Things really jumped outside the chamber music box Sunday afternoon when violist Pamela McConnell started declaiming lines from Bernstein's version of Candide and waving costume jewelry as her three colleagues played Glitter and Be Gay. Charming, funny, and a crowd-pleasing moment, but what was most striking about the Bergonzi String Quartet's concert at St. Paul's Episcopal … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2009
Music review: Bergonzi quartet opens season in admirable style
The Bergonzi Quartet, from left: Scott Flavin, Glenn Basham,Ross Harbaugh and Pamela McConnell. By Greg StepanichThings really jumped outside the chamber music box Sunday afternoon when violist Pamela McConnell started declaiming lines from Leonard Bernstein's version of Candide and waving costume jewelry as her three colleagues played Glitter and Be Gay.Charming, funny, and a … [Read more...]
Boca club owner hangs on, testifying for the blues
It’s never been easy playing and singing the blues, especially here in South Florida, at the extreme southern end of America. The last couple years have been unkind to area blues fans. First, Musicians Exchange co-founder and blues champion Don Cohen died. Then the Bamboo Room in Lake Worth, the finest blues venue in South Florida, closed indefinitely. The all-genre concert … [Read more...]
Caldwell to present concert version of Sondheim’s ‘Sunday’
In his few short months on the job as artistic director of the Caldwell Theatre Company, Clive Cholerton has learned a great deal about “the art of making art.” So it should come as no surprise that he says his favorite musical is Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Sunday in the Park With George. The surprise is that he has found a way to bring to Palm … [Read more...]
ArtsBuzz: Caldwell to present concert version of Sondheim’s ‘Sunday’
Sunday Afternoon on the Island of Grand Jatte (1884),by Georges Seurat (1859-1891).By Hap ErsteinIn his few short months on the job as artistic director of the Caldwell Theatre Company, Clive Cholerton has learned a great deal about “the art of making art.” So it should come as no surprise that he says his favorite musical is Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Pulitzer … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: Sept. 18-20
Art: The EG2 Northwood Gallery is hosting a brief solo show for painter Anthony Burks that begins tonight and lasts through Sept. 30. Tonight at 6 p.m., Burks' wife, Trina Slade-Burks, will also be debuting and signing her book of poems, affirmations and art titled What Is My Priority? The book deals with the emotions of a multi-disciplinary artist. The Anthony Burks … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: Sept. 18-20
A painting by Anthony Burks.Art: The EG2 Northwood Gallery is hosting a brief solo show for painter Anthony Burks that begins tonight and lasts through Sept. 30. Tonight at 6 p.m., Burks' wife, Trina Slade-Burks, will also be debuting and signing her book of poems, affirmations and art titled What Is My Priority? The book deals with the emotions of a multi-disciplinary artist. … [Read more...]
Odd ‘Informant!’ relies on Damon’s star turn
Oscar-winning director Steven Soderbergh is like a box of chocolates. You’re never sure what you are going to get. His recent releases -- the epic political biography Che and the low-budget independent art film on the world of call girls, The Girlfriend Experience -- have virtually nothing in common with his newest film, The Informant!, a jaunty comedy about a real-life … [Read more...]
Film review: Odd ‘Informant!’ relies on Damon’s star turn
Matt Damon in The Informant!By Hap ErsteinOscar-winning director Steven Soderbergh is like a box of chocolates. You’re never sure what you are going to get. His recent releases -- the epic political biography Che and the low-budget independent art film on the world of call girls, The Girlfriend Experience -- have virtually nothing in common with his newest film, The Informant!, … [Read more...]
Mosaic’s ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll’ a heady evening of Stoppard
Over 40 years ago, Czech-born journalist-turned-playwright Tom Stoppard burst onto the world stage with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, his hommage to Samuel Beckett and the emptiness and impotence of his characters. Ever since, however, Stoppard has been stuffing his plays with heady ideas and dialectical notions, moving from nothingness to cerebral overload. He … [Read more...]