Dashon Burton. By Robert Croan In its original form, Johannes Brahms’s A German Requiem, composed in the 1860s, is his longest, biggest work, lasting just over an hour, scored for full orchestra, large chorus and soprano and baritone soloists. Patrick Dupré Quigley, the creative and enterprising director of Seraphic Fire, likes to perform authentic small versions of … [Read more...]
Community theater: Dated ‘Barefoot in the Park’ holds up well at Delray Playhouse
By Dale King In just a few days, the Delray Beach Playhouse will close the doors on its 68th season. Summer camp kids will take over the venue for a while, then the theater opens again for its 69th season of live mainstage performances in October. There’s still time to catch the final show of the season. Barefoot in the Park, an endearing early-career effort from prolific … [Read more...]
Small shows: Six Picassos at the Norton
Before they were painted, they were loved. Each of the women portrayed by Pablo Picasso in six distinctive works currently on display would like to say she was the love — or lust — of his life. No one knows for sure, but at least now we can do what the artist never could: have them all in the same room. There has been no hair-pulling and no eye-gouging since the exhibition, … [Read more...]