http://artsfuse.org The Culture of New England: Criticism, Commentary, Conversation Wed, 16 May 2012 22:11:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://artsfuse.org/59848/fuse-book-review-hey-look-me-over-just-my-type/ http://artsfuse.org/59848/fuse-book-review-hey-look-me-over-just-my-type/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 20:02:38 +0000 Debra Cash http://artsfuse.org/?p=59848 Just My Type, is a rollicking, sometimes snarky social history of the design decisions behind lettering from Gutenberg to the iPad.]]> http://artsfuse.org/59848/fuse-book-review-hey-look-me-over-just-my-type/feed/ 0 http://artsfuse.org/59794/concert-review-stephen-hammer-and-michelle-graveline-at-the-worcester-art-museum/ http://artsfuse.org/59794/concert-review-stephen-hammer-and-michelle-graveline-at-the-worcester-art-museum/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 13:00:32 +0000 Jonathan Blumhofer http://artsfuse.org/?p=59794 http://artsfuse.org/59794/concert-review-stephen-hammer-and-michelle-graveline-at-the-worcester-art-museum/feed/ 0 http://artsfuse.org/59676/fuse-classical-music-review-chameleon-arts-ensemble-ends-its-season-brilliantly/ http://artsfuse.org/59676/fuse-classical-music-review-chameleon-arts-ensemble-ends-its-season-brilliantly/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 00:52:55 +0000 Susan Miron http://artsfuse.org/?p=59676 http://artsfuse.org/59676/fuse-classical-music-review-chameleon-arts-ensemble-ends-its-season-brilliantly/feed/ 0 http://artsfuse.org/59605/fuse-theater-review-an-inspirational-woody-sez/ http://artsfuse.org/59605/fuse-theater-review-an-inspirational-woody-sez/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 15:51:53 +0000 Anthony J. Palmer http://artsfuse.org/?p=59605 Woody Sez is a thoroughly enjoyable and effectively assembled presentation of Woody Guthrie’s life and music.]]> http://artsfuse.org/59605/fuse-theater-review-an-inspirational-woody-sez/feed/ 0 http://artsfuse.org/59581/fuse-film-review-sound-of-my-voice/ http://artsfuse.org/59581/fuse-film-review-sound-of-my-voice/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 12:09:39 +0000 Tim Jackson http://artsfuse.org/?p=59581 Sound of My Voice has a lot twists and turns, much charm, and credible suspense. Have I yielded to the cult of Brit Marling? I was always a sucker for pretty face, and a good yarn.]]> http://artsfuse.org/59581/fuse-film-review-sound-of-my-voice/feed/ 3 http://artsfuse.org/59542/fuse-dance-review-boston-ballet-ends-48th-season-on-an-encouraging-note/ http://artsfuse.org/59542/fuse-dance-review-boston-ballet-ends-48th-season-on-an-encouraging-note/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 20:37:39 +0000 Arts Fuse Editor http://artsfuse.org/?p=59542 http://artsfuse.org/59542/fuse-dance-review-boston-ballet-ends-48th-season-on-an-encouraging-note/feed/ 0 http://artsfuse.org/59495/fuse-theater-review-cupcake-a-musical-for-pastry-lovers/ http://artsfuse.org/59495/fuse-theater-review-cupcake-a-musical-for-pastry-lovers/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 03:58:52 +0000 Peter-Adrian Cohen http://artsfuse.org/?p=59495 Cupcake is for you. But if you expect something more filling, then I’m afraid you’ll have to wait for this creative team’s next baking session.]]> http://artsfuse.org/59495/fuse-theater-review-cupcake-a-musical-for-pastry-lovers/feed/ 0 http://artsfuse.org/59425/fuse-book-review-emmaus-a-fictional-puzzle-wrapped-in-a-spiritual-enigma/ http://artsfuse.org/59425/fuse-book-review-emmaus-a-fictional-puzzle-wrapped-in-a-spiritual-enigma/#comments Sun, 13 May 2012 12:32:52 +0000 Arts Fuse Editor http://artsfuse.org/?p=59425 Silk, filled with inchoate erotic longings for which there is no explanation, became an international bestseller. Emmaus, his latest book in translation, also contains mysteries. ]]> http://artsfuse.org/59425/fuse-book-review-emmaus-a-fictional-puzzle-wrapped-in-a-spiritual-enigma/feed/ 0 http://artsfuse.org/59184/fuse-theater-commentary-maestro-breaking-boundaries/ http://artsfuse.org/59184/fuse-theater-commentary-maestro-breaking-boundaries/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 21:33:59 +0000 Anthony J. Palmer http://artsfuse.org/?p=59184 http://artsfuse.org/59184/fuse-theater-commentary-maestro-breaking-boundaries/feed/ 0 http://artsfuse.org/59194/fuse-book-review-when-the-night-a-memorably-icy-love-story/ http://artsfuse.org/59194/fuse-book-review-when-the-night-a-memorably-icy-love-story/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 12:08:59 +0000 Roberta Silman http://artsfuse.org/?p=59194 http://artsfuse.org/59194/fuse-book-review-when-the-night-a-memorably-icy-love-story/feed/ 0 http://artsfuse.org/59113/fuse-dancemovie-review-the-passing-parade-a-film-about-the-joffrey-ballet/ http://artsfuse.org/59113/fuse-dancemovie-review-the-passing-parade-a-film-about-the-joffrey-ballet/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 21:36:46 +0000 Debra Cash http://artsfuse.org/?p=59113 derails, partly because its hagiographic tone encourages elisions that beg important questions.]]