Two fine new plays that create deeply absorbing drama from newspaper stories in the headlines.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:56AMThis character-driven comedy about three generations of illusionists is light as a bauble, yet packs a subtle psychological punch.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:32AMThe founders of the Tenement Museum would have been pleased to see visitors drawing parallels both with the immigration headlines in the news.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:45AMAll the Single Ladies is an ambitious book, packed with so many interesting people and ideas that I often wanted to hear far more about each.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:22PMI’m deeply grateful to Arts Emerson for bringing the Maly Drama Theatre to Boston and hope for more.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:31PMNo one I know is neutral about this kind of material and I was pleased to watch a play that did not shrink from its many complexities and challenges.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:20AMGiven the rise of radical Islamic terrorism, Disgraced is nothing if not timely. Disgraced by Ayad Akhtar. Directed by Gordon Edelstein. Staged by the Huntington Theatre Company at the Bosto…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:16AMI wish I could say I was dazzled by the production's concept.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:39PMThis is a strong exhibit that succeeds in conveying a sense of what it was like to live during the 1920s in this exciting capital.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:57AMJay Parini has provided an important slice of literary and cultural history as well as a portrait of a man.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:10AMTechnology is the gimmick in this two-hander, but what makes Blink absorbing is the writing, teamed with excellent acting and directing.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:37PMIn this Shaw Festival production we have something all too 21st century: the deliberate dumbing down of a complex play.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:39AMWilliam Inge's Off the Main Road is both contemporary and politically incorrect in the best ways.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:26AMIf you revel in witty lyrics and soaring melodies as I do, you will love this Man of La Mancha
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:09PM"I was/am struck by the women in The How and the Why. I hadn't seen them onstage before. Nor had I quite heard from them before.”
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:24AMOliver Sacks' On the Move is an absorbing, idiosyncratic, often moving memoir.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:18PMAntonio Tacucchi's fluid style moves easily from realism to surrealism, banal conversation to poetic free association, reportage to allusion.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:01PMThe Man Between offers a fascinating glimpse of the late master translator Michael Henry Heim, its reportedly modest and reticent protagonist.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:21AMIf you’re looking for an entertaining piece of theater that will leave you both laughing and pondering your own place on the political map, go see
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:10AMWalking through the Barnes is like nothing I had ever experienced before, overwhelming and brain-scrambling.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:27PMSpending the better part of two days inside the Barnes Foundation was a transformative experience that changed the way I look at art.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:42PMWhether or not you’re familiar with Elizabeth Bishop or Robert Lowell, their worlds or their poetry, you should hasten to this show.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:56PMIbsen’s and Miller’s scientist hero must contend with denial, disbelief, ignorance, fear of change, malice, opportunism, greed, the abuse of power, censorship, betrayal, and violence. So…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:43AMThe Witch-Hunt Narrative is an extremely important book about an ongoing phenomenon that will not go away anytime soon.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:55AMPulitzer-prize winning journalist Lucinda Franks’s writing can be brilliant, deeply honest, and startling; other times superficial, sentimental, New Agey, or simply not credible.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:14PMIt occurred to me that, given the variety of the Metropolitan Opera’s current problems, maybe General Manager Peter Gelb should consider putting this best of all possible Candides on his m…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:04PMMark St. Germain's romantic comedy is never less than provocative, fresh, and unexpectedly moving.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:54PMChester Theatre Company productions often remind me of concerts in a chamber music series that feature musicians who have worked together for long periods of time.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:22AMJune Moon is a piece of satirical fluff with 27 characters, lots of piano playing, and a half-dozen memorable lines.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:57PMYUP's uneven Jewish Lives offers a series of short, accessible biographies that could become a significant literary mural, showcasing the scope of Jewish culture.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:55AMWorking on a Special Day is an unusual show in every way, and I was thrilled to have had the opportunity to see it.
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