By Dennis D. Rooney It was a Saturday in the spring of 1957. I was at my high school, doing some sort of extracurricular project, which took place in the auditorium. The Glee Club director had … Continue reading...
LATEST ARTICLES
MUSIC
Black Pumas close SunFest with a set and sound to remember
For many of the SunFest performers, 2022 turned into RainFest between its first three days of April 28-30. Yet hope was kept alive on day four. Following a country music-heavy opening night, … Continue reading...
ART
Yale artists at NSU Art Museum: Let there be light — and harsh truths
A rocket ship, a sentinel, and mirror-faced sculptures are among the artworks composing a deeply personal and vocal exhibition born out of camaraderie and moral support. If it says anything, it’s that … Continue reading...
At Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens, Bradley Theodore’s cheerful memento mori
Think of a thermal imaging camera illuminating areas of high body temperature in a black canvas and you would begin to get a sense of Bradley Theodore’s painting The Last Supper. Indiscernible … Continue reading...
DANCE
In MCB’s season-ender, couples, soloist Peters stand out
Miami City Ballet hedged its bets for the last program of season by presenting the world premiere of an elaborately ambitious collaborative work together with the company premieres of two acclaimed … Continue reading...
Complexions ballet troupe astonishes as its widens dance audience
The “wow factor” when seeing a performance of Complexions Contemporary Ballet is incredibly high — in fact, it is off the charts. During their one-night stand at the Kravis Center for the … Continue reading...
THEATER
Schlocky ‘Boca’ unworthy of GableStage’s standards
As GableStage audiences continue to assess what its new artistic director Bari Newport has in mind for the troupe, they are receiving mixed signals. Its recent production of the challenging, … Continue reading...
After scoring virtual COVID hit, Dramaworks brings ‘Belle of Amherst’ back to stage
You could call the production of William Luce’s 1976 one-woman play, The Belle of Amherst, which will open Friday at West Palm Beach’s Palm Beach Dramaworks a revival for the company, because it … Continue reading...
FILM
The View From Home: ‘Dementia’ a brilliant, experimental plunge into psychosis
It’s safe to say there’s never been a film, before or since, quite like John Parker’s 1953 psychodrama Dementia (now on Blu-ray from Cohen Film Collection, $19.99). An uncanny marriage of avant-garde … Continue reading...
‘The Automat’: Affectionate documentary sings praises of Horn & Hardart
As an American on the blurry border between Gen X and millennial, when I hear the term automat, I think of a car wash. To previous generations, especially those who grew up in Philadelphia and New … Continue reading...
BOOKS
Palm Beach Book Festival features Watergate historian Graff, actor Cumming, director Stone
Author, journalist and historian Garret M. Graff wasn’t even born in 1972 when the Watergate scandal unfolded 50 years ago, ending in the resignation of President Richard M. Nixon on Aug. 9, … Continue reading...
‘The Prince’ slims down Henry James for the modern age
By Sharon Geltner It took a former book reviewer for the New York Times to cleverly update Henry James’s best and, at 600 pages, longest novel, The Golden Bowl. Dinitia Smith has just launched … Continue reading...
INTERVIEWS
Norton’s new CEO: The museum as hub for creativity and dialogue
Early into a recent interview, it becomes clear why Ghislain d'Humières landed the job of director and CEO of the Norton Museum of Art. A native of France with a last name that exudes harmony and … Continue reading...
Writer T Kira Madden: Leaving Boca, opening doors for ‘Fatherless Girls’
The tattoos dotting T Kira Madden’s arms may not symbolize everything you need to know about her, but they unlock a number of doors. They include likenesses of the Hawaiian islands, her ancestral … Continue reading...
NEWS & COMMENTARY
Maltz gets underway in new house; companies announce 22-23 season
After two postponed productions and a third delayed by a week, the Maltz Jupiter Theatre opened in late March with critical acclaim for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and for its renovated and expanded … Continue reading...
The Queen at 96: Happy birthday, Your Majesty. You can retire now.
It’s April 21st, and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II turns 96. We wish her a very happy birthday. Last February 6, the queen celebrated 70 years since she ascended to the throne at age 25, the same … Continue reading...