> http://artsfuse.org/59113/fuse-dancemovie-review-the-passing-parade-a-film-about-the-joffrey-ballet/feed/ 4 http://artsfuse.org/59099/fuse-classical-cd-review-jeremy-denks-ligetibeethoven-nonesuch/ http://artsfuse.org/59099/fuse-classical-cd-review-jeremy-denks-ligetibeethoven-nonesuch/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 19:51:16 +0000 Jonathan Blumhofer http://artsfuse.org/?p=59099 http://artsfuse.org/59099/fuse-classical-cd-review-jeremy-denks-ligetibeethoven-nonesuch/feed/ 0 http://artsfuse.org/58764/fuse-theater-review-boxed-in-yesterday-happened-remembering-h-m/ http://artsfuse.org/58764/fuse-theater-review-boxed-in-yesterday-happened-remembering-h-m/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 17:10:19 +0000 Bill Marx http://artsfuse.org/?p=58764 Yesterday Happened (how could it not be, given its story?) takes an honorable, visually striking swipe at the problems.]]> http://artsfuse.org/58764/fuse-theater-review-boxed-in-yesterday-happened-remembering-h-m/feed/ 0 http://artsfuse.org/58747/judicial-review-8-making-sense-of-the-assassins/ http://artsfuse.org/58747/judicial-review-8-making-sense-of-the-assassins/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 19:59:34 +0000 Bill Marx http://artsfuse.org/?p=58747 Judicial Review? It is a fresh approach to creating a conversational, critical space about the arts and culture. This is our eighth session, a discussion about the Boston University College of Fine Arts production of the 1990 Stephen Sondheim/John Weidman musical Assassins, which looks at the lives and sensibilities of men and women who attempted (successfully or otherwise) to kill the President of the United States.]]> http://artsfuse.org/58747/judicial-review-8-making-sense-of-the-assassins/feed/ 0 http://artsfuse.org/58658/fuse-opera-review-back-to-the-future-boston-baroques-orfeo-ed-euridice/ http://artsfuse.org/58658/fuse-opera-review-back-to-the-future-boston-baroques-orfeo-ed-euridice/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 19:50:57 +0000 Anthony J. Palmer http://artsfuse.org/?p=58658 http://artsfuse.org/58658/fuse-opera-review-back-to-the-future-boston-baroques-orfeo-ed-euridice/feed/ 1 http://artsfuse.org/58665/fuse-concert-review-boston-symphony-orchestrabernard-haitink-at-symphony-hall/ http://artsfuse.org/58665/fuse-concert-review-boston-symphony-orchestrabernard-haitink-at-symphony-hall/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 11:53:38 +0000 Jonathan Blumhofer http://artsfuse.org/?p=58665 http://artsfuse.org/58665/fuse-concert-review-boston-symphony-orchestrabernard-haitink-at-symphony-hall/feed/ 0 http://artsfuse.org/58549/fuse-film-review-the-independent-film-festival-of-boston-ten-films-to-look-for/ http://artsfuse.org/58549/fuse-film-review-the-independent-film-festival-of-boston-ten-films-to-look-for/#comments Sat, 05 May 2012 20:11:11 +0000 Tim Jackson http://artsfuse.org/?p=58549 http://artsfuse.org/58549/fuse-film-review-the-independent-film-festival-of-boston-ten-films-to-look-for/feed/ 2 http://artsfuse.org/58345/fuse-theater-review-an-earnest-troilus-and-cressida/ http://artsfuse.org/58345/fuse-theater-review-an-earnest-troilus-and-cressida/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 18:54:04 +0000 Bill Marx http://artsfuse.org/?p=58345 Romeo and Juliet, but Actors' Shakespeare Project director Tina Packer wants to make Troilus and Cressida fit into that reassuring and earnest mold.]]> http://artsfuse.org/58345/fuse-theater-review-an-earnest-troilus-and-cressida/feed/ 0 http://artsfuse.org/40827/fuse-theater-review-carlo-goldonis-classic-comedy-goes-mod-in-style/ http://artsfuse.org/40827/fuse-theater-review-carlo-goldonis-classic-comedy-goes-mod-in-style/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 14:02:36 +0000 Ian Thal http://artsfuse.org/?p=40827 One Man, Two Guvnors, based on The Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni, has been nominated for 7 Tony Awards. Here is Fuse Critic Ian Thal's review of the National Theatre Live broadcast of the British production, first posted in September, 2011.]]> http://artsfuse.org/40827/fuse-theater-review-carlo-goldonis-classic-comedy-goes-mod-in-style/feed/ 0 http://artsfuse.org/58302/fuse-book-review-orhan-pamuks-museum-of-innocence-opens/ http://artsfuse.org/58302/fuse-book-review-orhan-pamuks-museum-of-innocence-opens/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 12:23:06 +0000 Christopher M. Ohge http://artsfuse.org/?p=58302 The Museum of Innocence, has opened in Istanbul.]]> http://artsfuse.org/58302/fuse-book-review-orhan-pamuks-museum-of-innocence-opens/feed/ 0