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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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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The Old Mezzo by Susan Dworkin Theatre
WAM Premiere Oct. 12-28 at Berkshire Museum
By: - Sep 04th, 2012WAM Theatre’s October 12-28 World Premiere production of The Old Mezzo by Berkshire based playwright Susan Dworkin will feature professional actors from Berkshire County and the Pioneer Valley in Western Massachusetts, the Capital Region of Upstate NY and beyond. It will be presented at the Berkshire Museum.
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Liza Minnelli & Michael Feinstein at Tanglewood Music
American Songbook With Betty Buckley and Christine Ebersole
By: - Sep 03rd, 2012A lady a few rows in front of us was waving her cane, literally, in time to the music of Michael Feinstein's American Songbook. Later she joined him on stage for a duet of "New York New York." Incredibly, Liza Minnelli made a surprise appearance during the last day of the Tanglewood season. Tony winners Betty Buckley and Christine Ebersole also helped to bring the curtain down on another Tanglewood season.
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Susan Wissler Describes The Mount's Strong Season Word
Reducing Debt and Quadruple Programming
By: - Sep 02nd, 2012Susan Wissler, director of Edith Wharton's estate The Mount, in Lenox, discusses reducing debt from $9 million to under $4 million. In the past three years programming has quadrupled with an ambition to run year round. Some $750,000 has been raised to renovate The Stable as a performance, office and conference center. The September Vogue has an 18 page spread shot at The Mount by Annie Liebovitz. The second WordFest returns September 14 to 16.
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David Cole at New York's Dodge Gallery Fine Arts
Launches Season on September 8
By: - Sep 01st, 2012In his most recent body of work at New York's Dodge Gallery, David Cole navigates memory, history, national identity and the interlocking resonance of each. Cole's protean craftsmanship gives voice to both a scholarly knowledge of this nation's past and a conscientious understanding of what it means to be an American today.
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Julee Holcombe and Charles Teenie Harris Photography
Photography Exhibitions at Kayafas Gallery Open September 7
By: - Sep 01st, 2012Boston's renowned Gallery Kayafas opens its season on September 7 with tandem exhibitions by Julee Holcombe and Charles "Teenie" Harris. Holcombe's large scale photographs from her Homo Bulla series, architectural and figurative scapes, are digital collages of layer upon layer of assembled resonant images from many different places. A collection of rare Charles "Teenie" Harris (1908- 1998) photographs from his family's archive is on view before they are disseminated.
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North Adams: Art About Town, DownStreet Fine Arts
Painting the City Red White and Blue
By: - Aug 31st, 2012There were volunteers assisting in another Art About Town project to paint colorful, geometric patterns on the streets of North Adams. It was a community celebration of the pop up galleries of the annual summer long DownStreet. There was a lot to see and do for children and art lovers of all ages.
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Broadway Opening Night Schedule Theatre
Season Starts September 10 with Chaplin
By: - Aug 30th, 2012It's time to mark your calendars and order tickets. We have the list of Broadway openings from Chaplin on September 10 through Jekyll and Hyde in April. Fasten your seat belts its bound to be a bumpy ride.
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Theatre
Live in HD at the Clark September 6
By: - Aug 30th, 2012On Thursday, September 6, at 2:00 pm, the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute presents The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, captured live in HD from London’s National Theatre. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, based on the novel of the same title by Mark Haddon and adapted by Simon Stephens, opens with Christopher, fifteen years old, standing beside Mrs. Shears’s dead dog, Wellington, at seven minutes after midnight.
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The King Stag at the Mount Theatre
Main Street Stage Production Sept. 23
By: - Aug 30th, 2012A performance of The King Stag by Main Street Stage will be held at The Mount in Lenox on Sunday September 23rd at 11 a.m. The show is free and open to the public.
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Close Encounters with Music at the Mahaiwe Music
Great Barrington Season Launches Oct. 20
By: - Aug 30th, 2012Close Encounters With Music introduces grand prize winners of the Tchaikovsky International Violin Competition and Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition in their Berkshire debuts; presents one of the preeminent Baroque ensembles, Tragicomedia, to usher in the holiday season; and adds another notch on its belt of successful commissioning projects with a new work by American composer Robert Beaser, who has written for Glimmerglass and New York City Opera.
