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Music Preview: Portsmouth, NH and PARMA Recordings Host an Eclectic Music Festival

August 6, 2014
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Given the diverse musical tastes of label head Bob Lord, it should be no surprise that the second annual PARMA Music Festival will be a thoroughly eclectic affair.

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Fuse Film Review: “A Most Wanted Man” — A By-the-Numbers Espionage Yarn

August 6, 2014
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A Most Wanted Man could have been a tense espionage yarn, but director and cast seem distinctly uninterested in delivering the nail-biting goods.

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Arts Fuse Tip: “Boyhood” — An Extraordinary Look at the Contemporary American Family

August 5, 2014
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The title of Richard Linklater’s extraordinary film did not lure me to the theater. A friend’s recommendation did.

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Theater Review: Behind the Corset – Maiden Phoenix Theatre Company’s “Playhouse Creatures”

August 5, 2014
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Some four centuries after Playhouse Creatures takes place, women are still facing inequality in the theatre world; companies like Maiden Phoenix are part of the solution to that problem.

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Fuse Film Review: “Boyhood” — Life Happens Then You Move On

August 5, 2014
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Director Richard Linklater does something in Boyhood that is virtually unique. He filmed it over a twelve year period, so the actors actually grow older right before our eyes.

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Film Essay: On the Top 50 Documentaries of All Time — From a Bostonian’s Perspective

August 5, 2014
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I’m miffed that three of the greatest documentaries ever produced, all from around Boston, didn’t make the cut on the Sight & Sound list.

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Fuse Theater Review: “4000 Miles” — A Journey Worth Taking at the Gloucester Stage Company

August 4, 2014
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4000 Miles is a showcase for dramatist Amy Herzog’s quirky sensibilities and canny insights into family dynamics.

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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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