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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Ira J. Bilowit at 90 Front Page
Renowned New York Theatre Critic
By: - Jul 22nd, 2016Although elderly and in poor health Ira J. Bilowit, who has passed away at 90, continued to cover and work in theatre. Just last November he was co-chair, with Sherry Eaker, of a New York conference of the American Theratre Critics Association. He was among the most respected and revered members of that organization.
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The Fate of Water Word
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Buyer and Cellar at Miracle Theatre Front Page
One Man Show in Coral Gables
By: - Jul 22nd, 2016Barbra Streisand is in this original and highly entertaining play – sort of, although you believe she really is, judging from the electrifying, hyperventilation-defying, incredible performance from award-winning actor Chris Crawford. He plays a handful of characters throughout the roughly one-hour, 45-minute play with no intermission.
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Macbeth at Stratford Festival Front Page
Artistic Director Antoni Cimolino Rethinks the Scottish Play
By: - Jul 21st, 2016Shakespeare’s Macbeth was presented with no timid wariness about “the Scottish play” but instead a dark, mysterious exploration full of visual and emotional surprises, including a sexy young Macbeth and a terrifying, shifting landscape dominated by the three witches, not the royal killer couple. Stratford’s Artistic Director Antoni Cimolino is clearly the star of the production, directing it where it usually doesn’t go.
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Losing My Marbles Word
Not Just Conceptual Art
By: - Jul 21st, 2016To celebrate my retirement I hung a retrospective of some 100 photos in a show called Last Call. On that occasion in 2005 my artist friend Thad Beal gave me a gift of a box of marbles in anticipation of the impending downward spiral. It was funny at the time but now more real with every passing day.
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The Pirates of Penzance at Barrington Stage Front Page
Swashbuckling Rogues Invade Pittsfied.
By: - Jul 21st, 2016In a world gone utterly mad, for a great escape, there is nothing quite like an evening at Barrington Stage and the swashbuckling production of the perennial Pirates of Penzance by Gilbert & Sullivan. It has been masterfully created by that other theatrcal partnership Rando and Bergasse the pair that brought Barrington's On the Town to Broadway.
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Raeford Liles Word
My Oldest Friend
By: - Jul 20th, 2016Down and out on the Lower East side my Godfather, Raeford Liles, saved my ass. A former military man he got things done. On Sunday nights we worked a bar then celebrated with outrageours garden parties. He mixed the sangria in a waste basket and we grilled burgers with screen and a bed spring over charcoal. Still crazy after all these years my oldest friend has turned 93.
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Breath of Kings: Rebellion Front Page
Stratford Festival of Canada
By: - Jul 20th, 2016We welcome the distinguished critic Herbert Simpson and his coverage of Stratford Festival of Canada. Here he reviews Breath of Kings: Rebellion Richard II and Henry IV Part 1I which will be performed through September 24.
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Here and Now Word
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Neil Simon's Broadway Bound Front Page
Stage Door Theatre Florida
By: - Jul 19th, 2016In “Broadway Bound,” Neil Simon shines a light on people who are flawed. You not only forgive them at the end, you feel as though you’re leaving part of your own family as the curtain closes.
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Musical 1776 in Palm Beach Front Page
At Don and Ann Brown Theatre.
By: - Jul 18th, 2016The well-known historical musica "1776" about our founding fathers’ mission to make America independent from England is on stage through July 24 in the intimate, semi-circular Don and Ann Brown Theatre in Palm Beach, Florida.
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The Chinese Room at Williamstown Front Page
World Premiere of Michael West Play
By: - Jul 17th, 2016The hilarious comedy The Chinese Room by the Irish playwright Michael West is having its world premiere at Williamstown Theatre Festival. The current production allows for fine tuning for when the play transfers Off Broadway to Manhattan Theatre Club. It is sure to be a hit in New York.
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Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Front Page
Perennial Jacob’s Pillow Favorites
By: - Jul 16th, 2016Returing to Jacob's Pillow for the twelth time Hubbard Street Dance Chicago presented a complex, varied and demanding evening of dance.
