6,209 stories from The Arts Fuse
This musical succeeds, at least in part, because it dares to shine a light on parts of our lives that we don't like to talk about.
The creators of "Gatsby" have fashioned some creative ways to make the story seem more contemporary. None of that, however, seems enough to justify the enormous amount of energy and talent t…
The Lyric Stage Company's production of David Henry Hwang's Obie award-winning play is serviceably absorbing.
Despite its undeniable fun, Christopher Durang's play feels somewhat quaint a decade or so since it was written.
The excellent ensemble of Huntington Theatre Company actors, fittingly, work well as a team.
The script is representative of the pitfalls of current theatrical minimalism -- less can so easily be less.
"Arts Fuse" theater critic Christopher Caggiano, among others, found that the new Broadway musical "Water for Elephants" "has very little going for it."Â Let's agree to disagree
"I believe folks coming to the theater will have a great time, they'll learn about the Negro leagues and about a phenomenal woman."
The spring season has yielded a sizable crop of musical revivals. But how many of them actually bear fruit?
This superb Speakeasy Stage Company/Front Porch Collective co-production is emotionally charged and immediate, intent on keeping the material fresh and raw.
"Clue," a whodunit board game-based comedy, rolled the dice and found success by bypassing Broadway and going directly on tour.
It's an old tale, we know how it's going to end, but we tell it again all the same
"We need hope in the possibility of change in order to survive what's coming."
You either go full Hollywood CGI, or you pare it down to the poetry of it.
It's not hyperbole to suggest that Dan O'Brien's "True Story: A Trilogy" represents a distinctive achievement in theater history.
The Lyric Stage Company production almost meets the challenges posed by this delightfully inane musical farce.
Two new musicals attempt to capture the magic of two beloved books. With mixed success ...
Let's face it, we could all use a celebration of renewal and togetherness that crosses cultural (and political) borders.
"Beyond Words" tells an important story in an entertaining as well as a delightfully educational way.
Critical to the success of "Cost of Living" is playwright Martyna Majok's refusal to resort to tropes about people with disabilities and those who care for them.
Bob Dylan's music has rarely been more heartbreaking, his poetic storytelling rarely more beguiling, and the singing never less nasal.
The energizing force of this production comes from the students and, more specifically, the cohort of young women in the cast, each of whom is excellent.
The weight of the masterpiece on the other side of the kitchen door is ever-present, and it casts a smothering shadow on this lighter drama.
If only "Becoming a Man"'s pathos were less streamlined, its theatricality more ambitious.
By Bill Marx Must the stage only discreetly charm the bourgeoisie? "I have long argued that theater alone cannot achieve any social change," posited the Scottish dramatist and director John …
