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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39 Steps at Shakespeare & Company Theatre
Hichcock Inspired Drama Sept. 22 to Nov. 4
By: - Aug 24th, 2012An ingenious thriller, the ultimate murder mystery, The 39 Steps has it all. Shakespeare & Company opens the 2012-2013 Fall & Winter season with this hilarious adaptation of John Buchan’s novel, which also draws inspiration from Alfred Hitchcock’s classic film. Featuring a seasoned ensemble including Elizabeth Aspenlieder (Bad Dates), Jason Asprey (Parasite Drag), David Joseph (The Tempest), and Josh Aaron McCabe (Hound of the Baskervilles), The 39 Steps offers an intriguing, sidesplitting evening or afternoon at the theatre. The 39 Steps runs from September 22 through November 4 in S&Co.’s Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre.
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Homer’s Illiad at La Jolla Playhouse Theatre
A Spellbinding Triumph!
By: - Aug 22nd, 2012The La Jolla Playhouse (LJP) was founded in 1947 by Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, and Mel Ferrer. A remarkable play based on Homer’s ancient epic “The Illiad†has just opened. The Playhouse has created twenty-two productions over the years that have transferred to Broadway, earning thirty-five Tony Awards in the process. In the last few years their transfer productions have captured four Best Musical or Best Play Tony Awards; the last in 2008 with “Memphis.â€
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Marsalis and McBride Ignite Ozawa Hall Music
Historic Return of Jazz Masters to Tanglewood
By: - Aug 21st, 2012Both nine time Grammy winner, trumpeter Wynton Marsalis leading his Quintet, and renowned bass player Christian McBride with a trio, commented warmly on the honor of returning to Tanglewood. But, for both, not in many years. The evening that ended at 11 PM closed in a jam session with all of the musicians trading riffs.
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Williamstown Theatre Festival Drew 41,000 Theatre
58Th Season Closes for Renowned Festival
By: - Aug 20th, 2012Williamstown Theatre Festival supported the Berkshires community by bringing nearly 41,000 audience members from 44 states and 6 countries while they attended the work of 401 members of the WTF Company including staff, apprentices, and artists!
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Joffrey Ballet at Jacob's Pillow Dance
Sold Out Event Ends Season
By: - Aug 20th, 2012The Joffrey Ballet, one of America’s pioneering ballet companies of the 20th century, makes a rare East Coast appearance to conclude the Jacob’s Pillow 80th Anniversary Season August 22–26. The Joffrey Ballet returns for the first time since its high-profile appearances at the Pillow in the 1950s and 60s, presenting an impressive program that features Taiwanese-American choreographer Edwaard Liang’s Age of Innocence, Russian choreographer Yuri Possokhov’s Bells, and the world premiere of Son of Chamber Symphony by Stanton Welch, Artistic Director of Houston Ballet.
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Saratoga: A Day At The Races Word
And Behind the Scenes
By: - Aug 19th, 2012We spent a fabulous day at the Saratoga Race Course, Saratoga Springs, New York, with our guide Don George, who has lived half of his life with horses as owner and trainer. 50 plus photos accompany the article, a visual story.
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Brace Yourself by David Epstein Theatre
World Premiere for Berkshire Theatre Group
By: - Aug 19th, 2012The Berkshire Theatre Group is presenting the world premiere of Brace Yourself a family comedy set on Fire Island by David Epstein. In the face of an approaching hurricane Sunny (Jill Eikenberry) is planning the mega wedding that her daughter Nina (Tara Franklin) really doesn't want. While the comedy delighted the audience I found it as breezy as that storm that rode out to sea.
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Dance in August - Berlin, Germany Dance
Tanz im August, 10 – 25, 2012
By: - Aug 18th, 2012BFA welcomes a new contributor, Dr. Angelika Jansen, who is reporting here about a current Dance Festival, “Dance in August,†from Berlin, now in its 24th year. Various cultural organizations are sponsoring the performances all over the city. The guiding theme is based on the relationship of language and movement in the digital age.
