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    Arts, Arts In The News, Reviews

    Wellesley Repertory Theatre’s “Terra Nova” brings Antarctica to Wellesley

    By Annabel Thompson

    For a production set in a small black-box theatre, Wellesley Repertory Theatre’s production of “Terra Nova” is oddly majestic. The…

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    Arts, Reviews

    “Beauty and the Beast” sparks controversy with progressive marketing ploy

    By Annabel Thompson

    Just before the release of Disney’s new live- action remake of “Beauty and the Beast,” Bill Condon, the director of…

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    Arts, Arts In The News, Reviews

    “Machinal” finds moments of real human emotion in spite of pacing problems

    By Annabel Thompson

    Wellesley Upstage’s production of Machinal managed to bring genuine emotion despite having some issues with pacing. The play, loosely based…

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    Arts, Reviews

    Upstage’s “Guards at the Taj” mixes darkness and humor

    By Annabel Thompson

    The character dynamic in Rajiv Joseph’s “Guards at the Taj” starts off simple. The only speaking characters in the play…

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    Arts, Reviews

    The show does go on in Shakespeare Society’s “Henry V”

    By Annabel Thompson

    The Shakespeare Society’s production of “Henry V” opened last Thursday, just two days after the election results. I do not…

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    Arts, Popular Culture

    “Christmas creep” pushes artists to release Christmas albums in October—at least they’re good

    By Annabel Thompson

    “It’s all red and gold / and Nat King Cole / and tinsel on the tree,” croons Kacey Musgraves in…

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    Arts, Arts In The News

    Mark McMorris blurs the line between poetry and visual art in “The Book of Landings”

    By Annabel Thompson

    Poet and Georgetown University professor Mark McMorris has been writing poetry for over two decades now, and it shows. His latest work,…

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    “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” has Burtonesque beauty… and not much else

    By Annabel Thompson

    Walking out of the theater after seeing Tim Burton’s “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children,” I felt conflicted. On the…

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    IBM’s Watson creates first AI-produced movie trailer

    By Annabel Thompson

    An IBM supercomputer named Watson was commissioned by Fox to make a trailer for their new film “Morgan,” which came…

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    Arts

    Viewers want television writers to bury minority death tropes

    By Annabel Thompson

    This article contains spoilers for several current television shows. On April 8, “Sleepy Hollow” killed off Abbie Mills, portrayed by…

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