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Monday, September 8, 2014

Fuse Concert Review: Steely Dan — Too Cool to Play the Nostalgia Card by Arts Fuse Editor

If you’ve still got your collegiate cynicism, Steely Dan is still the perfect band to feed it.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:07AM
Thursday, September 4, 2014

Fuse Theater Review: In NYC — “The Last Days of Cleopatra” + “Nothing Normal” by Arts Fuse Editor

Although the production of The Last Days of Cleopatra is at times a bit hard to follow, patient audience members will be rewarded by a profound dramatic payoff.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:54AM
Sunday, August 31, 2014

Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week by Arts Fuse Editor

Arts Fuse critics select the best in music, film, theater, author readings, and dance that’s coming up in the next week.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:53PM
Friday, August 29, 2014

Fuse Visual Arts Commentary: The Lawn on D — A New Park Paradigm in South Boston by Arts Fuse Editor

The Lawn on D is a breath of fresh cultural air in Boston.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:19PM
Thursday, August 28, 2014

Fuse New York Theater Review Notes: Tennessee Williams and Hotsy Totsy Burlesque by Arts Fuse Editor

A charming, thoughtful one-man homage to writer Tennessee Williams and a hilarious burlesque spoof of TV's Mad Men.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:52PM

Fuse Music Review: The Band X — Time for Some New Material by Arts Fuse Editor

X is simply too good to turn into a travelling punk museum

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:07AM
Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Fuse News: Leonard Bernstein Sculpture Unveiled at BSO’s Tanglewood by Arts Fuse Editor

The bust of Leonard Bernstein was done by New England artist Penelope Jencks and commissioned by legendary film composer John Williams.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:44PM

Fuse Television Review: “Orange is the New Black” — The Future of High Quality TV Drama? by Arts Fuse Editor

The men are portrayed as comically irrelevant -- and this is refreshing given the phallocentric alpha-male angst that has been TV fodder so often before.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:34AM
Monday, August 25, 2014

Fuse Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week by Arts Fuse Editor

Arts Fuse critics select the best in music, film, theater, author readings, and dance that’s coming up in the next week.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:17PM

Fuse Concert Review: Martha Davis and the Motels — A Well-Earned Comeback by Arts Fuse Editor

It was good to see Martha Davis and The Motels with a full house at Johnny D’s, especially since the group clearly has life in them.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:30AM
Saturday, August 23, 2014

Fuse Theater Review: An Uneven “Texas Trilogy” by Arts Fuse Editor

There are some fine moments in Re:Group Theatre's production of the epic A Texas Trilogy, but there are also many limitations.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:18AM
Friday, August 22, 2014

Fuse Visual Arts Commentary: Design Museum Boston — Celebrating 21st Century Design by Arts Fuse Editor

The establishment of Design Museum Boston is long overdue.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:46PM
Thursday, August 21, 2014

Fuse Rock Review: Chicago the Band — A Hard Habit to Break by Arts Fuse Editor

Though it doesn’t seem that Chicago will ever shake up their setlists or rediscover their original mission, at least they can still sneak just a little Varese in with the hits.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:05PM
Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Fuse Film Review: The Political Musician-Rebel Fela Kuti, the Master Blaster of Nigeria, Gets a Satisfying Bio Treatment in “Finding Fela” by Arts Fuse Editor

Because it includes so many images from all parts of his life, Finding Fela may offer the finest tribute to the star's determination and defiance though the way his face and body look as tim…

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:00PM
Monday, August 18, 2014

Fuse Theater Review: New York’s Other Free Shakespeare in the Park — An Intimate “Winter’s Tale” by Arts Fuse Editor

Hudson Warehouse's production of Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale is fast-paced, sad, and occasionally quite funny.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:47AM
Sunday, August 17, 2014

Fuse Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week by Arts Fuse Editor

Arts Fuse critics select the best in music, film, theater, author readings, and dance that’s coming up in the next week.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:04PM
Saturday, August 16, 2014

Fuse Visual Arts Review: Franz West — The Enduring Pleasures of Jaunty Anarchism by Arts Fuse Editor

