 Like children’s books, the best children’s theatre and, in this case, puppetry, hooks the adults, too. So if you have any bored six-to-nine-year-olds digging you an early grave during the holidays, A Bucket of Beetles will unshackle their minds from the digital grasp for 45…

January 10, 2024 / Theatre Reviews - Archive

Leura Everglades, January 6 9.5/10 This explodes like a new star in the firmament of the best Shakespeare productions I’ve seen. It has a truth, an energy and a ferocity to make the blood drain from your face, and it also begs the question, why is Timon of Athens the…