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Not all of the production’s choices pay off, but Hamnet is a fascinating, one-of-a-kind play that strikes at a universal sense of longing.
While Beth Genné proffers a terrific take on dance and its social context, she exhibits a shaky grasp of musical-theater history.
We need a satire that takes Trump’s radical threat more seriously than Vicuña.
All of Shirkers demonstrates the wonderfulness of making cinema. I Am Not a Witch dramatizes the mystery and solidarity of accused witches.
Stephen Adly Guirgis has written a fine play about those who would blur their minds rather than admit just how tired they are.
Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, visual art, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks.
Straight White Men features plenty of conflict, but most of this wrangling comes in the form of tiresome, repetitive familial bickering.
Now, we’re told, Trajal Harrell has been researching Butoh dance and hoochy coochy dance, hooking them up with the precursors of modern dance and slathering on generous amounts of gender theory.
Despite its occasional confusions, this is poetry I will return to — to re-experience A.E. Stallings’ wit, wisdom, and word-smithing.
Jazz Commentary: Chet Baker — The Climax of Cool
For most of its history, jazz has been a macho culture. Sexual ambiguity or gay-ness were subjects of derision.
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