Back in April, I interviewed Daniel Hartwell, founder of the inaugural Beatles on the Beach Festival, which would soon descend on Delray Beach. I asked him to reflect on why the Beatles remain so perennially popular, with generation after generation. He answered, in part, “the music, if it were to come out today, would be a hit. It would be alternative rock.” Yesterday, a … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: June 30-July 2
Theater: This weekend, the Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine fairy tale mash-up, Into the Woods, joins a stage adaptation of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility, in repertory at Boca Raton’s Florida Atlantic University for its 2017 Festival Rep, the 20th annual showcase of the drama department’s graduate student pool. Bruce Linser, a local Sondheim maven, directs the sophisticated … [Read more...]