'Embers' succeeds a good deal more dramatically than one might have expected from a radio play transferred to the stage.
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Music Review: Dina Regine – ‘Right On, Alright’
Not just a fine songwriter and singer, Dina Regine also has a wide-ranging sensibility infused with the history of the great pop music of the past half century.
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This deliciously campy show has so much frenzied, blood-sucking energy the small ArcLight theater can hardly contain it.
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The fall season is upon us, and with it an onslaught of splashy new releases from marquee artists and labels clamoring for our attention.
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As Sting's musical 'The Last Ship' nears its Broadway premiere, the perennial pop star releases a live DVD of his own performances of the music.
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Lemper and her band honor Neruda's timeless words as fully as I could have imagined, setting them to music made of the same beauty and passion the poet so often celebrated.
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An achingly hilarious hour with a grouchy, Emmy-winning diva who has spent most of her career behind the camera.
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Not seen for 90 years, a zany Marx Brothers' 1924 Broadway musical is reconstructed for the stage.
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The new all-originals album by the Stray Cats' guitarist-vocalist is a road-trip romp from start to finish.
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The third in Libby Skala's trilogy of solo shows dramatizing her own family history engages our emotions while respecting our intelligence and leaving us feeling uplifted.
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