With the same umbrage that it greeted the arrival of the Disney machine two decades ago, the theater community has turned a cold shoulder to Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, who has muscled his way onto Broadway with Finding Neverland, a musical adaptation of his 2004 film. The show received absolutely no Tony nominations, but audiences are flocking anyway to this mawkish … [Read more...]
At the Four Arts: Three music reviews
Editor’s note: Here are late reviews from three concerts at the Society of the Four Arts. Technical difficulties prevented them from being posted earlier. Nordwest Deutsche Philharmonic (March 14) Visiting orchestras often come to our balmy shores this time of year; 20-city tours exhaust the best of them, riding on buses around the Florida peninsula. It was not so with the … [Read more...]
At the Flagler: Two standout string quartets
Editor’s note: Here are two late reviews of recent concerts at the Flagler Museum: The Moscow String Quartet (Feb. 21) Sitting in the magnificence of Henry Flagler’s Gilded Age mansion, Whitehall, I was struck by the ironic contrast of listening to a string quartet that began life in the old USSR. This was the Moscow String Quartet, four women whose exceptionally high … [Read more...]
Reviews in brief: Fine new music for cello; PB Symphony charms; Delray Quartet advances
Carter Brey and Christopher O’Riley (Dec. 19, Kravis Center) World premieres are always special, but they don’t always suggest that they will make a lasting impact on the culture. But composer Justin Dello Joio’s Due per Due, which was given its debut by cellist Carter Brey and pianist Christopher O’Riley, is a worthy new work that deserves to be added to the programs of … [Read more...]
Brief reviews: ‘Bat Boy,’ ‘Tintypes,’ ‘Magical Thinking’
'Bat Boy' charms, but new company needs smaller space Making its area debut, Slow Burn Theatre Company certainly fulfills its stated mission by selecting Bat Boy: The Musical, a quirky, cult show about, yes, a kid who is half-bat, half-human, based on the character immortalized in the pages of the tabloid Weekly World News. With a clever, eclectic score by Laurence … [Read more...]