The cast of Shuffle Along performs “Broadway Blues.” (Photo by Julieta Cervantes) The only suspense at this year’s Tony Awards was over whether Hamilton would set a new record for winning the most statuettes. (It fell short of The Producers’ 12-Tony total by one.) Still, it has sucked most of the air out of the Broadway season, so here is a look at some of the also-rans: … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: July 25-26
Theater: J. M. Barrie’s Peter Pan is one of the best known, most enduring stories ever written. So much so that there are numerous adaptations — like Peter and the Starcatcher, Finding Neverland and the soon-to-be-released movie Pan — that draw on our collective awareness of the boy who never grew up. Tonight, the Maltz Jupiter Theatre presents Peter Pan Jr., a live stage … [Read more...]
Tony nominations show it’s been a good season for Broadway
Want to know how you can tell it was a good season on Broadway? In most years, the nominators have to struggle to find shows, performers and designers to fill all the categories. This season, there was enough quantity — and even quality — to afford a surfeit of snubs. Significantly absent from the nominations list announced this morning were Finding Neverland, the … [Read more...]
Slatkin, Detroit Symphony ready to show what they’re made of
The big industrial cities of the Midwest — Minneapolis, Detroit, Chicago, Cleveland, St. Louis — grew up with the country in the mid-19th century, and added cultural institutions as they moved into the Gilded Age and the early 20th century. The symphonic ensembles their prominent citizens brought into being have long been prized institutions, and gained importance as this … [Read more...]
Keigwin show’s best energy comes at the end
By Tara Mitton Catao Six dancers, one choreographer and one very small stage — it is a lot like being under a microscope and it is all very intimate. One can’t get away with much. Every detail counts. Every transition and theatrical expression (or lack of) registers. Therefore, performing in a small theater is not a casual thing. So when a New York-based modern dance company … [Read more...]
Paul Taylor show competent but earthbound
By Tara Mitton Catao The Paul Taylor Company returned to the Duncan Theatre in Lake Worth on Friday night, presenting three works that encompassed the range and variety of the great master choreographer who founded the troupe. From dark to light, from humorous interpretation to pure dance movement, the program was drawn from Taylor’s repertory of the 139 dances he has created … [Read more...]
Ayikodans exhilarating in Rinker show
By Tara Mitton Catao Is there anything more thrilling than entering a dark theater, not knowing what to expect, and to be pulled, like a magnetic force, into the performance and then, when the lights come up, to feel both exhilarated and satisfied? Ayikodans has that magnetic effect. Under the artistic vision and leadership of Jeanguy Saintus, this group of outstanding … [Read more...]
Touring show does Man in Black proud
By Dale King The song Ring of Fire marked a milestone in the life of legendary vocalist Johnny Cash. Recorded in March 1963, it rose to Number 1 and stayed there for seven weeks, the longest a Cash song would top the charts. Minnesota-based Troupe America Inc. has gathered a talented eight-person cast for a national tour of Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash, the jukebox … [Read more...]
Rudin show offers glimpses of five rising photo stars
Sometimes not having made it pays off. Just ask the five photographers currently showing their work at the Norton Museum of Art and competing for a $20,000 award. They are the finalists of a new international photography competition the museum is hoping to turn into a new tradition called the Rudin Prize for Emerging Photographers, for which one of the requirements is to … [Read more...]
Juried show easy to like, not so easy to remember
The underappreciated local artist ought to thank the Boca Raton Museum of Art for the 61st time. That’s how many times the museum has opened its doors to emerging talent through its annual All-Florida Juried Competition and Exhibition, the state’s oldest such exhibit. The good news is there are plenty of artists in Florida. This year’s juror, Valerie Cassel Oliver, senior … [Read more...]