Bill Marx
At the very least, Ionesco’s drama about the unreality of the world should produce shudders as well as chuckles.
Read MoreA hatred of self and others sits, relatively neglected, at the center of Adam Rapp’s script.
Read MoreShakespearean’s version of the Bard comes off as somewhat Monty Pythonesque — we are usually marching along with “Men Men Men.”
Read MoreThe author’s aim is to render William Blake’s complex vision understandable to novices. It is a lucid effort, though the book presents a disappointingly conventional overview of the artist’s achievement.
Read More“Why read Zola now? Leaving aside sheer enjoyment of his narrative art, I’d say: because his representation of society’s impact on the individuals within it memorably depicts what it means to be a human being in the modern world.”
Read MorePublished in August of 2020, Oxford University Press’s English translation of Doctor Pascal marked the first time that Émile Zola’s 20-book Les Rougon-Macquart series was available in print under one publisher.
Read MoreIn the age of COVID-19, Arts Fuse critics have come up with a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, and music — mostly available by streaming — for the coming weeks. More offerings will be added as they come in.
Read More1971 gave us bursts of magnificent cinematic iconoclasm that had no future — culturally or politically.
Read MoreIn the age of COVID-19, Arts Fuse critics have come up with a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, and music — mostly available by streaming — for the coming weeks. More offerings will be added as they come in.
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Theater Commentary: Theater in a Time of Emergency? — The Same Old Same Old
Are Boston’s stage critics disengaged from reality? Or is it that they are afraid to speak up?
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