Reviews

  • Legacy in Motion: An Evening with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

    Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returned to Boston this week with a rich, powerful, and history-soaked program that feels as vital now as ever. From Afro-Pop pulses to moody Miles Davis to the enduring brilliance of Revelations, this is a night of dance that carries the weight of legacy and the thrill of fresh storytelling.

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  • Courtly Love and Controlled Fire: Boston Baroque’s Ariodante

    A Hero, A Villain, A Heart in Peril: A Brief Synopsis Set in medieval Scotland, Handel’s Ariodante follows the titular character, a noble knight, who is engaged to Ginevra, daughter of the King. Their love is sabotaged by the villainous Polinesso, who fabricates infidelity and drives Ariodante into despair. Amid heartbreak, deception, and eventual redemption,

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  • Back in the Saddle: Carousel, A Golden-Age Giant Returns  

    Boston Lyric Opera’s Carousel has spun its way back into the Emerson Colonial Theatre, a fitting homecoming for the show’s 80th anniversary. It’s the very same stage where Carousel had its last out-of-town tryout before heading to Broadway in 1945, and now, in 2025, it returns with one big question riding alongside it: Can Carousel

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