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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Jennifer Haley’s The Nether Front Page
Chicago's A Red Orchid Theatre
By: - Feb 08th, 2017Playwright Jennifer Haley is the author of plays including Froggy, Neighborhood 3 and Breadcrumbs. Her subject matter focuses on ethics in virtual reality and the impact of technology on human relationships. The Nether was developed at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s National Playwrights Conference in 2011.
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Penny Arcade Takes Show on the Road Front Page
Opens in April at at LA's Freud Playhouse
By: - Feb 08th, 2017I first saw Longing Lasts Longer by Penny Arcade at Joe’s Pub at the Public Theater early last year. As are most of her New York outings the night club was filled to the rafters with loyal followers, each hanging on her every word and expression.
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Shakesapeare & Company 2017 Front Page
First Season for Artistic Director Allyn Burrows
By: - Feb 07th, 2017The 2017 season of Shakespeare & Company will feature three by the Bard Cymbeline, The Tempest, and A Midsummer Night's Dream; plus two Edith Wharton comedies, Roman Fever and th The Fullness of Life. Additional title are 4,000 Miles by Amy Herzog, Intimate Apparel by Lynn Nottage, and the widely produced God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza.
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Arthur Mooney Art Print Collection Front Page
Iowa's Charles City Public Library
By: - Feb 05th, 2017Through the generous bequest of Charles Mooney the Chares City Public Library in Iowa houses a super collection of old master prints. The 79-piece collection includes works by Rembrandt van Rijn, Pablo Picasso, Grant Wood, Marc Chagall, Paul Cezanne, James Whistler, Paul Gauguin, Edouard Manet, Salvador Dali, Thomas Hart Benton, Jan Van Eyck, Alexander Caulder and Henri Matisse.
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Steep Theatre’s Earthquakes in London Front Page
American Premiere by Britain's Mike Bartlett
By: - Feb 02nd, 2017Mike Bartlett’s Earthquakes in London is a loopy meditation on climate change, its risks and destiny. The play is performed in a chaotic way, scenes piling upon scenes, couples interrupting and exiting, music and videos starting and stopping.
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Hipster Filmmaker Henry Ferrini Front Page
From Jazz to Gloucester Writers' Center
By: - Feb 01st, 2017Last summer during a residence at Gloucester Writers Center we interviewed its co-founder the filmmaker Henry Ferrini. We shared a mutual interest in jazz and the former club Sandy's Jazz Revival in nearby Beverly. The Center is housed in the former frame shop and home of his poet uncle Vincent Ferrini.
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Quotidian Word
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Our Secrets by Béla Pintér Front Page
Short Run at Baryshnikov Arts Center in Manhattan
By: - Jan 29th, 2017Sometimes the very best theatrical productions have only a few performances. Sadly, in this case a prime example of such a loss is Our Secrets, by Béla Pintér and Company. It is performed in Hungarian with English subtitles.
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Baby The Musical Directed by Ron Celona Front Page
At CV Repertory Theatre in Rancho Mirage
By: - Jan 28th, 2017“Baby The Musical” a musical directed by Ron Celona, boasts a cast of ten highly talented singer/actors that shine in the intimate staging space of CV REP. In addition, the production also features four, live off-stage musicians, under the first-rate musical direction of Scott Storr. In 1983 it ran for a year on Broadway.
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Complicité 's A Disappearing Number Front Page
At Chicago's Timeline Theatre
By: - Jan 28th, 2017The story of the Indian math genius Srinivasa Ramanujan—who went from being a clerk in Madras in 1913 to work with a renowned mathematician in Cambridge—is told in a series of overlapping vignettes, beautifully choreographed by director Nick Bowling. Video and other electronic projections greatly enhance the production and our understanding of the math.
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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Front Page
At California's Palm Canyon Theatre
By: - Jan 28th, 2017“Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat”, now on stage at Palm Canyon Theatre, is creatively directed, by veteran actor/director Charles Harvey, who brings a wealth of experience that cleverly breathes life into those fifty cast members, including a nine person on-stage “kid’s choir” (perhaps ages six to ten?). It’s a visual feast for the eyes and ears.
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Gloria by Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins Front Page
At Chicago's Goodman Theatre
By: - Jan 27th, 2017Playwright Bradon Jacobs-Jenkins has won several awards, including a “genius” grant in 2015 from the MacArthur Foundation. His other plays include Appropriate, produced in 2013 at Victory Gardens, and An Octoroon. He is a resident playwright at Signature Theatre in New York. Gloria is playing at Chicago's Goodman Theatre.
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Pittsfield's Four Freedom's Rally Front Page
Colonial Theatre Saturday, January 28
By: - Jan 27th, 2017Recently The Colonial Thatre in Pittsfield was the site for a packed gathering as a part of the national Women's March in protest of the extremist threats of President Donald Trump. The Colonial Theatre will be a part of the national Four Freedom's Rally on Saturday, January 28. Kate Maguire, the artistic director of the Berkshire Theatre Group, which includes the Colonial has taken a stand in activist resistance.