At its best, the playful absurdity of Franz West's work seduces the viewer.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:13AM
Thursday, August 14, 2014

Fuse Music Preview: The Mother of All Reunions — 50 years of Boston Rock, Courtesy of WMBR’s “Pipeline” by Arts Fuse Editor

Beginning next month, local venues will be positively overrun with reunion shows representing five decades of Boston bands — without doubt the largest reunion event in the history of the B…

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:10PM
Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Fuse Remembrance: Farewell, Robin Williams — Manic Master of Comedy by Arts Fuse Editor

Monday’s news of the death of Robin Williams has hit hard. His brand of irresistible joie de vivre has been indispensable for decades.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:08AM
Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Fuse Film Review: The Films of Werner Herzog on Blu-Ray — Essential Viewing by Arts Fuse Editor

em> Director Werner Herzog has repeatedly taken us to places where few moviemakers have dared to venture; this Blu-Ray set is an essential addition to any serious film collection.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:18PM
Monday, August 11, 2014

Fuse Visual Arts Review: “The Dying of the Light” — An Elegy for the Beauty of Celluloid by Arts Fuse Editor

This engaging exhibition features the work of 6 artists who meditate on the demise of the analog film image, exploring celluloid's "particular visual, material, aural, and even metaphoric ch…

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:42AM
Thursday, August 7, 2014

Fuse Book Review: The Absurdity of Living in the Space In-between — “Elsewhere” by Doron Rabinovici by Arts Fuse Editor

Elsewhere is a tragicomic work, its plethora of absurd coincidences an attempt to portray the senseless plight of the post-postmodern man.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:43PM
Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Fuse Jazz Review: Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society Lights Up the Future of Jazz at Newport 2014 (But Who Will Pay the Bills?) by Arts Fuse Editor

The jazz of tomorrow is in gifted hands. The future of the music business is more up for grabs.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:22PM

Fuse Film Review: “A Most Wanted Man” — A By-the-Numbers Espionage Yarn by Arts Fuse Editor

A Most Wanted Man could have been a tense espionage yarn, but director and cast seem distinctly uninterested in delivering the nail-biting goods.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:52AM
Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Arts Fuse Tip: “Boyhood” — An Extraordinary Look at the Contemporary American Family by Arts Fuse Editor

The title of Richard Linklater's extraordinary film did not lure me to the theater. A friend's recommendation did.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:21PM

Fuse Theater Review: Behind the Corset – Maiden Phoenix Theatre Company’s “Playhouse Creatures” by Arts Fuse Editor

Some four centuries after Playhouse Creatures takes place, women are still facing inequality in the theatre world; companies like Maiden Phoenix are part of the solution to that problem.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:07PM

Fuse Film Review: “Boyhood” — Life Happens Then You Move On by Arts Fuse Editor

Director Richard Linklater does something in Boyhood that is virtually unique. He filmed it over a twelve year period, so the actors actually grow older right before our eyes.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:17AM
Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Fuse Film Review: “Code Black” – A Feel Good Documentary That is Difficult to Watch by Arts Fuse Editor

At its core, Code Black is about the struggle faced by young physicians who want to remain idealistic in the face of our failing health care system.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:35PM
Monday, July 28, 2014

Fuse DVD/Blu-Ray Review: “A Hard Day’s Night” — Still Fun After Five Decades by Arts Fuse Editor

A Hard Day’s Night stands as a landmark in rock history because it exemplifies the Beatles’s joyously innocent starting point -- today it delivers an irresistible sonic joy that comes fr…

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:05AM
Thursday, July 24, 2014

Fuse Book Review: Know When to Fold ‘em — Colson Whitehead Explores “The Noble Hustle” by Arts Fuse Editor

The Noble Hustle gives talented novelist Colson Whitehead an opportunity to spelunk in some of the gnarlier corners of the American dream, in this case the Tropicana in Atlantic City.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:59AM
Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Fuse Music Interview: “I Can’t Admit Defeat” — Wussy Carries On by Arts Fuse Editor

"Music is kind of like a religion in a way, and your heroes become your patron saints."

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:47PM

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