The work of artists Victor Matthews and Paolo Nicola Rossini, now on view in Transitions at the Boca Raton Museum of Art, at first glance appears dramatically different. Yet Kathleen Goncharov, curator of exhibitions and audience engagement, who organized the show, sees a common theme in their work. “Both artists afford the viewer a glimpse into their subconscious and their … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: April 5-7
Dance: The Miami City Ballet closes out its season at the Kravis Center this weekend with four performances of two well-loved ballets: Jerome Robbins’ Dances at a Gathering, set to music by Chopin, and Slaughter on 10th Avenue, part of Richard Rodgers’ score for On Your Toes, as choreographed by George Balanchine. If you can’t catch this fine company’s mounting of these two … [Read more...]
Fine comedians, strong singers fire PBO’s ‘Cenerentola’
Sometimes there’s nothing quite as satisfying on stage as seeing a few good clowns do their best to make a Saturday night fly by. The Palm Beach Opera’s current production of Giaochino Rossini’s La Cenerentola has, in addition to a hugely impressive performance by the celebrated mezzo Vivica Genaux as the title character, some very fine comedy in its two and half hours. It’s … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: Aug. 3-5
Film: You can choose this weekend between two Marie Antoinettes, one historical and the other contemporary. Benoît Jacquot’s Farewell, My Queen is period-authentic, depicting Marie’s endgame from the storming of the Bastille to her date with the guillotine. It is an impressive film, but if you are looking for something more contemporary, see The Queen of Versailles, the tale of … [Read more...]
Kline and Kasdan: Two cut-ups making their sixth film together
Just as director Martin Scorsese has had a longtime collaboration with Robert DeNiro and, more recently, with Leo DiCaprio, filmmaker Lawrence Kasdan has made six features with Kevin Kline. Their work together began with 1983’s The Big Chill, includes such varied movies as Silverado, Grand Canyon and French Kiss, and continues with Darling Companion, which will be released … [Read more...]
Two world premieres: One chamber, one symphonic
The Fifth String Quartet of American composer Kenneth Fuchs, which had its world premiere Sunday afternoon at the Colony Hotel in Delray Beach, is an effective piece of dramatic music first and foremost, with a big-boned grandeur that shares sonic space with an intense and hearfelt elegy. Fuchs, a professor of composition at the University of Connecticut, grew up in Fort … [Read more...]
Theater roundup: Two compelling visions of dysfunction
Even with the stamp of approval of the Pulitzer Prize and the name recognition that comes with a film version that starred Joanne Woodward, Paul Zindel’s stage play The Effect of Gamma Rays in Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds is rarely revived. It is a fragile tale of a young girl’s survival despite a bitter, abusive mother, a play that could easily be derailed in lesser hands, but … [Read more...]
Real-life mother-daughter team helps revive ‘Gamma Rays’ at Dramaworks
Arielle Hoffman always knew that she wanted to be an actress. After all, theater is the family business. The 17-year-old daughter of South Florida fixtures Laura Turnbull and Avi Hoffman grew up thinking the odd hours, feast-or-famine, histrionic life of stage performers was normal. “I didn’t know that this was unusual or weird,” she shrugs. “I just had no idea that people had … [Read more...]
The View From Home 32: New releases and notable screenings, Nov. 8-30
American director Alex Cox remains most famous for the first two films he ever made: 1984’s Repo Man and 1987’s Sid & Nancy. He’s continued to be active for more than two decades since, though you wouldn’t know it from the lack of distribution his films have received – Cox seems content with making cult movies for microscopic audiences. A crueler critic might suggest that he … [Read more...]
The 2011-12 season in pop: Classic rockers in short supply for energetic season ahead
The 2011-2012 concert season in South Florida could conceivably signal that classic rock is dead as we once knew it. Unlike the past two seasons, which collectively featured ’60s- and ’70s-launched brand names like the Allman Brothers Band, Bonnie Raitt, Crosby, Stills & Nash, the Eagles, Roger Waters, Rush, and Earth, Wind & Fire, the next eight months look comparatively … [Read more...]