Bill Marx

Fuse Theater Review: “after all the terrible things I do” — Taking a Safe Stand

June 13, 2015
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Scripts of this well-intentioned variety are big on exalting forgiveness and empathy – calls for justice are rare for obvious reasons.

Fuse Theater Review: “The Last Two People on Earth” — Singin’ in the Tsunami

May 20, 2015
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An amiable musical revue about two guys who kick up their heels after global warming finally boils over.

Fuse News: 2015 Elliot Norton Awards Announced

May 12, 2015
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Congratulations to the nominees and the awardees.

Fuse Commentary: Five Minutes With NEA Chairman Jane Chu

May 6, 2015
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God speed Chairman Chu on her mission to make the fine arts less marginalized in a determinedly bottom line culture, obsessed with the pragmatic rather than the imaginative.

Theater Review: Wham “(Betty) Bam” Thank You Mam

April 26, 2015
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Had Daniil Kharms’ texts been available at the high tide of the Theater of the Absurd, his plays would be performed alongside those of Samuel Beckett and Eugene Ionesco.

Book Interview: Todd Tietchen on Jack Kerouac — Torn Between Routes and Roots.

April 20, 2015
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The hope is that general readers and scholars will realize a more rounded comprehension of Jack Kerouac.

Fuse Tip: Robert Lepage’s Miraculous Magic Cube — “Needles and Opium”

April 10, 2015
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This wonder work from Canadian director Robert Lepage isn’t here for much time, alas.

Theater Review: Yale Rep’s “Caucasian Chalk Circle” — Singing Well About Our Dark Times

April 10, 2015
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Those who want to experience the brilliance of Bertolt Brecht at its mellowest should head down to Yale Rep’s lively and moving production of The Caucasian Chalk Circle.

Theater Commentary: The Irrelevance of ‘Relevant’ Theater

April 5, 2015
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Where are the theaters that are bold enough to stage challenging and risky dramas about race? Not just talk the talk.

Fuse News: H. L. Mencken — Banned in Boston, 89 Years Ago Today

April 5, 2015
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After reading the supposedly offensive article in the American Mercury, the judge said: “No one but a moron could be affected by it.”

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