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Fuse Theater News: Director Darko Tresnjak and Hartford Stage Get a Tony Nod

June 13, 2014
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The Tony accolades bestowed upon A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, will no doubt assure Darko Tresnjak’s future on Broadway.

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Concert Review: At Rockport Music — Violinist Stefan Jackiw and Pianist Anna Polonsky

June 12, 2014
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Violinist Stefan Jackiw and pianist Anna Polonsky created another Rockport Music evening to remember.

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Comedy Review: Kids In The Hall Reunite — And They Are Still Alright

June 11, 2014
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I love Saturday Night Live as much as the next guy, but Kids In The Hall did much more with much less than Lorne Michael’s comedy fiefdom.

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Arts Commentary: The “Maleficent” Syndrome — Making the Villain the Hero

June 11, 2014
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Perhaps because real life is so painful, so tragic, we cannot bear to see evil in full flight. Evil must be relative, it must fly on wings of rationale, on a broomstick of retribution.

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Fuse Concert Review: Rockport Chamber Music Festival Presents Death and the Emersons

June 10, 2014
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The challenging viola part takes prominence in Shostakovich’s String Quartet no. 13, highlighting an essential yet oft-unsung voice of a string quartet.

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Theater Review: “Smart People” — A Sharp Satire of a “Post-Racial” World

June 9, 2014
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Lydia R. Diamond’s Smart People is an amusing takedown of our “post-racial” world, and it is receiving a snappy, well-acted production via the Huntington Theatre Company.

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Theater Review: A Spectacular Russian Staging of “Eugene Onegin”

June 9, 2014
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I was mesmerized by the evocative stage pictures and the straight-at-the-audience, presentational mode of the actors, whose facial expressions and gestures so viscerally conveyed the emotional lives of the characters.

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Book Review: Grim Light Reading — Alain Robbe-Grillet’s “A Sentimental Novel”

June 9, 2014
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A Sentimental Novel, which seems to be at once pornography and a parody of pornography, is designed to provoke both revulsion and titillation.

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Fuse News: Puerto Rican Festival Stays Downtown – And Other Summer Outdoor World Music Notes

June 9, 2014
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Once again the Festival Puertorriqueño de Massachusetts will be a downtown affair.

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Fuse Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week

June 8, 2014
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in music, film, theater, visual arts, author readings, and dance that’s coming up in the next week.

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