The Fourth Symphony of Anton Bruckner, subtitled Romantic, conveys the ecstatic, uncompromising intensity the composer strove to achieve in his lifetime, using a new way of developing the symphonic form. Palm Beach Symphony director Ramon Tebar led his 70-piece orchestra through a thrilling performance of this symphony Monday night at the DeSantis Family Chapel, transforming … [Read more...]
GableStage’s ‘Ruined’ is brutal but first-rate viewing
Pulitzer Prizes for drama are usually awarded for plays that reflect American life, yet Lynn Nottage’s Ruined, a remarkable and hard-edged tale of civil war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and its collateral damage inside a bar/brothel caught in the crossfire, won the 2009 Pulitzer for its view of the human — and inhuman — condition that knows no national boundaries. … [Read more...]