Tuesday, November 19, 2024
Because this “play” relies on audience participation, Vinny DePonto selects inevitably befuddled men and women from the audience on which to demonstrate his mental prowess.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:18AMTuesday, October 22, 2024
This is a well-honed, mostly successful script about the difficulties of making human connections -- a drama about seizing the day.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:02AMFriday, October 11, 2024
The script is an experiment, a (sometimes) witty lecture on language. But it doesn’t work dramatically.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:24AMTuesday, September 17, 2024
Is it possible for an outstanding actress to achieve similar heights as a playwright? The answer is yes, but with reservations.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:18PMFriday, May 10, 2024
"I believe folks coming to the theater will have a great time, they’ll learn about the Negro leagues and about a phenomenal woman."
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:18AMTuesday, January 30, 2024
In terms of the joy that theater can provide, this Speakeasy Stage production sets the bar high.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:18AMSunday, December 3, 2023
Dramatist Lloyd Suh takes us on an inner journey by weaving silences into his script that encourage his characters (and us) to reflect and pause.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:48AMSaturday, November 4, 2023
The "new" version of the Blue Man Group is all mayhem, all the time.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:06AMFriday, September 15, 2023
"Prayer for the French Republic" is of interest because it raises significant questions about faith during a hate-filled time.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:19AMSunday, August 13, 2023
Patti Hartigan’s biography is a workmanlike portrait of dramatist August Wilson that never delves deep enough into his poetic soul.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:07PMThursday, June 29, 2023
The Lehman Brothers is epic in its proportion and ambitions, so it is ironic that it sacrifices opportunities to probe troubling topics.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:04PMFriday, May 26, 2023
Set designer Sara Brown creates theater wizardry through the assistance of digital tools, not a magic wand.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:18AMSaturday, May 6, 2023
A talented cast does its best to add buoyancy to a script weighted down in palaver.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:02AMFriday, April 28, 2023
And So We Walked is about the performer finding her roots and that quest is often meandering.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:18AMSunday, April 2, 2023
The Huntington Theatre Company's co-production of Lynn Nottage's Clyde's is spirited and sassy.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:18AMTuesday, February 7, 2023
During his career as the founder and artistic director of the Trinity Repertory Company in Providence (from 1964 to 1989), Adrian Hall achieved a lasting place in the American theater as a v…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:52AMSunday, January 29, 2023
The domestic demolition in Kate Snodgrass's script is served au flambé.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:04AMTuesday, October 25, 2022
Despite some missteps and miscasting bumps along the way, this staging faithfully captures playwright August Wilson’s searing poetic vision.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:37AMFriday, October 21, 2022
"Samuel Beckett’s work speaks to me because he’s a very visceral writer. And, because I have training as a clown, I think of him as a natural clown."
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:25AMSaturday, February 5, 2022
Dramatist Lydia R. Diamond makes an honorable effort to adapt Toni Morrison's novel to the stage, but with mixed results.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:54PMSaturday, September 4, 2021
Madeleine George’s uneven 90-minte one-act comedy/drama borrows heavily on Greek mythology to zip up the misadventures of a cluster of suburban women in New Jersey,
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:36AMThursday, September 2, 2021
"A lot of censorship in America has to do with the impulse to shut down what women have to say, literally hanging and burning them as witches to shut them up."
The post Theater Interview: T…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:12AMSunday, April 25, 2021
In the process of exploring the ideas that shaped Lorraine Hansberry's understanding of her art and the world, the volume confirms the writer's relevance during these troubled but potentiall…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:24AMSaturday, November 9, 2019
There have been times in the MFA’s past when it hasn’t lived up to its educational mission, when it has pandered to the whims of the wealthy -- particularly its fat cat benefactors.
The …
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:42PMTuesday, October 22, 2019
Liz McQuiston writes that the posters collected in her book are meant to “pay tribute to the liberating concept of hard-won ‘freedom of speech’ throughout history."
The post Book Revie…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:12PMFriday, October 18, 2019
"I wrote those poems because I think people need to read the truth and to hear the truth about romantic sensibilities between gay people."
The post Author Interview: Boston’s Poet Laureate…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:48PMTuesday, October 1, 2019
Kudos for two short plays by Tennessee Williams and Yukio Mishma at this year's Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:18PMSunday, September 22, 2019
Few of the numbers in Choir Boy fails to astonish.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:06AMTuesday, September 3, 2019
The Lyric Stage Company of Boston is giving this nostalgic hokum a spirited production.
The post Theater Review: “Little Shop of Horrors” — A Fun Romp with an Appetite for Blood appear…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:12AMMonday, September 2, 2019
We are definitely feeling a sense of Buddy haunting us, to be sure. I mean, this theater is the place he visited. He attended many, if not most, of the shows here.
The post Theater Preview: …
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:18PMSaturday, August 24, 2019
The highlights of this year’s gathering will be productions of newly discovered or rediscovered works by both Tennessee Williams and Yukio Mishima.
The post Theater Interview: Director Ben…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:32AM 
