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Theater Review: Bedlam’s “Crucible” — Burn, Baby, Burn

September 23, 2019
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Bedlam’s provocative production of The Crucible has a purpose — to urge us all to stand up and shout down the devils in our midst.

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Coming Attractions: September 22 through October 8 — What Will Light Your Fire

September 22, 2019
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, visual art, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks.

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Theater Review: “Choir Boy” — Musical Grace

September 22, 2019
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Few of the numbers in Choir Boy fails to astonish.

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Music Commentary: Ken Burns’ “Country Music” — Superb Cinematic Storytelling

September 22, 2019
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Country Music digs into the rich, deep dirt of a music with a complicated past, a hybrid genre soaked in soulful suffering, twangy glory, and times both high and tough.

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Film Review: Rude, Crude, and Enchanting, This Year’s New York Film Festival is a Helluva Ride

September 22, 2019
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Three remarkable films that promise a bumper crop of world cinema yet to come at the NY Film Festival.

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Concert Review: Boston Symphony Orchestra’s Opening Night

September 20, 2019
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That rarest of Opening Nights: a program that was mostly fun and entertaining, but also substantive and artistically satisfying.

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Rock Concert Review: ZZ Top/Cheap Trick — Simplicity, and Volume, Rules

September 20, 2019
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Apart from predilections turned into marketing hooks, both ZZ Top and Cheap Trick know how to rock as a base instinct – and that also hasn’t changed since they first burst to fame in the ’70s.

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Music Interview: Mike Adams At His Honest Weight — Curb Your Skepticism

September 20, 2019
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“Honest weight” has more to with like karats of gold, maybe. The “weight” being the value of something. It kind of alludes to that a little bit.

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Music Preview: Guitarist Jimmy Herring — Seeking the Simple Root

September 20, 2019
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Veteran guitarist Jimmy Herring and the 5 of 7 play groove-heavy tunes that barrel into unexpected and interesting places.

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Music Commentary: Modern Marketing and The Hella Mega Tour

September 18, 2019
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If the music industry put as much effort into being fair to their customers as they put into taking their money, everyone could participate in the rocking world.

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