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Coming Attractions: February 5 through 14 — What Will Light Your Fire

January 29, 2017
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in theater, film, music, author events, and dance for the coming weeks.

Theater Review: “The Half-Life of Marie Curie” — The Science of Friendship

November 19, 2021
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A valentine card is touching because it is short and sweet. A valentine play — even at 90 minutes with no intermission — wears out its affectionate welcome.

Book Review: Andrea Barrett’s Magical “Natural History”

February 11, 2023
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Although science is Andrea Barrett’s springboard, she is writing fiction about the people who do scientific research and teach it: memorable people who have hearts and secrets and feelings and hopes and dreams and goals.

Culture Vulture and Wealthy Renegades in the Berkshires

August 5, 2009
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A most rewarding rainy day activity this rainy summer is a visit to one of the artists’ homes in the Berkshires, many of which are now part of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. By Helen Epstein Exterior of the Frelinghuysen-Morris House & Studio, circa 1940. Edith Wharton’s The Mount, Daniel Chester French’s Chesterwood, and…

Theater Review: “Her Aching Heart” — Laughing Heartily at Heterocentrism

July 17, 2014
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The Nora Theatre Company’s production of Her Aching Heart has enough energy, wit, challenge, and—yes—heart to delight those who approach the rousing satire with the right spirit.

Theater Review: “Ain’t Misbehavin’” — The Joint is Really Jumpin’

May 4, 2022
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This sizzling production of Ain’t Misbehavin’ is one of those one-of-a kind of experiences that we all long for in the theater.

Film Reviews: New York Film Festival — A Trio of Memorable Recent Restorations

October 4, 2024
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The New York Film Festival’s Revivals section offers a preview of valuable recent restorations. Even if these superb movies don’t all make it to American theaters, they’re likely to pop up on physical media or VOD.

Theater Review: The Wages of Guilt — The Shocking Relevance of “Operation Epsilon”

March 22, 2013
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Are those who merely stand and watch as guilty as those who drop the bombs, pull the triggers, or run the trains? The question is no less relevant today than more than sixty years ago.

Fuse Coming Attractions: September 4 through 13 — What Will Light Your Fire

August 28, 2016
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in theater, visual arts, film, music, author events, and dance for the coming week.

Theater Review: Bedlam’s Transfixing, Twinned Twelfth Nights

June 23, 2016
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There is nothing quite so exhilarating as watching Shakespeare done right – except, perhaps, watching one of his plays done right, twice.

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