When Seraphic Fire takes the stage tonight at St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church in Boca Raton for a concert called I Have a Dream, they’ll be doing more than bringing attention to the vital literature of … Continue reading...
LATEST ARTICLES
MUSIC
Soprano Jones stands out in Wolf songs at FGO Liederabend
By Robert Croan Lied is the German word for song (plural: Lieder). A Liederabend is an evening of German songs, usually the songs of the great 19th and early 20th-century composers – among them … Continue reading...
ART
Fort Lauderdale Art and Design Week: Boats, mansions and art galore
By Sandra Schulman Cultural crusader Evan Snow looked at the art action in Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties and wondered why Broward wasn’t getting in on the art fair game. So three years ago … Continue reading...
Amid the glam, much beauty at Modern + Contemporary show
By Myles Ludwig Oh, dear: it appears tough times have hit the Palm Beach art market. No more the free-flowing champagne (now $23 a flute) and nary a canape in sight when I arrived at the VIP-y … Continue reading...
DANCE
At Duncan, Jessica Lang Dance impressive in one of its final shows
Having the talented choreographer Jessica Lang on hand Saturday night as her outstanding young company gave a stellar performance at the Duncan Theatre turned out to be a bittersweet affair. The … Continue reading...
MCB’s season opener promises much, and delivers
To put it succinctly, Miami City Ballet’s Nov. 17 show at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts was a terrific launch for the upcoming dance season, not just for MCB but for all the excellent … Continue reading...
THEATER
Forgetting Barbra to reveal Brice is actress’s challenge in Wick’s ‘Funny Girl’
Arguably more than any other musical, memories of 1964’s Funny Girl have been so dominated by its original Broadway star – Barbra Streisand – that there has never been a major revival of the show. … Continue reading...
Actresses make ‘Having Our Say’ an unmissable conversation
With presentational monologue plays – either one-person shows or sweet duets like Emily Mann’s Having Our Say – the question usually comes to mind, “Who are these characters talking to?” But in … Continue reading...
FILM
Shymalan holds ‘Glass’ up to his devotees, but few others
How many times can an artist deconstruct his craft and still surprise us? How often can a magician reveal his illusions and still leave us flummoxed? This is the challenge facing M. Night … Continue reading...
Maddin’s ‘Green Fog’: I left my angst in San Francisco
A work of ecstatic cinephilia run gloriously amok, Guy Maddin’s The Green Fog both is and isn’t a remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo. Climaxing at a brisk 63 minutes and composed entirely of … 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
Calendar of events: January 2019
(Note: Events are listed through Feb. 1, 2019, and were current as of Dec. 18, 2018. Please check with the presenting agency for any changes. Ticket prices are single sales. Most of the presenting … Continue reading...
‘Downton Abbey’ settles in at CityPlace for the season
For Anglophiles and fans of the PBS series Downton Abbey, wait no longer – the characters, the costumes, the Old World glamour and melodrama are arriving in South Florida in time for season. Just … Continue reading...