By Robert Croan Opera is an expensive enterprise, combining musical requirements (singers, orchestra) with all the trappings of drama (stage director, lighting, sets). South Florida is fortunate to be served by two big-league companies – Miami-based Florida Grand Opera, and Palm Beach Opera in West Palm Beach – as well as a smaller group that operates on a shoestring budget … [Read more...]
In Pompano, artists express the heritage of ‘Afrique’
By Dale King In a celebration of African-American History Month, an art exhibit called afrique is now on display through Feb. 18 at the new Pompano Beach Cultural Center. The exhibition spotlights the works of artists from Africa, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico and Florida, among them Vladymir Acoloque, Adéwálé Adénlé, Nate Dee, Teeyah, Daniel Garcia and Ruben Ubiera. … [Read more...]
Outré’s ‘American Idiot’ disappoints despite strong cast
By Dale King Outré Theater Company’s production of American Idiot, a rock opera spun from an album written and recorded by the rock group Green Day, has a lot of potential. The production, which closes with a matinee Sunday at Outré’s new home in the Pompano Beach Cultural Center, features a dozen actors with first-rate credentials and admirable voices. The show has a … [Read more...]
Arts Preview 2017-18: The season in Broward County art
By Larry Schwingel Expect eclecticism and creative diversity that takes in Modernism, female artists, Latin American flavors and a good bit more in the Broward County art scene for 2017-18. Here’s a look at some of the bigger venues and what they have in store: Nova Southeastern University Art Museum: The downtown Fort Lauderdale museum is mounting a major retrospective … [Read more...]
A chilling, first-rate ‘1984’ at Pompano Cultural Center
By Dale King George Orwell’s novel 1984 is a frightening piece of prose, a literary admonition warning of a perverse future world in which an omniscient state machine, Big Brother, exerts total control over society. To deviate in thought, word or deed could lead to torture or, more likely, death by hanging in a location where audiences gather to watch gleefully. Or, Big … [Read more...]