Bill Marx

Theater Review: Huntington Theatre Company’s “Bedroom Farce” — Sleepytime

November 19, 2016
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There’s nothing here to challenge the status quo, just an amiable ‘sex’ comedy about characters who aren’t getting any.

Cultural Commentary: Things Get Worse at the Boston Globe and Elsewhere — More Arts Criticism Bites the Dust

November 15, 2016
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Many of today’s arts editors and reviewers embrace a lilliputian vision of arts criticism; they accept a crabbed sense of its possibilities.

Opera Preview: “The Picture of Dorian Gray” — The Opera

November 11, 2016
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“I have always been a fan of horror movies, and I’m sure that was part of the attraction to me.”

Book Interview: A New Take on Kafka — A Conversation with Peter Wortsman

October 9, 2016
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The standard view of Kafka reduces him to the patron saint of neurotics.

Cultural Commentary: Wells Fargo — Let Them Eat Art

October 3, 2016
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Is truth and beauty served when the arts just take the money from the big banks and run?

Fuse Music Interview: Rock Against the TPP Comes to Boston

September 28, 2016
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We’re reminding everyone that fighting corruption and injustice is hard work, but it can be fun as hell too.

Film Interview: “Trafficked” — Siddharth Kara’s Disturbing Vision of Modern Slavery

September 26, 2016
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“The purpose of the film is to take the audience on what I hope will be a riveting, challenging, and ultimately uplifting journey into the world of human trafficking.”

Theater Review: Harbor Stage Company’s “Miss Julie” — A Respectable Tragedy

September 20, 2016
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This is a satisfying if limited production; the Harbor Stage Company is a troupe that is well worth keeping an eye on.

Theater Review: “Blasted” — A Splendidly Visceral Wake-up Call

September 7, 2016
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There is little doubt in my mind that this powerful production of Blasted will be one of the high points in Boston theater this year.

Fuse News: The Nieman Foundation Celebrates the Centennial of the Pulitzer Prize – No Kudos for Critics

September 6, 2016
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The hope is that nobody will notice that arts criticism hasn’t been invited to the Pulitzer Prize’s centennial party.

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