By Robert Croan Robert Xavier Rodriguez’s 1991 opera, Frida – based on the life of the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo – requires only 15 singers (some in double roles) and an orchestra of six to 11 … Continue reading...
LATEST ARTICLES
MUSIC
Young, exciting Thalea SQ wows Flagler audience
Oh, to be a member of a young string quartet nowadays. A format that reached its first flowering in the days when leaders of Britain’s American colonies were looking for the exit sign is today a … Continue reading...
ART
At the Flagler: When women said ‘me, too’ to jewelry-making
If you are blue and don’t know where to go to, head toward the sparkling jewels on view now at the Flagler Museum. Few times has the extravagant gilded-age Whitehall mansion been upstaged by an … Continue reading...
Jewelry, Art and Antique Show stuns, overwhelms
By Myles Ludwig Glorious. At some point in the fifth hour of my three-day trip into the enchanted forests of Artlandia, standing in the aisles of great hall, I sensed a shiver of collective … Continue reading...
DANCE
Celebrating Paul Taylor: Dance troupe to pay tribute to founder in Duncan stay
When the Paul Taylor Dance Company returns to South Florida next week, it will do so for the first time without its founder, a legend of American dance. Paul Taylor, widely considered one of the … Continue reading...
Momix continues to astonish in Duncan show
The title of the performance — Viva Momix: The Greatest Hits Tour — did sound a bit like a Latin band’s last hurrah but Momix’s return to the Duncan Theatre on March 2 was nothing like that. As … Continue reading...
THEATER
Loehr, Kleiner shine in sensational ‘Crazy for You’ at The Wick
Legendary composer George Gershwin died in 1937, but that has not stopped the creation of three major book musicals featuring his songs in relatively recent years. The best of them is surely 1992’s … Continue reading...
Kultur Fest’s ‘My Fair Lady’ proves delightful
By Dale King When the Florida Atlantic University Libraries and the Jewish Cultural Society join forces to put together their annual Kultur Festival, they always come up with a fascinating sample … Continue reading...
FILM
Doppelganger portals and inequality in America: This is ‘Us’
As a horror movie setting, a groty carnival on the beaches of Santa Cruz in 1986 is a ready-made place to start. And so begins Us, Jordan Peele’s gripping new creep show. A proud father has just … Continue reading...
‘The Competition’: The rocky road to finding the next Truffaut
The formula of the competition documentary is a sturdy and familiar one. Whether the subject is a spelling bee, a dance tournament or a science fair, the format is pretty much identical: We observe a … Continue reading...
BOOKS
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...
Palm Beach Book Festival, at FAU this weekend, features Albom, Orlean
Everything good that’s ever happened to Mitch Albom happened in Detroit. Or so the best-selling author of books like Tuesdays With Morrie says. He’s likely to talk about that next month at Florida … 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
Boca’s arts fest wraps, with hints of Beethoven for next year
By Dale King If you’re planning to attend Festival of the Arts Boca in 2020, you have just a shade less than a year to gather up 250 birthday candles. While commenting on the recently concluded … Continue reading...
March 2019 calendar of events
(Note: Events are listed through April 5, 2019, and were current as of Feb. 22. Please check with the presenting agency for any changes. Ticket prices are single sales. Most of the presenting … Continue reading...