April may not be the cruelest month, as T.S. Eliot once declared, but it has brought us some disappointing theater. Steel Magnolias — Boca Raton’s Wick Theatre has filled its inaugural season with mainstream commercial musicals. So you would think its only divergence from that menu would have to be a pretty sure-fire, high-quality, audience-friendly play. Well, no. Sandwiched … [Read more...]
Molineaux, master of jazz steel drums, set for Arts Garage
Steel drummer Othello Molineaux has helped his instrument go global since the Trinidad native moved to Miami in 1971. The 72-year-old introduced the tuned drums -- often referred to as "steel pans," and played with mallets that strike different areas to produce specific musical notes -- to much of the world through international touring with the late jazz bass giant Jaco … [Read more...]