This year's Montreal Jazz Festival Festival would have been more successful had it not been for all the construction ripping apart the city. The post Jazz Concert Review: A Third Report fro…
Peter Schjeldahl debunks (and praises) works of art, while also acknowledging the strategic importance of beauty. The post Book Review: The Critic as Wildean Artist " Peter Schjeldahl's Elem…
As a vision of gay bonding, The View UpStairs exudes a wonderful in-your-face spirit. The post Theater Review: "The View UpStairs" " Celebrating a Milestone appeared first on The Arts Fuse.
"I saw it coming three years ago, when there was a frenzy of development in the Fenway. Now the neighborhood looks like a corporate mall." The post Theater News: There Goes the Neighborhood …
Indecent is a play of contrasts: piety versus blasphemy, joy versus heartbreak. The post Theater Review: "Indecent" " A Dangerous World for People of Faith appeared first on The Arts Fuse.
John Hersey emerges in this book as a disciplined journalist who held steadfast to an admirably singular goal. The post Book Review: John Hersey " Reporting Truthfully, at All Costs appeared…
"Yiddish is above all a language of yearning, a language of anxiety." The post Theater Interview: Playwright Paula Vogel on "Indecent" and a Love of Yiddish appeared first on The Arts Fuse.
American Moor sheds considerable insight into the tension between actor vs. director, to the power play between the two, and who will ultimately prevail. The post Theater Review: "American M…
The IRNE event did what it has done for decades: cast a warm glow on a vibrant local theater scene and those who are dedicated to entertain, astonish, and inspire. The post Theater News: IRN…
W.S. Merwin remained politically as well as artistically motivated all his life, often proclaiming the vital importance of activism. The post Arts Remembrance: Poet W. S. Merwin " An Apprec…
J. P. Priestly's shallow characterizations keep his vision of moneyed skullduggery mundane rather than monstrous. The post Theater Review: "An Inspector Calls" " Class Downfall appeared firs…
The Lyric Stage Company's The Little Foxes is taut, tense, and eerily reflective of our own uneasy, pernicious times. The post Theater Review: "The Little Foxes" " American Greed Triumphant …
In Garciela Iturbide's photographs, the living and the dying are often joined at the (exposed) skeletal hip. The post Visual Arts Review: “Graciela Iturbide's Mexico” — Cas…
Diane Williams's brusque vision of a perverse life force mesmerizes.
Leonard Cohen reinforces this dedication to lyricism with striking humility in his final book.
This musical hodgepodge at the American Repertory Theater could be called 'Let's Sing About Me (and Me, and Then More About Me).'
Producers are tapping into a specific demographic: predominantly white audiences that are flush and who crave the thrill of hearing " and seeing " their favorite tunes performed live.
This is an opportunity to take in the early stirrings of Tennessee Williams' talent as a playwright.
Given what Olga Tokarczuk is curious about, it is not surprising that her book serves up its share of goofy humor.
The Black Clown commands the vastness of the Loeb's stage with an enviable energy.
There are 170 recipes in King Solomon's Table . Joan Nathan, a sort of culinary archeologist, tracks down the details of their origins to Biblical times.Â
A newly published book of translations and two upcoming Boston-area stage productions confirms the enduring elemental power of Federico GarcÃa Lorca.
Fall's conflict is presented with insufficient power; its domestic tragedy is not propelled along its inevitably troubling course.
A resplendent and spirited revival of The Sound of Music in downtown Boston.
But, amidst all this excitement, there was an undertow of concern in the crowd at this year's IRNE Awards.