Meet Christopher John Francis Boone, the autistic 15-year-old at the center of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, the five-time Tony Award-winning drama that will dazzle your senses and tug on your heartstrings. Adapted by Simon Stephens from Mark Haddon’s best-selling novel, it was then imaginatively directed by Marianne Elliott – who performed similar … [Read more...]
Seraphic Fire opens 15th season with impressive premieres
For this, its 15th season, Seraphic Fire is going all-in with contemporary music and at the same time returning to some of the monuments of its past. The first concert in its series, as presented Oct. 22 at All Saints Episcopal Church in Fort Lauderdale, offered two world premieres, one by the choir’s founder, Patrick Dupré Quigley, and the other by one of the country’s … [Read more...]
‘The Handmaiden’: Lots of heat, but little art
Oldboy and Lady Vengeance director Park Chan-Wook has proven himself of a savvy purveyor of elegant violence, transforming his scripts’ most brutal set pieces into displays of virtuosic camera movement and precise framing. But in The Handmaiden, a twisty triangle of secrets and lies based on a Victorian bodice-ripper, the South Korean stylist fashions himself less a … [Read more...]
Season Preview 2016-17: Classical
Because of South Florida’s history as a regular vacation spot for the big cities of the Northeast, an unusually rich classical scene has developed here. Snowbirds can catch some of the concert season they’re missing up in the colder climes, and locals can reap the benefit. But there’s also a vibrant and healthy homegrown classical culture that increasingly is drawing favorable … [Read more...]
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Film feature: Women’s film saluted in first-ever Palm Beach festival
Rachel Weisz in The Whistleblower.By Hap ErsteinLast year, when Kathryn Bigelow won for The Hurt Locker, that marked the first Oscar to go to a woman for Best Director. Women have made strides in the film industry, however slowly, but to see the range of movies -- from deadly serious to downright frivolous -- that female directors and screenwriters are … [Read more...]
Opera review: Second cast excellent in original, stimulating ‘Giovanni’
Bass-baritone Daniel Okulitch.By Rex HearnLike it or not, the cutting edge of European set and stage design came hurtling into Palm Beach Opera for its production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni.Stefano Poda’s creation arrived simultaneously with a cold blast of fresh air. It is visually stimulating and wholly original. The company took a chance on hiring this gifted young Italian … [Read more...]
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Weekend Arts Picks
Classical music: This weekend and into next week, it's a celebration of the life and work of Ludwig van Beethoven, whose 238th birthday is marked next Tuesday. Over at the Society of the Four Arts in Palm Beach at 3 p.m. Sunday, the Goldstein-Kaler-Peled Trio plays three of the master's piano trios: the early Trio in B-flat (Op. 11), the Ghost (in D, Op. 70), and the Archduke … [Read more...]