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Life Commentary: A Cultural Journalist Dealing with Cancer During Covid

August 7, 2020
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It’s never a good time to be diagnosed with cancer, but June 10th, 2020, was among the worst. By that day, 7,454 people had died of COVID-19 in my state of Massachusetts.

Weekly Feature: Poetry at The Arts Fuse

April 18, 2024
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The week’s poem: Jennifer Barber’s “Below”

Theater Commentary: Drums in the Night — A Glimpse of the Real Weimar

December 18, 2010
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“My condition was like that of a man who has fired a gun at people he dislikes, and finds these same people coming and giving three cheers for him: inadvertently he had been firing loaves of bread. – Bertolt Brecht, “Drums in the Night’s Success With the Bourgeoisie” By Bill Marx Granted, some of Brecht’s…

Book Review: “My Marriage” — An Extraordinary Rediscovery

August 12, 2016
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Despite the pain of inhabiting Alexander Herzog’s disintegrating world, I absolutely could not put My Marriage aside.

Book Review: “Shylock Is My Name” — And the Problem Remains

April 1, 2016
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Despite this, he is vexed by how the play draws out the anti-Semitism of English audiences

Classical Music Review: ‘Turn of the Screw’

February 6, 2010
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Reviewed By Caldwell Titcomb The Boston Lyric Opera (BLO) initiated this week what it calls Opera Annex by moving out of its usual venue for its production of Benjamin Britten’s opera The Turn of the Screw. The site chosen was the Park Plaza Castle, built in 1891 as a Boston armory.

Fuse Coming Attractions: July 24 through August 2 — What Will Light Your Fire

July 17, 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: Six Young Actors (and Their Director) In Search Of a Play

July 11, 2011
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There are moments in Hideous Progeny (especially early in the second half) that grip and move the audience. But there are not enough of them. I dare this gifted troupe of theater makers to be more inventive, take greater risks, and live up to their so obvious promise. Hideous Progeny by Emily Dendinger. Staged by…

Coming Attractions: September 25 through October 11 — What Will Light Your Fire

September 25, 2022
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As the age of Covid-19 more or less wanes, Arts Fuse critics supply a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, author readings, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in.

Coming Attractions: May 21 through June 6 — What Will Light Your Fire

May 21, 2023
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Arts Fuse critics supply a guide to film, dance, visual art, theater, author readings, and music. More offerings will be added as they come in.

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