Another year, another spring trip to Broadway, timed to coincide with the annual Easter Bonnet Competition, which in turn is timed to coincide with the end of the Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS fund-raising period which, not coincidentally, occurs just before the season’s Tony Awards deadline. The Bonnet Competition — about which I will talk more in a few days — is a snarky … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2016
Chameleon’s piano quartet rarities delight, impress
Dora Pejačevič (1885-1923). By Robert Croan Two of the three composers represented on Chameleon Musician’s season finale Sunday afternoon were names that few, if any, members of the audience had ever heard before. The delightful and enthusiastically received concert, in the Josephine S. Leiser Opera Center, featured rarely heard piano quartets by Dora Pejačevič and Zygmunt … [Read more...]
Chameleon’s piano quartet rarities delight, impress
By Robert Croan Two of the three composers represented on Chameleon Musician’s season finale Sunday afternoon were names that few, if any, members of the audience had ever heard before. The delightful and enthusiastically received concert, in the Josephine S. Leiser Opera Center, featured rarely heard piano quartets by Dora Pejačevič and Zygmunt Noskowski, along with a … [Read more...]
Postcard from Broadway, No. 1: 12 shows, 13 if I’m lucky
Another year, another spring trip to Broadway, timed to coincide with the annual Easter Bonnet Competition, which in turn is timed to coincide with the end of the Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS fund-raising period which, not coincidentally, occurs just before the season’s Tony Awards deadline. The Bonnet Competition — about which I will talk more in a few days — is a … [Read more...]
The fierce beauty of irezumi, at the Morikami
Forget the butterfly, the thorny vine and the heart with initials. Imagine a colorful bird with a fish’s tail, a snake’s neck, and a turtle’s shell expanding from the neck all the way to the ankles. That’s what you can expect to see now at the Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens. Perseverance: Japanese Tattoo Tradition in a Modern World features photographs of full body … [Read more...]
Insipid rom-com ‘Lolo’ a step back for Delpy
Dany Boon, Julie Delpy and Vincent Lacoste in Lolo. It’s tempting to associate Julie Delpy entirely with Celine, the smart, clever, magnetically appealing and mostly uncompromising modern woman whose maturation we’ve witnessed, over three films and 18 years, in Richard Linklater’s Before trilogy. To preserve my own faith in humanity, I’ll need to hold on to this delusion … [Read more...]
Insipid rom-com ‘Lolo’ a step back for Delpy
Dany Boon, Julie Delpy and Vincent Lacoste in Lolo. It’s tempting to associate Julie Delpy entirely with Celine, the smart, clever, magnetically appealing and mostly uncompromising modern woman whose maturation we’ve witnessed, over three films and 18 years, in Richard Linklater’s Before trilogy. To preserve my own faith in humanity, I’ll need to hold on to this delusion … [Read more...]
FAU closes season with gritty ‘Lear’
By Dale King Student actors from the Department of Theatre and Dance at Florida Atlantic University wrap up their 2015-2016 performance season this weekend with performances of what many consider to be William Shakespeare’s greatest play, King Lear. The show opened last week to a sellout crowd at the Studio One Theater on the Boca Raton campus. Based on a Celtic folk tale, … [Read more...]
Stellar cast shines in Broward Stage Door’s ‘Evita’
By Dale King Evita, the rock opera conceived by composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyricist Tim Rice at the height of their musical collaboration, has been packaged, repackaged and committed to celluloid since it was released as a concept record album 40 years ago and hit the stage in London two years later. Director Michael Leeds and choreographer Kevin Black return to the … [Read more...]
Stellar cast shines in Broward Stage Door’s ‘Evita’
By Dale King Evita, the rock opera conceived by composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyricist Tim Rice at the height of their musical collaboration, has been packaged, repackaged and committed to celluloid since it was released as a concept record album 40 years ago and hit the stage in London two years later. Director Michael Leeds and choreographer Kevin Black return to the … [Read more...]