Charles Giuliano
Bio:
Publisher & Editor. Charles was the director of exhibitions for the New England School of Art & Design at Suffolk University where he taught art history and the humanities. He taugh tModern Art and the Avant-garde for Metropolitan College of Boston University. After many years as a contributor, columnist and editor for a range of print publications from Art New England, Art News, the Boston Phoenix, the Boston Herald Traveler and Patriot Ledger, to mention a few, he went on line with Maverick Arts which evolved into a website.
Recent Articles:
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Feeding the Dragon at Hartford Stage Front Page
Written and Performed by Sharon Washington.
By: - Jan 30th, 2018Sharon Washington is a fine actress, but as she plays the multiple people in her story, including her mother, aunts, grandmother and others, her portrayals are good, but not great. This 90 minute play is heading to Off-Broadway’s Primary Stages
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John Lithgow's Solo Show on Broadway Front Page
Stories by Heart Is Masterful.
By: - Jan 30th, 2018Stories by Heart is really Lithgow presenting two short stories to us. The first is by Ring Lardner, “Haircut.” It is essential the thoughts and words of a small town barber, circa 1925 talking to his customer who sits silently in the chair. With no props, Lithgow recreates the old-time barbershop experience from the hot towels, to the stropping of the blade, the lather and more.
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Edvard Munch: Between the Clock and the Bed Front Page
Riveting Selection of 43 Works at Met Breuer
By: - Jan 29th, 2018With just 43 works Edvard Munch: Between the Clock and the Bed at Met Breuer through February 4 provides a small but succinct view of his work. He was a prolific artist, creating approximately 1,750 paintings, 18,000 prints, and 4,500 watercolors, in addition to sculpture, graphic art, theater design, and photography. More than half of the works on view were part of Munch's personal collection and remained with him throughout his life.
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Megabytes! The Musical Front Page
At Shelton Theatre in San Francisco.
By: - Jan 28th, 2018Playwright and composer Morris Bobrow is the master of what San Franciscans might consider the Pier 39 musical, a light but entertaining diversion. His previous compositions include “Shopping! The Musical” and “Foodies! The Musical.” Can anyone detect a common theme here?
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Jimmie Durham: At the Center of the World Front Page
Controversial Traveling Retrospective
By: - Jan 27th, 2018In 1993 I was intrigued by ersatz weapons fabricated from funky materials by Jimmie Durham in the Whitney Biennial. To explore creative freedom the artist left America in 1987 never to return. While acquiring a global reputation it is only now that the work is again being seen and debated in the States. A long overdue retrospective "Jimmie Durham: At the Center of the World" organized by the Hammer Museum traveled to the Walker Arts Center and is finishing its run at the Whitney Museum. It states a case for Durham as one of the formost American artists of his generation.
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Man of La Mancha in San Francisco Front Page
By Custom Made Theatre
By: - Jan 26th, 2018Before its Broadway debut, the musical played at smaller theaters. So the transfer of this big, yet small, production to Custom Made Theatre’s intimate space is not only a sensible artistic decision, but the outcome is a winning one.
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Broadway in Winter Front Page
Museums by Day and Theatre at Night
By: - Jan 25th, 2018The motive was not to miss a once- in-a-lifetime exhibition Michelangelo: Divine Draftsman & Designer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It remains on view through February 12. In addition to visiting museums by day we enjoyed four nights on Broadway. During the Big Chill we avoided threeh our holiday lines at the Met. There was easy access and a good selection for half price TKTS in Times Square.
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Arthur Miller’s All My Sons Front Page
Charles Newell’s production at Court Theatre
By: - Jan 24th, 2018The play is set in 1947 in the back yard of the home of Joe and Kate Keller. The setting is usually a traditional mid-century back yard with plants, trees, a porch, outdoor furniture and the facades of two other houses partially visible. In the Court Theatre version, John Culbert’s scenic design suggests this back yard in a deconstructed, stylized way.
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Tanglewood 2018 Front Page
Dinorockers Added to Program
By: - Jan 24th, 2018Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Leonard Bernstein there will be extensive programming of his music during the 2018 Tanglewood season. As has been the case in recent years James Taylor returns. There is extensive programming of popular artists in the shoulder seasons before and after the residence of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Highlights include Roger Daltry and Tommy, Steve Miller, Peter Frampton, Judy Collins, Steve Stills, Bela Fleck, Andy Grammer, Steve Martin and Martin Short among others.
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Head of the Crass Word
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Vermont’s Eclectic Shelburne Museum Front Page
How Sweet It Is
By: - Jan 12th, 2018Electra Havemeyer Webb (1888-1960) founded the Shelburne Museum which has 150,000 objects and 39 buildings on 45 acres. Her father Henry Osborne Havemeyer was known as The Sugar King. With his wife Louisne they created a vast collection donating 2,000 objects, including French Impressionist masterpieces, to the Met. Electra married polo champion James Watson Webb II of the Vanderbilt family. Well before the controversies of the Berkshire Museum, in 1996, the Shelburne Museum sold $30 million of its art to pay expenses. During the winter just five buildings are open. We viewed two special exhibitions in the Pizzagalli Center for Art and Education which opened in 2013. It was a lively and intriguing experience.
