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Theater Review: Double Edge’s “Once a Blue Moon” — Water Worlds

August 17, 2015
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What sets Double Edge Theatre apart from other troupes is that it has always forged an intimate link between the world of physical theater and the world of literature and ideas.

Fuse Theater Review: BSC’s “His Girl Friday” — Fast Action on the Chicago Beat

August 17, 2015
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His Girl Friday is a stirring celebration of the power of journalism that not only amuses but manages to be troubling as well.

Fuse Theater Review: Shakespearean Sublimity — “Red Velvet”

August 16, 2015
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As an aged Ira Aldridge, John Douglas Thompson creates a spellbinding picture of vulnerability and strength.

Fuse Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week

August 16, 2015
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, theater, music, dance, visual arts, and author events for the coming week.

Book Review: The Resilient Wisdom of Tony Judt – For the Ages

August 15, 2015
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Tony Judt is an American treasure, in time he may prove as great to our country as George Orwell and Albert Camus are to theirs.

Film Review: “Ricki and the Flash” — A Damp Squib

August 15, 2015
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Ricki and the Flash is a film that is bad enough to hurt a lot of reputations.

Theater Review: “Blink” at the Chester Theatre Company — Anything But Fleeting

August 14, 2015
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Technology is the gimmick in this two-hander, but what makes Blink absorbing is the writing, teamed with excellent acting and directing.

Classical Music Feature: Fifty Years Later, Jacqueline du Pré’s Elgar Remains the Gold Standard

August 14, 2015
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There is something undeniably affecting about Elgar’s composition and cellist Jacqueline du Pré realizes it all with an unbridled depth of feeling.

Theater Interview: Davis Robinson on “Ensemble Devising” — Artistic “Rapid-Response” Teams

August 13, 2015
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“For artists involved in doing ensemble devising, there is tremendous value in the creative challenge on every level.”

Film Review: “The End of the Tour” — David Foster Wallace Done Right

August 13, 2015
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The End of the Tour don’t remain a hall of mirrors but become a bridge that conveys its subject’s honest, painful humanity.

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