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Rock Concert Review: The Australian Pink Floyd Show — A Very Worthy Tribute

August 28, 2019
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I’m able to pull the stick out of my ass long enough to enjoy a tribute performance when it is worthy, and the Australian Pink Floyd Show is more than that.

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Theater Review: “Cherry Docs” — Healing Hate

August 28, 2019
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David Gow’s earnest, intelligent drama about the fragility of identity, though somewhat glibly reassuring, generates powerful moments in this bare-bones production from the Acropolis Stage Company.

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Classical Music CD Reviews: Two Refreshingly Different Takes On Mozart

August 28, 2019
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Two recordings serve up the music of Mozart in unusual packages.

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Film Review: “Love, Antosha” — A Poignant Tribute to Actor Anton Yelchin

August 27, 2019
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This tender documentary makes an airtight case that cinema has lost a very special person.

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Visual Arts Review: “In the Vanguard” – Haystack’s First Twenty Years

August 27, 2019
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Contemporary crafts in those days would have been seen as far from the ‘vanguard’ by many art critics. Yet the almost 100 works on view tell a nuanced story about the expansive spectrum of creativity.

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Book Review: “The Future is Asian” — Challenging Western Ideology

August 27, 2019
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Marshaling statistics, maps, scholarly literature, news articles, and reports, The Future is Asian cogently dramatizes the reasons behind Asia’s re-ascendance to economic, political, and cultural primacy.

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Theater Review: The Wives of Henry VIII Reclaim History in “Six” at the A.R.T.

August 27, 2019
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The new pop musical tells the oft-told tale of uxoricide from the women’s perspective.

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Critics Lab: Our Goal — To Nurture Young Arts Reviewers of the Future

August 26, 2019
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This is the first in a series of pages in which in one of our critics, working with a young person, comes up with an arts review.

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Rock Concert Review: Mark Knopfler — Brilliant in Boston

August 25, 2019
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Dire Straits and its string of hits made Mark Knopfler a well-known figure, but going solo gave him freedom to present a wider range songs.

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Coming Attractions: August 25 through September 10 — What Will Light Your Fire

August 25, 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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