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Orlando Shakes Million Dollar Quartet full of riches: Review

Well, goodness gracious, great balls of fire. Orlando Shakes’ “Million Dollar Quartet” is a welcome jolt of energy in these dog days of summer. The Broadway musical opens the theater’s 35th season with a bang. And the show even gives a moment or two to think about something deeper than the four superstars depicted onstage. “Million Dollar Quarter” is based on a real-life occurrence: On Dec. 4, 1956 Carl Perkins, […]

todayAugust 7, 2023 1

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‘Back to the Future: The Musical’ review: Watch the movie instead

Delightful and delicious? No — it’s DeLorean.  “Back To The Future: The Musical,” which opened Thursday night on Broadway, doesn’t have much going for it in the way of tuneful songs, show-stopping dances or enthralling storytelling. But it does have a star vehicle.  Theater review Two and a half hours, with one intermission. At the Winter Garden Theatre, 1634 Broadway. Its very own Wells Fargo Time Machine. A Chitty Chitty […]

todayAugust 4, 2023 1

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Womad review – more music festivals need this vitality, daring and breadth | Womad

In a crowded festival marketplace that nevertheless often cleaves to a relatively timid and tight crop of British, European and American artists, Womad provides a vital yearly reminder of the breadth of the planet’s music. There are artists from more than 40 countries here, ranging from quirky Balkan folk to global hip-hop and African bands, with Mokoomba leading the latter charge.Starting out in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, they have evolved into […]

todayJuly 31, 2023 1

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Womad 2023 review — still an uplifting feast of global music

★★★★☆An evergreen oasis of mellow egalitarian vibes in a summer of overhyped superstar festivals, this year’s Womad drew a reliably huge, all-ages crowd to its leafy Wiltshire home. The term “world music” may be outdated and problematic nowadays, but the multicultural idealism that first powered this feast of global roots music 41 years ago remains a powerful, uplifting, tangible force.Reggae was once Womad’s universal currency, and it remains deeply woven […]

todayJuly 30, 2023

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Music DVD/CD Review: George Benson – ‘Live at Montreux 1986’

Fans of George Benson and physical media should certainly embrace this reissue of the guitar legend’s Live at Montreux 1986. That’s because the DVD was previously available back in 2005 as a standalone release. What we have here is a three-disc package that includes not only the DVD, but the entire 15-song, 87-minute set on two CDs for the first time. In an age when more releases (and consumers) are […]

todayJuly 28, 2023 1

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‘North Circular’ Review: A Musical Tour of Dublin

The discursive documentary “North Circular” takes viewers on a tour of the history, music and geography of Dublin. The title refers to North Circular Road, which forms an arc that passes north of the city’s center, and that offers a loose map for the film’s themes. Directed by Luke McManus and shot in a ghostly black-and-white, “North Circular” finds stories and songs near the thoroughfare’s path.The camera sits in on […]

todayJuly 27, 2023 2

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