Bill Marx

Arts Feature: Dance Favorites of 2020

December 12, 2020
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Community is what I miss most of all the pandemic’s deprivations—doing stuff with others.

Special Feature: Behold — The 2020 Fusical!

December 7, 2020
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Do not despair! Those who missed the Fusical on December 4th can still experience the stellar musical showcase.

Book Review: Karl Kraus’s Prophetic “Third Walpurgis Night” — Listening to the Music of an Ocean of Mud

November 13, 2020
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“Let my style capture all the sounds of my time. This should make it an annoyance to my contemporaries. But later generations should hold it to their ears like a seashell in which there is the music of an ocean of mud.”— Karl Kraus

Theater Feature: An Interview with Benny Sato Ambush on Directing the Virtual Reading of Anthony Clarvoe’s “The Living”

October 29, 2020
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“A play like The Living pricks the conscience of the country. It is the reason I wanted to produce and direct it.”

Theater Commentary: Boston Stages — Running from Reality?

September 25, 2020
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Are our theaters indifferent, craven, or complicit? Take your pick.

Theater Commentary: Notes Toward a Definition of Theater, Part One — “Be Bold and Wild”

August 25, 2020
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As we grapple with building the brave new world of live theater in a Covid and post-Covid world, a few stray thoughts.

Critical/Theater Commentary: Slapping Sleeping Media Outlets A “Woke”

July 15, 2020
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Taking action on even a modest number of these suggestions will undoubtedly shake up the current puerility of much of American theater criticism.

Performing Arts Series: Stories of Surviving COVID-19 — Non-Event

July 13, 2020
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What lies beyond COVID-19 for the arts community?

Shelter in Place Attractions: September 6 through 22 — What Will Light Your Home Fires

July 12, 2020
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In 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.

Performing Arts Series: Stories of Surviving COVID-19 — New England Conservatory

June 26, 2020
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What lies beyond COVID-19 for the arts community?

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