By Dennis D. Rooney The Palm Beach Symphony closed its 44th season April 17 at the Kravis Center with a most ambitious program. Too ambitious, as it happened. American cellist Zuill Bailey was … Continue reading...
LATEST ARTICLES
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Palm Beach Symphony struggles in season finale
By Dennis D. Rooney The Palm Beach Symphony closed its 44th season April 17 at the Kravis Center with a most ambitious program. Too ambitious, as it happened. American cellist Zuill Bailey was … Continue Reading
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Zoetic Stage’s ‘Fun Home’ a powerful journey
Alison Bechdel is deeply conflicted about her relationship with her father. As she puts it early in the remarkable musical Fun Home, “My dad and I were exactly alike. My dad and I were nothing … Continue Reading
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Postcard from Broadway, No. 2: ‘My Fair Lady’
I am more of a Sweeney Todd and Fiddler on the Roof fan, but if you insisted that My Fair Lady is the great American musical, I wouldn't argue with you, particular after seeing the extraordinary … Continue Reading
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Postcard from Broadway, No. 1: ‘Travesties’ and ‘Harry Potter’
Saturday was sunny, but chilly in New York, but fortunately I was spending almost six hours in a theater watching Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, the hot ticket of the season. My trip began with a … Continue Reading
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Weekend arts picks: April 20-22
Film: With such a benign title as A Bag of Marbles, you might not suspect that the film attached to it is a danger-laced Holocaust tale of two young Jewish boys, sent off by themselves by their French … Continue Reading
MUSIC

Pianist sparkles at South Florida Symphony, ‘Fantastique’ doesn’t
With several chamber orchestras filling the symphonic gap in this part of the state, the South Florida Symphony offers a full-size group, which gives it the opportunity to present the largest works of … Continue reading...
Arts News
ART

‘Road tattoo,’ weekend arts fest lead off April culture bonanza in West Palm
By Sandra Schulman During this year’s newly created Art Affair, which opens today and runs through April 15, the action is centered on Rosemary Avenue in West Palm Beach, with a new series of … Continue reading...

At Norton: Art patron Whitney had gift of her own
Who should Meryl Streep play next? The Norton Museum of Art’s latest exhibition could be the answer. It might seem at first the story of a poor little rich girl finally getting what she wanted or … Continue reading...
DANCE

‘Concerto DSCH’ a spectacular MCB season sendoff
Alexei Ratmansky is undoubtedly the leading choreographer in the ballet world today, clearly poised to become the next Balanchine. So what better place was there to see one of his most acclaimed … Continue reading...

Buck and Boogz’s ‘woke’ dance at Rinker inspires, astonishes
The impact of the March for Our Lives was felt across this divided country and around the world. People of all ages took time March 22 to show their support, and I couldn’t have had a better … Continue reading...
THEATER

Zoetic Stage’s ‘Fun Home’ a powerful journey
Alison Bechdel is deeply conflicted about her relationship with her father. As she puts it early in the remarkable musical Fun Home, “My dad and I were exactly alike. My dad and I were nothing … Continue reading...

Postcard from Broadway, No. 2: ‘My Fair Lady’
I am more of a Sweeney Todd and Fiddler on the Roof fan, but if you insisted that My Fair Lady is the great American musical, I wouldn't argue with you, particular after seeing the extraordinary … Continue reading...
FILM

‘Aardvark’ too sluggish to make much of psychological premise
Why do screenwriters hate therapists so much? In most cases, accuracy and verisimilitude are important to a film’s pedigree, but that’s rarely the case when dealing with licensed mental health … Continue reading...

Feminist bent partly redeems ‘Blockers’ raunchfest
Blockers, the latest lurching vacillation of sweetness and raunch from Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s Point Grey Pictures, reimagines the sex-pact theatrics of American Pie from the female … Continue reading...
BOOKS

Rather reports on state of nation, and it’s grim
By Myles Ludwig Veteran newsman Dan Rather took the stage at the Palm Beach Convention Center to a standing ovation at the Palm Beach Book Festival on April 14. He was being honored as the … Continue reading...

Palm Beach Book Festival offers ‘Oscars’ of literary world
By Georgio Valentino Every spring, a hand-picked selection of the country’s most celebrated writers descend on the Palm Beaches for a boutique book festival of chart-topping proportions. Among the … Continue reading...
INTERVIEWS

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...

Terry Teachout: Bringing ‘Satchmo’ to life, as playwright and director
Terry Teachout, 60, the drama critic of The Wall Street Journal, is also a biographer and opera librettist. Five years ago, he adapted his biography of jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong into a one-man … Continue reading...
NEWS & COMMENTARY

Miami’s M Ensemble wins big at Carbonells
A low-budget African-American theater company in Miami was the big winner at the 42nd annual Carbonell Awards ceremony Monday night at the Broward Center. Although M Ensemble has been producing plays … Continue reading...

Arts news: 2nd Oliveira contest dates announced; PGB venue closes
BOCA RATON — The second Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition will take place Jan. 12-26, 2020, at Lynn University, its founder said in a press conference Feb. 12. The celebrated American … Continue reading...