Month: August 2014

From the Editor’s Desk: Please Restrain Your Inner Child

August 4, 2014
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Stage coverage at the Boston Globe/NPR brain trust is generally dedicated to serving the rich and the trendy — the publicity gum drop for Finding Neverland is the latest evidence that the fix is in for the fat cats.

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Fuse Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week

August 2, 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.

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Theater Review: CSC Stages a Zippy “Twelfth Night” on the Boston Common

August 2, 2014
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There are laughs in this production of Twelfth Night, but the romantic payoffs are scarce, perhaps because the sit-com rhythms tend to swamp all else (including some of the poetry).

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Film Review: “Magic in the Moonlight” — Recycling Made Charming

August 1, 2014
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Despite Woody Allen’s recycling of old ideas and plot points, his actors give such strong characterizations that I tossed my skepticism aside and enjoyed the moonlit ride.

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Fuse Film Review: “Get On Up” — James Brown’s Music Grooves, But the Biography Falls Flat

August 1, 2014
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From the start of Get On Up, James Brown’s life is reduced to the plastic clichés of music biography.

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Theater Review: Double Edge Theatre’s “Shahrazad” — A Feast for Our Imaginations

August 1, 2014
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Shahrazad is the latest in Double Edge’s summer spectacles, and with this piece, director and designer Stacy Klein has found the perfect balance between story and visuals.

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