Friday, May 6, 2016
Legally Blind contains plenty of satiric sting because it takes aim at the current fashion for musicals in which handicapped souls are healed.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:34PM[SHARE]Amazingly, the group's 50th anniversary tour features three of the original members: lead singer/guitarist Jeff Hanna, string player John McEuen, and drummer Jimmie Fadden.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:34PM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 3, 2016
Reality is the driving force behind the suspense in this film's look at the lurid underbelly of post-war Germany.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:09PM[SHARE]Even the hippest of us can succumb to a deep longing for harmony, lush orchestration, and magic.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:31AM[SHARE]Monday, May 2, 2016
The Southern-inflected melee of Harry Crews' universe is like a Hieronymus Bosch canvas dipped in whiskey and flour and deep-fried.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:49AM[SHARE]Sunday, May 1, 2016
Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, theater, dance, music, visual arts, and author events for the coming week.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:25PM[SHARE]Saturday, April 30, 2016
Daughter of a Cuban Revolutionary is at its most theatrically gripping when Marissa Chibas is caught up in her memories.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:31AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 28, 2016
In the age of reality television, where no humiliation or personal flaw goes unnoticed, Anthony Weiner revels in all the attention.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:21PM[SHARE]Long stretches of the evening ask the audience to listen to annoying children's voices in the dark.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:10AM[SHARE]Zero K will prove refreshing to Don DeLillo's readers in that it's a novel of faith -- a concept that he's always been skeptical of.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:02AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 27, 2016
James Traub has admirably captured the man inside the public figure, giving us a complex view of a typical New England grandee.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:06AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Alvin Epstein's recollections about his decades as a stage performer have been gathered in the form of tales abut what happened behind the scenes,.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:32AM[SHARE]Sunday, April 24, 2016
The latest show from the superb Hubbard Street Dance Chicago had something for all of the senses.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:28PM[SHARE]Elvis Presley and Richard Nixon connect in their joint emotional poverty in this funny, charming, yet somewhat fluffy film.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:28PM[SHARE]Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, theater, dance, music, visual arts, and author events for the coming week.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:14PM[SHARE]Saturday, April 23, 2016
The real advantage Born To Be Blue has over Miles Ahead is that it uses the music as a way to get into the soul of its title character.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:30PM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 20, 2016
Threesome is sharply written, bitingly funny, and ultimately devastating.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:43PM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Companhia de Dança of Rio de Janeiro applies a suggestion of narrative to the standard revue format, but the real subject is the dancers' souped-up physicality.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:09AM[SHARE]Monday, April 18, 2016
Two new documentaries about teen girls offer much-needed doses of realism and illumination.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:00PM[SHARE]Sunday, April 17, 2016
Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, theater, dance, music, visual arts, and author events for the coming week.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:45AM[SHARE]Friday, April 15, 2016
Membrane: Biology and Art is a wonderfully conceived and curated show.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:24PM[SHARE]Krisha feels as if it was pretty much made-up-on-the-spot, the narrative's improvisations left in the hands of clueless amateurs.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:57AM[SHARE]Willing Suspension Productions serves as a valuable counter-balance to American academia's Shakespeare-centric curriculum.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:35AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 13, 2016
Senescence be damned: whether this was his last tour or not, Iggy proved he's still got what it takes to play great rock and roll.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:07AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 12, 2016
Gina Gionfriddo's would-be black comedy about the American worship of money and status is a misfire on all levels.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:30AM[SHARE]Zaha Hadid's futuristic designs will shape the imaginations of generations to come.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:26AM[SHARE]Monday, April 11, 2016
Demolition eschews the conventional, spinning its way to a completely unforeseen yet beautifully apt conclusion.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:13PM[SHARE]The dancers in Yanira Castro's company, a canary torsi, learned historically correct period movements.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:11PM[SHARE]Sunday, April 10, 2016
What could have been excursions into monochromatic despair are elevated, through resourceful inventiveness, into exhilarating treks.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:38PM[SHARE]Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, theater, dance, music, visual arts, and author events for the coming week.
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