As a vision of gay bonding, The View UpStairs exudes a wonderful in-your-face spirit. The post Theater Review: “The View UpStairs” — Celebrating a Milestone appeared first on The Arts…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:12PM“I saw it coming three years ago, when there was a frenzy of development in the Fenway. Now the neighborhood looks like a corporate mall.” The post Theater News: There Goes the Neighborh…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:48AMIndecent is a play of contrasts: piety versus blasphemy, joy versus heartbreak. The post Theater Review: “Indecent” — A Dangerous World for People of Faith appeared first on The Arts …
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:04PMJohn Hersey emerges in this book as a disciplined journalist who held steadfast to an admirably singular goal. The post Book Review: John Hersey — Reporting Truthfully, at All Costs appear…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:35PM“Yiddish is above all a language of yearning, a language of anxiety." The post Theater Interview: Playwright Paula Vogel on “Indecent” and a Love of Yiddish appeared first on The Arts …
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:14AMAmerican Moor sheds considerable insight into the tension between actor vs. director, to the power play between the two, and who will ultimately prevail. The post Theater Review: “American…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:46AMThe IRNE event did what it has done for decades: cast a warm glow on a vibrant local theater scene and those who are dedicated to entertain, astonish, and inspire. The post Theater News: IRN…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:33AMW.S. Merwin remained politically as well as artistically motivated all his life, often proclaiming the vital importance of activism. The post Arts Remembrance: Poet W. S. Merwin — An Appr…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:11AMJ. P. Priestly's shallow characterizations keep his vision of moneyed skullduggery mundane rather than monstrous. The post Theater Review: “An Inspector Calls” — Class Downfall appeare…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:29AMThe Lyric Stage Company's The Little Foxes is taut, tense, and eerily reflective of our own uneasy, pernicious times. The post Theater Review: “The Little Foxes” — American Greed Trium…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:23PMIn Garciela Iturbide’s photographs, the living and the dying are often joined at the (exposed) skeletal hip. The post Visual Arts Review: “Graciela Iturbide’s Mexico” —…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:32AMDiane Williams's brusque vision of a perverse life force mesmerizes.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:06PMLeonard Cohen reinforces this dedication to lyricism with striking humility in his final book.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:42PMThis musical hodgepodge at the American Repertory Theater could be called 'Let’s Sing About Me (and Me, and Then More About Me).'
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:36PMProducers are tapping into a specific demographic: predominantly white audiences that are flush and who crave the thrill of hearing – and seeing – their favorite tunes performed live.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:54AMThis is an opportunity to take in the early stirrings of Tennessee Williams’ talent as a playwright.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:06PMGiven what Olga Tokarczuk is curious about, it is not surprising that her book serves up its share of goofy humor.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:48AMThe Black Clown commands the vastness of the Loeb’s stage with an enviable energy.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:32PMThere are 170 recipes in King Solomon's Table . Joan Nathan, a sort of culinary archeologist, tracks down the details of their origins to Biblical times.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:36AMA newly published book of translations and two upcoming Boston-area stage productions confirms the enduring elemental power of Federico García Lorca.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:24AMFall's conflict is presented with insufficient power; its domestic tragedy is not propelled along its inevitably troubling course.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:32PMA resplendent and spirited revival of The Sound of Music in downtown Boston.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:48AMBut, amidst all this excitement, there was an undertow of concern in the crowd at this year's IRNE Awards.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:24PMIn The Humans, Stephen Karam suggest that America can be a Heaven that in a moment, might flip into Hell.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:19PM“You can be certain that when the show begins and you hear 'Mack the Knife,' there will be scenes of slashing and murdering.”
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:58PMAdrianne Krstansky, a marvelous actress, understandably exhibits signs of the strain of having to carry the entire production on her shoulders.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:13AMThe late Larry Coen was a mainstay in Boston theater.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:35AMDespite its drawbacks, this is a powerful production that speaks to what is happening today.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:14AMWhen it comes to helping artists make a living, social media turns out to be a mixed blessing.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:05AMReading Nikki Giovanni, one is inspired to never cower, to never beg, to never surrender.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:48PMThe bottom line is that we simply aren't given a requisite sense of the play's embrace of tragedy.
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