David Rudd, Harriet Oser and Marta Reiman in Dangerous.By Hap ErsteinBe forewarned: Michael McKeever has gone from suite to nasty.Last sighted at the Caldwell Theatre with Suite Surrender, a very audience-friendly farce reminiscent of Ken Ludwig, the Davie playwright now returns with an icy, mean-spirited, but darkly seductive drama called Dangerous, his “deconstruction” of … [Read more...]
Theater preview: ‘Dangerous’ is McKeever’s walk on the dark side
David A. Rudd and Marta Reimanin Caldwell Theatre's production of ‘Dangerous.’By Hap Erstein If you think you know Davie playwright Michael McKeever from last season’s knockabout farce Suite Surrender, or even such older comedies as Open Season or 37 Postcards, think again.The diminutive, prolific advertising copywriter-turned-dramatist is in a distinctly darker mood … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks, Jan. 22-25
Antelope Canyon, a 30- x 36-incharchival photograph taken by Kevin Boldenowin May 2008 at Page, Ariz.Photographer benefits Cancer Alliance: From 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday, Mos’Art Gallery at 700 Park Ave. in Lake Park presents Visual Poetry, a show to benefit The Cancer Alliance. The show features the infrared landscape photography of Kevin Boldenow, recipient of the 2004 South … [Read more...]
Theater review: ‘Frost/Nixon,’ verbal sparring match over Watergate guilt
Wynn Harmon, left, as David Frost, and Bruce Sabath as former President Richard Nixon, in Frost/Nixon.By Hap ErsteinPlaywright-screenwriter Peter Morgan understands where history leaves off and drama has to take over. The difference between the two is what makes Frost/Nixon such a gripping evening of theater.With his acclaimed play about the videotaped interviews between a … [Read more...]
Weekend Arts Picks: Jan. 8-12
Photographer Barry Seidman with threeof the photographs from his exhibit ‘Aperture Art.’RosettaStone Fine Art Gallery: Opening Thursday night is Aperture Art, an exhibit of large fine-art photographs by advertising photographer Barry Seidman. Featuring photographs of stylish cocktails and breathtaking close-ups of flowers and fruit, the images, printed as dye-transfers and on … [Read more...]
The ArtsPaper Interview: James Reston Jr. on ‘Frost/Nixon’
James Reston Jr., right, with former President Richard Nixon. The man at left is unidentified.By Hap ErsteinJames Reston Jr., a former assistant to the secretary of the interior during the Johnson Administration and a respected journalist, has written 13 books, including The Conviction of Richard Nixon, his account of the broadcast interviews between the resigned but … [Read more...]