Posts

Book Review: “The Letters of Frank Loesser” — The Illuminating Correspondence of an American Musical Master

August 5, 2025
Posted in , ,

The letters of this protean figure in American musical theater induced in this reader a pleasurable mixture of nostalgia, voyeurism, and insight.

Read More

Film Review: “Made in New Jersey” — A Fabulous Trip in the Cinematic Way-Back Machine

August 4, 2025
Posted in , , ,

This journey in the way-back machine contains many delights, some staged and some as part of the photographic record of America from 100-plus years ago.

Read More

Theater Review: “As You Like It” — The Comic Comforts of a Green World

August 3, 2025
Posted in , ,

The high spirits and tolerance in this enjoyable production reinforce the director’s claim that this comedy is about expats striving for “a more balanced, egalitarian society.”

Read More

Coming Attractions: August 3 Through 18 — What Will Light Your Fire

August 3, 2025
Posted in , ,

Our expert critics supply a guide to film, visual art, theater, author readings, television, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in.

Read More

Book Review: “Owned” — How to Buy Left-Wing Journalists

August 2, 2025
Posted in , ,

Eoin Higgins’s “Owned” is a provocative take on our shifting politics and the instrumental role the media plays in how the superrich maintain power.

Read More

Doc Talk: “Architecton” — Ozymandias Revisited

August 2, 2025
Posted in , ,

Deconstructing construction in “Architecton.”

Read More

Concert Review: TV on the Radio — A Reassuring Return

August 1, 2025
Posted in , , ,

Despite the passing years, personal loss, and shifting musical roles, Wednesday’s 80-minute set proved that everything’s indeed ok with TV on the Radio.

Read More

Opera Album Review: A World-Premiere Recording of a Sprightly Three-Act Operatic Comedy from 1882

August 1, 2025
Posted in , , ,

By Ralph P. Locke Joachim Raff’s energetic and characterful Die Eifersüchtigen hits its mark, in its first production ever. Joachim Raff: Die Eifersüchtigen (The Jealous Ones) Serafina Giannoni (Donna Rosa), Raìsa Ierone (Donna Bianca), Mirjam Fässler (Ninetta), Benjamin Popson (Don Claudio), Batthias Bein (Beppino), Balduin Schneeberger (Don Giulio), Martin Roth (Don Geronimo). Orchestra of Europe,…

Read More

August Short Fuses — Materia Critica

August 1, 2025
Posted in ,

Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.

Read More

Weekly Feature: Poetry at The Arts Fuse

July 31, 2025
Posted in ,

The week’s poem: Micah Ballard’s “Waller Street”

Read More

Recent Posts

Popular Posts

Categories

Archives