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Fuse Feature: A Letter From Paris, City of the Arts

May 1, 2013
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A two week stay in Paris, April 11 through 26, delivered the sights and sounds crooned about in the well-known songs.

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Theater Review : “An Iliad” — War’s All Greek to Me

May 1, 2013
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Simultaneously storyteller and player, ancient character and modern respondent, Denis O’Hare’s performance of “An Iliad” elicits the kind of respect automatically granted this genre of demanding monologual performance.

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Fuse News Dance Tip: Keeping the Art of Kathak Dance Alive

May 1, 2013
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Chhandika is dedicated to keeping the intricate and expressive art form of Kathak dance relevant to contemporary audiences, particularly to those who are not familiar with the Ramayana.

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Fuse News: A Critic’s Responsibility?

May 1, 2013
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Generally in New England we’re outspoken about nearly everything – politics, social issues, sports – so why not the arts?

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Film Commentary: “Greetings from Tim Buckley” and the Demands of the Rock Biopic

April 30, 2013
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The best rock biopics, like “24 Hour Party People,” “I’m Not There,” and “The Doors,” aren’t afraid to get a little weird, even if it means throwing verifiable facts to the wind.

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Book Commentary: Two Cheers for British Poet, Book Artist, and Visionary William Blake

April 30, 2013
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Susanne M. Sklar’s study is the best exploration of William Blake’s miraculously bewildering masterpiece that I know of — thoughtful, scholarly, imaginative, and supremely sympathetic to the poet’s ornery complexity as well as his capacity to inspire wonder.

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Book Review: Words From a Bedeviled Life — “Mingus Speaks”

April 30, 2013
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The best parts of this book of interviews come when Charles Mingus or his collaborators talk about the music.

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Fuse Dance News: Sarah in Londonland

April 29, 2013
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Don’t be late for a very important date when the Coolidge Corner Theatre hosts a Sunday morning, high-def broadcast of the Royal Ballet’s production of Christopher Wheeldon’s celebrated “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” on May 5.

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Concert Review: The Boston Lyric Opera Takes a Fresh Look at “The Flying Dutchman”

April 29, 2013
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The Boston Lyric Opera’s production of “The Flying Dutchman” may not the subtlest you will see — the Freudian elements are slathered on pretty thick — but the nervy dramatic concept adds to our understanding of the opera without compromising its core elements.

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Film Review: In Defense of a Cinematic Masterpiece — “To the Wonder”

April 28, 2013
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To The Wonder — the best American feature by far of 2013: beautiful, compassionate, tragic, transcendent.

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