Bill Marx
“What other play culminates in such a frenzy of emotion and joy and love all in a moment on stage?”
A.O. Scott’s hurrah for criticism should be savored by anyone interested in how we articulate the value of the arts.
The Arts Fuse is developing a new initiative: the Arts Critic Mentorship Program and celebrates turning nine!
Library of America’s anthology War No More explores a distinctively American tradition of antimilitarism.
This is a rich evening of theater because it takes up social and psychological problems that aren’t ordinarily addressed on our stages.
RoosevElvis turns out to a sort of slaphappy homage to two American legends, a genial romp that sticks to stereotypes.
A Great Wilderness dramatizes the plight of a believer who is forced to face a powerful truth about himself — that he has probably wasted his life.
Legally Blind contains sufficient satiric sting because it takes aim at the current fashion for musicals in which handicapped souls are healed.
The School for Scandal hasn’t dated a jot: put Snake, Mrs. Candour, and Mrs. Sneerwell on Facebook and watch civilizations totter.
Critical Commentary: Critical Injury at the “Boston Globe”
The Globe tells us that we will be gaining compelling stories. What are we losing? Invitations to think seriously about artistic accomplishment and failure.
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