Jennifer Garner, Lacey Chabert, Breckin Meyer and Matthew McConaugheyin Ghosts of Girlfriends Past.By John ThomasonOf all of Hollywood’s thirtysomething adolescents, Matthew McConaughey has always looked the most frattish, with his tousled hair, three-day facial fuzz and surfer’s smile.Somehow, women have found his patchouli-flavored apathy irrepressibly charming: He was … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2009
New York postcard No. 2: ‘Godot,’ ‘9 to 5’ may be big box office
Nathan Lane, John Goodman and Bill Irwin in Waiting for Godot.(Photo by Joan Marcus) Editor's note: Palm Beach ArtsPaper's Hap Erstein is on assignment in New York. By Hap ErsteinNEW YORK -- Never let it be said that this Broadway season does not have range.I saw two shows today on their final previews -- a star-studded revival of Samuel Beckett's existential … [Read more...]
ArtsBuzz: Student art at PBCC-Eissey well worth a visit
Justin Maxwell Charlton, left, poses with Scott MacLachlan, interim provost and dean of student services at Palm Beach Community College, Palm Beach Gardens. Charlton's drawing, Raphael's Fighting Men,won Best of Show in the school's sudent art exhibition.(Photo by Katie Deits)By Katie DeitsPALM BEACH GARDENS -- Art lovers have a few more days to see the annual student … [Read more...]
New York postcard: ‘Accent on Youth,’ and the Easter Bonnet show
Mary Catherine Garrison and David Hyde Pierce in Accent on Youth.Editor's note: Palm Beach ArtsPaper's Hap Erstein is on assignment in New York this week.By Hap ErsteinSo I am up in the Big City for the week, gorging on theater, gauging the season and, for good measure, catching a couple of pre-release film screenings.This evening (Tuesday), I saw the final preview of a … [Read more...]
TV review: ‘Parks and Recreation’ an ‘Office’ copy, and not as funny
Amy Poehler in Parks and Recreation.By John ThomasonIf imitation is the best form of flattery, then Greg Daniels and Michael Schur are narcissists.The TV gurus who created NBC’s successful The Office have gone beyond a mere repetition of theme and style with their latest effort for the network, Parks and Recreation (8:30 p.m. Thursdays): They’ve photocopied The Office and … [Read more...]
ArtsBuzz: James Taylor generates ‘tremendous’ interest for first SunFest gig
Veteran singer-songwriter James Taylor.By Thom SmithJames Taylor is no stranger to Palm Beach County stages.He’s played the Kravis Center and Cruzan Amphitheatre (it then had a different name). He’s played private parties at The Breakers and out west in Wellington.So it’s hard to believe that never, not in its previous 27 incarnations, has he played SunFest. That will change … [Read more...]
ArtsBuzz: Canadian soprano takes top spot for judges, audience at PB Opera contest
Soprano Yannick-Muriel Noah.By Greg StepanichWEST PALM BEACH -- A Canadian soprano who gave a powerful rendition of an aria from Verdi's La Forza del Destino walked away Sunday afternoon with the top prize of the Palm Beach Opera Vocal Competition as well as the hearts of the Kravis Center audience, who declared her their favorite in a text-message poll at the end of the … [Read more...]
ArtsBuzz: Sculpture Gardens features Strosberg paintings
Full Bloom, by Serge Strosberg.By Jan EngorenIn the art of Serge Strosberg, men and women from all walks of life embody the timeless concepts of love, lust and hope.And they often do so accompanied by flowers.The Belgian-born artist’s works are currently on view at the Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens in an exhibit of 15 paintings titled Of Men and Flowers. The showing lasts … [Read more...]
Music review: Master Chorale comes home to America in season closer
The Master Chorale of South Florida.By Greg StepanichPOMPANO BEACH -- The Master Chorale of South Florida made a welcome gesture in the direction of music from its own country Friday night with a program of older and newer American classics by Copland, Bernstein and Lauridsen.The performances themselves, which closed the first season of the chorale's concerts under its new … [Read more...]
ArtsPaper Interview: Conductor Eve Queler forges ahead
Eve Queler conducting. Eve Queler may perhaps be the most acclaimed conductor to lead the popular Palm Beach Opera Vocal Competition in some years. The internationally renowned conductor and founding music director of American’s leading opera-in-concert organization, Opera Orchestra of New York (OONY), will be on stage at the Kravis Center at 3 p.m. Sunday.Queler has a … [Read more...]