Sunday, 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 04:18PMFriday, June 3, 2022
As National Pride Month begins, The Inheritance is a powerful way to honor and remember the impossible journey so many have taken to win the right to simply be themselves in public.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:03PMMonday, May 9, 2022
The musical's book, lyrics, and score are strong enough to warrant productions elsewhere.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:37AMWednesday, May 4, 2022
This sizzling production of Ain’t Misbehavin’ is one of those on-of-a kind of experiences that we all long for in the theater.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:06PMTuesday, April 26, 2022
Kirsten Greenidge's epic comic drama is a spot-on examination of the challenges changing times pose to evolving families.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:12PMWednesday, April 6, 2022
AntigonX shows how a theater company's admirable dedication to innovation lifts new voices and ideas.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:54AMWednesday, March 16, 2022
This staging is a reminder that theater magic is fickle and time-bound -- it's hard to dependably catch lightning in a bottle.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:42PMSaturday, February 26, 2022
Young Nerds of Color feels like a bit of an experiment, and it is the kind of creative research that we should hope will continue.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:24PMMonday, February 21, 2022
People, Places & Things memorably tackles the insidiousness of addiction.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:03PMFriday, December 31, 2021
Once again,under challenging circumstances, the Revels cast and crew has pulled off a rousing good show.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:03PMFriday, November 5, 2021
BLKS is a bouncing, romping, profanity-laced, and sex-filled roller coaster -- but it also has an important message for those who are not Black femme sisters
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:37AMTuesday, October 5, 2021
Unfortunately, it’s becoming increasingly rare for Boston area theater companies to produce shows that are as deeply rooted in our local culture as this one.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:54AMThursday, September 30, 2021
Wild Horses is a sort of hybrid of familiar coming-of-age stories: Little Women meets Summer of ’42, with a dollop of Stand By Me tossed in for intrigue.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:06PMTuesday, September 7, 2021
As the play ends, all four characters have a clear understanding of their marching orders. But will they -- or we -- act on them?
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:03PMTuesday, August 24, 2021
If the theater really mirrors life, then you can bet we’re in for some drastic changes and adjustments, even on Broadway.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:03PMMonday, August 16, 2021
Theresa Rebeck's foodie comedy Seared is more of an amiable appetizer than a substantial entree.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:32PMMonday, June 21, 2021
Truman & Tennessee is a meticulously researched and edited documentary about two men and their differing commitments to art.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:32AMTuesday, June 15, 2021
The GSC production of Tiny Beautiful Things supplies a 90-minute catharsis, an opportunity to deal with all we've bottled up over the last 15 months or so.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:48PMSunday, May 30, 2021
The heart and soul that so prominently flavors the Black Beans Project no doubt reflects the hopeful moment we're in.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:24PMThursday, May 27, 2021
The "Real" Emily Dickinson never materializes, but the "Real" Mabel Loomis Todd does -- and it’s a sometimes shocking and sad story.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:48AMThursday, April 22, 2021
You need to hear this play. Especially if you are white and already “know” Othello. Listen again (and again) and prepare to question old assumptions.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:54AMThursday, April 15, 2021
The Catastrophist is an opportunity to begin processing our experience with a pandemic that has fundamentally changed our lives in ways we cannot yet fully comprehend.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:32AMSaturday, March 13, 2021
A 50th anniversary is a wonderful milestone, and I congratulate the Revels for looking back and huzzahing the occasion as they have.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:24AMAmir Nizar Zuabi’s engaging drama is a hopeful testament to communication and forgiveness.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:24AMThis is a very effective political drama, a relevant warning about what social critic Chris Hedges calls the formation of "corporate totalitarianism."
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:24AMSpeakEasy Stage Company has (once again) chosen a bold script for its audience.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:24AMThe show is made all the more powerful by the fact that we’ve now spent 12 months enduring Covid and four years of science denial and “alternative facts.”
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:24AMWednesday, October 30, 2019
The audience members were as diverse as the cast, the show is not being staged in a traditional space in Boston, and the play is incredibly relevant.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:48PMMonday, September 23, 2019
Bedlam's provocative production of The Crucible has a purpose -- to urge us all to stand up and shout down the devils in our midst.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:06PMSaturday, September 14, 2019
With, The Purists, Dan McCabe has written a comic drama that not only has a lot to say, but does it with an enormous amount of playful vim and vigor.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:03PMWednesday, September 4, 2019
In a taut 90 minutes, The Lifespan of a Fact zeroes in on some key issues that we’re grappling with as a country -- or ought to be.
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