To the extent old-fashioned print advertisements sell us anything in the age of social media and viral video, Long Shot’s theatrical release poster is curiously misleading. In it, stars Seth Rogen and Charlize Theron stare at their outstretched hands, their smiles wide and baked, underneath the text “Feel Something Different.” You don’t need to have swallowed a Molly … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2019
Guitarist who reshaped Jethro Tull plays Arts Garage this weekend
If there could be a Mount Rushmore of musicians who changed the entire trajectory of the popular rock bands they joined, by sheer force of their inclusion, guitarist Martin Barre of Jethro Tull would be on it. Perhaps with fellow guitarists Steve Howe of Yes and David Gilmour of Pink Floyd, plus drummer Neil Peart of Rush. The natural inclination would be to compare … [Read more...]
Tony nominations led by ‘Hadestown’; some snubs surprising
It was a busy year on Broadway this season, which means that many Tony Award categories were expanded, but also that several prominent shows and performances were snubbed when the nominations were announced this morning. Hadestown, a jazzy contemporary retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice legend, led the field with 14 nominations – nearly every category for which it was … [Read more...]
‘Lion King’ brings Kravis into circle of joy
By Dale King Big city residents often lament: “It’s a jungle out there.” Through May 5, audiences in Dreyfoos Hall at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts can shout: “It’s a jungle in here” as Disney’s The Lion King leaps onto the stage. A mix of fantastic and fantasy, this awe-inspiring performance set amid the greenery and savagery of an African grassland … [Read more...]
Remembering terror on an island of tears
By Myles Ludwig The bombings in Sri Lanka didn’t surprise me. I’ve long known it to be a violent country, its savage beauty riven by communal, religious, ethnic and racial conflicts and a repressive government that brooks no dissent and gives no quarter. It was born in conflict between competing kingdoms of Tamils and Sinhala, each claiming birthright, then ruled by … [Read more...]
Four photo shows, endless questions
By Myles Ludwig Process — the origination of something — pre-exists as form, said Heinrich Schenker, the 19th century Ukrainian-born, Vienna- schooled composer, conductor, performer and theorist, and that appears to be the subject of four photography exhibitions I visited recently. In some cases, it was the act of taking the picture, in others it was the act of making it … [Read more...]
Denis’ ‘High Life’ an arty space id-yssey
At first blush, High Life seems to be about a single father trying to raise an infant child in inhospitable conditions — in this case, outer space. As in the home, objects aboard his rectangular, wood-paneled spacecraft fail, and Monte (Robert Pattinson) must tend to them while monitoring his baby, always on alert in fronts both personal and existential. His daughter’s … [Read more...]
Artechouse: Enter the Matrix on South Beach
By Sandra Schulman As trippy art experiences go, Artechouse rules. They have taken over an entire hotel on South Beach’s Collins Avenue and retrofitted it to house the installation of 10 interactive, retroactive, immersive hands on digital artworks. Like the recent Banksy exhibit in Little River and The Museum of Ice Cream at Faena Arts in mid-Beach, this new moneyed … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks, April 21-22
Film: Veteran British filmmaker Mike Leigh is known for his low-key, low-budget contemporary tales of the politically downtrodden, but his latest, Peterloo, breaks from that mold with an epic history of a Manchester massacre in the summer of 1819. That is when armed forces on horseback charged into a crowd of 60,000 demonstrators out for electoral reform, killing 15 of them and … [Read more...]
Standout performances lift FAU’s ‘Next to Normal’
By Dale King Leave it to students in the master of fine arts program at Florida Atlantic University to wrap up their first season — one that featured some shockingly emotional, nerve-twisting, heart-wrenching productions — with a shockingly emotional, mentally twisted finale. The show, Next to Normal, is a frank portrayal of a family in psychological crisis. The tale of … [Read more...]