Magical realism makes coincidental back-to-back appearances at Lincoln Center, where the Metropolitan Opera presents Florencia en el Amazonas and the Mitzi Newhouse theater next door offers the music theater piece Gardens of Anuncia. I’m sure it’s coincidental — I can’t imagine the Met and Lincoln Center Theater could possibly be so coordinated as to have …
When most music artists produce boxed sets the collections are typically their own greatest hits, deeper-cut retrospectives, re-mastered reissues, alternate takes, unreleased tracks, and so on. The sets are often elaborately packaged, with book or other items. Christine Lavin’s “The Seasons Project” reflects her career not so much as the wonderful songwriter and performer she …
Attending a Bob Dylan concert is essentially placing a $200 bet against yourself. He’s not Ella Fitzgerald, who gave a masterful performance every time she stepped out on a stage. With Dylan you never know if you’re going to get an on night, an off night or simply something totally inscrutable. You’re betting on the …
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