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Dance Review: “What Problem?” — Bill T. Jones’s Angel of History

November 6, 2022
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The struggle is to define what the problem is – and to allow the questions to have big, destabilizing, and more honest answers.

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Fuse Theater Review: Hooray for Captain Spaulding and “Animal Crackers”!

June 29, 2013
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The Williamstown Theatre Festival’s captivating staging of “Animal Crackers” provides two hours of great fun and near-perfect summer theater for the entire family.

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Fuse Appreciation: Philip Seymour Hoffman

February 3, 2014
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In his performances, Philip Seymour Hoffman was able to give enormous depth to the loners, the scoundrels, the lost, the villainous, and the heartbroken.

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Book Review: How To Sing in Dark Times — “Brecht at Night”

February 12, 2010
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I am one of the judges for the Best Translated Book Award (fiction division) sponsored by Three Percent. The five finalists will be announced in New York on February 16th. Three Percent honcho Chad Post needed help to meet his goal of posting a commentary on each of the 25 volumes on the BTB’s fiction…

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Jazz Album Reviews: Ellis Marsalis and Monty Alexander — Lovers of Vinyl Rejoice

December 23, 2020
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This set proves Monty Alexander a more varied pianist than one might have thought. The Ellis Marsalis album is a final gift from one of America’s treasures.

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Film Review: “Luz” — Strangely Compelling Retro Horror

August 3, 2019
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A genre debut as self-assured as Luz is always exciting.

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Film Review: “Driveways” — The Soul of a Man

May 6, 2020
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It’s a simple and formulaic premise: a boy with a single mom and an old widower become soulmates. But Driveways transcends cliché because of its strong direction and performances, especially from the late Brian Dennehy.

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Music Feature: Corin Ashley — A Spectacular Return

May 25, 2017
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The Malden resident’s new album is particularly impressive under the circumstances — he suffered a major stroke in January 2016.

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The Arts on the Stamps of the World — January 9

January 9, 2017
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An Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.

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Film Review: “Echo in the Canyon” — LA’s Land of the Giants

June 26, 2019
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Echo in the Canyon is a sublimely moving documentary celebration of a nonpareil moment when, a half century ago, the Southern California scene boasted giants of music.

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