Tom Riley and Bel Powley in Arcadia.(Photo by Carol Rosegg)By Hap ErsteinTuesday was an even better weather day in New York, with the temperature climbing into the 80s, and locals shedding their clothes like it was the second coming of summer.My dance card was busy with interviews and, in the evening, a much-anticipated viewing of Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia.But … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2011
Broadway Postcard No. 3: Three Boca producers, and struggling with Stoppard
Tuesday was an even better weather day in New York, with the temperature climbing into the 80s, and locals shedding their clothes like it was the second coming of summer. My dance card was busy with interviews and, in the evening, a much-anticipated viewing of Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia. But first, always in search of a Florida angle on the Broadway season, I met and spoke with … [Read more...]
Music review: Pianist Weisman brings meaty program to Piano Lovers series
Assaff Weisman.By Greg StepanichAssaff Weisman leads a busy life as a pianist, teacher at the Juilliard School, and chief of an international chamber ensemble whose debut disc arrives later this year.To put it another way, he’s a thorough, expert musician, the kind on whom the classical world depends to keep the art form relevant and fresh for audiences and … [Read more...]
Pianist Weisman brings meaty program to Piano Lovers series
Assaff Weisman leads a busy life as a pianist, teacher at the Juilliard School, and chief of an international chamber ensemble whose debut disc arrives later this year. To put it another way, he’s a thorough, expert musician, the kind on whom the classical world depends to keep the art form relevant and fresh for audiences and students. What remains for him is to carve out a … [Read more...]
Broadway Postcard No. 2: Timely reminders of the AIDS epidemic
Larry Kramer and Joe Mantello.By Hap ErsteinThe sun came out Monday in New York, a lovely, crisp, cool day, but I spent most of it inside, thinking about AIDS.I spent the evening at one of the final previews of the revival of Larry Kramer’s impassioned, angry, autobiographical The Normal Heart, written in 1985, when the syndrome was a death sentence. … [Read more...]
Broadway Postcard No. 2: Timely reminders of the AIDS epidemic
The sun came out Monday in New York, a lovely crisp, cool day, but I spent most of it inside, thinking about AIDS. I spent the evening at one of the final previews of the revival of Larry Kramer’s impassioned, angry, autobiographical The Normal Heart, written in 1985, when the syndrome was a death sentence. Little factual was known about its cause or containment, let alone a … [Read more...]
Broadway Postcard No. 1: Scratch the dim sum brunch
By Hap ErsteinWhatever you’re doing today, you’re having a better day than I am, I assure you.Today was my travel day, heading to New York for my annual end-of-season Broadway show trip. For the past month, I have been combing through the listings, strategizing, negotiating with press agents, planning eight days of theatergoing. And because I was starting with … [Read more...]
Broadway Postcard No. 1: Scratch the dim sum brunch
Whatever you’re doing today, you’re having a better day than I am, I assure you. Today was my travel day, heading to New York for my annual end-of-season Broadway show trip. For the past month, I have been combing through the listings, strategizing, negotiating with press agents, planning eight days of theatergoing. And because I was starting with a Sunday matinee (Sister … [Read more...]
Theater review: ‘Carnage’ shows parents behaving badly, but still getting laughs
Nick Santa Maria, Kim Ostrenko,Kim Cozort and Michael Serratore in God of Carnage.By Hap ErsteinLike her earlier Tony Award-winning comedy Art, playwright Yasmina Reza again explores adults behaving childishly in God of Carnage, which took Broadway by storm in 2009 and looks likely to meet a similarly appreciative audience at Boca Raton’s Caldwell Theatre. … [Read more...]
‘Carnage’ shows parents behaving badly, but still getting laughs
Like her earlier Tony Award-winning comedy Art, playwright Yasmina Reza again explores adults behaving childishly in God of Carnage, which took Broadway by storm in 2009 and looks likely to meet a similarly appreciative audience at Boca Raton’s Caldwell Theatre. After all, there is a universal joy in watching others try to maintain civility and failing miserably. As with her … [Read more...]