One sign of the growing maturity of the area’s classical music scene is the appearance of recordings by local artists. Up until relatively recently, only the Palm Beach Chamber Music Festival’s six recordings on the Klavier label and the first discs by the Delray String Quartet could lay claim to representing a substantial segment of local art music activity, although there … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2013
Weekend arts picks: Aug. 30-Sept. 1
Music: Robby Krieger was one of the respected guitarists in rock during his time with The Doors from 1967 to 1972. These days, at 67, he’s still out there with a band, this one called Robby Krieger’s Jam Kitchen, with a powerhouse lineup including two former Frank Zappa alums, guitarist Arthur Barrow and keyboardist Tommy Mars, veteran L.A. session saxman and Neil Diamond … [Read more...]
Two artists of the fleeting at Boca Museum
The work of artists Victor Matthews and Paolo Nicola Rossini, now on view in Transitions at the Boca Raton Museum of Art, at first glance appears dramatically different. Yet Kathleen Goncharov, curator of exhibitions and audience engagement, who organized the show, sees a common theme in their work. “Both artists afford the viewer a glimpse into their subconscious and their … [Read more...]
‘Artist and the Model’ finds depth in beauty
Jean Rochefort is now 83, with a résumé of more than 150 films to his credit. Many of them are great — The Clockmaker of St. Paul, The Phantom of Liberty, Man on the Train — but it may be that it’s taken him five decades to contribute his defining role. In Fernando Trueba’s The Artist and the Model, a twilight sonata of passion and frustration both artistic and sexual, … [Read more...]
Remembering Julie Harris (1925-2013)
It is usually a trivia stumper: Which actor has the most Tony Awards? The answer is Julie Harris, with six. Five were won competitively, from her star-making turn in 1952’s I Am A Camera to The Last of Mrs. Lincoln in 1972, plus a special lifetime achievement Tony in 2002 as a career capper. But the answer always surprised people, who would guess flashier, larger-than-life … [Read more...]
Sundays: Please, Kaity, bar the door
By Myles Ludwig Kids allegedly say the darndest things. Apparently, about 20,000 of them, in the case of the loquacious Kaitlyn Hunt. I remember chipmunk-cheeked Art Linkletter and later, the condescending king of Jell-O-land Bill Cosby, manipulating a batch of freckled-faced, Rockwellian 3-to-8- year-olds into a cul de sac of “cuteness” (read humiliation) with their own … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: Aug. 24-25
Theater: Yes, the pickings are few for theater at this time of year in South Florida, but while the few companies that are operating in the dog days of August opt for feather light fare, Maltz Jupiter Theatre offers Shakespeare’s weighty, downbeat tragedy, Hamlet. But not the usual production, for it is part of the free summer mentorship program where the student cast and … [Read more...]
‘Slava’ brings humanity, humor to gentle Arsht show
MIAMI — With its slow-paced rhythms and emotive music, Slava’s SnowShow moves from scene to scene so carefully, so gentle, it feels like the show of a melancholy snail. The wild thing is how it still manages to turn grownups into children and little ones entertained more than an hour. Not to be compared to high-tech shows such as Cirque du Soleil (where mind-blowing tricks and … [Read more...]
Paul Simon survey entertaining, moving
By Dale King Legendary singer-songwriter Paul Simon creates message melodies for all seasons — and has done so for a half-century, either in concert with partner Art Garfunkel or on his own. He has perfected an array of musical genres — folk, rock ’n’ roll, reggae, gospel and African chorale — and his lyrics paint poignant word pictures. Florida Theatre Productions Inc. pays … [Read more...]
Terrific ‘In a World’ makes wise comedy from voice-over niche
Think about this: When was that last time you saw a trailer that contained booming voice-over narration explaining the film’s plot and major themes? Not text on the screen or movie dialogue taken out of context, but narration, recorded exclusively for the trailer? You may have to go back some time. Don LaFontaine recorded these epic orations for more than 5,000 titles, peaking … [Read more...]