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Fuse News: The Nieman Foundation Celebrates the Centennial of the Pulitzer Prize – No Kudos for Critics

September 6, 2016
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The hope is that nobody will notice that arts criticism hasn’t been invited to the Pulitzer Prize’s centennial party.

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Fuse Theater Review: “Company” — What We Sing About When We Sing About Love

September 5, 2016
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There’s a lot of love in the Lyric Stage Company’s production of Stephen Sondheim’s 1970 Tony Award winning show, Company.

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Fuse Film Review: “The Other Side” — Southern Fried Survival

September 4, 2016
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The Other Side comes off as a reserved, rather poignant glimpse into the lives of people who have very little to hope for.

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Music Review: Rapper Vince Staples Longs for Escape in “Prima Donna”

September 4, 2016
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Prima Donna is a rare thing: a conceptual EP that works.

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Theater Review: “About Clarence & Me” — Dreams of Friendship

September 2, 2016
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About Clarence & Me looks tenderly … perhaps too tenderly …at some pertinent contemporary issues.

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Fuse Film Review: “Complete Unknown” — The Merits of Metamorphosis

September 1, 2016
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An engrossing film about the choices in life that we make — and don’t make — starring Rachel Weisz and Michael Shannon.

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Arts Commentary: When You Think Things Can’t Get Worse — More Arts Criticism Bites the Dust

September 1, 2016
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The loss of arts criticism means severe economic challenges for arts and culture down the food chain.

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Theater Review: “Notes from the Field: Doing Time in Education” — An Invitation to Take Action

August 31, 2016
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Among the driving forces behind Anna Deavere Smith’s latest solo work is a call to strengthen “our collective capacity for action.”

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Book Review: “The Last Days of Stalin” — The Death of a Nightmare

August 31, 2016
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Joshua Rubenstein has penned a compact, chilling account of the demise of the Russian tyrant.

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Classical CD Reviews: Leonidas Kavakos’ “Virtuoso,” Daniel Harding conducts Rameau and Berlioz, Ballet music by Roussel, Debussy, and Poulenc

August 31, 2016
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Three CDs from musicians to be reckoned with.

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