1,920 stories by "Arts Fuse Editor"
Oh, it's a strange world, ballet -- filled with rituals and practices that Mary Jane Doherty captures with sharp-eyed grace.
What interested me about Bitches Brew was the chance to discover how choreographer Karole Armitage re-rigs classical ballet steps.
Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, theater, dance, music, visual arts, and author events for the coming week.
Once and For All asserts the value of Delmore Schwartz's provocative and multifaceted literary legacy.
John Hiatt's voice has taken on some Tom Waits-like cragginess in recent years.
Legally Blind contains plenty of satiric sting because it takes aim at the current fashion for musicals in which handicapped souls are healed.
Amazingly, the group's 50th anniversary tour features three of the original members: lead singer/guitarist Jeff Hanna, string player John McEuen, and drummer Jimmie Fadden.
Reality is the driving force behind the suspense in this film's look at the lurid underbelly of post-war Germany.
Even the hippest of us can succumb to a deep longing for harmony, lush orchestration, and magic.
This is Boston, not Austin.
The Southern-inflected melee of Harry Crews' universe is like a Hieronymus Bosch canvas dipped in whiskey and flour and deep-fried.
Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, theater, dance, music, visual arts, and author events for the coming week.
Daughter of a Cuban Revolutionary is at its most theatrically gripping when Marissa Chibas is caught up in her memories.
In the age of reality television, where no humiliation or personal flaw goes unnoticed, Anthony Weiner revels in all the attention.
Long stretches of the evening ask the audience to listen to annoying children's voices in the dark.
Zero K will prove refreshing to Don DeLillo's readers in that it's a novel of faith -- a concept that he's always been skeptical of.
James Traub has admirably captured the man inside the public figure, giving us a complex view of a typical New England grandee.
Alvin Epstein's recollections about his decades as a stage performer have been gathered in the form of tales abut what happened behind the scenes,.
The latest show from the superb Hubbard Street Dance Chicago had something for all of the senses.
Elvis Presley and Richard Nixon connect in their joint emotional poverty in this funny, charming, yet somewhat fluffy film.
Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, theater, dance, music, visual arts, and author events for the coming week.
The real advantage Born To Be Blue has over Miles Ahead is that it uses the music as a way to get into the soul of its title character.
Threesome is sharply written, bitingly funny, and ultimately devastating.
Companhia de Dança of Rio de Janeiro applies a suggestion of narrative to the standard revue format, but the real subject is the dancers' souped-up physicality.
Two new documentaries about teen girls offer much-needed doses of realism and illumination.
