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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O Vertigo Danse at Jacob’s Pillow Dance
La Vie qui bat Set to Reich’s Drumming
By: - Aug 11th, 2013In 1971 Steve Reich composed "Drumming" a masterpiece of the Minimal style of music. In 1999, now regarded as an icon of contemporary dance, it was choreographed as La Vie qui bat (The Beat of Life) by Ginette Laurin. It was retired and is now revived by O Vertigo Danse and Société de musique contemporaine du Québec (SMCQ) seen with live music at Jacob's Pillow Dance.
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Jane Hudson of Williamstown’s New CD Music
Links and Bridges on Cutting Edge
By: - Aug 10th, 2013In a discussion of her new solo CD “Jane Hudson Links and Bridges†the Williamstown based artist/ musician and partner in Hudson’s Antiques at Mass MoCA states that “The title comes from reading Giles Deleuze, the brilliant postmodern French philosopher, who explores the viral connections, unexpected trajectories and other valences of experience.†Pretty heavy.
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The Smoking Brisket Conspiracy Food
Guilt Free Barbecue in the Berkshires
By: - Aug 10th, 2013On a day off from playing violin at Tanglewood our musician/ chef decided to tackle barbecued brisket for a family gathering. His approach proves to be quite contrarian. He resists trends for fancy equipment and exotic recipes for rubs and sauces. His approach is to just go ahead and do it. Keep the flame low and slow and all else will be just fine.
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Blood Play Wraps WTF Season Theatre
Schlock of the New
By: - Aug 09th, 2013The season ending Blood Play by the experimental The Debate Society takes place in the 1950s during an impromptu cocktail party in the renovated, pine paneled basement of a newly settled suburban Jewish couple. Their traumatized son Ira is living in a tent in the back yard. This may be the most controversial and "debated" play of the Williamstown Theatre Festival season.
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Mark St. Germain Discusses Scott and Hem Theatre
New Play for Barrington Stage Company
By: - Aug 09th, 2013A new play by Mark St. Germain "Scott and Hem in the Garden of Allah" will run at Barrington Stage Company in Pittsfield, Mass from August 15 through September 29. It was commissioned for the Contemporary American Theatre Festival where we saw it earlier this summer in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. We met for breakfast to discuss changes for the still evolving play which is now in its eighth draft.
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The Bridges of Madison County in Williamstown Theatre
World Premiere of Marsha Norman/ Jason Robert Brown Musical
By: - Aug 07th, 2013With daily notes, rewrites, cuts and rehearsals the world premiere of the musical Bridge of Madison County will be quite different by the time in ends its run at the Williamstown Theatre Festival on August 18. After a layover to solidify the changes of this production it will go into rehearsal with a Broadway opening in January. While clearly a work in progress we enjoyed much of what we saw. Hopefully it will hit the ground running in New York.
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Esperanza Spalding at Tanglewood Music
Grammy Winner Fills Ozawa Hall
By: - Aug 05th, 2013With the face and figure of a fashion model in a sexy backless dress they were hanging from the rafters at Ozawa Hall for a performance by multiple Grammy winner, the 29-year-old wild child, Esperanza Spalding. She sang, played bass and led the band through her arrangements.
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3e Étage: Soloists and Dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet Dance
World Premiere of Le Pillow Thirteen
By: - Aug 04th, 2013The highlight of the 2011 Jacob's Pillow season was the American debut of 3e Étage: Soloists and Dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet. For their sold out return artistic director and choreographer Samuel Murez created a new work Le Pillow Thirteen which had its world premiere this week in Becket. Yet again the audience was thrilled and utterly enchanted.
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Olympia Dukakis in Her Fifth Mother Courage Theatre
Powerful Brecht Epic Theatre at Shakespeare & Company
By: - Aug 03rd, 2013Olympia Dukakis told her former student and friend, Tony Simotes, artistic director of Shakesepeare & Company that, at 83, she had one more Mother Courage in her. This stunningly powerful production is her fifth. The last one was twenty years ago. In a supporting role as The Cook, S&Co veteran and star John Douglas Thompson, joins her on stage.
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The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh Fine Arts
Genesis Breyer P-Orridge: Life Itself Is an Art
By: - Aug 02nd, 2013The Belgian based art critic Roger D'Hondt commentes on a special exhibition of 100 works by Genesis Breyer P-Orridge (1950) entitled 'S / HE IS HER / E'. Genesis P-Orridge refers with 'S / HE IS HER / E.' It refers to his inseparable relationship with Lady Jaye, artist, born Jacqueline Breyer (1969-2007).
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Hubbard Hall Opera Theatre in Cambridge, NY Music
Barber of Seville August 16 to 25
By: - Aug 02nd, 2013Hubbard Hall Opera Theatre is located at 25 E. Main St. in Cambridge, NY. HHOT’s performances of Barber of Seville— Aug. 16, 17, and 22 at 8 pm and Aug. 24 and 25 at 2 pm — will be fully costumed and staged, sung in Italian (with supertitles), and accompanied by a 19-piece orchestra conducted by Hubbard Hall favorite, Maria Sensi Sellner (Don Pasquale, La Traviata).
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Mark Morris at Tanglewood 2013 Dance
Something Old and Something New
By: - Aug 01st, 2013On the occasion of the 100th birthday of the British composer Edward Benjamin Britten (November 22, 1913 – December 4, 1976) last night Morris presented the world premiere of Curlew River. The chamber opera was inspired by a then young composer visiting Japan. It is adapted from Juro Motomasa’s medieval play Sumidagawa. For the second half of the program The Mark Morris Dance Group presented one of his most iconic works Dido and Aeneas (1989).
