Most of the headliners at the Colony Hotel’s Royal Room, the premier cabaret venue in South Florida, are seasoned performers, which is to say long in the tooth. The exception is the twin act of Will and Anthony Nunziata, a pair of fresh-scrubbed, curly-haired 28-year-olds who sing the American Songbook and Broadway standards, almost all written before their time. Back at the … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2012
Fresh-faced brothers kick off Royal Room series with charm to spare
Most of the headliners at the Colony Hotel’s Royal Room, the premier cabaret venue in South Florida, are seasoned performers, which is to say long in the tooth. The exception is the twin act of Will and Anthony Nunziata, a pair of fresh-scrubbed, curly-haired 28-year-olds who sing the American Songbook and Broadway standards, almost all written before their time. Back at the … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: May 26-29
Film: The airwaves are full of reports of the current presidential campaign, but for an even more momentous election, check out Nanni Meretti’s drily comic film Habemus Papam (We Have a Pope). It begins with the College of Cardinals, assembled within the Sistine chapel, and a paper ballot vote, with most of the cardinals secretly praying they do not get elevated to the right … [Read more...]
Theater roundup: From a classic French novel to contemporary American whimsy
Hardly broken and certainly not in need of fixing, the hugely successful epic musical of Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables turned 25 a couple of years ago, so producer Cameron Mackintosh celebrated the milestone of the international hit by lavishing a new, redesigned and restaged production on it. The work of directing team of Laurence Connor and James Powell is more conventional … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: May 19-20
Editor’s note: Technical difficulties prevented this entry from being posted at the correct time. Theater: One of the most unlikely adaptations is Victor Hugo’s serpentine, 1,200-page novel Les Misérables, which was turned into a surprisingly accessible epic musical almost 27 years ago. To celebrate its longevity, producer Cameron Mackintosh had the show redesigned and … [Read more...]
With just voice and guitar, Cornell mesmerizes Fillmore crowd
Seattle-born vocalist and guitarist Chris Cornell delivered a tidy 90-minute solo set at the Fillmore Miami Beach on Wednesday, blending acoustic intimacy, grunge guitar tunings and a church revival fervor. Attired in the post-grunge formal wear of jeans and a white T-shirt and surrounded by seven different guitars, the frontman for Soundgarden, Temple of the Dog and … [Read more...]
‘Yoni’ tells hero’s story with little art, much treacle
If you learn one thing from the documentary Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story, it’s that the title character was a poster boy for patriotism. The movie tells you this so many times, in fact, that you can probably enter it for a five-minute portion and walk away with this theme. The eldest brother of Israel’s current prime minister and a top 20 finalist in a 2005 poll of the … [Read more...]
Still getting around: Beach Boys fire up Hard Rock
HOLLYWOOD ― “It was a rough night,” Mike D’Amico sighed as he poked through the offstage drapes to deliver a couple of passes to waiting friends at Seminole Hard Rock. No chance to explain, only to say before returning to his dressing room that he hoped to make it home to Lake Worth “sometime in September.” But any reason is plausible, since D’Amico is adopted: He’s a member … [Read more...]
The View From Home 38: New releases and notable screenings, May 15 to June 9
Not since A Clockwork Orange has Beethoven’s music been imbued with as much primal sexual urgency as in The Kreutzer Sonata (Zeitgeist, $19.93), a present-day transplant of a controversial 19th-century novella by Tolstoy. In the performance montage scenes of the titular sonata, the violin and piano play off each another like generous lovers. The players penetrate one another … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: May 12-13
Art: Today marks the last day of the Florida Atlantic University’s exhibit on the history of surfing in Florida (here’s a YouTube promo). The University Galleries won a grant of almost $17,000 in late 2009 to research and mount the exhibit, which has been on display since March 17, and will head to Pensacola Museum of Art this summer. The show, Surfing Florida: A Photographic … [Read more...]