Fuse Dance Review: Boston Ballet Ends 48th Season on an Encouraging Note
Fuse Dance Critic Iris Fanger evaluates the final Boston Ballet performances of the season (which ends on May 20th).
-- Bill Marx
Fuse Film Review: “Sound of My Voice”
Fuse Film Critic Tim Jackson salutes the artful ambiguity of the genre-bending film Sound of My Voice, as well as the beauty and talent of actress Brit Marling.
-- Bill Marx
Fuse Theater Review: An Inspirational “Woody Sez”
Fuse Theater Review: “Cupcake” — A Musical for Pastry Lovers
Fuse Theater Critic Peter-Adrian Cohen says if you want the theatrical equivalent of fun in the sun, Cupcake (receiving its world premiere at Club Cafe Boston), is for you. But those looking for substance should approach with extreme caution.
-- Bill Marx
Fuse Book Review: “Emmaus” — A Fictional Puzzle Wrapped in a Spiritual Enigma
Fuse Book Critic David Mehegan finds Emmaus, the latest book in translation from Italian writer Alessandro (Silk) Baricco, to be too elusive for its own good. Published by McSweeney's.
-- Bill Marx
Fuse Music Commentary: “Maestro” — Breaking Boundaries
-- Bill Marx
Fuse Book Review: “When the Night” — A Memorably Icy Love Story
-- Bill Marx
Fuse Dance/Movie Review: The Passing Parade — A Film about the Joffrey Ballet
Arpino rehearsal shot from the 1980s
Fuse Dance Critic Debra Cash argues that a new documentary about the Joffrey Ballet is an unsatisfying exercise in hero worship.
-- Bill Marx
Fuse Classical CD Review: Jeremy Denk’s Ligeti/Beethoven (Nonesuch)
Fuse Classical Music Critic Jonathan Blumhofer thinks that pianist Jeremy Denk's debut CD on the Nonesuch label is revelatory on several levels. The recording is scheduled for release on May 15th.
-- Bill Marx
Fuse Theater Review: Boxed In — “Yesterday Happened: Remembering H. M.”
Fuse Theater Critic Bill Marx finds this world premiere production -- based on a real-life case of enormous importance for the study of memory and the brain -- compelling. But concludes it does not go far enough creating what could have been a terrifying vision of imaginative vertigo.
-- Bill Marx
