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Robert Israel

Author Interview: Boston’s Poet Laureate — Porsha Olayiwola

Author Interview: Boston’s Poet Laureate — Porsha Olayiwola

“I wrote those poems because I think people need to read the truth and to hear the truth about romantic sensibilities between gay people.”

By: Robert Israel Filed Under: Featured, Interview, Review Tagged: I Shimmer Sometimes, Porsha Olayiwola, Robert Israel, Too

Jazz Concert Review: A Third Report from the 40th Montreal Jazz Festival —  Harmony Amidst Chaos

Jazz Concert Review:  A Third Report from the 40th Montreal Jazz Festival —  Harmony Amidst Chaos

This year’s Montreal Jazz Festival Festival would have been more successful had it not been for all the construction ripping apart the city.

By: Robert Israel Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music, Review Tagged: Melissa Aldana, Monreal Jazz Festival, Robert Israel, Tord Gustavsen

Book Review: The Critic as Wildean Artist — Peter Schjeldahl’s Elements of Surprise

Book Review: The Critic as Wildean Artist — Peter Schjeldahl’s Elements of Surprise

Peter Schjeldahl debunks (and praises) works of art, while also acknowledging the strategic importance of beauty.

By: Robert Israel Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Hot Cold Heavy Light: 100 Art Writings 1988-2018, Peter Schjeldahl, Robert Israel

Theater News: IRNE@23 — Boisterous Irreverence

Theater News: IRNE@23 — Boisterous Irreverence

The IRNE event did what it has done for decades: cast a warm glow on a vibrant local theater scene and those who are dedicated to entertain, astonish, and inspire.

By: Robert Israel Filed Under: Featured, Fuse News, Theater Tagged: IRNE, IRNE-awards, Robert Israel

Theater Review: “An Inspector Calls” — Upper Class Downfall

Theater Review: “An Inspector Calls” — Upper Class Downfall

J. B. Priestly’s shallow characterizations keep his vision of moneyed skullduggery mundane rather than monstrous.

By: Robert Israel Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: An Inspector Calls, Arts Emerson, Robert Israel

Book Feature: Joan Nathan — Sitting at “King Solomon’s Table”

Book Feature: Joan Nathan — Sitting at “King Solomon’s Table”

There are 170 recipes in King Solomon’s Table . Joan Nathan, a sort of culinary archeologist, tracks down the details of their origins to Biblical times. 

By: Robert Israel Filed Under: Books, Featured, Food, Review Tagged: Joan Nathan, King Solomon's Table, Robert Israel

Theater Feature: Best Stage Productions of 2017

Theater Feature: Best Stage Productions of 2017

Our theater critics pick some of the outstanding productions of the year.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Featured, Theater Tagged: Bill-Marx, David Greenham, Ian Thal, Robert Israel

Theater Feature: Best Stage Productions of 2016

Theater Feature: Best Stage Productions of 2016

Fuse theater critics pick some of the outstanding productions of the year.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Featured, Review, Theater Tagged: Bill-Marx, Evelyn Rosenthal, Ian Thal, Kamela Dolinova, Robert Israel

Fuse Theater Feature: Best Stage Productions of 2015

Fuse Theater Feature: Best Stage Productions of 2015

Fuse theater critics pick some of the outstanding productions of the year.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Featured, Theater Tagged: Bill-Marx, Evelyn Rosenthal, Ian Thal, Robert Israel

Fuse Theater Feature: Best Stage Productions of 2014

Fuse Theater Feature: Best Stage Productions of 2014

Fuse theater critics pick some of the outstanding productions of the year.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Featured, Theater Tagged: Bill-Marx, Brundibár, But The Giraffe!, Comedy of Errors, Fences, Ian Thal, In the Summer House, Into the Woods, Knock! The Daniil Kharms Project, Krapp's Last Tape, Poets' Theatre, Robert Israel, Smart People, The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Captialism and Socialism With a Key to The Scriptures, The Lie of the Mind, The Real Thing, The Whale, The World Fixer, Under Milk Wood

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