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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Glengarry Glen Ross at La Jolla Playhouse Theatre
Christopher Ashley Directs Mamet Play
By: - Sep 26th, 2012California correspondent covers the classic David Mamet play Glengarry Glen Ross at La Jolla Playhouse. Artistic Director Christopher Ashley has assembled a wonderfully talented and gifted cast of diverse looking actors, who fit their back-stories to a T. It’s fascinating to watch this ensemble group of performers who thoroughly understand the playwright’s dramatic intentions and dialogue, which has been referred to over the years as “Mametspeakâ€. Translation: it’s vulgar at times (loaded with f-bombs), but always honest, and it’s usually delivered at warp speed.
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Richard Gere In Arbitrage Film
New Movie Doesn’t Resonate
By: - Sep 26th, 2012Richard Gere's latest film “Arbitrage†from first-time writer director Nicholas Jarecki, makes sure that his handsome visage is in practically every shot of the suspense/thriller/drama about a New York billionaire businessman who gets caught up in his own money-making schemes with other Wall Street billionaires; as well as the police on a homicide investigation.
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WORDfest 2012 at Wharton’s The Mount Word
May Become A Yearly Event
By: - Sep 25th, 2012Here's a second account of this year's WORDfest at the Edith Wharton estate, The Mount, in Lenox, Massachusetts, which celebrated authors and readers September 14-16. The article is offering a different point of view and photo angles.
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Mark St. Germain 's Dr. Ruth at Barrington Stage Theatre
The Process of Developing Plays
By: - Sep 24th, 2012The premiere run of Dr. Ruth All the Way by Mark St. Germain sold out at Barrington Stage Company. A return, through October 7, allows for fine tuning the one woman play which stars Debra Jo Rupp. During this first of two installment of a recent dialogue St. Germain also discussed a work, Scott and Hem in the Garden of Allah, commissioned for next summer's Contemporary American Theatre Festival in Shepherdstown, West Virginia.
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The Bandana Splits at Mass MoCA Music
Pop Band Performs Oct. 6
By: - Sep 23rd, 2012The Bandana Splits bring nostalgic charm to MASS MoCA's Club B-10 on Saturday, October 6, 8 PM. The Brookyn-based trio -- Dawn Landes, Lauren Balthrop, and Annie Nero -- recreates the bubblegum pop and doo-wop styles of the 1950s and '60s with upbeat three-part harmonies featuring ukuleles, guitars, and even kazoos.
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Randy Harrison Supports Hunter Bell’s Found Theatre
Colonial Theatre Workshops New Musical
By: - Sep 23rd, 2012Berkshire Theatre Group regular Randy Harrison was on hand to support his pals playwright/ actor Hunter Bell and members of the New York based theatre/ education collective Story Pirates. The mostly younger audience found this second ever performance of the workshopped musical Found just hilarious. While youth must be served it was a tad too raunchy for grownups.
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Brel in the Berkshires with McBroom and Ball Music
Barrington Stage Presents Jaques Brel Chansons American Style
By: - Sep 22nd, 2012Amanda McBroom, George Ball and Michele Brourman will perform tonight and tomorrow at Barrington Stage Company, at the Spice Dragon Cabaret Room, on North Street in Pittsfield, MA. A performance not to miss!
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NY's Attorney General Clears National Arts Club Opinion
$2 Million Civil Lawsuit Filed Against Former Pres. O. Aldon James
By: - Sep 22nd, 2012The very public and widely reported scandal regarding alleged mismanagement of the renowned National Arts Club in New York's posh Gramercy Park is inching toward resolution. An 18 month investigation of the club has ended with no action against the institution. Simultaneously, a civil lawsuit against former club president O. Aldon James has been launched by the Office of the Attorney General (OAG).
