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Susan B. Apel

September Short Fuses – Materia Critica

Each month, our arts critics — music, book, theater, dance, and visual arts — fire off a few brief reviews.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Books, Classical Music, Featured, Film, Jazz, Music, Short Fuses Tagged: Allen Michie, American Discoveries, Caryl Churchill, Daniel Traub, David-Grossman, fantasy, Glass. Kill. Bluebeard. Imp. and Other Shorts, Jonathan Blumhofer, Lansdowne Symphony Orchestra, More Than I Love My Life, New Focus Recordings, Ralph P. Locke, Susan B. Apel, Susan Miron, TCG Books, The Moon and Stars: Prescriptions for Dreamers, Ursula von Rydingsvard: Into Her Own, Valerie June

Theater Preview: “Citrus” — World Premiere of a Choreopoem

The stories in Citrus exhibit a powerful commonality: these portraits of th3e experiences of black women suggest that, over time, everything and nothing has changed.

By: Susan B. Apel Filed Under: Featured, Preview, Theater Tagged: Celeste Jennings, Citrus, JaMeeka Holloway-Burrell, Northern Stage, Susan B. Apel

Opera Preview: Opera North’s “All Is Calm” — Peaceful Interlude

All is Calm juxtaposes the gravity (some might say the idiocy) of war with the simple human gestures that the opposing sides extended to each other during a remarkable cease fire.

By: Susan B. Apel Filed Under: Music, Opera, Preview Tagged: All is Calm, Opera North, Peter Rothstein, Susan B. Apel

Dance Preview: Dance Heginbotham’s “Common Fate” — Celebrating Synchronicity

Fresh from choreographing a Tony award-winning revival of Oklahoma!, John Heginbotham presents a world premiere in the Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth College.

By: Susan B. Apel Filed Under: Dance, Featured, Preview Tagged: Alarm Will Sound, Common Fate, Dance Heginbotham, Susan B. Apel, Tyondai Braxton

Theater Preview: Voices of Women Veterans on Northern Stage

The women whose voices make up the play’s dialogue are Vermont or New Hampshire residents who have sought medical care at the local VA hospital.

By: Susan B. Apel Filed Under: Featured, Preview, Theater Tagged: Deployed, Nothern Stage, Susan B. Apel

Theater Preview: “Frederick Douglass NOW” — History in the Present Tense

The performer’s question is direct: has the talented orator anything to say about race in today’s America? The answer is a galvanizing yes.

By: Susan B. Apel Filed Under: Featured, Preview, Theater Tagged: Frederick Douglass NOW, Roger Guenveur Smith, Susan B. Apel

Theater Feature: Northern Stage Announces Winners of $1.25 Million Grant to Support Women in Theater

According to Wellesley Centers for Women study, women hold only 20% of the artistic leadership positions in America’s regional theaters.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Featured, Fuse News, Theater Tagged: BOLD Theater Women’s Leadership Circle, Carol Dunne, Northern Stage, Susan B. Apel

Visual Arts Review: Leonard Cohen — Une Breche En Toute Chose/A Crack in Everything

This ingenious and expansive multi-media museum production will please fans of Leonard Cohen’s art and those new to his artistry.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Featured, Review, Visual Arts Tagged: Leonard Cohen, Leonard Cohen: Une Breche En Toute Chose/A Crack in Everything, Montreal, Musee d’art contemporain, Susan B. Apel

Visual Arts Preview: Resonant Spaces — Sound Art at Dartmouth’s Hood Museum

No ear is the same — so the sonic experience is different for each listener.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Featured, Preview, Visual Arts Tagged: Dartmouth College, Hood Museum, Jacob Kirkegaard, Jess Rowland, Laura Maes, Resonant Spaces: Sound Art, sound art, Susan B. Apel

Preview: NH’s Hopkins Center — Helping to Create and Showcase the Performing Arts

The Hop, as it is known, is more than a collection of performance venues; it plays an active role in developing art and artists.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Featured, Preview Tagged: Dada Masilo, Dearest Home, Hopkins Center at Dartmouth College, Kyle Abraham/Abraham.In.Motion, Margaret Lawrence, Susan B. Apel

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