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Saturday, December 3, 2011

Fuse Theater Feature: The Arrival of “The Snow Queen” by Bill Marx

Along with its puppets and spectacle, "The Snow Queen" gives the audience a chance to become part of the action. Kids of all ages are invited to put down their electronic toys and enter a fa…

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Saturday, November 26, 2011

Fuse Book Review: A Couple of Nihilists Ready for a Piece of the Action by Bill Marx

Both of these novels about social corruption should be in every Occupy Wall Street library in the country: inequality is not a matter of fate but the result of a hapless acquiescence to subt…

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:21AM
Saturday, October 22, 2011

Memorial Service for Caldwell Titcomb, Theater and Music Critic by Bill Marx

There will be a memorial service for Caldwell Titcomb, invaluable friend of the arts in New England, on October 29 at 2 p.m. in the Memorial Church at Harvard University.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:07AM
Thursday, October 20, 2011

Fuse Theater Feature: Enter Israeli Stage by Bill Marx

Exciting things are happening in Israeli writing, and it is garnering considerable attention in Europe. But what about theater in Israel? Israeli Stage offers the curious a chance to see wha…

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:45AM
Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Fuse Theater Review: The Portrait of a 17th Century Artist as a Young Woman by Bill Marx

Liz Duffy Adams' affectionate look at Aphra Behn's rise to public prominence, despite prejudice against her gender, comes off as a sort of farcical love letter to an ink-stained ancestor tha…

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:50AM
Sunday, October 9, 2011

Fuse Theater Review: A Rousing Night of Burlesque at The Wrathskellar by Bill Marx

Given the power, glory, and fun the Boston Babydolls supply with their burlesque routines -- pasties and nipple tassels whirl with furious aplomb -- the lack of spooky payoff in "The Wrathsk…

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:54AM
Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Fuse Book Review: Why Do American Critics Fear Criticism? by Bill Marx

A symptom of our times: two books by self-described critics that aren’t particularly critical. Informed, lucid, thoughtful, and explanatory, yes –- strongly evaluative, no

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:32PM
Friday, September 30, 2011

Coming Attactions in Theater: October 2011 by Bill Marx

It is encouraging that the list of recommendations for October isn't filled with musicals. Are straight plays back? I wouldn't count on it in this economic climate. So let's bask in the chan…

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:44AM
Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Fuse Theater Review: O Superannuated Man by Bill Marx

In "Delusion," veteran performance artist Laurie Anderson generates a muted melancholy, sometimes poetic, sometimes poignant, that makes the piece a consistently compelling if not always suc…

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:35PM
Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Fuse Book Review: In Alberto Moravia’s Creative Laboratory — Two Friends by Bill Marx

It could be that the brilliance of Alberto Moravia's cool diagnostic vision -- sleek, clear, cruel, and existential no matter how emotional the conflict -- puts us off. His male protagonists…

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:36AM
Thursday, September 8, 2011

Fuse Book Review: An Invaluable Testament to When Movies and Criticism Mattered by Bill Marx

What drives serious writing about film? "When Movies Mattered" suggests an answer: it helps for a critic to take a side, not as consumer advocate, hipster crank, or box office predictor, but…

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:48PM
Saturday, September 3, 2011

Fuse Theater Review: A “Porgy and Bess” Made For Broadway by Bill Marx

The American Repertory Theater's juggling/removal of the operatic elements in "Porgy and Bess" is clumsy, but the goal is to create a compelling entertainment for contemporary audiences, smo…

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:57AM
Thursday, September 1, 2011

Fuse Theater Review: A Bright and Literate Version of the Darkly Comic “Measure for Measure” by Bill Marx

Director Gus Kikkonen and cast come up with a bright, literate presentation of William Shakespeare's play "Measure for Measure," a potentially dark comedy pregnant with power.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:32AM
Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Coming Attractions in Theater: September 2011 by Bill Marx

Every September proffers an explosion of productions; as usual, my eclectic picks, driven by my prejudice for the new. There are few world premieres among the openers this season, aside from…

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:34PM
Sunday, August 28, 2011

Fuse Theater Interview: 9/11, Live Drama, and the Courage to Look God in the Eye by Bill Marx

9/11 has inspired a number of movies and TV documentaries, but theater works about the event are rare. What are dramatists and theater companies afraid of?

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:09AM
Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Fuse Film Feature: Nathan the Wise — A Silent Film for Humanity by Bill Marx

Thought to be lost, the only existing print of NATHAN THE WISE was discovered in Moscow in 1996. The Coolidge Corner Theater is screening a tinted and beautifully restored version of the fil…

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:59AM

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