Panel of St. Edmund, early 16th century, English.Art: This is the last weekend to catch Object of Devotion: Medieval English Alabaster Sculpture From the Victoria and Albert Museum, showing through Sunday at the Society of the Four Arts.This national touring collection of 60 alabaster panels and sculpture from the 15th and 16th centuries is the … [Read more...]
Theater feature: Hopes high for world premiere ‘Academy’ at the Maltz
A scene from Academy, which opens Thursday at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre.By Hap ErsteinThe Maltz Jupiter Theatre’s artistic director, Andrew Kato, has had some major successes in his five years in the job, assembling impressive talent -- onstage and off -- for such well-received existing musicals as The Boy Friend, Barnum and Anything Goes. But what he … [Read more...]
Theater roundup: Riveting ‘Angry Men,’ half-accomplished ‘Cane’
The cast of Twelve Angry Men. By Hap ErsteinThe “golden age of television” of the 1950s produced many classic dramas that went on to further acclaim in other media.Think of Requiem for a Heavyweight, or Marty, or The Miracle Worker. Certainly earning a spot on that list is Reginald Rose’s dramatized civics lesson, Twelve Angry Men, which the Maltz Jupiter … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: Nov. 5-7
A scene from A Film Unfinished.Film: Among the many atrocities attributable to the Nazis is the masterful way they churned out propaganda films during World War II. A new inside look at their disinformation machine is found in A Film Unfinished, a documentary by Yael Hersonski that sifts through existing footage of the Third Reich’s depiction of the Jewish ghetto, contrasting … [Read more...]
Theater feature: ’12 Angry Men’ a tribute to democracy, director says
David Howard, Patrick Clear and David Breibarth in Twelve Angry Men.By Hap ErsteinAs two-time Tony Award winner Frank Galati (The Grapes of Wrath, Ragtime) keeps in mind, “angry” is the 1954 Reginald Rose jury deliberation play’s middle name.Twelve Angry Men, which opens this evening at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre, is more than half a century old, but it … [Read more...]
Theater roundup: A fine ‘Candida,’ an incomplete ‘Desire’
John Leonard Thompson and Kim Cozort in Candida.Candida(Palm Beach Dramaworks; through Nov. 21)Palm Beach Dramaworks, which recently announced plans to move into the vacant Cuillo Centre space a block away from its Banyan Boulevard playhouse in West Palm Beach, continues to take the high road of offering up the towering writers for the stage that other South Florida … [Read more...]
Theater feature: Zero’s story gives Brochu his finest ‘Hour’
Jim Brochu as Zero Mostel, in Zero Hour.By Hap ErsteinOpportunity rarely knocks twice, but here it is rapping, offering another chance to see the remarkable Jim Brochu as actor-comedian-blacklist-victim Zero Mostel in the one-man show Zero Hour, opening tonight at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre through Oct. 24.Brochu first brought the show to the area in 2008, at the … [Read more...]
ArtsPreview 2010-11: The season in theater
Andrew Rosendorf, playwright of Cane, at Florida Stage.By Hap ErsteinAfter a successful summer debut at the Kravis Center, Florida Stage unveils its first subscription season in the Rinker Playhouse, including several world premieres. Meanwhile, there is a new Miami company with its own troupe of actors, the Caldwell continues to dig out of its money woes with a … [Read more...]
Theater feature: For Palm Beach County theaters, a light haul at the Carbonells
Robert Creighton recreates a number from Cagney!,an award-winner Monday night for Florida Stage.(Photo by Tony Schreiber) By Hap Erstein If you are looking for Carbonell statuettes today, look southward. Monday evening’s 34th annual Carbonell Awards ceremony was a low-key, well-produced event that tilted strongly towards theaters in Miami-Dade County. In fact, to two theater … [Read more...]
Theater reviews: Three shows demonstrate strength of South Florida season
Tom Beckett, Bret Shuford and Tari Kelly in Anything Goes.By Hap ErsteinDepression-era escapism proves to still be potent entertainment as Cole Porter’s 1934 enduring hit Anything Goes splashes across the stage of the Maltz Jupiter Theatre.Surely it cannot be because of the flimsy story line, even if it got a major overhaul in 1987 by Timothy Crouse and John Weidman, who simply … [Read more...]