Michael McKeever and Nickolas Richberg in Stuff.Editor’s note: This story, was was to be posted Friday, was delayed by technical difficulties. It has been posted since Friday on www.palmbeachartspaper.com.Theater: OK, you’ve procrastinated long enough. This is the final weekend for the world premiere production of Stuff at Boca Raton’s Caldwell Theatre. This … [Read more...]
Theater feature: Kravis’ 2011-12 season features fare for low, high brows
Larry King. By Hap ErsteinYou’ve heard of the three Bs -- Bach, Brahms and Beethoven? Well, the Kravis Center has announced that next season it will present the three Ls -- Larry the Cable Guy, Larry King and a tribute show called Elvis Lives. Uh, didn’t the Kravis used to be a center for the performing arts?The West Palm Beach complex will be celebrating … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: July 15-21
Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan in The Trip. Film: Fans of director Michael Winterbottom’s Tristam Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story are likely to get a kick out of the ad lib road comedy The Trip, for he has again enlisted the duo of Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon in a sly verbal romp. As in the earlier film, the two British actors play themselves, or at least a comic … [Read more...]
Music review: Psychedelic Furs let strong catalog speak for itself
The Psychedelic Furs at the Culture Room on Friday night.(Photo by Gretel Sarmiento)By Gretel SarmientoThe best furs don’t come from dead animals: they come with guitars, they jump and down, and they sing songs with a distinctive raw voice.British rockers The Psychedelic Furs are very much alive and still on the run, and they proved it song after song Friday … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: July 1-6
J.K. Simmons and Lou Taylor Pucci in The Music Never Stopped.Film: The British neurologist Oliver Sacks’ popular case studies have made good fodder for Hollywood (1990’s Awakenings), and in The Music Never Stopped, one of Sacks’ essays (The Last Hippie) is the source of the story. Gabriel (Lou Taylor Pucci), long estranged from his father … [Read more...]
Music review: Despite the wait, U2 finds true believers in Miami
Bono and bassist Adam Clayton of U2, seen from the screen at Sun Life Stadium on Wednesday night. (Photo by Gretel Sarmiento)By Gretel SarmientoFor a country said to struggle with numbers, math and science, nobody is getting U2 360 degrees wrong.At least in South Florida, everyone got what they came for.The electrifying Irish band’s 360° Tour, with … [Read more...]
Music feature: Bak Middle teams with Juilliard for week of jazz workshops
The Bak Middle School for the Arts Jazz Band.By Bill MeredithUntil recently, you weren’t likely to hear mention of the local Bak Middle School of the Arts and the Juilliard School in New York City within the same sentence.Starting Monday, that will officially change when Juilliard’s world-class faculty and graduate students come to Bak to educate 81 students, … [Read more...]
Music feature: Delray’s new Arts Garage offers regular home for jazz
The Arts Garage performance space.(Photo by Bill Meredith)By Bill MeredithIf you've parked your car in the Old School Square parking garage recently to go to one of Delray Beach's multiple clubs, theaters, galleries or restaurants, you were in close proximity of a major new downtown arts venue whether you knew it or not.The Arts Garage (www.delraybeacharts.org) was … [Read more...]
Music review: Guitar master Beck’s SunFest set fights sound problems
Jeff Beck at SunFest, on Sunday.(Photo by Chris Salata/SunFest) By Bill MeredithSet to turn 67 next month, Jeff Beck is one of three famed British lead guitarists who played with 1960s pop/rock group the Yardbirds, the others being Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page.And each followed that stint by diving into heavy blues-rock: Clapton with Cream; Page with Led Zeppelin, … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: April 22-24
Jason Edelstein and Rick Pena in Blood Brothers.Theater: In only two seasons, Boca Raton’s Slow Burn Theatre Company has forged a reputation for producing edgy musicals outside the mainstream. The show that got its co-founders, Matthew Korinko and Patrick Fitzwater, interested in creating and running their own troupe is Blood Brothers, the cult hit that opened in … [Read more...]