Tuesday, May 29, 2018
This tautly-directed, well-cast production is filled with contemporary medical, political, and social resonances.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:12PMMonday, May 14, 2018
Hunting the Truth is a handbook on how to become an effective activist and an exciting, often awe-inspiring read.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:18PMTuesday, May 1, 2018
Top Girls' conflicts and political themes seem more relevant than ever in this excellent production.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:33AMThursday, March 22, 2018
It would have been wonderful to have seen either a faithful version of Threepenny Opera in German or a boldly conceived contemporary version.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:21AMFriday, February 16, 2018
Then They Came for Me is an invaluable exhibition that packs a considerable (and necessary) wallop.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:00PMWednesday, December 20, 2017
Polling classmates from her all-girls high school, Helen Epstein hears them remember their experiences facing sexual predators on the subway.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:12PMThursday, November 2, 2017
De Stefano tracks the evolution of a cabinet-maker’s daughter into a famously bombastic, chain-smoking political reporter and author.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:54PMTuesday, August 22, 2017
Veteran Shakespeare & Company members Corinna May, Diane Prusha, and David Joseph contribute satisfyingly polished performances.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:24AMSaturday, August 19, 2017
To see a production of this quality in a small theater was a privilege.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:54AMWednesday, August 16, 2017
Director Julianne Boyd is faced with a difficult challenge -- dramatizing an outdated psychological travelogue.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:42AMWednesday, August 9, 2017
Berkshire theater has now entered a less than sparkling mode with a group of offerings that left me wondering why they were chosen for production.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:42AMTuesday, July 25, 2017
This is a masterful production of Sarah Ruhl's sparkling update of Commedia dell'arte.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:06AMSaturday, July 15, 2017
Dominique Morisseau's monologues and dialogues draw you into the details of American working class life.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:12PMTuesday, July 4, 2017
The Model American is a powerful reminder of how deep theatrical pockets can be used to develop deeply significant new work.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:54PMMonday, June 26, 2017
Ragtime, Book by Terrence McNally, Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and Music by Stephen Flaherty. Directed by Joe Calarco. Based on the novel Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow. Staged by the Barrington Stage a…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:06AMTuesday, May 30, 2017
4000 Miles is charming, insightful, and moving, an enjoyable anthropological study of contemporary American life across the generations.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:54AMTuesday, May 23, 2017
Barrington Stage has kicked off its summer season with a smart, funny, and very timely show about radical defense attorney William Kunstler.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:06AMFriday, April 21, 2017
Tuesday, April 4, 2017
Roxane Gay is a bold writer of impressive range who experiments with magic realism, dystopia, and fantasy.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:31AMSunday, March 12, 2017
Mr. Gaga is a sensitive and engaging documentary of an Israeli artist.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:12AMWednesday, March 1, 2017
Stage Kiss is Sarah Ruhl’s whimsical contribution to the age-old artistic theme of art vs. life.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:18AMFriday, December 9, 2016
Maria Schrader has set herself a very ambitious agenda in Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:33PMWednesday, November 16, 2016
Seeing Happy Ending a few days after the shock of the 2016 presidential election felt bracing to me.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:31PMThursday, October 13, 2016
Cursed Legacy's chronicle of the life of Thomas Man's son is an important addition to the cultural history of the twentieth century.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:19PMTuesday, August 30, 2016
Natalie Portman turned Israeli author Amos Oz’s extraordinary memoir of 1940s Jerusalem into a superb film,
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:37AMSunday, August 14, 2016
This is a beautifully acted but grim 70 minutes of theater, a no-frills look at the dynamics of a struggle about life and death.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:38PMMonday, July 25, 2016
peerless will have generations of parents and current as well as former teenagers laughing in concert.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:51AMSunday, July 17, 2016
Anat Gov's play about wrestling with life and God is an outrageously provocative script that showcases the best of contemporary Israeli art.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:48AMMonday, July 4, 2016
This superb production offers audiences a chance to discover or rediscover an American classic.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:01AMSaturday, July 2, 2016
The production, like so many I've seen staged by the Chester Theatre Company, makes the most of limited resources.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:06PMMonday, June 27, 2016
Two fine new plays that create deeply absorbing drama from newspaper stories in the headlines.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:56AM 