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The Williams College Museum of Art Cosmologies Fine Arts
Exhibition on View September 29 to December 16
By: - Sep 20th, 2012The Williams College Museum of Art (WCMA) presents Cosmologies. The exhibition will be on view from September 29 through December 16, 2012. Cosmology is the arena in which science, metaphysics, philosophy, and religion converge. The multitude of cosmological approaches seek to uncover the universe’s origins, fate, meaning and physical laws
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Music Festival Berlin in September 2012 Music
Part of a Series: Berliner Festspiele
By: - Sep 20th, 2012A yearlong celebration of world cultures continues in Berlin from September into Spring 2013. As the Music Festival came to an end, the exhibition “Dennis Hopper – The Lost Album†opened at the Martin-Gropius-Bau. Next, Berlin will offer a November “Jazzfest,†followed by an international literature festival and much more.
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Balanchine Live In HD September 23 Dance
Launches Clark Art Institute's Series
By: - Sep 20th, 2012On Sunday, September 23, at 1 pm, the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute’s new Ballet in HD series begins with a broadcast of George Balanchine’s Jewels. Known as one of Balanchine’s most revered ballets, Jewels is performed by the famed Mariinsky Ballet and is set to the music of Fauré, Stravinsky, and Tchaikovsky.
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Big Bear Lake International Film Festival (BBLIFF), Film
Southern California Event Honors Cinematographer Jack Cardiff
By: - Sep 20th, 2012Big Bear Lake International Film Festival (BBLIFF) in Southern California, which MovieMaker magazine has called “one of the Top 25 Festivals worth the entry fee†keeps getting bigger, better, and more prestigious within movie-savvy circles. It’s been a personal favorite of mine for a couple of reasons. First, it’s one of a few festivals that recognizes and honors the creative effort and input of the Cinematographer.
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The Cantilena Chamber Choir' s Ethan Frome Oct. 6 Music
Caryn Block Composed Wharton Inspired Opera
By: - Sep 19th, 2012The Cantilena Chamber Choir will premiere scenes from Ethan Frome- A new three act opera by Composer Caryn Block Sunday, October 7, 2012- 5:00 pm at Trinity Church 88 Walker Street, Lenox, Massachusetts. The music will include select choral scenes drawn from the three act opera and dramatic arias, duets and trios for the principal characters in Wharton’s tragic love story based in the Berkshire region.
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Mayor Dick Alcombright Goes Public Opinion
Rallies North Adams Constituents
By: - Sep 19th, 2012Last night, Mayor Dick Alcombright rallied his base with an upbeat address. The fundraiser at the restaurant, The Public, in North Adams added to the war chest to run for a third term in 2013. During his first campaign he defeated John Barrett III who served for 26 years. There was a great mix of local politicians and grass roots constituents.
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Barrington Stage Company's On the Town Theatre
2013 Season Passes Now on Sale
By: - Sep 18th, 2012For the 2013 Season, Barrington Stage is introducing the Premium Combo Pass which includes seven shows for the price of five. This pass is the best value of the season and provides a savings of up to 31% off the 2013 single ticket price. Combo passes include front orchestra section
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The Mount Hosts Its Second WordFest Word
The Literati Gather in the Berkhires
By: - Sep 17th, 2012On a glorious fall weekend WordFest was held at Edith Wharton's estate The Mount. There was an intense program of back to back panel discussions, interviews and poetry readings. It seemed like many in the audience were New Yorker readers while the speakers were top loaded with contributors. Surely it was a well read and well-heeled assembly in the posh Berkshires.
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Faith vs. Flatulence Word
Mom Had a Pill for Everything
By: - Sep 17th, 2012Lunch at Mt. Alvernia Academy was followed by chapel and then recess. This sequence of events and its digestive process led to unfortunate consequences and intense embarrassment. Particularly when it entailed relics. It was an awkward moment not to be in control of bodily functions.
