Bill Marx

Theater Commentary: Burnt Norton

May 24, 2022
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What will guarantee obsolescence? If members of the BTCA continue to embrace a “whatever is, is right” attitude to Boston’s stage scene.

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Theater Review: “Sea Sick” — How Damned Is the Ocean?

May 14, 2022
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Personable but bracing, Sea Sick delivers an essential message: not only about the damage that is being done to the oceans, but the horrors that are coming down the pike.

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May Short Fuses – Materia Critica

May 3, 2022
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Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.

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Theater Review: “Burgerz” — Food Court

April 20, 2022
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Non-binary people have plenty to be angry about these days, but Burgerz is not an attempt to shock or strike back in anger.

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April Short Fuses – Materia Critica

April 2, 2022
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Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.

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Theater Review: “Everyday Life and Other Odds and Ends” — “This Whole Going Downhill Thing”

March 22, 2022
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Everyday Life and Other Odds and Ends is admirable because it takes contemporary theater into fresh territory — the slow paralysis of the body and the demands this decline makes on caregivers.

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The 2021 Jazz Critics Poll: Only the Best

December 29, 2021
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Jazz isn’t an orthodoxy, a religion, a form of faith healing, or a tribal rite — you don’t have to be in the room with it the moment it happens to reap its benefits.

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Arts Feature: Recommended Books, 2021

December 28, 2021
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An eclectic round-up of the favorite books of the year from our critics, including some disappointments.

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Author Interview: “Embattled” — Can Ancient Greek Myths Help Us Resist Tyranny?

December 24, 2021
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“By cultivating our capacity for empathetic critical inquiry, Greek myths caution us against entertainers, pundits, politicians, and journalists who are trying to inflame our anger and fear.”

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Arts Feature: According to Our Critics — The Best That TV Offered in 2021

December 22, 2021
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After a brief respite, we were driven indoors (again) and told to stay there, so we turned to our screens for entertainment.

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