Friday, November 17, 2017
The irony implied by Junk after the curtain goes down is the realization that white collar crime does pay.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:33AMThursday, May 11, 2017
Two works by one of the most-in-demand choreographers of our time received powerhouse performances from the New York City Ballet.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:42PMWednesday, May 10, 2017
Sweat and Indecent serve as forceful reminders that art matters -- as if proof was needed.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:24PMWednesday, June 17, 2015
Few companies can do pageantry quite like ABT, buoyed by its vast resources as well as on this occasion the company's desire to celebrate its 75th anniversary with panache.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:46PMSunday, April 19, 2015
Today's Broadway is at its best presenting blockbuster spectacles like Wolf Hall and An American in Paris.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:32AMThursday, April 2, 2015
Don’t miss the “joyous shout and ringing cheer” of this delightfully boisterous version of The Mikado.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:49PMThursday, March 5, 2015
The Sarasota Ballet will make its New England debut at Jacob’s Pillow in August with a program that includes two works of mid-20th century choreographer Sir Frederick Ashton.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:36AMThursday, November 20, 2014
Brooke Adams portrays Winnie as the ultimate smiley face; her husband, Tony Shalhoub, is little more than another prop weathering her on-going babble.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:32PMWednesday, October 29, 2014
An evening with Pilobolus is among the most viewer-friendly of dance experiences.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:45AMWednesday, September 17, 2014
Monday, July 21, 2014
Incomparable opera diva Renée Fleming makes her debut as a stage actress -- playing an impossible opera diva -- in playwright Joe DiPietro’s sliver of a comedy Living on Love.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:39PMWednesday, July 16, 2014
Wednesday, July 2, 2014
Monday, June 9, 2014
I was mesmerized by the evocative stage pictures and the straight-at-the-audience, presentational mode of the actors, whose facial expressions and gestures so viscerally conveyed the emotion…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:46PMThursday, May 8, 2014
Were there no men available for the roles of Touchstone and Jaques, or was the intention to showcase more of the gifted women who are members of the ASP troupe?
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:55AMSaturday, May 3, 2014
I cannot prove the following judgment because I have not seen every dancer on the globe, but I believe that the members of the Alvin Ailey troupe are among the best in the world.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:26AMSaturday, April 12, 2014
"The Shape She Makes" proffers an eloquent fusion of language and movement that pushes the boundaries of dance and theater without embracing the opaqueness that marks so many experimental pr…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:47PMThursday, March 27, 2014
I do not remember disliking the characters in Anton Chekhov's "The Seagull" as much as I did in this production.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:50PMMonday, February 24, 2014
As for pulling out themes from Bill T. Jones’ gathering of tales, well, the bedrock of human existence seems to be very much on his mind -- life and death, landscape and memory.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:10AMSunday, February 16, 2014
Director Melia Bensussen handles the dialogue skillfully, but she also has an eye for creating vivid stage pictures which reinforce Chekhov's dramatic themes.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:22PMSunday, December 22, 2013
The gem of the weekend was an exhilarating production of "A Midsummer Night’s Dream," directed by Julie Taymor in the extravagantly imaginative style she has developed over nearly three de…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:14PMWednesday, December 18, 2013
People come to The Christmas Revels to immerse themselves in memories of holidays past, before Toys R Us and "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" co-opted the celebration. This year, as in years…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:04AMSunday, December 1, 2013
Benjamin Evett as Arthur and Erica Spyres as Guenevere turn in solid performances, dependable anchors for a cast that does the best that it can in a drab, bargain basement production.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:57PMSunday, November 17, 2013
I was mesmerized by the coherence of the shifting patterns, their ideas so clearly presented, even though the work by no means provided more than a suggestion of a story.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:32AMSunday, November 3, 2013
As might be expected from a choreographer who has created 140 dances, the varied program served as an annotated guide to Paul Taylor’s inquisitive and often dangerous imagination.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:21PMFriday, November 1, 2013
Director Scott Edmiston’s carefully staged production generates sympathy chiefly because of some deft acting rather than the writing.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:30PMTuesday, October 8, 2013
Other than the teams that put together Rent and Wicked, film-makers have taken 'creative' control, turning Broadway into the land of retreads.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:57PMThursday, September 19, 2013
Dramatist Nina Raine probes the complex nature of tribal affinities, delicately examining how precariously communication depends on whether people listen to one another carefully, or not.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:05PM 
