The Dears pour on epic romance, exquisite anguish
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The Dears mesh decorous  pop eclecticism with far darker emotional outbursts of clanging  rock. The most enthralling moments of the Montreal sextet's  performance Wednesday at the Troubadour came with finely  arranged numbers that summoned mystery and an almost epic magic  fit for much larger venues, which the band deserves.
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A profound and affecting old play about World War I offers a portrait of men in combat, without polemics
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Emotional sincerity is the hallmark of this deeply felt revival, which stars S. Epatha Merkerson in a performance that stops the heart.
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Caryl Churchill's stunning new play is a gripping dramatic consideration of what happens in a world where people can be cloned.
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In ÂGrace Is Gone,Â John Cusack examines the burdens being shouldered by the families of the nationÂs fighting men and women, and the price paid by those who have lost a loved one.
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The big contours of âBridge of Sighsâ are richly evocative and beautifully wrought, delivered with deceptive ease.
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At last, a love story for adults. In 'Closer,' Mike Nichols explores the thrilling and damaging effects of passion
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In Stephen Massicotteâs excellent new play, T. E. Lawrence and Robert Graves are two veterans and it takes no leap of the imagination to translate their World War I experiences into stories from todayâs newspaper.
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âJerry Springer: The Operaâ  uncovers something grand within the small, squalid lives it portrays.
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Love is a many-faceted, if not splendored, thing in the romantic comedy set on the tennis courts of Wimbledon. The movie is about a love match between a pair of lanky racket-wielding
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Extreme Makeover: Home Edition renovates its way into the Top 10 one heart-wrenching story at a time
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Will Eno's play, starring James Urbaniak, is one of those treasured nights in the theater that can leave you both breathless with exhilaration and in a puddle of tears.
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âBellaâ is a movie that wears its bleeding heart on its sleeve and loves its characters to distraction.
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In  these  times of turmoil, terror and tumult, the Taj Mahal stands as a   testimony  to love.
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Giuseppe Verdi's ``Aida'' fits the cliched concept of grand opera: a visual feast with big emotions, majestic scenes and an exotic touch like this love story set in ancient Egypt.
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This ferocious drama, a poetic examination of one manâs obsession, is, among other things, a celebration of the stage.
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The tears and the blame mix uneasily in âReservation Road,â a grim, mechanistic thriller about death and suffering, life and healing among the civilized.