Arts Fuse Editor
Sarah Ruhl attempts, but fails, to discover illuminating similarities between the powerful then and now.
The Murder of Sonny Liston is an absorbing, albeit speculative, attempt at addressing the mystery that died with the man.
This is a theater of signals, like a fast-changing slide show of things we recognize and don’t quite recognize.
“Tokenism also plays into this issue. Some companies are hiring one dancer of color and they think they’ve done diversity.”
A Man Called Ove‘s darkness and humor are balanced artfully, a merit one often sees in Scandinavian film.
The New Rep production is polished, surprising, and certainly hard-hitting.
The central mystery of the life of Brian Wilson: How did such a sweet and fragile soul create such complex and enduring music?
As confessions of rock decadence go, Lol Tolhust’s are fairly tame stuff.
Man in Snow encourages us to reflect on our own bit of mortality. We don’t probably take the time to do that enough.

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