Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Among the driving forces behind Anna Deveare Smith’s latest solo work is a call to strengthen "our collective capacity for action."
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:13PMMonday, August 1, 2016
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.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:26AMMonday, June 27, 2016
The Globe tells us that we will be gaining compelling stories. What are we losing? Invitations to think seriously about artistic accomplishment and failure.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:43AMThursday, June 16, 2016
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.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:55PMThursday, June 9, 2016
The Arts Fuse is developing a new initiative: the Arts Critic Mentorship Program and celebrates turning nine!
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:37AMThursday, June 2, 2016
"What other play culminates in such a frenzy of emotion and joy and love all in a moment on stage?"
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:03AMMonday, May 30, 2016
Library of America's anthology War No More explores a distinctively American tradition of antimilitarism.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:00AMWednesday, May 25, 2016
This is a rich evening of theater because it takes up social and psychological problems that aren't ordinarily addressed on our stages.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:22AMFriday, May 13, 2016
RoosevElvis turns out to a sort of slaphappy homage to two American legends, a genial romp that sticks to stereotypes.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:09AMWednesday, May 11, 2016
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.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:58AMSaturday, April 23, 2016
The School for Scandal hasn't dated a jot: put Snake, Mrs. Candour, and Mrs. Sneerwell on Facebook and watch civilizations totter.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:30PMTuesday, March 22, 2016
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.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:07PMMonday, February 15, 2016
There's nothing wrong with preaching the value of empathy -- but who would argue?
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:04PMSaturday, February 13, 2016
"Even in a terrain as epic and mythic and exotic as the Sahara, you cannot run away from the weight of your past."
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:00PMMonday, February 1, 2016
Audiences are always shocked by Body & Sold.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:44AMFriday, January 29, 2016
Nice Fish serves up a deliciously droll brand of American existentialism.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:35PMSaturday, January 16, 2016
In the theater, sentiment must be earned – Violet is moving and likable, but its pathos are skin deep.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:52PMMonday, December 14, 2015
A genuine satirist kicks against all the pricks, relishing that he or she might challenge rather than placate audiences.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:14PMWednesday, December 9, 2015
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."
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:31AMMonday, December 7, 2015
"Mostly I want people to enjoy a feast of language, imagery, story, and the power of the actor to incite the imagination."
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:43PMSunday, November 22, 2015
The Huntington Theatre Company is giving Jeffrey Hatcher’s stage adaptation of the celebrated comic novel a congenial production.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:09PMFriday, October 30, 2015
It is hard to figure out just what playwright Winnie Holzman is up to in Choice: is this a supernatural sit-com?
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:56PMFriday, October 16, 2015
The Library of America has done its part to applaud Arthur Miller's 100th birthday with a handsome 3-volume set of his plays.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:05PMFriday, October 9, 2015
Bridge Rep Theater director Olivia D'Ambrosio has not taken message-mongering to heart in this lively production of a rarely produced play.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:08AMMonday, September 28, 2015
It is no longer enough for a playwright to go into the belly of the 'beast' and pray for help.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:37PMFriday, September 18, 2015
Thursday, September 10, 2015
The things that go bump in the night are a pretty gooey lot in Ghost Quartet.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:14PMWednesday, September 9, 2015
"When we turn so crass and commercial that we have lost our way, Samuel Beckett will be rediscovered as the way back."
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:49AMFriday, August 14, 2015
"Arts journalism should meet the same high standard as other forms of writing but rarely does, even in the good old days."
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:39PMThursday, August 13, 2015
"For artists involved in doing ensemble devising, there is tremendous value in the creative challenge on every level of seeing how high and how far you can go as an artist."
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:04PMSunday, August 2, 2015
For all of its sound and fury and smoke, the CSC's version of King Lear is solid rather than surprising or exciting.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:54AM 
