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Film Review: The Best Horror of 2020

December 28, 2020
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It was the most terrifying of times, it was the most horrifying of times.

Arts Feature: Best Stage Productions of 2020

December 27, 2020
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Our theater critics pick some of the outstanding productions of a year truncated by COVID-19.

Theater Commentary: Where Is Our Rage?

December 27, 2020
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Why are Boston stages reacting so serenely to our current miasmas — pandemical, political, economic, and spiritual.

Shelter in Place Attractions: December 27 through January 12 — What Will Light Your Home Fires

December 27, 2020
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In the age of COVID-19, Arts Fuse critics have come up with a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, and music — mostly available by streaming — for the coming weeks. More offerings will be added as they come in.

Opera CD Review: William Alwyn’s Powerful Take on Strindberg’s “Miss Julie” — A Neglected Masterpiece

December 25, 2020
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The second recording of William Alwyn’s searing opera confirms the work’s vitality and importance. It is one of the best and most accessible operas to have been written in the past few decades.

Arts Feature: The Best Underrated TV Shows to Keep You Sane During Lockdown #2

December 24, 2020
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The current lockdown gives me an opportunity to recognize TV shows whose brilliance has been overlooked.

Book Review: “This Isn’t Happening: Radiohead’s “Kid A”” — An Enduring Soundtrack for our Malaise

December 24, 2020
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Steven Hyden’s ,/em>This Isn’t Happening, a book-length appreciation of Radiohead and Kid A is one of the best books I read all year.

Short Fuse Podcast #35: An Interview with Dancer and Critic Merli V. Guerra

December 24, 2020
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Host Deanna Costa interviews Arts Fuse contributor Merli V. Guerra, a multifaceted dancer as well as a writer..

Theater Review: The Christmas Revels 2020 — A Delightfully Virtual Revelation

December 23, 2020
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A 50th anniversary is a wonderful milestone, and I congratulate the Revels for looking back and huzzahing the occasion as they have.

Jazz Album Reviews: Ellis Marsalis and Monty Alexander — Lovers of Vinyl Rejoice

December 23, 2020
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This set proves Monty Alexander a more varied pianist than one might have thought. The Ellis Marsalis album is a final gift from one of America’s treasures.

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