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CD Review: Code Orange’s “Forever” – A Brutal Triumph

January 24, 2017
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On its latest LP, Code Orange reinvents pain.

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The Arts on the Stamps of the World — January 24

January 24, 2017
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An Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.

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Theater Review: “Incident at Vichy” — The Vicissitudes of Guilt

January 23, 2017
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Praxis Stage manages to get Arthur Miller’s message across, and it is a valuable one that must be repeated well beyond the inauguration.

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CD Reviews: Ken Thomson’s “Restless” and Alberto Ginastera’s “One Hundred”

January 23, 2017
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Ken Thomson’s Restless doesn’t hide from dark places or things; Oberlin Orchestra does right by Argentinian composer Alberto Ginastera.

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Film Review: “Paterson” — A Very Ordinary Visionary

January 23, 2017
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Paterson is a movie about how ordinary it may be to see the world in a grain of sand.

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Dance Review: ODC/Dance — Science and Sensuality

January 23, 2017
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In both pieces on the ODC/Dance program, serious ideas underlay a lush movement language adorned with striking scenic effects.

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The Arts on the Stamps of the World — January 23

January 23, 2017
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An Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.

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CD Reviews: Jerusalem Quartet plays Bartók and Heath Quartet plays Tchaikovsky

January 22, 2017
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Jerusalem Quartet’s Bartók is more elegant than hard-edged; Heath Quartet’s Tchaikovsky is vigorous and sweeping.

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Theater Review: “Trick or Treat” — A Domestic Horror Show

January 22, 2017
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A less skilled playwright might have gone for the obvious and focused on mercy-killing and the ravages of Alzheimer’s.

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Film Review: “Silence” — Martin Scorsese’s Mute Spiritual Odyssey

January 22, 2017
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Did Martin Scorsese want this film about religious faith to reverberate so faintly, to make its point through such awkward stillness?

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