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Domus Aurea Word
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Sunday in the Park with George Front Page
Sondheim in Miami
By: - Jan 27th, 2017This production, the South Florida premiere of the musical, combines striking stage pictures, stark lighting by Rebecca Montero, eye-catching video projections by Greg Duffy and top-notch singing voices from a talented cast of veterans and younger thespians who nail Sondheim’s complex music. They are accompanied by a vibrant, live orchestra.
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Tanglewood 2017 Updates Front Page
Natalie Merchant and Avett Brothers Added
By: - Jan 26th, 2017Singer-songwriter Natalie Merchant makes her Tanglewood debut on Sunday, July 2, at 7 p.m.,in the Koussevitzky Music Shed. She began her career with alternative rock band 10,000 Maniacs in 1981. On Friday, September 1, American folk-rock band The Avett Brothers—named for brothers Scott and Seth Avett—make their Tanglewood debut.
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2017 Season at Barrington Stage Company Front Page
Sondheim's Company the Featured Musical.
By: - Jan 25th, 2017The Barrington Stage Company season begins on May 18 with Kunstler by Jeffrey Sweet. It will end on October 22 with Gaslight (Angel Street) by Patrick Hamilton. The featured musicals, a signature of BSC will be Ragtime, June 21 to July 15 and Sondheim's Company which will be directed by BSC's Julianne Boyd from August 10 to September 3.
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Pearl Cleage’s Blues for an Alabama Sky Front Page
Harlem Renaissance at Chicago's Court Theatre
By: - Jan 25th, 2017Pearl Cleage has written six plays, nine novels and several nonfiction books. Blues for an Alabama Sky was published in 1999 and premiered at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta. Blues weaves in references to issues that are still troubling today, such as homophobia, racism and abortion. The Harlem Renaissance is alluded to casually with references to a “party at Langston’s” and the ideas of Marcus Garvey.
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Finalists for Theatre's Primus Award Front Page
Playwrights Honored by Primus Foundation and ATCA
By: - Jan 24th, 2017The American Theatre Critics Association (ATCA) has announced the names of the seven finalists for the 2016 Francesca Primus Prize. Jointly sponsored by ATCA and the Francesca Ronnie Primus Foundation, the Primus Prize, which includes a cash award of $10,000, is given annually to an emerging woman playwright.
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Marjorie Prime by Jordan Harrison Front Page
Premiere at North Coast Rep in San Diego
By: - Jan 24th, 2017The story playwright Jordon Harrison presents in Marjorie Prime is a tale set in the not-to-distant future in which artificial intelligence is used to treat dementia and depression in the forms of “primes”- ‘humanoid’ lifelike robots that speak with patients in the form of lost loved ones and provide companionship for the lonely. Marjorie’s prime is modeled to look and talk like her dead husband Walter, at age thirty.
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Les Liaisons Dangereuses in San Diego Front Page
Mannered Tale of Seduction
By: - Jan 22nd, 2017“Les Liaisons Dangereuses” at San Diego Rep Theatre’s Lyceum Space stage, is the third production from the young New Fortune Theatre Company co-founded by Richard Baird and Amanda Schaar. The play centers around two ex-lovers: The Le Vicomte de Valmont (Richard Baird) and La Marquise de Merteuil (Jessica John Gercke) who scheme to ruin the reputation of an innocent young aristocrat Cecile de Volanges (Gentry Roth).
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Men on Boats at American Theater Company Front Page
Exploring America's Rivers
By: - Jan 22nd, 2017Men on Boats continues at American Theater Company Men on Boats, a regional premiere now on stage at American Theater Company, is the story of the 1869 exploration of the Green and Colorado rivers for the U.S. government. John Wesley Powell, a Civil War veteran who lost an arm in the war, leads a government-sanctioned expedition with nine other men and four boats.
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Scott Marshall Smith’s Potent Camera Store Front Page
Film a Cautionary Tale About American Business
By: - Jan 20th, 2017Writer/director Scott Marshall Smith’s potent Indie movie “Camera Store”, is a cautionary tale about American business and its practices toward its employees. Two of America’s finest character actors star as embittered employees and clerks: Ray LaPine, played by John Larroquette) and Pinky Stueben, played by (John Rhys-Davies).
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Eurydice by Promethean Theatre Ensemble Front Page
Sarah Ruhl’s Play Directed by Nicole Hand
By: - Jan 20th, 2017Promethean Theatre Ensemble’s new production of Eurydice, directed by Nicole Hand, is staged in modern dress with a chorus made up of three Stones.
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Breakable You Directed by Andrew Wagner Front Page
Highlight of Film Festival
By: - Jan 19th, 2017“Breakable You”, co-written with Fred Parnes and smartly directed by Andrew Wagner, is a sophisticated and wryly funny film, at times, and is best described as a poignant ‘dramaedy’ that centers around the dynamic Weller family on New York’s Upper West Side.
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