A bewitching South African version of Bizet's opera -- performed with a distinctive blend of spunk and sass.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:56AMCasa Valentina's dramatic weight comes from how skillfully the cast explores the tensions that swirl about the subject of who is gay, who is straight, and what is legal.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:28AMA Measure of Normalcy pays more attention to its many themes than its characterizations..
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:53AMMeow Meow milks the audience for applause so often it feels as if we are seated on stools in a dairy barn.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:33PMMatthew Teitelbaum, 59, may be among the most reluctant employees the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston has hired.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:13PMGloucester Blue is a lively play whose glow is generated by the spirited, tragicomic performances of a cast that obviously delights in performing it.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:09PMIn appropriate, a talented young playwright turns mischievous literary homage into a work of exhilarating entertainment.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:01PMYou should see GSC's The Flick, but be warned that the drama works in spurts and starts
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:04PMJames Tate remains true to himself. These prose-poems are often stellar, harrowingly distinctive, and worthy of repeat visits.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:08PMLike Sanuel Beckett, Enda Walsh does not ignore the tenderness that flourishes, often under the duress of absurdity.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:32AMWhile 887 explores the political, historical, and cultural ramifications of centuries-old racism, Robert Lepage never pander to victim mentality polemics.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:38AMOut of Sterno punches the same punchline far too often.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:52AMThe Aga Khan Museum should also be appreciated as a source of inspiration at a time when the civilization that produced its art has become horrifically vulnerable.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:15PMRichard Nelson does not compel us to pay attention to his characters' psychological disclosures, and his reluctance to underline is refreshing.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:50PMMothers & Sons raises important questions about struggle, acceptance, and love, dramatizing battles that are still being waged.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:21PMDespite the well-intentioned efforts of the cast, Eli Wiesel’s words were lost in space.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:54AM“It is just when we delve deeper into the sorrows of our lives, the sorrows we have all endured, that our humor saves us."
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:11AMCulture Clash's view of America will discomfort, which is all the more reason that I urge you -- strongly -- to attend.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:46AMTo call the American Visionary Art Museum quirky would be an understatement: therein lies its charm as well as one of the reason for its success, even in economic hard times.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:41AMAttempting to dig underneath our protective psychic skins to get at the festering Ids within, John Kuntz would like Necessary Monsters to mesh laughter and fright, comedy and horror.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:11PMGalway Kinnell served as the Poet Laureate of Vermont and penned a number of poems, which often took the form of pastoral ramblings, that celebrated his appreciation of the rural life.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:23AMJoshua Harmon steers his play to the middle ground where his two lead characters – representing polar opposites, cultural versus religious Judaism – ultimately exhaust one another, and u…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:36AMPride is poignant celebration of the power of the human element, a carefully layered tale of solidarity.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:20PMThe more-than-satisfactory appeal of Traces is to see these gifted athletes perform time-honored circus skills - the attempt to make the performers look like televised rock stars falls flat.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:10AMDirector Eric C. Engel and the Gloucester Stage Company cast gives Fences an insightful and nuanced production.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:53AM4000 Miles is a showcase for dramatist Amy Herzog’s quirky sensibilities and canny insights into family dynamics.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:00PMThe Tony accolades bestowed upon A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, will no doubt assure Darko Tresnjak’s future on Broadway.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:04AMWomen are the dominant force in "Amaluna." They command the evening's whirligig of a stage as aerialists, clowns, musicians, dancers, and contortionists.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:34AM"Abe Lincoln's Piano" does not evoke in us the same sense of astonishment that Hershey Felder feels toward his antiquarian discoveries; his personal serendipities remain dramatically elusive.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:02AMPianist, actor, director and consummate storyteller Hershey Felder returns to Boston in a one-man show entitled Abe Lincoln’s Piano.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:35PMThe late Nicholas Martin -- an ebullient, mirthful spirit.
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