Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Ace performances help make Night Side Songs a rich and moving experience, compounded by the fact that it is valuable to be in a room full of empathy and love in these trying times.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:24PMThursday, February 27, 2025
A lot goes on in an epic -- three acts over three hours with two intermissions --- and there’s boatloads for Kate Hamill to dramatize and for the audience to digest.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:42PMSunday, February 2, 2025
A staging of "The Thanksgiving Play" needs to be rooted in the dramatist's demand that the script shock: it should traumatize the ancestors of the perpetrators.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:06AMOnce again, Revels has pulled together a varied and diverse cast of amateurs and professionals to amplify a valuable lesson: it’s important to stop and take stock of our lives during the l…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:06AMFew could doubt this satire's relevance, given the alarming results of November’s election: a convicted felon, whose minions lean into racist and sexist tropes, is back in the White House.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:06AMTuesday, November 12, 2024
This stage adaptation of Mary Shelley's novel earns its keep -- the production is provocative, well acted, and completely engaging.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:48PMSaturday, September 21, 2024
As the run continues, the torrent of gags will probably settle into place and proper narrative rhythms emerge. But for now, the game's aground.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:36PMReviews of three shows seen during a trip to Ireland and England -- Shakespeare at London's Globe and "Dublin Oldschool" and "Riverdance" in Dublin.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:36PMThursday, September 19, 2024
There’s plenty of potential in Tony Meneses' script about men sharing their inner lives with other men, but it is filled with too many silent types.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:24PMThursday, August 15, 2024
Through a series of around 10 scenes, spanning over a decade, "Wish You Were Here" looks at political oppression through the domestic lens of lost love and friendships.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:44PMSaturday, June 22, 2024
This musical succeeds, at least in part, because it dares to shine a light on parts of our lives that we don’t like to talk about.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:18PMWednesday, June 5, 2024
Despite its undeniable fun, Christopher Durang’s play feels somewhat quaint a decade or so since it was written.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:54AMThursday, May 2, 2024
This superb Speakeasy Stage Company/Front Porch Collective co-production is emotionally charged and immediate, intent on keeping the material fresh and raw.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:36AMWednesday, April 10, 2024
The Lyric Stage Company production almost meets the challenges posed by this delightfully inane musical farce.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:06PMSaturday, March 30, 2024
Let’s face it, we could all use a celebration of renewal and togetherness that crosses cultural (and political) borders.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:02AMTuesday, March 26, 2024
"Beyond Words" tells an important story in an entertaining as well as a delightfully educational way.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:54PMWednesday, February 28, 2024
The weight of the masterpiece on the other side of the kitchen door is ever-present, and it casts a smothering shadow on this lighter drama.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:48PMWednesday, February 7, 2024
This version of the script may be overreaching, but there is promise in M Sloth Levine's attempt to infuse gender and personal soul-searching into a spooky 'cartoon' mystery.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:54AMTuesday, February 6, 2024
This is a rare script that focuses, equally, on emotional depth and scientific wonder.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:24PMMonday, December 18, 2023
My advice: see this show in Boston before it settles into New York for what should be a long run.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:24AMFriday, November 17, 2023
This well-directed and performed production of a musical about the universal longing for connection delivers a stirringly heart felt experience.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:24AMWednesday, November 8, 2023
By David Greenham This Rocky Horror Show for the Gen Z set contains (at least potentially) enough flash and zap to successfully put across a new take on a campy cult classic. The Rocky Horro…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:42AMMonday, September 18, 2023
"The Half-God of Rainfall" is a challenging journey relayed in a memorable production that will resonate with you for a long time.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:19AMThursday, September 7, 2023
All in all,Tall Tales from Blackburn Tavern is an entertaining look at the things that went bump in the night in Gloucester.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:43PMThere are powerful moments in "The Jump Shot," particularly those that explore the psychological impact of COVID on our minds and lives.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:19AMThursday, August 24, 2023
In this script, dramatist Martyna Majok has created an opportunity for those who live in (or near) cities to see and hear the struggles of the underclass.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:49AMTuesday, August 15, 2023
Perhaps what's most fascinating here is proof that Brenda Withers’ play has an evergreen quality to it. "The Ding Dongs" may prove to be prophetic.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:37AMWednesday, July 12, 2023
Congratulations to Gloucester Stage’s new artistic director Rebecca Bradshaw for mounting the regional premiere of this interesting script, a kitchen sink comedy/drama that is anything but…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:55AMMonday, June 12, 2023
Even when it is well-performed, as it is here, it is unclear whether Noël Coward's well-constructed comic concoction deserves another theatrical lease on life.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:49AMSaturday, June 10, 2023
This American Repertory Theatre co-production gets so many of "Evita"'s elements right -- now all it needs is the musical's combative soul.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:04PMWednesday, May 3, 2023
This pared-down staging of Tony Kushner's 30 year-old masterpiece invites some reflection, even a kind of nostalgia. But blazing through -- with seraphic force -- is the harsh reality of how…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:12AM 
