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Coming Attractions in Theater: June 2011

June 1, 2011
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June is a transitional month for theater — the big Summer Festivals don’t hit their stride until July. But odd and interesting productions pop up, such as a view of life for women in Putin’s Russia, a musical about union activity, a glimpse of what’s billed as “the future of ensemble theatre in America,” and the world premiere of a musical version of the Bible’s Song of Songs that, who knows, might usher in a Summer of Love.

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Visual Arts: Mama, (don’t) take my polychrome away

May 7, 2008
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By Gary Schwartz I would not go as far as my travel companion and say that I am sorry that I ever saw the exhibition. But it comes close. In December, at the Sackler Museum in Cambridge, Massachusetts, we went to “Gods in Color: Painted Sculpture of Classical Antiquity.” To shock and awe you unprepared,…

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Theater Review: “Mud Season Mystery: The Lodger” — The Game’s Afoot, On Zoom

April 19, 2021
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Director Jess Chayes has done all that is humanly possible to stage a lively live production under Zoom constraints.

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Book Review: “Mona” — No Prisoners Taken

March 19, 2021
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It isn’t always easy being beautiful, brainy, and talented.

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Film Review: “Color Out of Space” — Unleashing a Primal Desire for Destruction

February 2, 2020
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All in all, Color Out of Space is only OK.

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September Short Fuses — Materia Critica

September 4, 2023
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Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, television, film, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.

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Film Review: “The Beach Bum” — Purposefully Boneheaded

April 5, 2019
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If you’re the kind of person who coveted every word and wild-man gesture of inebriated Hunter S. Thompson, The Beach Bum could be your movie.

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Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week

May 10, 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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Book Review: Sarah Ruhl’s “Smile: The Story of a Face”

October 16, 2021
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This is the voice of a wife, mother, sister, daughter, friend, patient, and author who wrote a memoir on her own terms. I can’t wait for Sarah Ruhl’s next play.

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The Arts on the Stamps of the World — May 12

May 12, 2017
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An Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.

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