Ezra H. Lebovitz
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Lucy Dacus Concert Review: Dacus Builds Emotional Worlds at Boston’s House of Blues
As Dacus notes onstage, it is “the biggest headlining show [they’ve] ever done” — and, as she adds, they sold out.
The Coronanovel of Future Past
The Corona-novel — an emerging and extremely bad genre certain to haunt literary houses for years to come — is the only logical next step.
‘Under the Rainbow’ Turned Me Straight
While Laskey’s attempt at a reckoning with homophobia is admirable, the book itself comes across as simplistic, vague, and lacking in serious critical thought.
‘Bright Half Life’ Marries Prose and Concept
Often, divorce is narravitized as a failure, a project gone awry. “Bright Half Life” contests that depiction.
‘Next to Normal’ is Anything but Ordinary
“Next to Normal,” which played at Farkas Hall from Nov. 1 to 3, attempted to bring a voice to the “ugly,” lending a realism to this complex, powerfully-constructed performance.
'Macbeth': A Riveting New Take on a Classic
Staged in a small Brookline church with simple lights, Scottish pennants, and a twig pentagram in the background, the Actors’ Shakespeare Project’s newest production, “Macbeth,” is filled with vitality.