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WordFest at The Mount Word
Opening Night of Biannual Event
By: - Sep 15th, 2012Last night the biannual WordFest, the second such, opened on a comic note in The Stables of the Edith Wharton estate The Mount in Lenox. Hoping to make WordFest eventually into an annual gathering Mount director, Susan Wissler, introduced two local authors Kevin O’Hara and Alison Larkin who read from their books to the delight of an audience that near to filled a spacious room. This was followed by a wine and cheese reception.
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Peter Matthiessen Wheelwright's As It Is On Earth Word
Lenox Born Author's Debut Novel
By: - Sep 13th, 2012There will be a reception and reading to celebrate the publication of Peter Matthiessen Wheelwright's debut novel As It Is On Earth on Saturday, September 22nd, from 4-6 p.m., at Johnnycake Books, 12 Academy Street, Salisbury, CT 06068. The book introduces us to Taylor Thatcher, the irreverent scion of a fallen family of Maine Puritans, attempting to chart his own course away from the entanglements of his family over seven days leading up to Columbus Day, and the end of the Millenium, 1999.
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Terry Teachout Part Five Theatre
New Haven and Long Wharf Theatre Then
By: - Sep 12th, 2012In this fifth and final installment of a dialogue with Terry Teachout we discussed plans for the production of his first play Satchmo at the Waldorf which moves from Shakespeare & Company to Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven. So far it has been seen by a number of artistic directors of regional companies and New York producers are expected to attend the production in New Haven. What happens next for Satchmo will become clear after opening night in New Haven. As teachout puts it "The word is out on this play."
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Terry Teachout Part Four Theatre
Taking Satchmo to the Next Level
By: - Sep 10th, 2012After opening night the Shakespeare & Company production of Terry Teachout's new play Satchmo at the Waldorf was "frozen." Teachout attended a number of performances and took notes for revisions working with director, Gordon Edelstein, and the actor, John Douglas Thompson, for the next production which opens at Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven in October. For this installment Teachout discusses the primary sources researched for the harsh language of Louis Armstrong and his gangster manager Joe Glaser.
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Terry Teachout Part Three Theatre
Mood Indigo a Duke Ellington Bio in Progress
By: - Sep 08th, 2012Wall Street Journal drama critic Terry Teachout has written and produced an opera The Letter and a play Satchmo at the Waldorf. He has written two plays and another libretto since then but refuses to reveal details. We discussed his next music bio Mood Indigo, about Duke Ellington, which he hopes to finish in January. He did admit that he had a multi character idea for a play that would not include Ellington.
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Open Season at Boston's Hall Space Gallery Fine Arts
Doug Bell, Marlon Forrester, Gerry Perrino, and Marisa Sciabarrasi.
By: - Sep 08th, 2012Boston's HallSpace presents Open Season with work by Doug Bell, Marlon Forrester, Gerry Perrino, and Marisa Sciabarrasi. This is the season of political discourse where immigration, race, war, peace, religion, oil, money, and an endless list of other personal interests are enthusiastically discussed and debated.
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Terry Teachout Two Theatre
Refining Satchmo at the Waldorf
By: - Sep 06th, 2012The production of Terry Teachout's new play"Satchmo at the Waldorf" starring John Douglas Thompson was "frozen" after opening night at Shakespeare & Company. He defended against critical remarks about the strong language of rhe play and the development of a third character Miles Davis in addition to Louis Armstrong and his manager Joe Glaser. The changes will be a part of the Long Wharf Theatre production in October which will be reviewed by the national media.
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Terry Teachout America's Drama Critic Theatre
On the Road for the Wall Street Journal
By: - Sep 04th, 2012Terry Teachout of the Wall Street Journal is the only critic for a national publication covering both New York and regional theatre. During the American Theatre Critics Association meeting in Chicago, last June, we heard his keynote address on the state of criticism. Taking a break from working on his new play "Satchmo at the Waldorf" at Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, Mass. we followed up on issues he raised for assembled ATCA members. It concerns him to be America's Drama Critic. There should be a dozen others like him on the road. This is part one of an in depth dialogue.
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