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Theater Review: Bread & Puppet Theater’s “Shatterer of Worlds” — Apocalyptic Art

January 26, 2014
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Those willing to accept that powerful political theater can be as much about depicting pain as providing hope will find much to admire in this visually striking, dramatically compelling piece.

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Fuse Coming Attractions—November 22–December 2: What Will Light Your Fire This Week

November 22, 2015
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, theater, dance, music, visual arts, and author events for the coming week.

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Book Review: “Blood In The Tracks” — Bob Dylan’s Mystery Musicians

September 12, 2023
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“Blood In the Tracks” delivers a minor miracle: a host of fresh looks at the most (over)written about musician of our age.

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Fuse Interview: Linda Hirshman on How Female Supremes Changed the World

November 10, 2015
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“The question is what piece of the American experience is next going to add the richness of its voice to the Supreme Court.

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Book Review: Christopher Plummer Recounts His Life

September 19, 2009
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By Caldwell Titcomb There are those who have proclaimed that Christopher Plummer is the greatest classical actor in North America. There is certainly no gainsaying that he has for some time been in the tiny group at the top of the acting profession. Now as he nears the age of 80 he has brought forth…

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Actor Interview: Toni Collette Makes her Case for “Juror #2”

October 31, 2024
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“I still pinch myself that I got to work with Clint Eastwood. But any anxiety quickly dissipated upon meeting him. He is so cool and calm and funny and easy.”

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Poetry Commentary: Thoughts on Reading a New Translation of The Iliad

January 12, 2014
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Powell, the translator, a respected classicist, is noted for promulgating the theory that the Greek alphabet was designed precisely in order to capture epic poetry, provide some approximation of its sounds.

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Coming Attractions: August 26 Through September 9 — What Will Light Your Fire

August 26, 2018
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Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, visual arts, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks.

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WATCH CLOSELY: “Ripley” — A Man in Shadows and Light

April 12, 2024
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“Ripley” is one of the most entertaining and finely-wrought thriller series to come from Netflix in years.

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Book Review: “Serious Bidness” — Seriously Deranged

July 27, 2016
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Devotees of modern and contemporary art will find this an inscrutable yet irresistible 72-page book.

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