Commentary
In what ways are the arts themselves (and our understanding of them) being shaped to serve the ethos of corporate profit-making?
Will working with audiences encourage stage companies and theater artists to go beyond the status quo? Or just cement them into their sweet spots?
Programming can make a difference in who feels invited to the table, and Provincetown International Film Festival has made it clear that diversity—especially supporting the work of female-identified filmmakers—is a top priority.
The quality of the experience has as much to do with the star’s in-person performance as it does with the film itself.
Diverting the resources of Boston’s regional theaters into the casino of Broadway undercuts the ideals that launched the regional theater movement.
Slayer has been as good and dependable as any band ever has been in rock and roll.
Eugene Jarecki’s ramshackle, occasionally provocative, and frequently entertaining documentary on Elvis Presley gets some things wrong.
Berber guitarist Omara “Bombino” Moctar proved that the gifts behind the fingers are still all that matters.

Jazz Commentary: Response to “The Jazz Bubble”
Arts Fuse Jazz critic Steve Provizer responds to Dale Chapman’s book The Jazz Bubble: Neoclassical Jazz in a Neoliberal Culture.
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