Sally Field never went away. Her performance as Mary Todd Lincoln in Spielberg’s Oscar winner still lingers these years later. So why does her virtuosic work in Hello, My Name Is Doris feel like such a resounding comeback? I suppose it’s because, like Lily Tomlin in the similarly gracious dramedy Grandma, meaty roles for women of a certain age remain endangered properties on … [Read more...]
Naharin work brings fresh energy to Ailey troupe
By Tara Mitton Catao The dancers of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre were on full throttle as they worked the crowd at the Kravis Center on Monday night with a seasoned and savvy flair. The program, of course, included the infectious Revelations, which is Alvin Ailey’s most well-known work. Even after 50 years of regularly closing the show, this signature work managed … [Read more...]
Music roundup 2: French Baroque beauty from Seraphic Fire; a mixed bag at Lynn Phil
The authentic-performance movement of three or so decades ago had several benefits other than just the experience of hearing familiar Baroque and Classical music in fresh guise. What it also did was open the doors to rediscovery of celebrated composers from the past whose work had been overlooked in modern times, and on Jan. 18 at All Saints Episcopal in Fort Lauderdale, … [Read more...]
Chioldi to bring fresh Verdi experiences to PBO’s ‘Macbeth’
It’s a common, affectionate criticism of opera to point out how fast improbable things happen in the stories the art form tells. Rodolfo and Mimi, for instance, in Puccini’s La Bohème, are strangers in a Paris apartment building who meet cute when her candle goes out, and are pledging undying love 10 minutes later. But Michael Chioldi knows differently. “Opera really is a … [Read more...]
Fresh-faced brothers kick off Royal Room series with charm to spare
Most of the headliners at the Colony Hotel’s Royal Room, the premier cabaret venue in South Florida, are seasoned performers, which is to say long in the tooth. The exception is the twin act of Will and Anthony Nunziata, a pair of fresh-scrubbed, curly-haired 28-year-olds who sing the American Songbook and Broadway standards, almost all written before their time. Back at the … [Read more...]
Fresh-faced brothers kick off Royal Room series with charm to spare
Most of the headliners at the Colony Hotel’s Royal Room, the premier cabaret venue in South Florida, are seasoned performers, which is to say long in the tooth. The exception is the twin act of Will and Anthony Nunziata, a pair of fresh-scrubbed, curly-haired 28-year-olds who sing the American Songbook and Broadway standards, almost all written before their time. Back at the … [Read more...]
The 2011-12 season in dance: New work for MCB highlight of rich season
The coming dance season couldn’t open any hotter: The world premiere of a new work for the Miami City Ballet by a rising young British star. But there are also plenty of other good things in the local dance world for 2011-12, including the State Ballet of Russia’s Swan Lake, the frenzy of champion ballroom dancers in Burn the Floor, and fresh work from local companies … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: May 20-22
Film: If you crave a good, character-driven Southern coming-of-age, family reunion, eccentricity excess yarn, check out this weekend’s indie release, Bloodworth, fresh from the festival circuit and into a local Palm Beach Gardens theater on a market test basis. Having survived a medical scare, patriarch E.F. Bloodworth (craggy Kris Kristofferson, strumming his guitar) returns … [Read more...]
Inventive production, fresh singers make most of PB Opera’s ‘Orfeo’
You have to give Palm Beach Opera credit for knowing how to fall back on basic theatrical precepts when faced with having to present fewer mainstage productions than it wants to. Actually, it’s hard to tell that this is a company that has cut one full production, so varied and diverse have been the shows offered in its stead. This month, instead of a mainstage presentation, … [Read more...]
Fresh Mendelssohn, new violinist shine at Boca Symphonia
BOCA RATON – It’s not every day that you hear a world premiere of a Mendelssohn symphony, and if that sounds like a too-eager acceptance of a publicist's line, let this also be said: It works. The first concert Sunday afternoon of the Boca Raton Symphonia’s fifth season was noteworthy for the cantata-less arrangement of Mendelssohn’s Second Symphony its conductor put … [Read more...]