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Arts Commentary: On Michel Houellebecq, Islamophobia, and “Charlie Hebdo”

January 12, 2015
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It is unlikely that those who turned automatic fire on the staff of Charlie Hebdon ever read Michel Houellebecq.

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Fuse Concert Review: “Hot Stove, Cool Music” — A Salute to Boston’s Vintage Years

January 12, 2015
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Intentionally or not, much of the “Hot Stove, Cook Music” concert was flashback to the Boston scene 20 years ago .

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Concert Review: Yevgeny Kutik and the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra’s “Russian Portraits”

January 12, 2015
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Violinist Yevgeny Kutik delivered a performance of the Prokofiev’s Second Violin Concerto that mined the piece’s subversive character but never shied away from its extroverted nature.

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Film Review: “The Imitation Game” — A Delicate Balance

January 11, 2015
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The Imitation Game is a movie that should have made us angry, but it merely makes us sad.

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Fuse Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week

January 11, 2015
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in music, film, dance, author events, and theater for the coming week.

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Theater Review: “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” — Middle-aged Angst and Broad Humor

January 10, 2015
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While worth a look for its inspired performances, this Huntington Theatre Company production does not give us Christopher Durang at his madcap best.

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Fuse Theater Interview: Playwright Ken Urban on Crafting “A Future Perfect”

January 9, 2015
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“The pain depicted on stage must cut to the bone, inspire a seemingly impossible empathy within me, within the audience.”

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Fuse News: In March, Celebrity Series Will Help Us “Stave” Off Boredom

January 9, 2015
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Stave off boredom. This is going to be a smoking festival.

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Dance Interview: Debra Cash Named Executive Director of Boston Dance Alliance

January 8, 2015
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“My first order of business is to do a listening tour. I will have the same question for everyone I meet: what do you need to do your work?”

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Poetry Review: Rediscovering Aimé Césaire — The Politics and Poetics of Negritude.

January 8, 2015
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Valuable new translations of Aimé Césaire suggest that we have overemphasized the political dimension of his poetry and overlooked other, purely literary, qualities.

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