Monday, July 22, 2013
But Mr. Ho’s Brian O’Neill had another idea. What if he took the very inauthenticity of the original music as a motive for putting together things that were never meant to go together o…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:31AMThis attractive, inexpensive box set dedicated to Claudio Abbado contains a rich gathering of lucid, colorful recordings, among the most accomplished modern performances of symphonies that …
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:31AMFriday, July 19, 2013
Director Refn's craftsmanship isn’t in doubt here, just whether this deadening story was worth all the effort.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:39PMThis production of "Pygmalion" is also a case study in how an accomplished director –- former Huntington Theatre Company director Nicholas Martin – weaves every part of his team into a s…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:05PMThe Williamstown Theatre Festival production of G.B. Shaw’s 100-year-old classic, "Pygmalion" – which only plays nine more performances – delivers an evening of superb theater on all l…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:46AMMiss Tess and the Talkbacks -- the group will be at MA's Green River Festival on Saturday. Catch them if you can.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:15AMHere’s a band I’ve been listening to for more than a decade, whose music has always had the power to absolutely level me, and it never even occurred to me that I knew next to nothing abo…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:54AMThursday, July 18, 2013
Arts Fuse critics select the best in music, theater, and film that's coming up this week.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:25PMWednesday, July 17, 2013
Gustav Mahler's 3rd Symphony as performed on the opening weekend at Tanglewood by the Boston Symphony and choruses under the direction of Rafael Frubeck De Burgos was a triumph of both inter…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:41PMNone of this is to suggest that the members of Savages approve of the exploitation of women, whether those women are porn stars or just everyday women walking down the street. But it is to s…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:17PMTwo current productions in the Berkshires -- "Master Class" and "Hapgood" -- feature adept performances from powerful, accomplished actresses.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:19AMTuesday, July 16, 2013
Milo is a young rapper who is not afraid to ruminate on the disconcerting resonances of solipsism or on the impenetrability of the writings of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:28AMMonday, July 15, 2013
Before this turns into too much of a love fest, I should point out that Paul McCartney really needs to work on his between song banter. He has a fantastic backing band, his catalogue is unpa…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:15AMSunday, July 14, 2013
Stuffed with familiar themes from coming-of-age classics like "The Summer of 42," "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" and "Moonrise Kingdom," "The Way, Way Back" is a long stretch from its predecesso…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:36AMSaturday, July 13, 2013
Dramatist Theresia Walser is careful to point out that these women did not merely benefit from the abuses of authoritarian power, but perpetrated many of them as well.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:03PMOne young artist is keeping the art of calypso alive: Trinidadian-Canadian Drew Gonsalves, founder of the band Kobotown.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:49AMFriday, July 12, 2013
Director Sachs calls "Your Day is My Night" a “hybrid documentary,” with real-life stories told by middle-aged and elderly Chinese immigrants presented in a honed, often theatrical, styl…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:41PMWhen I saw him, he was rarely still on stage: a Billy Bang performance was something like a dance.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:59AMThursday, July 11, 2013
Arts Fuse critics select the best in music, theater, visual art, and film that's coming up this week. A new feature!
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:43PMSome of the jokes in "2 Pianos 4 Hands" reach fairly deep into an understanding of how classical music works and is taught; other jokes will be recognizable to anyone who has taken piano les…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:21AMTuesday, July 9, 2013
After decades in Franklin Park, Boston’s annual Puerto Rican Day Parade will now go through downtown Boston, where it will culminate in a festival at City Hall Plaza.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:22AMFor those of you who have never read Marguerite Duras, "L’Amour" is an invigorating place to start.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:00AMSunday, July 7, 2013
Over five extended compositions, composer and trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith leads a new large ensemble, TUMO, creating a challenging but engaging world of sound that combines composed elements …
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:49PMThe film "Admission" resembles many of the rejected college applicants it portrays: likeable and clever, with a good story and the best of intentions, but not quite Ivy League material.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:06AMFriday, July 5, 2013
Those cynical about the album's extravagant promotional campaign will be glad to hear that Jay-Z's latest studio effort is very hit-or-miss.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:32PMThursday, July 4, 2013
[Updated.] Arts Fuse critics select the best in music, theater, and film that's coming up this week. A new feature!
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:25PMEvery moment of Kyary Pamyu Pamyu's album "Nandacollection" exudes bliss and is a blast to listen to. It is bubblegum with more than a touch of brilliance.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:32AMTuesday, July 2, 2013
With "Run the Jewels," El-P and Killer Mike have turned out one of the most passionately rapped and impeccably produced hip hop albums in recent memory.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:24AMMonday, July 1, 2013
All things considered, "Ray Donovan" is bad and only a Tootsie Pop-class sucker would consider tuning in for the second episode.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:54PMPainter Sharon Yates’ patience and devotion breathes depth and character into a seemingly banal subject: cow pastures.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:51AMSaturday, June 29, 2013
In these interviews, David Ensminger goes beyond questions of biography and discography to explore some of these artists’ more unlikely influences and their philosophies on not just punk, …
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:51AM 
