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Short Fuse Podcast #29 — A Birthday Show, Recorded Before 2020 Really Sucked

September 29, 2020
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No matter where our lives were at just nine months ago, most of us are now longing for those pre-pandemic days. Jump into this week’s jukebox of an episode for a trip back in time.

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The 18th Annual Francis Davis Jazz Poll: The State of Our Union Could Be Better

January 2, 2024
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Major record labels were once notorious for trying to entice jazz musicians into selling out; they now find it more expedient to ignore them, leaving them to sell themselves.

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Theater Reviews: New Broadway Revivals of “Cabaret,” “The Who’s Tommy,” and “The Wiz” Vie for Attention in a Crowded Season

May 7, 2024
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The spring season has yielded a sizable crop of musical revivals. But how many of them actually bear fruit?

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Theater Commentary: Healers, Cool Your Heels

July 27, 2021
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Throughout history, theater has been a place where the community has looked honestly at what is killing it.

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Coming Attractions: June 30 through July 15 — What Will Light Your Fire

June 30, 2024
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Our expert 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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Book Review: “Thank You, Mr. Nixon” — East Meets West, Again and Again

February 1, 2022
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The author of The Resisters returns with a timely collection of stories about the connections and contradictions linking America and China.

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Visual Art Review: Krzysztof Wodiczko — The Art of Interrogative Design

January 11, 2022
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Both of these exhibits are examples of the artist as a 21st century shaman — a prophetic, as well as a creative, force.

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Visual Arts Interview: Oleksandra Kovalchuk on “Saving Ukrainian Art”

August 2, 2022
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“Ukrainian culture — Ukrainian language, Ukrainian books, literature, poetry, arts — is the testimony of our existence through all these centuries … It is still here, and we try to save it.”

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Theater Review: “Caroline, or Change” — In Purgatory, All Souls Are Tested

May 4, 2019
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This evening is a revelatory experience on race relations, with grief, rage, and the whole business of hope and change.

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Short Fuse: On Pesach

April 6, 2012
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A new Haggadah has recently been published, the “New American Haggadah,” edited by Jonathan Safran Foer and translated by Nathan Englander. It’s getting a lot of attention and some criticism from “elders.” But maybe the Haggadah is beside the point. . .

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