A 50th anniversary is a wonderful milestone, and I congratulate the Revels for looking back and huzzahing the occasion as they have. The post Theater Review: The Christmas Revels 2020 — A …
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:24AMAmir Nizar Zuabi’s engaging drama is a hopeful testament to communication and forgiveness. The post Theater Review: “This Is Who I Am” — Virtual Intimacy appeared first on The Arts F…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:24AMThis is a very effective political drama, a relevant warning about what social critic Chris Hedges calls the formation of "corporate totalitarianism." The post Theater Review: “The Race”…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:24AMSpeakEasy Stage Company has (once again) chosen a bold script for its audience. The post Theater Review: “The Pink Unicorn” — Hugging the Cactus appeared first on The Arts Fuse.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:24AMThe show is made all the more powerful by the fact that we’ve now spent 12 months enduring Covid and four years of science denial and “alternative facts.” The post Theater Review: “S…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:24AMThe audience members were as diverse as the cast, the show is not being staged in a traditional space in Boston, and the play is incredibly relevant. The post Theater Review: Praxis Stage’…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:48PMBedlam's provocative production of The Crucible has a purpose -- to urge us all to stand up and shout down the devils in our midst. The post Theater Review: Bedlam’s “Crucible” — Bu…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:06PMWith, The Purists, Dan McCabe has written a comic drama that not only has a lot to say, but does it with an enormous amount of playful vim and vigor. The post Theater Review: “The Purists�…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:03PMIn a taut 90 minutes, The Lifespan of a Fact zeroes in on some key issues that we’re grappling with as a country -- or ought to be. The post Theater Review: “The Lifespan of a Fact” �…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:24PMOver thirty years after it premiered, the script remains touching and funny, with the added merit that it provides a refreshing respite from the sour discourse of 2019. The post Theater Rev…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:06PMSchool Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play is a serious comedy that takes aim at our provinciality and ignorance. The post Theater Review: “School Girls” — Teaching Lessons appeare…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:24PMA revival of Anna Ziegler’s absorbing and enlightening study of the brilliant British biophysicist Dr. Rosalind Franklin. The post Theater Review: “Photograph 51” — Woman of Science …
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:02PMOnce is a wonderful musical and the Speakeasy Stage production does exquisitely right by its considerable merits. The post Theater Review: “Once” — Everything Goes Brilliantly Right ap…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:01AMThe Half-Light is a play about ghosts that, while offering intimations of mortality, ends up exuding a charming and infectious romantic spirit. The post Theater Review: “The Half-Light” …
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:32AMThe script offers an indispensable vision of American history from the point of view of African women. The post Theater Review: “Wrestling With Freedom” — Invaluable History appeared f…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:06AMHeartland proffers a rare combination -- it is a prescient history lesson that also works dramatically.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:32PMThis year’s version – the 48th! – of The Christmas Revels is delightful and refreshing way to bid adieu to a tumultuous 2018.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:06PMMother Butterfly's script shows genuine promise, but the Storm Warnings Repertory Theatre's premiere production falls short.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:42AMA comedy about slavery poses considerable challenges in our #blacklivesmatter times, but the characters bounce gleefully through endless rounds of verbal sparring.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:32AMWe need a satire that takes Trump's radical threat more seriously than Vicuña.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:42PMStephen Adly Guirgis has written a fine play about those who would blur their minds rather than admit just how tired they are.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:06AMWith this fun and irreverent staging of Cyrano, GSC Artistic Director Robert Walsh has thrown audiences a delightful curve.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:42AMDo the games of the Marquise and Valmont still have the same old sinful fire and political relevance?
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:36AMOpen Theatre Project’s Gay Shorts is bold, out, and unafraid.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:32PMDirector Ellie Heyman and her talented cast have their hands full with this new work because it is, in some ways, a tale of two musicals
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:48PMAs long as we’re sipping the truth serum wine, the biggest obstacle presented by the Storm Warnings Repertory Theatre production is -- itself.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:54PMWith sufficient revision, Marisa Smith's genial farce could well command the rom-com slot virtually every regional and community theater in the world yearns to fill.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:12PMAt the heart of The Women Who Mapped The Stars is a drama about the desire of significant female astronomers to be heard and respected.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:24PMThe Niceties gives us an invaluable opportunity to hover outside of the current political fray, watching both perspectives go at it.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:28AMPlaywright Jennifer Barclay has created the perfect vehicle for generating a discussion about safety in our communities.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:11AMAn Education in Prudence offers fascinating glimpses into a repressed episode in American history.
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