Review

Fuse Film Review: “The Stanford Prison Experiment” — It’s a Crime

August 3, 2015
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Even if you manage to overlook the objectionable ethics of the film, The Stanford Prison Experiment simply doesn’t work as a gripping drama.

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Dance Review: Jessica Lang Dance’s “The Wanderer” — Beware the Brook

August 3, 2015
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Perhaps there’s no way to reproduce the subtlety of this work in the theater today. Our stages are so materialistic, so technological.

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Theater Review: The CSC’s “King Lear” — The Deed Dutifully Done

August 2, 2015
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For all of its sound and fury and smoke, the CSC’s version of King Lear is solid rather than surprising or exciting.

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Fuse Visual Arts Review: Dazzling “Architectural Allusions” at the deCordova

August 1, 2015
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This astutely curated exhibit explores the presence of architecture in contemporary sculpture.

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Theater Review: A Terrific “Memory House”

July 31, 2015
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The relationship between a now-single mother and her bright, troubled daughter makes for a convincing, pertinent, and deeply funny play.

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Theater Review: Three’s Isolation — “I Saw My Neighbor on the Train and I Didn’t Even Smile”

July 31, 2015
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The play’s made up of domestic confrontations in which dramatist Suzanne Heathcote at times moves past moments of high tension at high speed.

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Fuse Theater Review: “The New Electric Ballroom” — Life’s Stark But Beautiful Melodies

July 31, 2015
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Like Samuel Beckett, Enda Walsh does not ignore the tenderness that flourishes, often under the duress of absurdity.

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Film Review: “Jimmy’s Hall” — A Vibrant Look at Irish Working Class Culture

July 30, 2015
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The entertaining and inspiring Jimmy’s Hall is more playful than some of director Ken Loach’s previous, more radical-leaning efforts.

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Classical CD Reviews: James MacMillan conducts Vaughan Williams, MacMillan, and Britten and Boston Lyric Opera’s “Clemency”

July 30, 2015
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Two recent albums feature compositions by James MacMillan, one of Europe’s leading composers, as well as an opportunity to hear him conducting.

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Theater Review: “Charley’s Aunt” — A Tasty Theatrical Chestnut

July 30, 2015
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This production of Charley’s Aunt has the rhythm of a Mozart operatic finale — all the parts contribute to a dizzy harmony.

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