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Compagnie Kafig at Jacobs Pillow Dance Dance
French Choreographer Mourad Merzouki and Brazilian Dancers
By: - Aug 18th, 2012Last night Compagnie Kafig blew the roof off of the Ted Shawn Theatre in their second visit to Jacob’s Pillow Dance since 2001. The French choreographer based in Lyon, Mourad Merzouki, has worked with eleven Brazilian dancers to create a compelling blend of indigenous dance and high cultures. The audience was thrilled and astonished.
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Boston Artists Addison Parks and Jim Falck Fine Arts
Reflecting On Optical Origins
By: - Aug 17th, 2012I can think of two artists who are presently painting in the Boston area whose art radiates a gracious interest in the tradition of painting Jim Falck and Addison Parks. For them the tradition is the period of the beginning of the 20thc: The world of Matisse and Picasso which could be summed up as the pushing of paint with the dynamics of color and figure ground toward the simplicity of the written word.
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Andrew Lloyd Webber Film Love Never Dies Film
Sequel To Phantom of the Opera
By: - Aug 17th, 2012Andrew Lloyd Webber has struggled with a sequel to his mega hit Phantom of the Opera. It has arrived in movie theatres in limited release as Love Never Dies. In the sequel, the creative team has the Phantom escaping the burning the Paris Opera House and has him resurfacing ten years later in Coney Island, New York where he begins anew his obsession of possessing the beautiful Christine Daae. The story has added new characters for its American setting, as well.
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Ebene Quartet at Ozawa Hall Music
Tanglewood Rethinks Jazz Programming
By: - Aug 17th, 2012Last night in Ozawa Hall the French Ebene Quartet offered a divided program that included two works by Mozart and Tchakovsky followed by a jazz set. It is a part of he overhaul of jazz programming at Tanglewood. On Monday, August 20 Wynton Marsalis and Christian McBride are featured. With Chick Corea and Gary Burton slated for Sunday, August 26.
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Bradley Cooper's Elephant Man Theatre
Broadway for the Fall 2014
By: - Aug 17th, 2012During a film premiere in Bradley Cooper was heard to say “We’re going to try to do it on Broadway next fall. We’re going to try to nail it down and do a limited run.†That was told to someone who told someone. It went viral on Facebook. That was originally slated for 2013. Now it has been moved forward to Fall 2014. The play was produced by Williamstown Theatre Festival under artistic director Jenny Gersten who has resigned but has programmed the 2014 season.
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God of Carnage at San Diego's Old Globe Theatre
Yasmina Reza Comedy in Hilarious Production
By: - Aug 16th, 2012Our California based theatre correspondent, Jack Lyons, compares the mid career Yasmina Reza to the master Neil Simon. Her Broadway hit is having a successful production at The Old Globe. He writes that " This quartette of performers doesn’t have to take a back seat to any ensemble that has previously performed the play."
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Alfred Molina in Red at Mark Taper Forum Theatre
Tony Winning Play Transfers to LA
By: - Aug 16th, 2012We welcome California based theatre critic, Jack Lyons, as a contributor to Berkshire Fine Arts. He reposts this report from Desert Local News on Alfred Molina who initiated the role of Mark Rothko in "Red" on Broadway. The play won a Tony Award and has been widely staged by regional theaters. This production at Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles is notable for featuring the phenomenal Molina in a stunning performance.
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Bourne Legacy Reboots Ludlum Series Film
Three and Out or Four is a Bore
By: - Aug 15th, 2012It has been a decade since Matt Damon launched the Bourne franchise. That's a lifetime for an action hero. When Damon opted not to return to the role without director Paul Greengrass that left Universal Studios in a quandary. The Bourne series had been a cash cow. The studio spent $130 million in a relaunch with a parallel story and new lead in Jeremy Renner with Bourne writer Tony Gilroy elevated to director. It opened with a $40 million weekend laving $90 million to make its nut. Based on mixed reviews and tepid word of mouth that may not happen.
