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Fuse Theater Review: Liars & Believers’ “Interference” is “Guernica” for Hipsters

February 24, 2014
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The 64,000 question is, if the artists’ concerns gravitated to the Marathon Bombings, why did “Interference”‘s press releases and the program cite Picasso’s “Guernica”?

Dance Review: A Memorable “Story/Time” From Bill T. Jones

February 24, 2014
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As for pulling out themes from Bill T. Jones’ gathering of tales, well, the bedrock of human existence seems to be very much on his mind — life and death, landscape and memory.

Arts Flash: Proposal — A More Creative Approach to Teaching Writing

February 23, 2014
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I believe a Bauhaus-type approach might help lead to needed reform in the teaching of creative writing.

Film Review: “Stranger by the Lake” — An Eerie, Stylish Homoerotic Thriller

February 23, 2014
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This death trip romance is powerful, weird, and intoxicating — until its final scenes.

CD Review: SHUFFLE Concert — An Inspired Experiment in “Musical Democracy”

February 23, 2014
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SHUFFLE Concert has invented their own distinctive rules to performance, and their innovative approach, with its inspired programming, has been a hit.

Book Review: “Love Illuminated” — Navigating the Romantic Seas

February 22, 2014
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Daniel Jones is a beguiling writer, with a wonderfully irreverent way of addressing one of life’s most serious sources of joy and disappointment.

Film Review: Louis C.K.’s “Tomorrow Night” – Ernie Kovacs meets early John Waters

February 22, 2014
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“Tomorrow Night” is firmly in the makes-you-cringe vein of comedy of which “Louie” and “Curb Your Enthusiasm” would become exemplars.

Author Interview: Historian Maureen Ogle on the American Mystique of Meat

February 22, 2014
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“If, as a reader, you’re expecting the standard rap on meat, then, well, you’re in for an unexpected history.”

Fuse Flash: Circus Oz — The Circus From Down Under Astonishes “From the Ground Up”

February 21, 2014
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Circus Oz is not a reinvention of the big top, a la Cirque du Soleil. It is more of a traditional circus updated for modern times.

Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week

February 21, 2014
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in music, dance, film, and theater that’s coming up this week.

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