Tuesday, September 9, 2014
The evening was not just a pleasurable throwback to '80s digital reggae riddims, but drew on the misogyny and homophobia that dominated reggae during that era.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:10AM[SHARE]Monday, September 8, 2014
If you've still got your collegiate cynicism, Steely Dan is still the perfect band to feed it.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:07AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 4, 2014
Although the production of The Last Days of Cleopatra is at times a bit hard to follow, patient audience members will be rewarded by a profound dramatic payoff.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:54AM[SHARE]Sunday, August 31, 2014
Arts Fuse critics select the best in music, film, theater, author readings, and dance that's coming up in the next week.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:53PM[SHARE]Friday, August 29, 2014
Thursday, August 28, 2014
A charming, thoughtful one-man homage to writer Tennessee Williams and a hilarious burlesque spoof of TV's Mad Men.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:52PM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 27, 2014
The bust of Leonard Bernstein was done by New England artist Penelope Jencks and commissioned by legendary film composer John Williams.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:44PM[SHARE]The men are portrayed as comically irrelevant -- and this is refreshing given the phallocentric alpha-male angst that has been TV fodder so often before.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:34AM[SHARE]Monday, August 25, 2014
Arts Fuse critics select the best in music, film, theater, author readings, and dance that's coming up in the next week.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:17PM[SHARE]It was good to see Martha Davis and The Motels with a full house at Johnny D's, especially since the group clearly has life in them.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:30AM[SHARE]Saturday, August 23, 2014
There are some fine moments in Re:Group Theatre's production of the epic A Texas Trilogy, but there are also many limitations.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:18AM[SHARE]Friday, August 22, 2014
Thursday, August 21, 2014
Though it doesn't seem that Chicago will ever shake up their setlists or rediscover their original mission, at least they can still sneak just a little Varese in with the hits.
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Because it includes so many images from all parts of his life, Finding Fela may offer the finest tribute to the star's determination and defiance though the way his face and body look as tim…
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Hudson Warehouse's production of Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale is fast-paced, sad, and occasionally quite funny.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:47AM[SHARE]Sunday, August 17, 2014
Arts Fuse critics select the best in music, film, theater, author readings, and dance that's coming up in the next week.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:04PM[SHARE]Saturday, August 16, 2014
At its best, the playful absurdity of Franz West's work seduces the viewer.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:13AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 14, 2014
Beginning next month, local venues will be positively overrun with reunion shows representing five decades of Boston bands " without doubt the largest reunion event in the history of the Bos…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:10PM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Monday's news of the death of Robin Williams has hit hard. His brand of irresistible joie de vivre has been indispensable for decades.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:08AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 12, 2014
em> Director Werner Herzog has repeatedly taken us to places where few moviemakers have dared to venture; this Blu-Ray set is an essential addition to any serious film collection.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:18PM[SHARE]Monday, August 11, 2014
This engaging exhibition features the work of 6 artists who meditate on the demise of the analog film image, exploring celluloid's "particular visual, material, aural, and even metaphoric ch…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:42AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 7, 2014
Elsewhere is a tragicomic work, its plethora of absurd coincidences an attempt to portray the senseless plight of the post-postmodern man.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:43PM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 6, 2014
The jazz of tomorrow is in gifted hands. The future of the music business is more up for grabs.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:22PM[SHARE]A Most Wanted Man could have been a tense espionage yarn, but director and cast seem distinctly uninterested in delivering the nail-biting goods.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:52AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 5, 2014
The title of Richard Linklater's extraordinary film did not lure me to the theater. A friend's recommendation did.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:21PM[SHARE]Some four centuries after Playhouse Creatures takes place, women are still facing inequality in the theatre world; companies like Maiden Phoenix are part of the solution to that problem.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:07PM[SHARE]Director Richard Linklater does something in Boyhood that is virtually unique. He filmed it over a twelve year period, so the actors actually grow older right before our eyes.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:17AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 30, 2014
At its core, Code Black is about the struggle faced by young physicians who want to remain idealistic in the face of our failing health care system.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:35PM[SHARE]Monday, July 28, 2014
A Hard Day's Night stands as a landmark in rock history because it exemplifies the Beatles's joyously innocent starting point -- today it delivers an irresistible sonic joy that comes from l…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:05AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 24, 2014
The Noble Hustle gives talented novelist Colson Whitehead an opportunity to spelunk in some of the gnarlier corners of the American dream, in this case the Tropicana in Atlantic City.
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