Frank Chambers seems like the ideal man. He’s caring, and he loves children. He can fix a creaky stair and repair a busted engine. He cleans. Did we mention that he can cook like a chef on TV, and that he looks like Josh Brolin? Yes, Brolin’s character in Jason Reitman’s Labor Day is the total package, except for the inconvenient truth that he’s an escapee with a bum leg and a … [Read more...]
Frank Wildhorn: This time, the ‘Jekyll’ he’s always wanted
Theater and pop music composer Frank Wildhorn, who grew up in Hollywood, Fla., has eight Broadway shows to his credit — from long-running cult favorites like Jekyll & Hyde and The Scarlet Pimpernel to such one-month flops as Wonderland and Bonnie and Clyde. On Tuesday, a newly redesigned and reconceived production of Jekyll & Hyde arrives at the Kravis Center for a weeklong … [Read more...]
Violinist Almond shines in Ravel, both Schumanns at Flagler recital
The violinist Frank Almond was equal parts artist and advocate Tuesday night as he opened the Flagler Museum's 2010 concert series, making an eloquent case for the music of Clara Schumann. Almond, concertmaster of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, performed one of the German pianist's Romances for violin twice in a broad-ranging recital that showed off this performer's … [Read more...]
Dweezil’s tribute band does Frank proud
Zappa Plays Zappa, guitarist Dweezil Zappa's tribute band to his late father Frank Zappa, first appeared in South Florida on Dec. 10, 2006. That concert at Mizner Park Ampitheatre in Boca Raton featured a circus-like atmosphere, partly due to a band that grew to 10 pieces through guest alumni from Frank's touring units, namely vocalist/saxophonist Napoleon Murphy Brock, … [Read more...]
Frank tale of elder love stumbles on routine plot
Even as statistic after statistic shows that senior citizens fornicate just about as much as the rest of us, showing sex among elders remains taboo in American film and TV. If not found under the “educational” auspices of HBO’s Real Sex, senior citizen flesh is usually only depicted in sophomoric comedies for cheap laughs (recall the hospital scene in The Hangover or Andy … [Read more...]