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Ed Herendeen on 100 New Plays in 23 Years Theatre
Taking the Fear Out of Failure at CATF
By: - Jul 31st, 2013Twenty three years ago Ed Herendeen left an administrative position at Williamstown Theatre Festival to found Contemporary American Theatre Festival for Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. There out of the glare of the urban theatre world he has nurtured the creation of 100 new plays through commissions, premieres and second productions. He strives to create an environment which is review proof and writers are able to experiment without fear of failure.
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The Chosen by Chaim Potok and Aaron Posner Theatre
Faith Driven Coming of Age Drama at Barrington Stage Company
By: - Jul 31st, 2013In 2011 a production of My Name Is Asher Lev enjoyed a sold out run at Barrington Stage Company. There is a similar response to The Chosen adapted and directed by Aaron Posner based on a novel by Chaim Potok. While based on a conflict between sects of fundamentalist Jews its humanistic theme of coming of age between two friends and rivals has universal appeal to audiences.
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Steve Miller Rocks Tanglewood Music
40th Anniversary Joker Tour
By: - Jul 30th, 2013On a Monday night The Steve Miller Band drew an audience of hipster pensioners for a two hour rock show in the Shed at Tanglewood. Lenox was a one nighter of Miller's 35 venue Joker Tour in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the seminal rock album.
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Cirque Du Soleil’s Quidam Theatre
Brooklyn’s Barclays Center
By: - Jul 30th, 2013I wish I could say that Quidam, Cirque’s recent offering at Brooklyn's Barclays Center – another calling card venue – was a joyous occasion. But alas the evening, with many empty seats, too few oohs and aahs, and numerous late arrivers trekking down the aisles, was riddled with disappointment.
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Ed Herendeen on Shepherdstown's Theatre Festival Theatre
Presenting and Defending New Plays at CATF
By: - Jul 28th, 2013During a visit to the Contemporary American Theatre Festival in Shephardstown, West Virginia we met with the artistic director Ed Herendeen. We discussed the process of commissioning Mark St. Germain's Scott and Hem in the Garden of Allah. It transfers soon to Barrington Stage Company. We debated the controversial Modern Terrorism which we had seen the previous evening. This is the first of two parts of that lively dialogue.
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Vico Fabbris Provincetown Exhibition Fine Arts
Opens August 30 at Rice Polak Gallery
By: - Jul 28th, 2013The Italian born artist, Vico Fabbris, is renowned for botanical inventions. There is an exhibition of these floral watercolors at Rick Polak Gallery opening on August 30. The artist has received numerous awards and grants and been included in museum exhibitions in the United States and Europe.
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Indianapolis Theatre Update Theatre
Links and Schedules for Upcoming Season
By: - Jul 28th, 2013Melissa Hall is a theatre critic who covers Indianapolis and the Mid West for Stage Write. This is an update of current summer theatre with previews and links to companies and fall schedules.
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Pasta an Enchanting South Korean TV Series Television
Food and Romance in a Steamy Kitchen
By: - Jul 27th, 2013This summer we were utterly captivated by a South Korean romantic comedy Pasta set in the kitchen of an upscale Italian restaurant La Sfera. There were 20 amazingly well crafted and consistently surprising episodes in a series we never wanted to end. We urge you to check it out on Netflix.
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L-E-V at Jacob’s Pillow in American Debut Dance
Moonwalking and Beyond to Gaga Techno Beat
By: - Jul 27th, 2013To get a handle on the disembodied moves of the Israeli company L-E-V, making its American debut at Jacob's Pillow, think of a Michael Jackson Moonwalk. They have expanded his pop innovations into a stunning new style and vocabulary of dance. Their hour long work House left us hungry for more.
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Johnny Baseball Traded to Williamstown Theatre
Rounding Third in Extra Innings
By: - Jul 26th, 2013Since a world premiere and mixed reviews at American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge in 2010 the musical Johnny Baseball has undergone extensive revisions. On the intimate Nikos Stage its a hit for the Williamstown Theatre Festival where is has a short run through August 3. While feisty and mostly upbeat the energy shifts from fan outrage over the alleged Curse of the Bambino to a love story and the complex theme of institutional racism. That's at least three balls to keep in the air. Take away the fan base for the Red Sox and Yankees in the Berkshires and you wonder if the show has the momentum to make the playoffs.
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Elements Theatre Company of Cape Cod Theatre
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, August 9-11 and 16-18
By: - Jul 25th, 2013Elements Theatre Company of Cape Cod kicks off its 2013-14 year-long tribute to William Shakespeare with one of his most popular comedies, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, August 9-11 and 16-18 at Paraclete House, Rock Harbor, Orleans. The inspiration for numerous adaptations, including Ingmar Bergman’s “Smiles of a Summer Night,†Stephen Sondheim’s “A Little Night Music,†and a star-studded 1999 feature film with Kevin Kline and Michelle Pfeiffer, A Midsummer Night’s Dream is the perfect escape on a hot summer’s eve.
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Sylvie Fortin to Head Biennale de Montreal Fine Arts
Next Biennale October 9, 2014 to January 4, 2015.
By: - Jul 25th, 2013Sylvie Fortin will assume her new duties on September 3, 2013. She will be responsible for the next edition of La Biennale de Montréal, which will take place at the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal (MACM) and across satellite sites from October 9, 2014 to January 4, 2015.
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Southern Comfort at Barrington Stage Theatre
Poignant New Transgendered Musical
By: - Jul 25th, 2013In varying stages of gender reassignment and an ability to pass in hostile Bubba Land a circle of friends are the focus of a new musical Southern Comfort having its world premiere at Barrington Stage. For audiences willing to accept this complex work on its own terms the experience to remarkable.
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