6,222 stories from The Arts Fuse
The Beau Jest Moving Theater staging succeeds at conjuring up the genially comic spirit of the late Larry Coen, a bounteously talented actor and director.
"I went back and listened to the records and watched videos of performances. I got into character for this," Glenn Hughes confesses.
The group's songs range from the cynical to the sweet without losing their sincerity, and that may be Dawes' most defining trait as it shifts its musical focal point.
The performer's question is direct: has the talented orator anything to say about race in today's America? The answer is a galvanizing yes.
This was the first stage production in a while that had me on my feet at the end, and thinking and feeling about it long afterward.
Jerome Robbins makes me think about how nonverbal characters can inhabit their times.
It is this ability to ditch sophistication that makes the Macuco Quintet a band worthy of affection as well as admiration.
Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, visual arts, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks.
For the most part, Randy Weston reached behind the boppers, drawing for inspiration on a solo stride tradition which he adapted to his own needs.
Burt Reynolds was appealing primarily because one always knew what to expect from him: sex appeal, charm, humor, and a manly warmth that permeated every part he played.
The genius of this film is that no preaching is necessary; it makes its political point in an apolitical way, an art film that is, incidentally, didactic.
The Black Clown commands the vastness of the Loeb's stage with an enviable energy.
Does Shakespeare need a digital makeover to stay relevant and entertaining?
"What is new since the '70s is a much broader ideological shift in the business world itself, and the way in which it came to approach the jazz world as a result."
Choreographer Paul Taylor leaves a repertory that sprawled from the outrageous to the sublime.
With this album, Luciana Souza has created her own indelible "book," of songs that ache and celebrate, muse and regret, dream and mourn.
Summer Cannibals' main virtue is its keen transmission of psychological warfare in families.
This fascinating documentary should be compelling to guitarists and to jazz fans in general.
Newvelle Records' taste seems to be  flawless.
Reading is treated as a commodity, namedropping literary titles as a way for middlebrow film audiences to feel proud of themselves for being in the know.
Too many cultural critics look at our past through a fuzzy filter of sentiment. Chapo Trap House tackles America's past and present idiocies head-on in a refreshingly honest way.
The venerable trombonist's fine new album mostly contains ballads and features an all-star rhythm section.
Cartagena is a 500-year old urban jewel in the Caribbean. But climate change and rising sea levels threaten its heritage.
Sexy Laundry airs the linen of a twenty-five-year marriage from which the colors seem to have faded, and the whites yellowed.
Thomas Clerc's novel reminds us of a stubborn truth: we are all narcissists that live to accumulate shit in rooms.
