Theater: What does a theater company do when it loses its prime asset? To find out, head to Jupiter’s Carlin Park this weekend and next to see a Palm Beach Shakespeare Festival production of Much Ado About Nothing, dedicated to its co-founder, longtime artistic director and leading man, Kevin Crawford, who died suddenly at the end of 2013. Crawford had edited the text in … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: Nov. 3-4
Film: Melanie Lynskey: You may have seen her in supporting roles in such movies as Up in the Air, Win Win or Perks of Being a Wallflower, but she finally gets a leading role in an independent film worth your attention called Hello, I Must Be Going, a Sundance Festival favorite that plays the Mos’Art Theatre in Lake Park this week. Lynskey is the reason to see the flick, which … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: Aug. 27-30
Film: Those who fell victim to Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme probably do not have the stomach to sit through Chasing Madoff, Canadian director Jeff Prosserman surprisingly involving analysis of how the former Palm Beacher duped the investment system and how the Securities and Exchange Commission was asleep at the switch, despite investigative reporters blowing the whistle. … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: March 18-20
Art: Here’s one way of tying together a lot of disparate work: the alphabet. Tomorrow, the Norton Museum of Art opens From A to Z: 26 Great Photographs from the Norton Collection, which is exactly what it sounds like – a group of photos arranged by photographer’s names from A to Z. The “X” photographer is Chinese-born Xiaoze Xie, and the “Z” photographer in this exhibit is … [Read more...]
‘Next Fall’ marks Hall’s return to Caldwell director’s chair
s More than a year and a half ago, Caldwell Theatre co-founder Michael Hall handed off the artistic reins of the Boca Raton stage company he had run for 36 years. But he suspected it was just a matter of time before we would be back directing a production there, and that time is now. Opening Friday evening is Hall’s staging of Next Fall, the Tony Award-nominated play from … [Read more...]
Carbonell Awards in jeopardy
Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008 The topic on the minds of most of the South Florida theater community at the moment, that has heated flurries of e-mails zapping back and forth through cyberspace, is the proposed suspension and likely subsequent demise of the controversial Carbonell Awards. Without consulting with or giving advance notice to the army of volunteer nominators and … [Read more...]