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Les 7 doigts de la main at ArtsEmerson Theatre
Returns Sept. 27 to Oct. 7 at Cutler Majestic Theatre
By: - Aug 30th, 2012The third season of acclaimed international theatre programming by ArtsEmerson: The World On Stage continues with what is quickly becoming a beloved Boston tradition - the return of Montreal-based high-energy movement artists Les 7 doigts de la main, with the Boston premiere of their newest show, Sequence 8.
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American Theatre Wing Announces Awards Theatre
2012 National Theatre Company Grants
By: - Aug 29th, 2012The American Theatre Wing has announced the recipients of its 2012 National Theatre Company Grants. This year’s recipients are: Actors’ Shakespeare Project (Somerville, Massachusetts), ArtsWest (Seattle, Washington), Know Theatre of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, Ohio), NC Stage Company (Asheville, North Carolina), The New Jersey Repertory Company (Long Branch, New Jersey), CityRep (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma), The Rogue Theatre (Tucson, Arizona), The Play Company (New York City, New York), The Theatre @ Boston Court (Pasadena, California), and Upstream Theater (St. Louis, Missouri).
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John Douglas Thompson on Eugene O’Neill: Two Theatre
Reflecting on Playing Brutus Jones and Joe Mott
By: - Aug 28th, 2012Currently John Douglas Thompson is performing a one man show with three characters Satchmo at the Waldorf a work in progress by playwright Terry Teachout. On a Monday break, following a weekend of five performances at Shakespeare & Company, we met to edit the second and final part of a dialogue about performing roles in the plays of Eugene O'Neill. In June we saw him play Joe Mott in the Chicago production of Iceman Cometh at the Goodman Theatre. Some time back we saw him play The Emperor Jones in New York.
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Chick Corea & Gary Burton at Tanglewood Music
Hot House New CD of Standards
By: - Aug 27th, 2012After 40 years of collaborations pianist Chick Corea and vibraphone player Gary Burton are about to release their sixth CD. Hot House is an album of the standards they loved and grew up on. For a nearly sold out gig in Ozawa Hall, with nearly as many outside on the lawn, they played a set of duets followed by one with the Harlem String Quartet.
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Satchmo at the Waldorf at Shakespeare & Company Theatre
John Douglas Thompson Solos in Terry Teachout Play
By: - Aug 25th, 2012In 1964 Louis Armstrong knocked the Beatles off the top of the charts with the hit "Hello Dolly." It was a compelling answer to a New York Times critic who pronounced him washed up. The bug eyed, grimacing, clowning, handkerchief waving Satchmo relaunched a career as the first super star in jazz. . The superb Terry Teachout play, Satchmo at the Waldorf, starring John Douglas Thompson, catches him after the gig in his dressing room just months before he died in 1971.
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Met Live in HD Resumes Oct. 13 Music
Donizetti’s L’Elisir D’Amore at the Clark
By: - Aug 24th, 2012The Met: Live in HD returns to the Clark this fall with extraordinary stars, breathtaking music, and visionary interpretations by today’s most celebrated directors and conductors. This Peabody and Emmy Award-winning series features 12 live transmissions in the Clark’s auditorium, beginning October 13 with L’Elisir D’Amore and continuing with Otello (October 27), Tempest (November 10), Clemenza di Tito (December 1), Un Ballo in Maschera (December 8), Aida (December 15), Les Troyens (January 5), Maria Stuarda (January 19), Rigoletto (February 16), Parisfal (March 2), Francesca da Rimini (March 16) and Giulio Cesare(April 27).
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Kenny Rogers at the Colonial Sept. 27 Music
The Gambler To Serende Berkshire Fans
By: - Aug 24th, 2012Kenny Rogers will serenade audiences with country classics and contemporaries at The Colonial Theatre on September 27 at 8pm. Rogers' Greatest Hits album has sold over 24 million copies worldwide to date. He is the Recording Industry Association of America's eighth best selling male artist of all time with one Diamond album, 19 Platinum albums and 31 Gold albums.
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