By Donald Waxman The setting: Mar-a-Lago, the storied, palatial Palm Beach estate of the late Marjorie Merriweather Post, extensively renovated by its current owner, Donald Trump. The occasion: the sixth concert in the inaugural season of the Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach. The artists: The highly acclaimed flute, viola and harp trio, Les Amies. The program: an all-French … [Read more...]
Theater roundup: From Afghanistan war to Victorian sex
Whether or not the pen is truly mightier than the sword, playwright Carter W. Lewis is out to prove in his enigmatically titled The Cha-Cha of a Camel Spider that slam poetry can trump a mercenary private army. If that sounds like an unlikely match-up, then you are grasping the surreal quality of this darkly comic tale, which seems headed towards a rant against the Blackwaters … [Read more...]