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Shakespeare & Company Reports Boffo Box Office Theatre
Sales Up 23% From This Time Last Year
By: - Aug 14th, 2012As Shakespeare & Company continues to celebrate its 35th Season of "Rebellion and Revolution" in the Berkshires, Artistic Director Tony Simotes and Managing Director Nicholas J. Puma, Jr. are pleased to announce that on Monday, August 6, the Company surpassed $1 million in ticket sales for the 2012-2013 performance season, the earliest date the Company has reached that figure in its 35 year history. This feat also puts the Company 22.5% ahead of its box office totals from last year’s performance season at this time.
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Jenny Gersten Part Two Theatre
Discussing Her Second Season at WTF
By: - Aug 13th, 2012In the second part of a dialogue with Jenny Gersten we compared and contrasted her uneven first season with the smooth sailing of her second one. While the first season drew mixed reviews and controversy its ambition proved to be a magnet for major artists wanting to work at the Williamstown Theatre Festival. The success of this star studded season is a sanguine harbinger of more to come.
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Paris Commune at ArtsEmerson Theatre
Season Open Septrember 20
By: - Aug 13th, 2012ArtsEmerson: The World On Stage opens with the world premiere of The Civilians’ Paris Commune, a musical play that centers on a two month period in France during the Industrial Revolution, when workers take control of Paris in a popular uprising. Performances take place September 20 – 23, 2013 at The Paramount Center Mainstage (559 Washington Street in Boston’s Theatre District).
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See How They Run at Barrington Stage Company Theatre
Vintage British Farce by Philip King
By: - Aug 13th, 2012Barrington Stage ends the Mainstage summer season with a vintage, 1943, British farce See How They Run. From beginning to hilarious end we never stopped laughing. This is a delightfully silly evening of theatre.
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Jenny Gersten Wraps Second Season at WTF Theatre
Nurtured on the Mother's Milk of Producing
By: - Aug 12th, 2012During a post mortem of her second season as artistic director of the Williamstown Theatre Festival we discussed producing as inheriting the family business. Her earliest memories go back to two when she saw Two Gentleman of Verona, at the Public Theatre where her father, Bernard, worked until he was fired by Joe Papp in 1978. As a toddler, her Mom brought her on stage while taking a bow at Jacob's Pillow. In the first of this two part report we discuss a portrait of the artist as a young producer.
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Art Garfunkel Launches Tour and CD at the Clark Music
Poignant Performance Combined Old and New Songs
By: - Aug 12th, 2012Last night at the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown the legendary singer/ songwriter, Art Garfunkel launched an 18 city tour that will end on December 1. It supports the issue of a double CD which is a retrospective of his career but includes new material. While he spoke to the audience of "giving my heart to you" he struggled to push a voice that he virtually lost just two years ago. An appreciative audience supported his courage and poetic humanity.
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Dance Heginbotham at Jacob’s Pillow Dance
Mark Morris Veteran Formed Company a Year Ago
By: - Aug 11th, 2012After 14 years as a dancer with Mark Morris, a year ago, John Heginbotham formed his own company. It premiered at Jacob's Pillow as a part of the free Inside Out program last year. Now it has been invited on stage in the Dorris Duke Theatre, Based on a fresh, inventive and well received program the company will surely be audience favorites for return Pillow engagements.
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Barrington Stage Company Calendar Theatre
Events August Thorugh October 13
By: - Aug 11th, 2012While the official high season ends on Labor Day Barrington Stage will remain busy through the fall shoulder season. Highlights include the return of Dr. Ruth and the much anticipated production of Lord of the Flies.
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WHADDAHBLOODCLOT!!! by Katori Hall Theatre
World Premiere at Williamstown Theatre Festival
By: - Aug 10th, 2012There are about 60 documented cases of Foreign Language Syndrome. The first occurred in 1941 when a Norwegian woman, during the Nazi occupation, suddenly spoke with a German accent. One may imagine the complications. In Katori Hall's new comedy, as the result of a stroke, a New York society woman wakes up with a Jamaican accent. Oh my.
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