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Theater Review: “Selling Kabul” — Those Who Remain Behind

July 15, 2019
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Selling Kabul poses many questions from the point of view of people seldom represented on the American stage.

Coming Attractions: July 14 through 30 — What Will Light Your Fire

July 14, 2019
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, visual art, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks.

WATCH CLOSELY: Season 2 of “Dark” is Artful Horror

July 13, 2019
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Despite Dark’s complicated structure, the characters are motivated by utterly realistic desires and emotions, which balance the show’s more abstract elements.

Opera Album Review: Now Hear What Berlioz and Wagner Admired — Gaspare Spontini’s “Olimpie” in a Stupendous New Recording

July 12, 2019
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This world-premiere recording of the 1826 Paris version of Gaspare Spontini’s Olimpie makes a powerful case for a composer much admired in his own day.

Arts Preview: Jamaica Plain Porchfest Rolls into its Sixth Year

July 8, 2019
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“Porches are loosely defined. Our stages include stoops, yards, and driveways, as well as churches, community centers, affordable housing, and elderly housing.”

Arts Fuse Podcast #17: When the Games Are So Unjust …

July 5, 2019
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We welcome community organizer and children’s books writer Jacob Kramer to talk about breaking the rules. His work infuses revolutionary thought with childlike wonder, encouraging readers of all ages to consider what’s possible, and to challenge the cynics.

Music Review: New Pop Releases of June 2019

July 3, 2019
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Here’s a list of five June releases that are making major waves on the Pop scene.

Arts Commentary: Is Art Ever Out of Season? — Anti-seasonal hits and Non-hits

July 3, 2019
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My tastes have always been everywhere and all over, whatever the time of year. But there is a seasonal connection for me — some books, movies, and music are inseparable from the season in which I consumed them.

Jazz Album Review: “Swing Symphony” — Quintessential Wynton Marsalis

July 2, 2019
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Wynton Marsalis’ Swing Symphony is his third effort in the grand form.

Theater Review: “Tea at Five” Doesn’t Deserve Faye Dunaway

July 2, 2019
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Faye Dunaway has chosen Tea at Five as the vehicle to bring her back to Broadway after a 37-year absence. Would that she had waited a bit longer for a vehicle more worthy of her considerable talents.

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