Bill Marx

Theater Review: “Dhalgren Sunrise” — Unreal City

June 20, 2017
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This is an evening that, through an excess of imagination, makes as little sense as possible.

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Theater Commentary: Trump, Julius Caesar, and Political Farce

June 19, 2017
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If the ballyhoo around the Public Theater’s Julius Caesar is a sign of the times, then we have a lot more than Trump to fear.

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THE ARTS FUSE TURNS TEN! — Give to the Summer Appeal and Keep Us Strong

June 13, 2017
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THE ARTS FUSE TURNS TEN! Help sustain substantial critical coverage of the arts.

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Theater Review: “Days of Atonement” — Sin Overload

June 7, 2017
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There are just too many traumas on Hasfari’s checklist, too little time allotted to dramatic depth.

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The Arts Fuse Mentorship Program: An Introduction

May 29, 2017
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My thought was that it would exciting to invite high school students from diverse backgrounds to become better educated about arts criticism.

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Theater Commentary: “Trumpismo avant la lettre” and the Elliot Norton Awards

May 22, 2017
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Hypnotized by celebrity and the monied class, our stage critics have become a gaggle of cheerleaders, feckless enough to call Diane Paulus a “visionary.”

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Theater Review: Rock Critic Lester Bangs — A Welcome Rebel Yell

May 15, 2017
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Lester Bangs insisted that, at its best, rock was an act of pure rebellion, a liberation from the prison of respectability.

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Theater Review: “Barbecue” — Not Enough Meat on These Bones

April 18, 2017
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Beneath Barbecue’s jokes there’s little but a chic cynicism.

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Theater Review: “The Who & the What” — And the Why?

April 11, 2017
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The script softens up the issue of patriarchal authoritarianism by plugging it into a family comedy structure.

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Theater Review: “The Night of the Iguana” — A Creature Feature

March 4, 2017
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The ART presents a staid production of Tennessee Williams’ talky chamber play about wanderers struggling to be released from their pain.

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