The core claim of the book is that the contemporary culture is nihilistic in outlook, but unnecessarily so. The authors believe there to be a remedy to our debilitating amnesia "- to integra…
For the reader who is not already a William Carlos Williams enthusiast, the biography provides a good corrective to the Norton Anthology picture of Williams as the poet of tiny images, of pl…
If a few of his tempos, particularly in the opening movement, weren't among the liveliest on record, there was a gravitas and underlying conviction to Mr. von Dohnányi's interpretation of…
This CD marks a turning point: a solo effort by Basya Schechter with outstanding back-up by a wide range of musicians that features music based on the Yiddish poetry of Rabbi Abraham Joshua …
A new Haggadah has recently been published, the "New American Haggadah," edited by Jonathan Safran Foer and translated by Nathan Englander. It's getting a lot of attention and some criticism…
The strength of the poetry is the ambiance it creates. Narrative is almost totally submerged in imagery, which may seem natural enough in verse but often is not the case.
While "The Deep Blue Sea" may be a throwback to another era, director Terence Davies has used his masterful style to engage the audience cinematically and psychologically in an elegant circu…
In "Gatz," F Scott Fitzgerald's words come at the audience like bullets because they are so relevant to so much of American life today. And create the kind of catharsis, that peculiar combi…
Recently, Bostonians were privileged to witness Kotoji Bando and his troupe in a lavish display of disciplined dance, song, and instrumental music.
It's film festival time! That means you need to stretch, exercise, and drink plenty of liquids because there's a lot to see. The month is capped with an amazing line up of 66 features at the…
Director Robert Lepage's "The Andersen Project" is a masterful meditation on the painful process of artistic creation. Few scripts bring opportunism and magic together so effortlessly.
Several adjectives apply to Coro Allegro's approach to music: elegance, finesse, and refinement.
Chameleon Arts Ensemble's program, "into unison with romantic spirit," contained more rarities than many chamber music groups perform in a season.
The Fuse's man in Europe is a museum junkie. During the second half of 2011, he got to lots of new destinations, and he found new museums almost everywhere he went. This installment is about…
Israeli Stage's readings are consistently the best attended in the Boston area demonstrating that there is a great appetite for Israeli culture beyond folk dance and hummus.
The concert's other purely orchestral work, Mendelssohn's "Scottish" Symphony (no. 3), came after intermission and offered Mr. Valcuha the opportunity to demonstrate his command of large-sca…
Although there is room for improvement, the singers engage each other, as well as the orchestra, with vigor and skill, making for a satisfying "Snegurochka" in Russian.
WAM's Chamber Music Series is a model for what chamber music performance ought to be: excellent musicians performing in a small space with a rather informal air to the proceedings.
The Dropkick Murphys shipped up to Lowell for their 2012 St. Patrick's Day concert, and the Arts Fuse was there.
Director Johnnie To has a playfulness found in much Hong Kong cinema. He has found a different way to unfold a story, making clear how money and greed can inform everything, but with plenty …
The singers were in the mood, in a manner of speaking, and although they seemed quite still in posture, their voices generated an inner dance filled with delightful variations as they advanc…
This handsome edition of Yves Bonnefoy's recent poetry and prose in English translation is a stunning presentation of a major poet.
Twenty-one years after she received a Golden Globe for "Europa Europa," director Agnieszka Holland returns with another uncompromising vision of perseverance and the power of human connectio…
An unusual and powerful historical drama that looks at the troubled relationship between Jews and freed slaves at the end of The Civil War.
Ms. Son's performance of Debussy's Preludes nos. 3 " 8, while mostly note-perfect, was marked by a tentativeness that kept any of them from really blossoming.