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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The Flick at Steppenwolf in Chicago Front Page
Annie Baker’s Pulitzer-winning Script
By: - Feb 18th, 2016The Flick has a history of annoying playgoers. When the play premiered in 2013 at Playwrights Horizons, a well-regarded off-Broadway house in Manhattan, some subscribers were infuriated and threatened to cancel their subscriptions. And when I saw it at the Barrow Street Theatre in the Village last fall, a noticeable number of seats were empty after intermission. The Steppenwolf performance I attended was made up mainly of professional theatergoers, Jeff Committee members and press. No one left at intermission.
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Playwright David Ives Master of Short Form Front Page
The Metromaniacs at The Old Globe
By: - Feb 17th, 2016David Ives is a master at translation from French into English and then adapting the source material into a fresh play or a movie script. He likes to call the process: “translaptations”. Two of his “translaptations”; are two of my favorite Ives’ plays: “Venus in Fur” and “All in the Timing”.
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Snow White Is Super Grimm Front Page
Getting It On With Dwarfs at Minetta Lane
By: - Feb 16th, 2016This version of Snow White is for adults only. Here is a second opinion of a controversial New York production. This is a new twist in every sense of a fairy tale.
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Gloucester Stage Company 2016 Front Page
Israel Horovitz World Premiere
By: - Feb 16th, 2016The 2016 season features an Israel Horovitz world premiere, two New England premieres, the return of Academy Award-nominated actress, and Gloucester resident, Lindsay Crouse, Managing Director Jeff Zinn’s GSC directorial debut, the re-teaming of last season’s hit, Out of Sterno director Paula Plum and playwright Deborah Zoe Laufer, and the Gloucester Stage debut of Elliot Norton Award winner Benjamin Evett and Tony nominee Barbara Walsh.
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Who Are You Word
Seduced and Abandoned
By: - Feb 16th, 2016Marooned on the tiny tropical island of meaning and memory searching for identity.
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Of Mice and Men in Charleston Front Page
At Threshold Repertory Theatre
By: - Feb 15th, 2016The classic depression era tale Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is being given a compelling production by Threshold Repertory Theatre in Charleston, South Carolina.
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Where Oh Where Word
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Valentine Word
Not Quite Spring Cleaning
By: - Feb 14th, 2016Wicked cold outside. Not fit for man nor beast. A different twist on Valentine's Day.
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Thomas Merton's The Glory of the Word Front Page
Coney Island of the Mind
By: - Feb 14th, 2016Thomas Merton observed that the meditation exercises in the Buddhist tradition in many ways were more refined and subtle than those of Christianity and sought to integrate them into the monastic tradition of the Church without changing the importance of Christian notions of salvation. At a moment when his drift toward Eastern thought was picking up speed he died accidentally from electrocution due to bad wiring in a Thai hotel.
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The Glass Menagerie in Chicago Front Page
Hypocrites Production Revived by Hans Fleischmann
By: - Feb 14th, 2016This is a strong, sweet production but it’s not clear to me why it is remounted just 2.5 years after the last identical production. If you missed it before, do see it now. The Glass Menagerie runs 2.5 hours with one intermission; the Hypocrites production continues through March 6 .
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Vices and Virtues at Profiles Theatre Front Page
Several Short Plays by Neil LaBute
By: - Feb 13th, 2016A collection of 11 short plays by Neil LaBute is now being staged at the theater in Buena Park. Each play has its own cast and directors. Amazingly, in this 4.5 total hours of theater over two separate shows, there’s not a dog in the pack. Each play is sharp and memorable.
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Space Oddity Word
When World's Collide
By: - Feb 13th, 2016What happens to time and space when black holes collide and devour each other?
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American Buffalo in Chicago Front Page
Mamet Classic at Mary-Arrchie Theatre
By: - Feb 13th, 2016American Buffalo is David Mamet's story of one day in the life of three Chicago hustlers who try to run a home burglary to get at a rich man’s coin collection. (The buffalo nickel is an often prized version of an early 5-cent piece.) Donny (Richard Cotovsky, a founding member of Mary-Arrchie and its artistic director, is the usually calm, business-focused owner of Don’s Resale Shop. Bobby (Rudy Galvan) is his gopher, and Teach (Stephen Walker) is a neighbor, an angry, emotionally needy man.
