The Broward Stage Door cast of The Drowsy Chaperone.By Hap ErsteinBroward Stage Door Theatre has a tendency to overreach with its musicals, biting off a beloved, not-quite elaborate show and not quite delivering on the pleasures we once enjoyed with it.Now, however, it is presenting a modest little show, the intermission-less The Drowsy Chaperone, a multiple Tony … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2010
Stage Door’s ‘Chaperone’ delivers the daffy goods
Broward Stage Door Theatre has a tendency to overreach with its musicals, biting off a beloved, not-quite elaborate show and not quite delivering on the pleasures we once enjoyed with it. Now, however, it is presenting a modest little show, the intermission-less The Drowsy Chaperone, a multiple Tony Award winner from 2006 that is bound to be new to most of its audience, and … [Read more...]
Music review: Beethoven’s ‘Harp’ stands out in second chamber fest concert
Joaquín Turina (1882-1949). By Greg StepanichThe 10th string quartet of Beethoven, depending on which scholarly camp you favor, is either a genial mid-career throwback to the peak of the Haydn classical style or the earliest example of the innovatory, astonishing manner of the late-period quartets.Either way, it’s a remarkable piece of music from a … [Read more...]
Beethoven’s ‘Harp’ stands out in second chamber fest concert
The 10th string quartet of Beethoven, depending on which scholarly camp you favor, is either a genial mid-career throwback to the peak of the Haydn classical style or the earliest example of the innovatory, astonishing manner of the late-period quartets. Either way, it’s a remarkable piece of music from a remarkable year (1809), and it was the high point Friday night of the … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: July 16-20
Blue Boy, by Tammy Marinuzzi.Art: Work in ceramics by a group of artists who all have connections to the University of Florida opens today at West Palm Beach’s Armory Art Center and runs through Aug. 28. The 13 artists, assembled under the rubric Motley Moxie, shared the same working environment or instructors at UF, but have widely varied approaches to … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: July 16-20
Art: Work in ceramics by a group of artists who all have connections to the University of Florida opens today at West Palm Beach’s Armory Art Center and runs through Aug. 28. The 13 artists, assembled under the rubric Motley Moxie, shared the same working environment or instructors at UF, but have widely varied approaches to clay. The artists, in alphabetical order, are Pavel … [Read more...]
The View From Home 10: New releases on DVD
By John ThomasonTerribly Happy (Oscilloscope Laboratories)Release date: July 13Standard list price: $26.99Following in the footsteps of Roger Vadim (…And God Created Woman), George Sluizier (The Vanishing) and Michael Haneke (Funny Games), Danish filmmaker Henrik Ruben Genz becomes the latest foreign-language director to remake his own movie in English … [Read more...]
The View From Home 10: New releases on DVD
Terribly Happy (Oscilloscope Laboratories) Release date: July 13 Standard list price: $26.99 Following in the footsteps of Roger Vadim (…And God Created Woman), George Sluizier (The Vanishing) and Michael Haneke (Funny Games), Danish filmmaker Henrik Ruben Genz becomes the latest foreign-language director to remake his own movie in English with his latest picture, Terribly … [Read more...]
Theater feature: ‘Secret Order’ director has faith in it, but play needs more work
Nick Duckart and Gordon McConnell in Secret Order. By Hap ErsteinTom Bloom does not give up on a play easily.The New York actor-turned-director began helping to develop Bob Clyman’s Secret Order, a drama of ideas about a cure for cancer that runs into a buzzsaw of research politics, some 15 years ago. He not only directs the production that opened at the Caldwell … [Read more...]
‘Secret Order’ director has faith in it, but play needs more work
Tom Bloom does not give up on a play easily. The New York actor-turned-director began helping to develop Bob Clyman’s Secret Order, a drama of ideas about a cure for cancer that runs into a buzzsaw of research politics, some 15 years ago. He not only directs the production that opened at the Caldwell Theatre this weekend, but when featured actor Gordon McConnell was … [Read more...]