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3 unusual facts about Jon Pareles


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Jon Pareles on cassette underground, The New York Times, May 11, 1987

Eszter Balint

In his review of Mud, Jon Pareles writes: "Miss Balint has her own film noir sensibility as a songwriter. She puts arty twists into back-alley Americana... but the cleverness is not the point. She slips inside her characters to project their restlessness and longing."

Rock musical

In 2010, critic Jon Pareles of The New York Times pointed out that all four of the musicals nominated for the Tony Award for Best Musical that year could be described as rock musicals.



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