Robert Israel

Poetry Review: James Tate’s Last Poems — Dense, Daffy, and Original

August 4, 2015
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James Tate remains true to himself. These prose-poems are often stellar, harrowingly distinctive, and worthy of repeat visits.

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Fuse Theater Review: “The New Electric Ballroom” — Life’s Stark But Beautiful Melodies

July 31, 2015
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Like Samuel Beckett, Enda Walsh does not ignore the tenderness that flourishes, often under the duress of absurdity.

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Theater Review: Robert Lepage’s 887 — Speak, Memory

July 22, 2015
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While 887 explores the political, historical, and cultural ramifications of centuries-old racism, Robert Lepage never panders to victim mentality polemics.

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Theater Review: “Out of Sterno” — Absurd to the Point of Distraction

July 4, 2015
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Out of Sterno punches the same punchline far too often.

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Visual Art Feature: Toronto’s Aga Khan Museum — An Experience of Tranquility

June 25, 2015
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The Aga Khan Museum should also be appreciated as a source of inspiration.

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Theater Review: Gloucester Stage Company’s “Sweet and Sad” — Subtle to a Fault

June 16, 2015
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Richard Nelson does not compel us to pay attention to his characters’ psychological disclosures, and his reluctance to underline is refreshing.

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Fuse Theater Review: “Mothers & Sons” — Surveying, With Understanding, the Battles Ahead

May 16, 2015
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Mothers & Sons raises important questions about struggle, acceptance, and love, dramatizing battles that are still being waged.

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Theater Review: Elie Wiesel’s “Choice” — A Tragic Parable About Loss

April 14, 2015
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Despite the well-intentioned efforts of the cast, Eli Wiesel’s words were lost in space.

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Theater Interview: Actor Marc Labrèche — On Robert Lepage’s “Needles and Opium”

March 30, 2015
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“It is just when we delve deeper into the sorrows of our lives, the sorrows we have all endured, that our humor saves us.”

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Theater Review: Culture Clash at 30 — Still Making Ballsy Political Theater

March 16, 2015
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Culture Clash’s view of America will discomfort, which is all the more reason that I urge you — strongly — to attend.

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