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Woody Sez- the Life & Music of Woody Guthrie Front Page
At Westport Country Playhouse
By: - Jan 12th, 2018Woody Sez- the life & music of Woody Guthrie — now at Westport Country Playhouse intersperses his life story, mostly told by David M. Lutkin as Woody, with renditions of the music he made so famous.
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Barrington Stage Company 2018 Front Page
Three World Premieres and West Side Story
By: - Jan 11th, 2018The 2018 season of Barrington Stage Company which will feature three world premieres, including a major new musical from Tony Awards winners William Finn and Rachel Sheinkin, a new play from Off Broadway Alliance Award winner Lloyd Suh, and the first major production from playwright, Rachel Lynett. The season starts with Typhpid Mary by Mark St. Germain in the theatre named for him.
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Palm Springs International Film Festival Front Page
Third Largest American Film Festival
By: - Jan 11th, 2018On January 2nd, Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) officially launched its 29th Annual Film Festival and Gala. More than 2400 guests, attended, along with stars, celebrities, industry professionals, screenwriters, producers, directors, and actors to rub elbows at the Palm Springs Convention Center, as they accepted their Awards for their artistic accomplishments during 2017.
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Oscar Bound Documentaries Front Page
Final Five to be Announded January 23
By: - Jan 11th, 2018If there were one word to characterize this year’s selection of possible documentary Oscar nominees, it would have to be nihilism. In its preliminary round of voting, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences selected 15 films of the 170 submissions for Best Documentary Academy Award, many produced by Amazon Studios, Netflix, HBO, et al.
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The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel on Amazon Front Page
Won Two Golden Globe Awards
By: - Jan 10th, 2018“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” an Amazon Studios series, won two Golden Globes Sunday night—one for best TV comedy series and one for best actress in a comedy series for Brosnahan, who grew up in Highland Park. It’s a hilarious look at a life among the wealthy and the lovably wacky flavor of Greenwich Village before Bob Dylan arrived.
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Nevermore Based on Edgar Allan Poe Front Page
World Premiere Musical in Chicago
By: - Jan 10th, 2018Black Button Eyes’ darkly gothic production of Nevermore: The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe makes good use of the Edge Theatre’s spacious proscenium stage. The world premiere musical with book, music and lyrics by Jonathan Christenson is directed by Ed Rutherford.
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Best of Broadway 2017 Front Page
It Was a Very Good Year
By: - Jan 10th, 2018Our correspondent, Karen Isaacs, shares the best of what she reviewed on Broadway in 2017.
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Best of Connecticut Theatre 2017 Front Page
Top Ten Shows and Honorable Mentions
By: - Jan 08th, 20182017 offered superb theatre for Connecticut audiences. Our correspondent, Karen Isaacs, has a list of the Top Ten shows. In addition she lists twelve more productions worthy of critical recognition.
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Once on This Island Front Page
Music al Revival at Circle in the Square
By: - Jan 06th, 2018We welcome Karen Isaacs who covers theatre in New York and Connecticut. Here she has mixed responses to a revival of a 1990 musical. At Cicle in the Square Once on This Island evokes a Caribbean atmosphere. You might want to get your feet wet.
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Military Working Dog Teams National Monument Front Page
Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas.
By: - Dec 29th, 2017In the center of a spacious plaza, a 9-foot modern day Military Working Dog Handler stands with larger-than-life bronze statues of four of the more common breeds of Military Working Dogs utilized by the United States Department of Defense since World War II: Doberman Pinscher, German Shepherd, Labrador Retriever, and Belgian Malinois.
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Berkshire Museum Top Arts Story of 2017 Front Page
Coverage Morphed from Local to National News
By: - Dec 26th, 2017A decision on an appeal by Attorney General of Massachusetts, Maura Healey, to halt the sale of 40 key works of art at Sothebys on behalf of the Berkshire Museum will be decided by the end of January. Van Shields, now on medical leave as director of the museum, and board president, Elizabeth "Buzz" McGraw, announced their $60 million plans for a New Vision in July. What started as a local story has morphed into national and global coverage. The outcome of this unethical attempt at deaccessioning by a pariah museum may have a game changing impact on the mandate of all American museums' commitment to preserve and conserve collections for future generations.
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Cinderella by Alma Deutscher Front Page
An Opera by a Prodigy
By: - Dec 25th, 2017The production of Cinderella by twelve-year-old Alma Deutscher is delightful. The overall ambiance starts with well delineated characters, portrayed by excellent singer/actors. In addition to the leads, comic highlights are offered by the frivolous stepsisters, the supercilious king, and the fopish minister, while magic is provided by the mysterious woman in the forest who will reappear in a different form.
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Uppers Word
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MASS MoCA Update Front Page
Winter/ Spring Programming
By: - Dec 14th, 2017MASS MoCA heads into the winter/spring season with new works in the spotlight, on stage, and in the galleries. The season kicks off on January 20 with the museum’s annual Free Day, when MASS MoCA opens its galleries, free of charge, and activates its art with family-focused activities and performances throughout the day.
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