Tuesday, June 4, 2019
As a vision of gay bonding, The View UpStairs exudes a wonderful in-your-face spirit.
The post Theater Review: “The View UpStairs” — Celebrating a Milestone appeared first on The Arts…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:12PMWednesday, May 8, 2019
“I saw it coming three years ago, when there was a frenzy of development in the Fenway. Now the neighborhood looks like a corporate mall.”
The post Theater News: There Goes the Neighborh…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:48AMSaturday, May 4, 2019
Indecent is a play of contrasts: piety versus blasphemy, joy versus heartbreak.
The post Theater Review: “Indecent” — A Dangerous World for People of Faith appeared first on The Arts …
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:04PMMonday, April 29, 2019
John Hersey emerges in this book as a disciplined journalist who held steadfast to an admirably singular goal.
The post Book Review: John Hersey — Reporting Truthfully, at All Costs appear…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:35PMMonday, April 22, 2019
“Yiddish is above all a language of yearning, a language of anxiety."
The post Theater Interview: Playwright Paula Vogel on “Indecent” and a Love of Yiddish appeared first on The Arts …
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:14AMSaturday, April 13, 2019
American Moor sheds considerable insight into the tension between actor vs. director, to the power play between the two, and who will ultimately prevail.
The post Theater Review: “American…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:46AMTuesday, April 9, 2019
The IRNE event did what it has done for decades: cast a warm glow on a vibrant local theater scene and those who are dedicated to entertain, astonish, and inspire.
The post Theater News: IRN…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:33AMMonday, March 18, 2019
W.S. Merwin remained politically as well as artistically motivated all his life, often proclaiming the vital importance of activism.
The post Arts Remembrance: Poet W. S. Merwin — An Appr…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:11AMSaturday, March 16, 2019
J. P. Priestly's shallow characterizations keep his vision of moneyed skullduggery mundane rather than monstrous.
The post Theater Review: “An Inspector Calls” — Class Downfall appeare…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:29AMSaturday, March 2, 2019
The Lyric Stage Company's The Little Foxes is taut, tense, and eerily reflective of our own uneasy, pernicious times.
The post Theater Review: “The Little Foxes” — American Greed Trium…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:23PMMonday, February 11, 2019
In Garciela Iturbide’s photographs, the living and the dying are often joined at the (exposed) skeletal hip.
The post Visual Arts Review: “Graciela Iturbide’s Mexico” —…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:32AMTuesday, November 27, 2018
Diane Williams's brusque vision of a perverse life force mesmerizes.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:06PMTuesday, November 20, 2018
Leonard Cohen reinforces this dedication to lyricism with striking humility in his final book.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:42PMMonday, November 19, 2018
This musical hodgepodge at the American Repertory Theater could be called 'Let’s Sing About Me (and Me, and Then More About Me).'
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:36PMFriday, November 2, 2018
Producers are tapping into a specific demographic: predominantly white audiences that are flush and who crave the thrill of hearing – and seeing – their favorite tunes performed live.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:54AMSunday, September 30, 2018
This is an opportunity to take in the early stirrings of Tennessee Williams’ talent as a playwright.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:06PMSaturday, September 15, 2018
Given what Olga Tokarczuk is curious about, it is not surprising that her book serves up its share of goofy humor.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:48AMThursday, September 6, 2018
The Black Clown commands the vastness of the Loeb’s stage with an enviable energy.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:32PMSaturday, August 18, 2018
There are 170 recipes in King Solomon's Table . Joan Nathan, a sort of culinary archeologist, tracks down the details of their origins to Biblical times.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:36AMThursday, August 2, 2018
A newly published book of translations and two upcoming Boston-area stage productions confirms the enduring elemental power of Federico García Lorca.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:24AMFriday, June 1, 2018
Fall's conflict is presented with insufficient power; its domestic tragedy is not propelled along its inevitably troubling course.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:32PMFriday, May 4, 2018
A resplendent and spirited revival of The Sound of Music in downtown Boston.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:48AMTuesday, April 24, 2018
But, amidst all this excitement, there was an undertow of concern in the crowd at this year's IRNE Awards.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:24PMFriday, March 16, 2018
In The Humans, Stephen Karam suggest that America can be a Heaven that in a moment, might flip into Hell.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:19PMMonday, March 12, 2018
“You can be certain that when the show begins and you hear 'Mack the Knife,' there will be scenes of slashing and murdering.”
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:58PMAdrianne Krstansky, a marvelous actress, understandably exhibits signs of the strain of having to carry the entire production on her shoulders.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:13AMSaturday, February 3, 2018
The late Larry Coen was a mainstay in Boston theater.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:35AMFriday, February 2, 2018
Despite its drawbacks, this is a powerful production that speaks to what is happening today.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:14AMMonday, January 29, 2018
When it comes to helping artists make a living, social media turns out to be a mixed blessing.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:05AMSunday, December 31, 2017
Reading Nikki Giovanni, one is inspired to never cower, to never beg, to never surrender.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:48PMMonday, October 30, 2017
The bottom line is that we simply aren't given a requisite sense of the play's embrace of tragedy.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:18AM 
