Rebecca Trionfo and Alexander Sargent in Renaissance Way. (Photo by Alex Srb) The spring concerts of the Harid Conservatory in Boca Raton always begin with an introduction of the graduating class of dancers, who come to the mic, tell the audience who they are and where they’re from, and reveal their future plans, which are always very impressive. It’s a charming tradition … [Read more...]
Postcard from Broadway No. 7: Earnest ‘Tuck Everlasting’ falls a little short
Andrew Keenan-Bolger and Sarah Charles Lewis in Tuck Everlasting. (Photo by Joan Marcus) Before tonight's show, a new musical called Tuck Everlasting, I caught a little culture at the Museum of the City of New York. In addition to an artifact-rich exhibit on the Yiddish Theater and its influences on Broadway, the 5th Avenue treasure trove is currently featuring a retrospective … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: Feb. 27-28
Film: On the weekend that it looks likely that Sylvester Stallone will walk off with an Oscar for playing his screen alter ego, Rocky Balboa, go see another sports underdog, Eddie the Eagle, the real-life story of an unlikely Olympian. From a young age, Eddie set his sights on participating in the Olympics any way he can. He decides his best chance of qualifying would be in the … [Read more...]
Composer Zwilich featured at Lynn New Music Festival
The life of a composer is something like that of a permanent student, says Ellen Taaffe Zwilich. Which will come in very handy this week when the eminent American composer confers with some young practitioners of the craft at Lynn University’s New Music Festival. “I’m always learning. I think that’s one of the fun things about what I do,” Zwilich said last week. “I always … [Read more...]
Ever-popular ‘Carmen’ returns to Palm Beach Opera
Devastated by what he saw as the failure of his latest stage project and under siege from a persistent streptococcal throat infection, Georges Bizet suffered two heart attacks and went to his grave on June 3, 1875, at the early age of 36, never to know how successful that theater piece was to become. Or how successful he’d been in writing it. “In ‘Carmen,’ he hit gold,” … [Read more...]
‘Pompadour’: The hair we were makes for fun show at Broward Stage Door
By Dale King Broward Stage Door Theatre welcomes 2016 with a show featuring a jukebox-style compilation of tunes that literally share a hairline theme. All the songs were hits by vocalists who sported pompadour hairstyles or coiffures of that ilk. Pompadour, subtitled Hits, Harmony & Hairspray, is a whimsical array of songs — full tunes and portions thereof — vocalized by … [Read more...]
Rioult Dance: Fine execution, middling material
By Tara Mitton Catao One could sense the integrity of the tight-knit artistic ensemble that is Rioult Dance NY, the small modern dance company that performed at the intimate Rinker Playhouse at the Kravis Center on Thursday night. Proficient in what they do, Rioult Dance presented a well-balanced program of works choreographed by Artistic Director Pascal Rioult. In Views of … [Read more...]
Art roundup, December: A new gallery at EmKo, a Canvas winner, Norton guests
By Sandra Schulman EmKo is a new joint that graces West Palm Beach’s historic neighborhood of Flamingo Park, a renovated, three-story building that was once home to Ragtops Antique Motorcar Museum. Resurrecting this 1926 historical property, EmKo is a multi-disciplinary art gallery/culinary destination that aims to join the community through the art of food and the visual … [Read more...]
The Broadway season, reviewed: ‘Curious Incident,’ ‘Fun Home,’ ‘Something Rotten,’ ‘The Audience’
In the same way that the children’s book War Horse could never be harnessed onstage, Mark Haddon’s 2003 novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time — the story of an autistic boy’s struggles and eventual triumph over the challenges of everyday life — would seem an unlikely choice for theatrical adaptation. The two plays are not haphazardly compared, for both were … [Read more...]
Broward Stage Door ‘gets it’ with snappy ‘Chorus Line’
By Dale King The musical, A Chorus Line, doesn’t have dazzling sets, pricey costumes or high-tech special effects. The production that turns 40 this year -- conceived and originally directed and choreographed by esteemed New York show creator Michael Bennett -- depends on the strength of its story, music and movement to deliver the goods. The version now playing at the Stage … [Read more...]