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The more compelling family dinner was “Rome Is Falling,” Doug Balliett’s brainily bubble-gum, lovably shaggy rundown of ancient history — and its obvious contemporary parallels — reminiscent of “Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson” and “Hamilton.”

From New York Times • Jun. 14, 2022

A youthful work, but one that in this company harked back to Mr. Salonen’s brainily nutty forebears.

From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2016