Pianist Valentina Lisitsa.Going big at the piano: Valentina Lisitsa, a Russian-born pianist long resident in South Florida, tackles two monumental solo piano works tomorrow night at the Boca Steinway Gallery under the aegis of Abram Kreeger's Piano Lovers series. Foremost among them is the Beethoven Hammerklavier Sonata (No. 29 in B-flat, Op. 106) , the composer's longest, most … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2009
ArtsBriefs: ‘Hammerklavier,’ young recitalists, and poets
Going big at the piano: Valentina Lisitsa, a Russian-born pianist long resident in South Florida, tackles two monumental solo piano works tomorrow night at the Boca Steinway Gallery under the aegis of Abram Kreeger's Piano Lovers series. Foremost among them is the Beethoven Hammerklavier Sonata (No. 29 in B-flat, Op. 106) , the composer's longest, most intense, most … [Read more...]
Music review: Skynyrd, Kid Rock show energizes the faithful
Lynyrd Skynyrd on stage Friday night at the Cruzan.(Photo by Thom Smith)By Thom SmithLimos and pickup trucks. Harleys and Hondas. High heels and flip-flops. Halter tops and tattoos. Beer and booze. City and country.Yessir, a little bit of everything could be found among the more than 18,000 fans who converged on Cruzan Amphitheatre on a muggy Friday night to worship at the … [Read more...]
Skynyrd, Kid Rock show energizes the faithful
Limos and pickup trucks. Harleys and Hondas. High heels and flip-flops. Halter tops and tattoos. Beer and booze. City and country. Yessir, a little bit of everything could be found among the more than 18,000 fans who converged on Cruzan Amphitheatre on a muggy Friday night to worship at the musical altars of Lynyrd Skynyrd and Kid Rock. “Let's turn it into a … [Read more...]
Theater review: FAU’s ‘Twelfth Night’ proves conceptually challenged
FAU's staging of Twelfth Night is set in 1920s Hollywood.By Hap ErsteinFlorida Atlantic University's 12th annual summer Festival Rep has romance on the brain this season, leading off with William Shakespeare’s comedy of gender confusion, mistaken identity and the resilience of love, Twelfth Night.On now in a production that is uneven at best, it will be joined at the end of … [Read more...]
FAU’s ‘Twelfth Night’ proves conceptually challenged
Florida Atlantic University's 12th annual summer Festival Rep has romance on the brain this season, leading off with William Shakespeare’s comedy of gender confusion, mistaken identity and the resilience of love, Twelfth Night.On now in a production that is uneven at best, it will be joined at the end of this week by Stephen Sondheim’s 1970 musical Company, a jaundiced view of … [Read more...]
Music feature: Delray trio Viva le Vox wants to be voice — and guitar, bass and drums — of the people
Rock trio Viva le Vox.(Illustration by Pat Crowley) By Marya SummersMusical voodoo from the urban swamp that is South Florida, Viva Le Vox is a full-body, religious experience.The band moves its congregants to the sort of ecstasy you’d find if you crossed a charismatic church with a smoky blues club. At Vox shows, everyone is visibly possessed by the spirit, and it manifests … [Read more...]
Delray trio Viva le Vox wants to be voice — and guitar, bass and drums — of the people
Musical voodoo from the urban swamp that is South Florida, Viva Le Vox is a full-body, religious experience. The band moves its congregants to the sort of ecstasy you’d find if you crossed a charismatic church with a smoky blues club. At Vox shows, everyone is visibly possessed by the spirit, and it manifests with a healthy dose of debauch. That’s because Vox … [Read more...]
ArtsBuzz: Hoffman makes last-ditch appeal to save New Vista Theatre
Avi Hoffman.By Hap ErsteinThe ghoulish among us -- yeah, you know who you are -- insist that deaths come in threes. So there was Farah Fawcett, Michael Jackson and, while it’s not exactly parallel, maybe the third is New Vista Theatre Company.That is the impression left by an gang e-mail sent out late yesterday afternoon by artistic director Avi Hoffman, who announced “with … [Read more...]
ArtsBuzz: Hoffman makes last-ditch appeal to save New Vista Theatre
The ghoulish among us -- yeah, you know who you are -- insist that deaths come in threes. So there was Farah Fawcett, Michael Jackson and, while it’s not exactly parallel, maybe the third is New Vista Theatre Company.That is the impression left by an gang e-mail sent out late yesterday afternoon by artistic director Avi Hoffman, who announced “with enormous regret and sadness” … [Read more...]