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Son House Music
Prechin the Blues
By: - Feb 12th, 2016A man of God in his twenties Delta man Son House succumbed to the Devil's music. During the Folk Revival I saw him perform at the 1969 Newport Folk Festival.
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Outside Mullingar by John Patrick Shanley Front Page
At San Diego Rep Theatre
By: - Feb 10th, 2016Toiling for years off-Broadway, John Patrick Shanley has now zoomed to the top tier of much-in-demand playwrights and screenwriters. His latest theatrical effort is the romantic comedy “Outside Mullingar”, which takes place in rural Ireland.
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Never Neverland Word
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Odessa Steps Word
Eye and Me
By: - Feb 09th, 2016In bed two week plus post retinal surgery. Gas bubble in eye to hold it in place, Tedious days passing slowly with endless news repeated on NPR. No TV, reading or internet. Saved by Johnny Depp reading Keith Richards autobio. Hey, it's only rock 'n' roll.
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Willamstown Theatre Festival 2016 Front Page
Marisa Tomei, Alfred Molina Among Stars
By: - Feb 09th, 2016The Williamstown Theatre Festival season, running from June 28 – August 21, 2016, begins on the Main Stage with a production of Tennessee Williams’ Tony Award-winning play The Rose Tattoo (June 28 – July 17) directed by Obie Award winner Trip Cullman and featuring Academy Award winner Marisa Tomei; continues with the world premiere of Boo Killebrew’s comedy Romance Novels For Dummies (July 20– July 31), directed by Tony Award nominee Moritz von Stuelpnagel; and closes with the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Wendy Wasserstein’s An American Daughter (August 3 – August 21), directed by Evan Cabnet.
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Lauren Gunderson's I and You Front Page
Award Winning Drama at 59E59 in NYC
By: - Jan 25th, 2016Kayla Ferguson and Reggie D. White reprise their roles from the Merrimack Repertory Theatre as two teenagers seemingly randomly throw together to complete a class project. But Lauren Gunderson's "I & You" is actually about far weightier things -- life, death, the connectedness of all human beings -- all brought home in a riveting finale that had audiences gasping in surprise. Directed by Sean Daniels, "I & You" is having a limited run at 59E59 Theaters from January 15 - February 28.
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The Blizzard of 2016 Shut Down Broadway Front Page
Plan B: Luke's Theater for Plucky Ruthless!
By: - Jan 24th, 2016Craving adventure theatre critic Fast Eddy Rubin was thrilled by blizzard of 2016, one for the record books. Scheduled for a matinee he and a neighbor trudged up town. Only to find all of Broadway including restaurants shut down. Imagine if you had those precious seats to Hamilton? Stomping about our ersatz Sargent Preston of the Yukon stumbled onto one of the few theatres where the show went on. Mush you huskies. He just loved Restless at the intimate St. Luke's Theatre.
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The Golden Arrow Word
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Art of the Ozarks Front Page
From the Old Frontier to Fine Arts
By: - Jan 24th, 2016From Little Rock, we traveled to Fort Smith which is located on the Arkansas-Oklahoma border. Fort Smith was established in 1817 on the banks of the Arkansas River. Wild West history is celebrated in Fort Smith. During the Civil War, the North met the South here and there was lots of blood shed.
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Vacationland Word
Double Vision in Maine
By: - Jan 23rd, 2016The water was too cold for swimming when we visited Harry and Mary in Maine. It gave me double vision of Astrid on a bright summer day.
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Sherlock Holmes at North Coast Repertory Theatre Front Page
Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Great Nome Gold Rush
By: - Jan 23rd, 2016The world premiere production of Joseph Vass’ comedy/mystery “Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Great Nome Gold Rush”, may be a mouthful to say but it’s easy to enjoy; so are the songs and music written and composed by Vass for the production, who is also a musician and is one of the driving forces behind the Klezmer music movement in the country.
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Chicago Southland Front Page
Affordable and Fun Vacations
By: - Jan 23rd, 2016If affordability and accessibility are what you’re looking for in a vacation, Chicago Southland fits the bill. With the Metro area’s quick connection to downtown Chicago, the Southland boasts plentiful commuter rail and interstate connections to make travel throughout the region quick and easy for big city proximity.
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