Debra Cash

Dance Feature: Wonder X 2

June 23, 2014
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In red gloves and dark glasses, popping and locking, the Wondertwins are both imposing humans and robotic objects, organic and mechanical reproduction.

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Music Review: Rufus Wainwright’s Open Heart

June 20, 2014
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Rufus Wainwright is like that: unfiltered family love and dysfunction threaded through whammo pop tunes wrapped in the sequins of more than a little clear-to-those-who-know celebrity.

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Dance Review: “Acis and Galatea” — You Go, Girl

May 16, 2014
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Mark Morris’ choreography for his 18-member ensemble alternates between joyful ring-around-the-rosy and contra dance circles.

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Fuse News: Artist Responds to Fuse Critic’s Review — With Art

May 13, 2014
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This is what I call an example of a critic making an impact!

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Dance Review: Boston Ballet’s “Pricked” — Building Blocks

May 12, 2014
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Carrying cacti around the stage in boxes and placing them on their heads and in predictably suggestive positions, the Boston Ballet dancers looked like they were having a blast

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Book Review: “The Democratic Surround” — Exploring the Makings of Mass Experience

May 10, 2014
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Fred Turner’s counterintuitive and subtle argument in The Democratic Surround draws a direct line between the design of museum exhibitions and the Be-Ins of the Summer of Love.

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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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