temping is a strange and experimental beast, and I look forward to seeing where this type of interactive experience goes next.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:48AMArts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:31PMThese trio of releases from pianist Satoko Fujii are exciting snapshots of a jazz daredevil in action.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:06AMIn a surprisingly quick 100 minutes, this smart play forces us to confront our own preconceived notions about good and evil.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:36PMWakka Wakka's puppetry skills are highly impressive, its staging inventive and undeniably entertaining.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:12PMResistance, at least in Boston theater, is futile.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:12PMFrantz explores the complicated emotions generated by the aftermath of a catastrophic war.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:54PMNobody wants to be boring -- including cities and their neighborhoods.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:24PMIs the long trip through Purgatory worth the time? Not sure.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:06AMMavis Staples' colossal voice fully blanketed the entire venue and tucked its way into every nook and cranny.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:36AMThis is an old story, but the approach this time around is fresh, the acting uniformly excellent, and the pacing just right.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:36AMA historian's view of the tumultuous world of early sixteenth century Europe, an age of exploration, revolt, and religious upheaval.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:24AMChill is a solid enough attempt to dramatize a millennial coming-of-age story, but it is too frightened to probe very deeply into the guts of the zeitgeist.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:36PMThere are powerful intimations of modernity in the writhings of Edwin Booth's psyche.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:24PMCanoa is a historical drama about the horror of history, made all the more frightening because it is based on a true story.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:12AMA documentary about the most important songwriter and record producer from the sixties that you've never heard of.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:36PMKylián's astute choice of musical selections helped gave a structural shape to "Wings of Wax."
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:24PMThe result is reminiscent of a Mark Rothko painting -- if it was projected through the refracted light of a prism.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:24PMArts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:03PMHorror fans in search of a smarter-than-average thriller that will make their viscera quiver should not miss this one.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:12PMA United Kingdom's astute reflections on racial and economic realpolitik makes this film far more than a love story.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:03PMEva Maze drops names and paints a heady picture of the high life, but she does so with the disarming charm that permeates most of her memoir.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:03PMOne of my favorite quotes from Gil Evans is, “Quit playing what you think I want you to play!”
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:48AMPersonal Shopper poses questions about how technology and fashion are skewing our relationships and obliterating traditional notions of identity.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:48AMPenobscot Theatre Company is staging Monica Wood’s moving and thoughtful play about a real life labor dispute in Maine.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:12PMSo much goes on over the course of Live From the Fox Oakland that the TTB upends the notion of a band “settling” into a sound.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:32AMJason Anick, on violin and mandolin, and Jason Yeager, on piano, showed off just how exhilarating it can be to kick down musical walls.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:12AMSimplicity is its genius; some call "Roadrunner" the first punk song for a reason.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:32AMSilent Sky is a moving and thoughtful play; it is well worth the gaze of any serious theatergoer. Silent Sky by Lauren Gunderson. Directed by Dori A. Robinson. Staged by Flat Earth Theatre a…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:36PMThe Lure is often violent and disturbing, but its exuberance and unapologetic strangeness make it one of the most memorable foreign films in recent years.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:36AMChildren’s connections to one another are layered and complex, and their understanding of the adult world more sophisticated than we usually allow.
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