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Theater Review: “Living on Love” or Froth?

July 21, 2014
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Incomparable opera diva Renée Fleming makes her debut as a stage actress — playing an impossible opera diva — in playwright Joe DiPietro’s sliver of a comedy Living on Love.

Theater Review: Company One’s “Astro Boy” Rockets into an Eye-Popping Adventure

July 21, 2014
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Company One’s production treats audiences to a seamless, eight-member ensemble who perform with a complicated bevy of multimedia effects that are so smoothly integrated into the action they elicit ooohs and aahs from the crowd.

Theater Review: Shakespeare & Co’s “The Servant of Two Masters” — An Old Farce, Refreshed

July 21, 2014
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Director Jenna Ware’s adaptation (a world premiere) of Carlo Goldoni’s inspired zaniness puts a delightfully distinctive spin on a classic of clowning.

Fuse Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week

July 20, 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.

Film Review: Maine International Film Festival — A Model Film Festival on a Modest Budget

July 18, 2014
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So what was so impressive about the lineup of films at the 17th Maine Fest? Catnip for me are 35mm films on the big screen..

Fuse Film Review: At the Maine International Film Festival — “Love is Strange”

July 18, 2014
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At first, Love is Strange seems to be about the trials and tribulations of dealing with prejudice in today’s world. But at closer inspection, it is really a moving depiction of the challenges of growing old.

Book Review: “A Replacement Life” — Russian Immigrants in America, Depicted with Exuberance

July 18, 2014
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A Replacement Life explores what America means to Russian immigrants whose cunning and sophistication often lead them into trouble.

Book Review: Before, During, and After — A Look Back at Patriotic and Paranoid American Cinema

July 18, 2014
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Informative new books look at a pair of tumultuous periods in American history — the Second World War and the Cold War — when Hollywood rode a particularly rocky political roller coaster.

Theater Review: “Her Aching Heart” — Laughing Heartily at Heterocentrism

July 17, 2014
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The Nora Theatre Company’s production of Her Aching Heart has enough energy, wit, challenge, and—yes—heart to delight those who approach the rousing satire with the right spirit.

Video Game Commentary: The Ideology of “Angry Birds” — Back to “Animal Farm”

July 16, 2014
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The mega-popular video game Angry Birds is nothing if not hypocritical. A story of political and moral resistance is packaged to fill corporate coffers.

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