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Fuse Theater Review: Shakespearean Sublimity — “Red Velvet”

August 16, 2015
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As an aged Ira Aldridge, John Douglas Thompson creates a spellbinding picture of vulnerability and strength.

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Arts Fuse Appreciation: Ornette Coleman’s Horn of Plenty

July 3, 2015
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So there was the Ornette Coleman Quartet, leading off the final side of vinyl with a cut that changed my life, “Lonely Woman.”

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Theater Review: “Dear Elizabeth” — Letters That Celebrate Love, Friendship, and Literary Art

October 20, 2014
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Whether or not you’re familiar with Elizabeth Bishop or Robert Lowell, their worlds or their poetry, you should hasten to this show.

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Fuse Theater Review: “King Lear” — Tragedy Served Sunny Side Up

October 20, 2014
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The tragedy of King Lear never takes hold because you know that soon someone is going to pick up an accordion and with a ‘Hey, Nonny Nonny’ dance those blues away.

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Theater Review: The Music and Dance of “In the Heights” — Pure Energy

May 28, 2013
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Like the great immigrant musicals, “In the Heights” touches on the tension between old and new cultures and generations, finding home, families and their expectations.

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Concert Review: At Rockport Music — Violinist Stefan Jackiw and Pianist Anna Polonsky

June 12, 2014
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Violinist Stefan Jackiw and pianist Anna Polonsky created another Rockport Music evening to remember.

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Film Review: “Dallas Buyers Club” – Flipping the Coin of Masculinity

January 28, 2014
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“Dallas Buyers Club,” though it does get decidedly sunnier once Ron is introduced to natural self-medication, which extends his life well beyond the projected thirty days, is not an open-and-shut case.

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Short Fuse Commentary: The Skillful Supernaturalism of Glen Duncan

July 4, 2012
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Here you have it: Werewolves are horny, vamps merely thirsty. This, to be sure, is material to work with, as novelist Glen Duncan does. But I can’t help thinking about great nineteenth-century novels of involuntary transformation.

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Fuse Review — ROUND: Cambridge Sounds the Depths of the City’s Public Art

October 21, 2012
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ROUND: Cambridge is a testament to what can be accomplished using smart phones, GPS coordinates and a Google map.

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Classical Music CD Reviews: Bach’s St. Matthew Passion and Early Classical Opera

November 20, 2013
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Two discs released by Harmonia Mundi benefit from the dramatic flair of conductor René Jacobs.

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