Bill Marx

Fuse Theater Review: “Nice Fish” — An Amusingly Big Catch

January 29, 2016
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Nice Fish serves up a deliciously droll brand of American existentialism.

Fuse Event: Time For a Fusical! An Awards Evening Whimsical and Electrical

January 20, 2016
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Be there for the birth of The Arts Fuse awards for outstanding contribution to the arts in New England.

Theater Review: “Violet” — A Musical Quest for Healing

January 16, 2016
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In the theater, sentiment must be earned – Violet is moving and likable, but its pathos is only skin deep.

Theater Review: “Exposed” — A Toothless “Tartuffe” Update

December 14, 2015
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A genuine satirist kicks against all the pricks, relishing that he or she might challenge rather than placate audiences.

Arts Fuse Feature: Music in the Face of Crisis—A Benefit Concert for the Syrian Refugees

December 9, 2015
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The concert “is not about any political or religious statement, it is simply about human beings wanting to give a helping hand to other human beings.”

Theater Interview: Staging “Beowulf” for the Holidays

December 7, 2015
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“Mostly I want people to enjoy a feast of language, imagery, story, and the power of the actor to incite the imagination.”

Theater Review: “A Confederacy of Dunces”—A Genial Comic Uprising

November 22, 2015
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The Huntington Theatre Company is giving Jeffrey Hatcher’s stage adaptation of the celebrated comic novel a congenial production.

Stage Interview: Dramatist Jacqui Parker Talks About How Black Lives Matter: “A Crack in the Blue Wall”

November 4, 2015
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“Theater producers do not want to make their audience members uncomfortable and talking about race makes folks uncomfortable.”

Theater Review: “Choice” — Call Ghostbusters

October 30, 2015
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It is hard to figure out just what playwright Winnie Holzman is up to in Choice: is this a supernatural sit-com?

Book/Theater Interview: Library of America Celebrates Arthur Miller’s Centennial

October 16, 2015
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The Library of America has done its part to applaud Arthur Miller’s 100th birthday with a handsome 3-volume set of his plays.

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