Wednesday, April 10, 2024
The Lyric Stage Company production almost meets the challenges posed by this delightfully inane musical farce.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:06PMSaturday, March 30, 2024
Let’s face it, we could all use a celebration of renewal and togetherness that crosses cultural (and political) borders.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:02AMTuesday, March 26, 2024
"Beyond Words" tells an important story in an entertaining as well as a delightfully educational way.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:54PMWednesday, February 28, 2024
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.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:48PMWednesday, February 7, 2024
This version of the script may be overreaching, but there is promise in M Sloth Levine's attempt to infuse gender and personal soul-searching into a spooky 'cartoon' mystery.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:54AMTuesday, February 6, 2024
This is a rare script that focuses, equally, on emotional depth and scientific wonder.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:24PMMonday, December 18, 2023
My advice: see this show in Boston before it settles into New York for what should be a long run.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:24AMFriday, November 17, 2023
This well-directed and performed production of a musical about the universal longing for connection delivers a stirringly heart felt experience.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:24AMWednesday, November 8, 2023
By David Greenham This Rocky Horror Show for the Gen Z set contains (at least potentially) enough flash and zap to successfully put across a new take on a campy cult classic. The Rocky Horro…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:42AMMonday, September 18, 2023
"The Half-God of Rainfall" is a challenging journey relayed in a memorable production that will resonate with you for a long time.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:19AMThursday, September 7, 2023
All in all,Tall Tales from Blackburn Tavern is an entertaining look at the things that went bump in the night in Gloucester.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:43PMThere are powerful moments in "The Jump Shot," particularly those that explore the psychological impact of COVID on our minds and lives.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:19AMThursday, August 24, 2023
In this script, dramatist Martyna Majok has created an opportunity for those who live in (or near) cities to see and hear the struggles of the underclass.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:49AMTuesday, August 15, 2023
Perhaps what's most fascinating here is proof that Brenda Withers’ play has an evergreen quality to it. "The Ding Dongs" may prove to be prophetic.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:37AMWednesday, July 12, 2023
Congratulations to Gloucester Stage’s new artistic director Rebecca Bradshaw for mounting the regional premiere of this interesting script, a kitchen sink comedy/drama that is anything but…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:55AMMonday, June 12, 2023
Even when it is well-performed, as it is here, it is unclear whether Noël Coward's well-constructed comic concoction deserves another theatrical lease on life.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:49AMSaturday, June 10, 2023
This American Repertory Theatre co-production gets so many of "Evita"'s elements right -- now all it needs is the musical's combative soul.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:04PMWednesday, May 3, 2023
This pared-down staging of Tony Kushner's 30 year-old masterpiece invites some reflection, even a kind of nostalgia. But blazing through -- with seraphic force -- is the harsh reality of how…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:12AMMonday, February 27, 2023
This is an immigrant story that we’ve heard over and over again. Still, despite its familiarity, this particular quest for opportunity -- told in a wonderful and often funny mix of Spanish…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:15PMTuesday, December 20, 2022
At its core, the Revels is about bringing together actors and audience, but there are several stagecraft successes to note this time around
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:18AMSaturday, December 17, 2022
This stunning, brand new production of UK's Life of Pi is stopping in Cambridge for a month or so before sailing down to Broadway.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:02PMSaturday, November 19, 2022
The artistic and design team at the Central Square Theater, in partnership with CHUANG Stage, have come up with an effective, thought-provoking 90-minute journey into a depressing aspect of …
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:32PMMonday, October 31, 2022
English makes us consider what it looks like from the other side of our native tongue; from the outside looking in.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:36PMWednesday, October 5, 2022
An experimental drama, no matter how tantalizing, has to come up with a payoff that makes its bewildering journey worth it. Lucas Hnath's doesn't.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:43PMSaturday, October 1, 2022
You don’t have to be a math wiz to enjoy Lauren Gunderson's engaging historical drama,which has been effectively staged by director Debra Wise.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:07PMWednesday, August 31, 2022
This dark and jazzy noir drama would be compelling if it just focused on dramatizing a jazz artist's quest for artistic perfection.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:54AMSaturday, August 20, 2022
This is one of those 75-minute plays where you have to remind yourself to breathe.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:03PMFriday, August 12, 2022
When Hackmatack Playhouse closes, that will leave, by my count, just one non-equity, professional summer resident theater in Maine: Acadia Rep (founded in 1973) located in Somesville, near B…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:54AMTuesday, August 2, 2022
Grand Horizons at the Gloucester Stage Company is a wild, funny, and sometimes wonderfully touching ride.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:54PMSaturday, July 9, 2022
Once it gets its bearings, Mr. Fullerton, Between the Sheets, tosses and turns its way through the throes of hidden romance, miscommunication, reconciliation and, eventually, heartbreak.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:07AMSunday, June 5, 2022
This revival of 1776 tries to strike a culture wars balance, celebrating the country's commitment to independence while also here and there skewering the idealized images and blatant hypocri…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:18PM 
