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Saturday, December 6, 2014

Fuse Book Review: Leo Tolstoy’s “Anna Karenina” — A Translation That Respects the Nuances by Jim Kates

Marian Schwartz's careful translation of Anna Karenina is exquisitely mindful of the book's complex linguistic texture.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:57AM
Thursday, September 4, 2014

Fuse Theater Review: “A Closer Walk With Patsy Cline” — An Enjoyable Homage to a Legend of Country Music by Jim Kates

A Short Walk with Patsy Cline leaves you wanting more. It will send you — back or for the first time — to Cline's own recordings.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:32AM
Thursday, August 21, 2014

Fuse Theater Review: “The Voysey Inheritance” — A Masterpiece About Fraud, Capitalism, and Family by Jim Kates

The Voysey Inheritance comes to the Peterborough Players with distinction, and this production is persuasive evidence that it belongs in a wider repertory of contemporary theater.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:53AM
Thursday, August 7, 2014

Fuse Theater Review: Somerset Maugham’s “The Circle” — Drawing-room Comedy Presented with Aplomb by Jim Kates

Gus Kaikkonen has shown himself particularly adept at directing period pieces in such a way that they don't bog down in their period, but convey the life of their own time into our own.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:36AM
Thursday, July 24, 2014

Fuse Theater Review: “The Granite State” — Good, Not Great, Entertainment for a Summer’s Eve in New Hampshire by Jim Kates

Charles Morey's new comedy focuses on the trials and tribulations of aging writers. Most of its humor revolves around the past, while its plot hinges on the present and future.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:12AM
Thursday, July 10, 2014

Fuse Theater Review: “Last of the Red Hot Lovers” — Comic Froth Infused With Gravity by Jim Kates

Neil Simon's Last of the Red Hot Lovers wears surprising well after nearly half a century, with the help of minimal, subtle updating of topical references.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:33AM
Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Fuse Poetry Review: Translations of Two Wild Russian Poets, Their Flair Restored by Jim Kates

New translations of Soviet-era poets Vladimir Mayakovsky and Vladislav Khodasevich ask us to restore them to their rightful places in Russian and international literature .

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:39AM
Thursday, September 19, 2013

Fuse Theater Review: A Stimulating “Tea for Three” by Jim Kates

Each different personality and monologue tells essentially the same story under their varying details, a thrice-told tale of wifely loyalty in the face of political husbandry.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:06AM
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Jan 09, 2024: Prayer For The French Republic - Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
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