Bill Marx

Theater Review: Titanic Theatre Company’s Satire “Why Torture Is Wrong” Treads Water

August 1, 2013
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The Titanic Theatre Company production struggles with Christopher Durang’s superficial satire and manages to squeeze some laughs out of it.

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Fuse Commentary: The Boston Globe Disses The Lowell Folk Festival

July 29, 2013
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In 2011, the Boston Globe characterized the Lowell Folk Festival as “a celebration of diversity.” This year, the floundering newspaper isn’t interested in celebrating anything but itself.

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Theater Review: A Few Thoughts on Williamstown Theatre Festival’s “Pygmalion”

July 24, 2013
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Surely the lesson of “Pygmalion” is that Eliza should never look back. She doesn’t need to.

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Book Review: “The Missing Year of Juan Salvatierra” — A River of Consciousness

July 24, 2013
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“The Missing Year of Juan Salvatierra” is a compelling celebration of art as a force of nature, a fragile yet indomitable demand for possibility despite the constraints of a torpid existence.

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Fuse News: Who Will Fight for the Survival of Arts Education in Our Schools?

July 18, 2013
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Efforts to ensure that arts education is a significant part of our schools is not the kind of glamorous activity that prys dollars out of the wallets of donors or drums up tourism.

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Theater Review: CSC’s “The Two Gentlemen of Verona” — A Cuddly Pair of Rats

July 16, 2013
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The Commonwealth Shakespeare Company’s production of “The Two Gentlemen of Verona” is spunky and engaging — but the play is spun in one direction, away from its weird edginess.

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Book/Theater Review: Vladimir Nabokov Does That Shakespeherian Rag

July 8, 2013
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Nabokov will become much more seriously playful about extinction and the nature of love in the increasingly complex fables to come. “The Tragedy of Mr. Morn” is his initial earnest fairy tale.

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Arts Fuse Editorial: The Magazine Heads into its Seventh Year — The State of the Fuse is Strong

June 5, 2013
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It turns out that budding arts writers are anxious to learn how to master the demanding nuts and bolts of reviewing, especially given how few examples of first-rate criticism can be found in the increasingly all-thumbs mainstream media.

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Fuse Jazz News: Happy 99th Birthday Sun Ra! A Local Celebration Tonight

May 22, 2013
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Come celebrate the music of Sun Ra: legendary jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, poet, theatrical ringmaster, and lyricist of the extra terrestrial.

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Fuse News: How Loud Does David Koch’s Money Talk in Boston?

May 20, 2013
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Mayer’s report deals with David Koch throwing his weight around at WNET and PBS. Unfortunately, she does not talk about whether Koch’s powerful presence has influenced WGBH.

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