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Time After Time Word
A Perfect Stranger
By: - Jul 16th, 2016In the waiting room passing time with a perfect stranger.
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Between Riverside and Crazy at Steppenwolf Front Page
Funny and Poignant Stephen Adly Guirgis Play
By: - Jul 14th, 2016Between Riverside and Crazy is a rowdy, raunchy play with lots of action. (Sensitive ears alert: When I said raunchy, that’s what I meant.) Yasen Peyankov directs it with style and glee.
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Coda Word
Still Crazy After All These Years
By: - Jul 13th, 2016At 74, Paul Simon has annunced that his latest CD Stranger to Stranger will be his last. How absurd. It's prcisely when artists so often make their most poignant and compelling work. The void is the message.
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Rose Tattoo Word
What's in a Name
By: - Jul 12th, 2016"He was a rose" lamented Serafina lighting a candle to the memory of her husband. But another rose, Mangiacavallo,, proved to smell as sweet.
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Wastwater at Chicago's Steep Theatre, Front Page
By English playwright Simon Stephens
By: - Jul 12th, 2016Wastwater by Simon Stephens is a loosely connected trilogy of stories, skillfully directed by Robin Witt. They’re set near London’s Heathrow Airport, where the village of Sipson is threatened with obliteration for the sake of a new airport runway. The playwright is best known for his Tony-winning adaptation, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.
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Macbeth at Old Globe Front Page
Lowell Davies Outdoor Festival Theatre
By: - Jul 12th, 2016Under the deft direction of Brian Kulick, this ‘Macbeth’ production has been updated to a visual setting more or less around the time of World War I. However, the language, spirit, and the murderous intrigues that Shakespeare loved so dearly are still present. It’s a clever way to update the core story that is familiar to all without sacrificing any dramatic elements or story points as conceived by the Bard.
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High Noon Word
Officer Down Need Backup
By: - Jul 12th, 2016The Founding Fathers meant muskets. The right to bear arms and organize militias. Self defense for citizens of the wild frontier. Now morphed to open carry laws. Packing heat at the mall. Assault weapons with armor piercing ammo. Republican Congress backing NRA gun lobby racking in cash. While on mean streets of inner cities bodies pile up as mothers grieve for their children.
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Visiting Philadelphia Front Page
Let Freedom Ring
By: - Jul 11th, 2016On the occasion of the national gathering of the American Theatre Critics Associaton our correspondent visited the City of Brotherly Love. In addition to theatre she allowed time to explore other attractions.
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When I Grow Up Word
Super Man or Maybe a Cop
By: - Jul 11th, 2016Grown ups always ask kids what they want to be. It seems so important to them. It would have been nice to be Super Man. You know, able to leap over tall buildings with a single bound. Maybe a cowboy, cop or ballerina.
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Merchant of Venice at Shakespeare & Company Front Page
Authentic Production Directed by Tina Packer
By: - Jul 11th, 2016A great production of Merchant of Venice requires inspired casting. The Tina Packer production has a truly magnficent Shylock in company member Jonathan Epstein taking on the complex and demanding role for the fifth time. It is his second with Packer. This version also has a first rate Portia in Tamara Hickey and suitably apathetic and melancholy Antonio played with nuance by John Hadden. It was Packer's intent to take the gloves off in attacking issues of race, religion, gender, homosexuality and racism.
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Little Shop of Horrors Gobbles Audience Front Page
Smash Musical Comedy at Colonial Theatre
By: - Jul 10th, 2016A lot of theatre this season is feeding us heavy duty, pc, brain food. But for pure fun release and esape the best show in the Berkshires, Little Shop of Horrors, is presenting a hilarious musical comedy about a man eating plant which is chewing the scenery and devouring audiences at the Colonial Theatre.
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Tanglewood Opens 2016 Season Front Page
Jacques Lacombe Conducts with Soloist Joshua Bell
By: - Jul 09th, 2016After three weeks of pop concerts drawing an audience of some 100,000 opening night of official Tanglewood 2016 seemed more like mid season.
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