387 stories by "Bill Marx"
Is truth and beauty served when the arts just take the money from the big banks and run?
We're reminding everyone that fighting corruption and injustice is hard work, but it can be fun as hell too.
"The purpose of the film is to take the audience on what I hope will be a riveting, challenging, and ultimately uplifting journey into the world of human trafficking."
This is a satisfying if limited production; the Harbor Stage Company is a troupe that is well worth keeping an eye on.
There is little doubt in my mind that this powerful production of Blasted will be one of the high points in Boston theater this year.
The hope is that nobody will notice that arts criticism hasn't been invited to the Pulitzer Prize's centennial party.
Among the driving forces behind Anna Deveare Smith's latest solo work is a call to strengthen "our collective capacity for action."
There is much to like in this outdoor production of Love's Labor's Lost -- the time passes by quickly and there are plenty of smiles along the way.
The Globe tells us that we will be gaining compelling stories. What are we losing? Invitations to think seriously about artistic accomplishment and failure.
A.O. Scott's hurrah for criticism should be savored by anyone interested in the connections between the health of the arts and the ways we articulate their value.
The Arts Fuse is developing a new initiative: the Arts Critic Mentorship Program and celebrates turning nine!
"What other play culminates in such a frenzy of emotion and joy and love all in a moment on stage?"
Library of America's anthology War No More explores a distinctively American tradition of antimilitarism.
This is a rich evening of theater because it takes up social and psychological problems that aren't ordinarily addressed on our stages.
RoosevElvis turns out to a sort of slaphappy homage to two American legends, a genial romp that sticks to stereotypes.
A Great Wilderness dramatizes the plight of a believer who is forced to face a powerful truth about himself -- that he has probably wasted his life.
The School for Scandal hasn't dated a jot: put Snake, Mrs. Candour, and Mrs. Sneerwell on Facebook and watch civilizations totter.
Socialism is no longer a discredited word, and Fo brings an impish sense of divine comedy to the clash between the haves and the have nots.
There's nothing wrong with preaching the value of empathy -- but who would argue?
"Even in a terrain as epic and mythic and exotic as the Sahara, you cannot run away from the weight of your past."
Audiences are always shocked by Body & Sold.
Nice Fish serves up a deliciously droll brand of American existentialism.
In the theater, sentiment must be earned " Violet is moving and likable, but its pathos are skin deep.
A genuine satirist kicks against all the pricks, relishing that he or she might challenge rather than placate audiences.
The concert "is not about any political or religious statement, it is simply about human beings wanting to give a helping hand to other human beings."
