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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.

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.

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.

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.

Theater Interview: Beau Jest Turns 30 — Davis Robinson on Moving into “Apt. 4D”

June 8, 2014
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We do it for the joy and communitas of making theater together much as we do for responding to the world around us through art.

TV Commentary: “Cosmos” vs. the Science Deniers

June 7, 2014
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One of the most remarkable features of Cosmos — and possibly its greatest public service — has been its matter-of-fact, understated championing of the scientific method.

Fuse Music Round-up: The Year in Alternative Music … So Far

June 7, 2014
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There have been three pop LPs this year that I’ve really been digging: they are gloriously wacky.

Fuse Concert Preview: Commonwealth Lyric Theater’s “Mozart and Salieri”

June 7, 2014
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Thanks to CLT’s pluck and commitment to underperformed repertoire, Boston audiences have the chance to check out the rarely performed opera “Mozart and Salieri” for themselves.

Film Review: “What is Cinema?” — An Inspirational Documentary about the Power of the Movies

June 6, 2014
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The clips from both experimental and commercial cinema play well against the interviews from a group directors who are known for pushing boundaries.

Television Review: “Silicon Valley” Gets the Algorithm Right

June 6, 2014
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The creator of the series, Mike Judge, and his team have gone to great lengths to sweat the details of the corporate landscape of San Jose and its environs. Right from the start Silicon Valley rang true.

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