As emails go, one from May 28 proved unusual enough that it needed to be re-read. It was from Kathleen Alex, chief financial officer at the not-for-profit Cultural Council of Palm Beach County, inviting area musicians and music biz types to a June 15 meeting at the organization’s Lake Worth headquarters. And while the underlying purpose may have been to get some in … [Read more...]
Broadway Postcard No. 4: Astonishing Rylance, lame ‘Picture’
Mark Rylance may just be the best actor working in the theater today. You might agree if you saw Jez Butterworth’s Jerusalem, a powerful, but somewhat overwritten three-hour marathon drama about an iconoclastic former daredevil stunt rider and occasional drug dealer who rails against the world. Rylance originated the role of Johnny “Rooster” Byron at the Royal Court Theatre … [Read more...]