Arts Fuse Editor
For Boston, Derek Trucks designs the shows to celebrate Susan’s Tedeschi’s march from local clubs to being a commanding presence on concert stages around the world.
Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.
Single All the Way is a Hallmark Christmas movie with two gay men inserted in, which means they have just as little chemistry as the straight couples in these films do.
Two new Chicago-connected releases explore combinations of flute, cello, percussion and more to good effect.
As it chronicles the rise and fall of the titular Von Dutch brand, the series tries to exploit nostalgia and true crime at the same time.
Boiling Point is as suspenseful a film as anything else I’ve seen this year.
There are three key words in the title: “music,” “change,” and “everything.” At its best, the series convincingly shows how they are linked. Other times, it embraces too much of one at the expense of the other two.
Stephen Sondheim was the most influential musical-theater artist of the modern era. His death leaves a permanent hole in the art form and in the hearts of his fans.
Let’s hope The Sex Lives of College Girls is given a second season because, much like Sex Education, it is a reminder of the value of the real at a time Big Tech and others are trying to pull us into living and loving in the virtual.
Visual Arts Commentary: NFT Art — Disinterested Creativity or an Investment Strategy?
Clearer heads conclude that there will be plenty of cultural space for both physical art and this highly monetized new digital art.
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