By Robert Croan Opera is an expensive enterprise, combining musical requirements (singers, orchestra) with all the trappings of drama (stage director, lighting, sets). South Florida is fortunate to … Continue reading...
LATEST ARTICLES
MUSIC
Huang sensational in Mendelssohn at strong ACO concert
It was fitting that in the first concert program after its founder’s passing, the Atlantic Classical Orchestra and a guest soloist could present an evening so full of life and eventful … Continue reading...
ART
Stunningly redone Norton sure to be South Florida cultural landmark
A soft blue light descends upon delicate Chinese artifacts housed inside dark cabinets. Each has a dedicated source of light announcing it. From a distance, the mechanism holding them vanishes, leaves … Continue reading...
Art Palm Beach outdoes itself with marvelous fair
By Myles Ludwig If you see only one art fair in West Palm Beach, this is the one. Art Palm Beach at the Convention Center is sassy, sexy and spicy, with dishes of Latin flavor, Korean “kidult,” … Continue reading...
DANCE
Hubbard Street dancers shine even as Duncan program stumbles
We were lucky that the members of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago decided not to take chances with the minus-40 degree temperatures and the polar vortex in their hometown but arrive early in South … Continue reading...
Plenty of energy, middling payoff at MCB’s Program Two
Though there were some kernels of wonderfulness in Jan. 19 presentation of Miami City Ballet’s Program Two at the Kravis Center, the overall takeaway was that this program was not up to par with past … Continue reading...
THEATER
One-woman ‘Blonde Poison’ explores Holocaust ambiguity
In searching for plays for Primal Forces’ return to Boca Raton this season, artistic director Keith Garsson wanted to find a Holocaust-themed work, but not the usual downbeat drama in shades of black … Continue reading...
‘Les Miz’ still packs a wallop in Kravis touring show
Since the touring production of Les Misérables currently at the Kravis Center’s Dreyfoos Hall was created to celebrate the musical’s 25th anniversary, that means it has been on the road for eight … Continue reading...
FILM
‘Last Resort’ an engrossing tale of a lost Miami Beach
Among the countless quotable lines from Cocaine Cowboys, director Billy Corben’s influential documentary about the Miami Drug War, is this summary of the population of prewar Miami Beach, from one … Continue reading...
Where everybody had an Uncle Joe: Making ‘The Last Resort’
Fresh from its area premiere at the Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival, a popular documentary of the history of Miami Beach, its transition from a retirees’ community to a hip, young multicultural club … Continue reading...
BOOKS
‘Library Book’ is one for the bibliophiles
Susan Orlean was living in New York in 1986 when she heard the shocking news that the Los Angeles Public Library had been destroyed by a monster fire. More than 1 million books were burned or damaged, … Continue reading...
Season Preview 2018-19: Books
South Florida has a perhaps surprisingly strong books culture, and not just because it has been home to major writers such as Ernest Hemingway and Zora Neale Hurston. It also is home to Books & Books, … Continue reading...
INTERVIEWS
#MeToo and the young actress: Three FAU thespians view the road ahead
By Janis Fontaine The #MeToo movement that exploded onto the cultural scene in 2017 with allegations of sexual misconduct against Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein – who was indicted this week on … Continue reading...
Erin Manning: In search of the Flagler spirit
Erin Manning took over as executive director of the Flagler Museum earlier this year from the retiring John Blades, coming to Henry Flagler’s 1902 Whitehall mansion from the Historical Society of … Continue reading...
NEWS & COMMENTARY
February 2019 calendar of events
(Note: Events are listed through March 1, 2019, and were current as of Jan. 20. Please check with the presenting agency for any changes. Ticket prices are single sales. Most of the presenting … Continue reading...
Kips Bay house in West Palm shows designers at their best
For the second year in a row, the high-profile Kips Bay Decorator Show House, a design showcase staple in New York City since 1973, comes south to Palm Beach bringing with it cutting-edge design … Continue reading...