"The Sopranos" creator is the latest filmmaker to tackle the 1960s. He provides an antidote to the rose-tinted lenses of nostalgia, a grounded portrayal that evokes the truth of the period r…
Is it sexist to feel the need to point out that the two best action/war movies in recent times have been made by a woman director?
When this version of Pippin hits New York, it will be a welcome alternative to the trend among many of the current Broadway musicals to demote dance elements to the background.
As we leave the holidays behind us and begin the New Year, it's time to get out of Mom's house and back into the clubs!
Sound artist Tutschku employs audio selections that are briefly broadcast periodically throughout the course of the day to startle and surprise listeners, to crack the shell of our typically…
We should look forward, eagerly, to hearing more lost, or previously issued music, from Jazzhaus. And be grateful to the European public for supporting these concerts and broadcasts.
The new Mingus box set from Mosaic is a treasure trove -- jazz lovers should get their hands on one of the 7,500 limited edition copies.
Jack Kerouac once said that "On the Road" "was really a story about 2 Catholic buddies roaming the country in search of God," but the spiritual element of his journey is completely lacking i…
Born from O'Donovan's long-running WGBH-radio program, "A Celtic Sojourn," the Christmas show mixes traditional Irish, Scottish, and Welsh fare with favorite Christmas songs performed with s…
The merry mood, welcoming atmospherics, and cultural richness of this year's Irish "Christmas Revels" make it the perfect family event.
In Memphis, the fun, the risqué exhilaration of early rhythm and blues is airbrushed away, to the point that the show appears to argue that from its inception black music sold out to mainst…
Moonbox Productions, one of the small theater troupes that bubbles with new talent from the Boston area, has mounted an affecting production of "Of Mice and Men."
The shallowness of Lee Blessing's approach to this sad (if noisy) period in the history of our nation's lack of support for the arts overlooks the victory won by the conservatives.
Wondering about what to give the arts and culture lover on your gift list? No problem"the sage writers for The Arts Fuse (with an assist from our readers) come to the rescue with thoughtful …
Chucho Valdés moved almost seamlessly from African-Cuban rhythms and chants in Yoruba or Spanish to a hip modern jazz style. The latter, paradoxically, owes much to the brilliant runs and g…
As 2012 comes to a close and we panic to complete last minute holiday shopping, party planning and mental preparation for enduring the inevitable familial snafu, let us remember that no matt…
Acclaimed Irish writer Colm TÏŒibÃn has penned a strangely compelling tale, full of terror, heartbreak, and finally a tone of resignation and even depression.
Though Peter Townshend is clearly the better known and more popular of the two, it was Mike Scott who produced the better book and more satisfying promotional event in Boston.
Coro Allegro successfully delivered the joy, grief, and nostalgia inherent in each of these complex vocal works.
The more cerebral visitor may leave "Collision18:present" wondering if, like the classic definition of what constitutes pornography, 'cyberart' is firmly situated in the eye of the beholder …
With "In Seven Days," Thomas Adés seems to have developed a musical language that's complex yet not forbidding: there's no sense that his music is weighed down by expectations of the past, …
The Huntington Theatre Company is hosting an exemplary revival of Harold Pinter's fascinating 1978 work, thanks to the spot-on direction of Maria Aitken.
Yvan Goll may be the great shapeshifter, the Zelig, of twentieth-century poetry.
In any piece, the remarkable pianist Jason Moran might go to the very edges of the harmonic movement, until he on the verge of free jazz.
Will You Can Be A Wesley be your pick for Rock Artist of the Year? Who will it be, Boston? Make your Nate Silver-style predictions and let me know what you think!