Debra Cash

Book Review: “Artists, Writers, Thinkers, Dreamers — Portraits of 50 Famous Folks & All Their Weird Stuff”

May 8, 2014
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Artists, Writers, Thinkers, Dreamers: Portraits of 50 Famous Folks & All Their Weird Stuff is a weird cartoon bait-and-switch.

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Fuse News: When a Pop Star is a Cheapskate

May 5, 2014
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As we freelancers like to say, you can die from exposure.

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Theater Review: Hello Muddah? — “My Son The Waiter”

May 1, 2014
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Comic genres don’t die; they just become niche markets.

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Fuse News: Time Capsules — British Pathe Newsreels Online

April 17, 2014
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British Pathe’s 85,000 (some sites say 90,000, but who’s counting?) newsreels are now online.

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Book Review: David Grossman’s “Falling Out of Time” — It Takes A Village

April 7, 2014
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“Falling Out of Time” is a book that gives all the truth that Israeli writer David Grossman can deliver, and far more intimacy than we strangers who are his readers have earned.

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Stage Preview: See Me, Hear Me — Nalaga’at Theater Deaf-Blind Acting Ensemble

March 29, 2014
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Israel’s Nalaga’at Theater Deaf-Blind Acting Ensemble, whose name translates to “Do Touch,” is on a U.S. tour that included a side visit to the White House.

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Dance News: “Fame” and the Fairytale

March 26, 2014
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The Fuse doesn’t usually publicize auditions, but it’s news that Debbie Allen is swinging through Boston this week seeking young dancers between the ages of seven and 22.

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Music Preview: East Coast Premiere of an Opera about the Fight for Civil Rights –“Dark River”

March 26, 2014
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Fanny Lou Hamer’s life and the political struggle, which gave us the Voting Rights Act, is the basis of Mary Watkins’ two-act opera.

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Theater Preview: Rescuing — and Reimagining — the Sarajevo Haggadah

March 18, 2014
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It was not the first time the Sarajevo Haggadah had benefited from Muslim protection: during the Nazi occupation, another librarian had spirited the Hebrew manuscript out of danger and hidden it in a local mosque.

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Dance Review: If the Shoe Fits — Boston Ballet’s “Cinderella”

March 17, 2014
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Boston Ballet is showcasing a number of its ballerinas in the title role of Cinderella.

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