Jackie Rivera, David Dearstyne and Ryan Didato in Speech and Debate at GableStage. (Photo by George Schiavone)By Hap ErsteinAlthough he must have been absent in playwriting class the day they covered creating enticing titles, Stephen Karam demonstrates his skill with contemporary dialogue and the angst of today’s youth in the breezy, comic Speech and Debate.While … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2010
‘Speech and Debate’: GableStage’s youth movement
Although he must have been absent in playwriting class the day they covered creating enticing titles, Stephen Karam demonstrates his skill with contemporary dialogue and the angst of today’s youth in the breezy, comic Speech and Debate. While more lightweight than GableStage’s usual fare, the production demonstrates the company’s continued interest in new talent -- … [Read more...]
ArtsBuzz: Rival WXEL bidders to present plans at Boynton meeting
Disc jockey Stu Grant.Disc jockey Stu Grant, host of the Jazz Impressions show on Saturday nights at WXEL-90.7 FM, is in limbo.The Boynton Beach-based station is set to be sold, which will make it an arm of American Public Media and change its call letters. And the future of Grant’s show has yet to be decided upon.“I’m hopeful that things will remain the same,” … [Read more...]
Rival WXEL bidders to present plans at Boynton meeting
Disc jockey Stu Grant, host of the Jazz Impressions show on Saturday nights at WXEL-90.7 FM, is in limbo. The Boynton Beach-based station is set to be sold, which will make it an arm of American Public Media and change its call letters. And the future of Grant’s show has yet to be decided upon. “I’m hopeful that things will remain the same,” Grant says. “I’ve only heard that … [Read more...]
Music feature: Conductor, guitarist happy to be touring with Sting
Gordon Sumner, better known as Sting.By Bill MeredithPop music went through the beginnings of a seismic shift in late 1976, when the artist formerly known as Gordon Sumner decided to give up a teaching career in his hometown of Newcastle, England.The 25-year-old Brit was also a vocalist and bassist who'd taken on the stage name Sting, and he was preparing to move … [Read more...]
Conductor, guitarist happy to be touring with Sting
Pop music went through the beginnings of a seismic shift in late 1976, when the artist formerly known as Gordon Sumner decided to give up a teaching career in his hometown of Newcastle, England. The 25-year-old Brit was also a vocalist and bassist who'd taken on the stage name Sting, and he was preparing to move to London as Christmas approached. Playing a farewell Newcastle … [Read more...]
The View From Home 9: New releases on DVD
By John ThomasonClose-Up (Criterion)Release date: June 22Standard list price: $36.49This two-disc Criterion reissue of one of the greatest – if not the greatest – films of the 1990s replaces the out-of-print edition from Facets, and hopefully a new crop of young cinephiles will discover it. Iranian master Abbas Kiarostami wrote and directed the film after … [Read more...]
The View From Home 9: New releases on DVD
Close-Up (Criterion) Release date: June 22 Standard list price: $36.49 This two-disc Criterion reissue of one of the greatest – if not the greatest – films of the 1990s replaces the out-of-print edition from Facets, and hopefully a new crop of young cinephiles will discover it. Iranian master Abbas Kiarostami wrote and directed the film after reading a short magazine article … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: June 25-27
Ryan Didato, David Dearstyne and Jackie Rivera in Speech & Debate. (Photo by George Schiavone)Theater: Gable Stage’s Joseph Adler is often eager to showcase new talent, as he does with Stephen Karam’s Speech & Debate, which features three recent graduates of Miami’s New World School of the Arts -- Jackie Rivera, Ryan Didato and David Dearstyne -- … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: June 25-27
Theater: Gable Stage’s Joseph Adler is often eager to showcase new talent, as he does with Stephen Karam’s Speech & Debate, which features three recent graduates of Miami’s New World School of the Arts -- Jackie Rivera, Ryan Didato and David Dearstyne -- in a quirky, contemporary comedy about geeky high schoolers growing up and fitting in. Karam may still need some seasoning … [Read more...]