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Friday, April 6, 2018

Coming Attractions: April 8 through 24 — What Will Light Your Fire by Arts Fuse Editor

Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, visual arts, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:41PM
Monday, March 26, 2018

Critical Condition: Why Be Negative? Don’t Ask “The New York Times” by Arts Fuse Editor

If the New York Times can’t make a reasonable case for the need for discrimination rather than salesmanship, we are in real trouble.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:56AM
Sunday, March 25, 2018

Coming Attractions: March 25 through April 3 — What Will Light Your Fire by Arts Fuse Editor

Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, visual arts, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:52PM
Sunday, March 11, 2018

Coming Attractions: March 11 through 27 — What Will Light Your Fire by Arts Fuse Editor

Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, visual arts, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:45AM
Sunday, February 25, 2018

Coming Attractions: February 25 through March 13 — What Will Light Your Fire by Arts Fuse Editor

Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, visual arts, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:31PM
Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Coming Attractions: February 14 through 27– What Will Light Your Fire by Arts Fuse Editor

Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, visual arts, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:41PM

Classical Concert Review: BMOP celebrates Joan Tower by Arts Fuse Editor

Above all, Joan Tower’s music doesn’t waste your time.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:41AM
Thursday, February 8, 2018

Arts Fuse Readers Rejoice — An Exciting New Look is Coming! by Arts Fuse Editor

A nifty new design for the magazine is on its way .... bear with us.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:26PM

Music Interview: Do It Now Supplies a New New Beat by Arts Fuse Editor

Older folks say Do It Now reminds them of the Beats.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:25PM

Theater Feature: Northern Stage Announces Winners of $1.25 Million Grant to Support Women in Theater by Arts Fuse Editor

According to Wellesley Centers for Women study, women hold only 20% of the artistic leadership positions in America's regional theaters.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:07PM

Jazz Review: Curtis Brothers in Concert — Mentoring Bears Fruit by Arts Fuse Editor

The Curtis Brothers performance was a display of the mentoring system at its best.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:02PM
Wednesday, February 7, 2018

Rialto Round-Up: Adieu to the One and Only Larry Coen by Arts Fuse Editor

To be with Larry was to be part of his family. If you passed muster, you were friends for life. And Larry had a LOT of friends….

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:50AM
Tuesday, February 6, 2018

WATCH CLOSELY: The End of the F***ing World — Coming-of-Age Nihilism by Arts Fuse Editor

The show is tightly put together, brilliantly balancing black humor with just the right amount of dramatic pathos.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:35AM
Monday, February 5, 2018

Book Review: “I Can’t Breathe” — Humanizing the Underclass by Arts Fuse Editor

Follow almost any of these police brutality cases to their realpolitik conclusion and you will eventually work your way back to a monstrous truth.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:34PM

Theater Review: Wilbury Theatre Group’s “The Skin of Our Teeth” — Surreal Meltdown by Arts Fuse Editor

The WTG production succeeds largely because it heightens the absurdity of a play that takes a comic look at catastrophe.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:14PM
Sunday, February 4, 2018

Dance Review: BB@home — Trainees’ Playground by Arts Fuse Editor

The show, organized by associate director of BB II Peter Stark, was built to show off the talents and challenge the performing chops of the young dancers.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:02PM

Theater Review: “Every Brilliant Thing” — Two Cheers for Solipsism by Arts Fuse Editor

A manipulative entertainment that sets out to confuse theater and therapy.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:02PM

STREAMING DOCS: A-list Documentaries, February Edition by Arts Fuse Editor

Where to find the best in new documentaries? In the brave new world of digital streaming.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:41AM

Book Review: “The Ghosts of Galway” — Fighting an Irish ISIS by Arts Fuse Editor

Jack Taylor is a Beckettian character on the skids; he can’t go on, and yet he goes on.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:49AM
Friday, February 2, 2018

Film Review: “Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool” — Unapologetic Romanticism by Arts Fuse Editor

The most compelling reason to see this film is Annette Bening’s performance as Gloria Grahame -- it’s perfect.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:28PM
Thursday, February 1, 2018

Theater Review: “Proof” — Missed Moments of Power by Arts Fuse Editor

This Proof's weakness comes from the thinness of its lead performances.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:23AM
Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Jazz Concert Review: Lee Konitz at 90 — At the Regattabar by Arts Fuse Editor

Lee Konitz presented himself as the aging hipster he seems to be -- sunglasses, laconic presence, and an I-don't-give-a-shit attitude.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:17AM
Monday, January 29, 2018

Concert Review: Pianist Garrick Ohlsson at Mechanics Hall by Arts Fuse Editor

A pianist with an uncommonly sensitive touch, Garrick Ohlsson’s playing encompasses poeticism and technical strength in just about equal measure.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:34AM
Sunday, January 28, 2018

Coming Attractions: January 28 through February 13 — What Will Light Your Fire by Arts Fuse Editor

Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, visual arts, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:09AM
Saturday, January 27, 2018

Book Review: “In a Lonely Place” — In the Mind of a Misogynist by Arts Fuse Editor

Dorothy B. Hughes is one of the finest of the female practitioners of noir.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:28PM
Friday, January 26, 2018

Film Review: “Phantom Thread” — The Genius at Breakfast by Arts Fuse Editor

Phantom Thread is an absorbing story about a genius who makes gorgeous dresses for wealthy women.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:47AM
Thursday, January 25, 2018

Dance Interview: Turkish-born Choreographer Korhan Basaran by Arts Fuse Editor

"I’m trying to be at peace with not being a happy person. It’s ok to not be happy but to do something for the betterment of humanity."

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:45PM
Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Film Review: “42 Grams” — A Story of Food, and Passion by Arts Fuse Editor

Chef Jake Bickelhaupt’s passion for cooking and for doing everything himself is the driving idea behind this high-energy documentary.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:45PM

Film Review: “Unrest” — A Powerful Study of Life on Hold by Arts Fuse Editor

Jennifer Brea’s absorbing and moving documentary about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is a stunning achievement.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:24PM
Monday, January 22, 2018

Theater Review: “Unveiled” — An Exploration in Understanding by Arts Fuse Editor

As a storyteller, Rohina Malik exudes warmth and humanity.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:45AM
Sunday, January 21, 2018

Book Review: Lou Reed — A Welter of Contradictions by Arts Fuse Editor

Anthony DeCurtis wants to do justice to his subjects’ extensive catalogue, but the book begins to feel less like exegesis and more like Lou Reed 101.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:24PM

All that Chat

2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards