Dance: Stephen Mills didn’t think he was the right person to tell a Holocaust survivor’s story in dance, but the Ballet Austin artistic director relented, and the result was a remarkable 45-minute depiction of the memories of survivor Naomi Warren called Light: The Holocaust and Humanity Project. The work also includes larger themes, including the Genesis myth, used here as a … [Read more...]
Absorbing ‘Choir Boy’ affirms playwright McRaney’s promise
Miami-born, and internationally produced, playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney has been enthusiastically endorsed locally by GableStage’s artistic director Joseph Adler. The Coral Gables company has presented four of McCraney’s scripts — two original works and two adaptations of Shakespeare — including the current Choir Boy, the writer’s most naturalistic, accessible and, arguably, … [Read more...]
Legendary boys’ choir to bring world flavor to Lauderdale show
By Tom Tracy Fresh off his first-ever U.S. performance earlier this week in Clearwater, the choirmaster for one of the world’s oldest boys' choirs said his upcoming concert conducting for Vienna Boys Choir in Fort Lauderdale will take audiences on a little globetrotting. “We want to take people on a journey all over the world not only with European music and classical … [Read more...]