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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Lyric Stage Announces Season Theatre
Mikado Opens September 9
By: - Aug 08th, 2012Lyric Stage in Boston announces its season for 2012-2013. The Mikado opens on September 9 with the perennial music of Gilbert and Sullivan. Another musical, On the Town by Leonard Bernstein closes Lyric on June 8. Sandwiched in between is a heady mix of drama and comedy.
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Chris Botti Scorches a Soaked Tanglewood Music
Richly Varied Two Hour Set in Ozawa Hall
By: - Aug 07th, 2012Just before Chris Botti came on stage for a two hour performace at Ozawa Hall there was a brief but ferocious downpour that had hundreds of fans on the lawn scurrying of shelter. The downpour soaked some fans but failed to dampen spirits of a stunning, eclectic and thoroughly entertaining evening with one of our greatest living artists.
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Edith a Premiere by Kelley Masterson in Stockbridge Theatre
From First Lady to Madam President
By: - Aug 05th, 2012When Woodrow Wilson was recovering from a stroke by denying access to his bedroom and failing to publicly announce his condition, his wife, Edith, for a crucial period of six weeks was virtually President of the United States. This new play by Kelly Masterson conflates 75% fact and 25% fiction to present a benign, revisionist take on a love story with global implications.
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Royal Winnipeg Ballet at Jacob’s Pillow Dance
Triumphant Return After Fifty Years
By: - Aug 04th, 2012Amazingly, it has been fifty years since the last visit of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet to Jacob's Pillow. The classical ballet company demonstrated its diversity during a two hour program in three segments- In Tandem, Moonlight Sonata, and Carmina Burana. For most audience members it was a highlight of Pillow's 80th season.
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Rethinking Turgenev’s A Month in the Country at Williamstown Theatre
New Concept and Translation Directed by Richard Nelson
By: - Aug 03rd, 2012The mid 1850s play A Month in the Country by Ivan Turgenev influenced Chekhov, who convinced Stanislavsky to produce it. Literally, lost in translation, the masterpiece of modernism has rarely been produced. Not just for awkward scripts but for a misunderstanding of the main character Natalya. While mostly played by women in their fifties, as Richard Nelson discovered, Turgeney intended her as 29. A radical production with a new translation by Nelson, Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky is the third and final Main Stage presentation of the summer long Williamstown Theatre Festival.
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The North Pool By Rajiv Joseph Theatre
East Coast Premiere at Barrington Stage
By: - Jul 30th, 2012Rajiv Joseph is best know for the Broadway production of Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo. The play, a finalist for the 2010 Pulitzer Prize, starred Robin Williams as the Tiger. Barrington Stage is presenting the East Coast premiere of his two person, one act play The North Pool.
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Bill T. Jones Celebrates John Cage Centennial Dance
Story/ Time at Jacob’s Pillow
By: - Jul 29th, 2012Five years ago, Bill T. Jones (born 1952), one of the most successful and celebrated dancers and choreographers of his generation, with more than 100 works created for the Bill T. Jones/ Arnie Zane Dance Company (founded in 1982), retired from performing. He continues to choreograph for the company. This week he was back on stage for a 2012 work Story/ Time.
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Diva Olympia Dukakis as Prospera in The Tempest Theatre
A Clash of the Titans through August 19
By: - Jul 28th, 2012There are two versions of Shakespeare's enigmatic, evocative, surreal last play on stage at Shakespeare & Company through August 19. There is The Tempest as played for laughs by director Tony Simotes and then the imperious, autocratic Tempest as performed by the legendary Olympia Dukakis. It is a raucous highlight of a stunning season of theatre in the Berkshires.
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Sweet Soubrette in Concert at Dream Away Lodge Music
No Cover Event August 18
By: - Jul 27th, 2012Sweet Soubrette, a melodic, ukulele-powered indie rock band based in NYC, will perform an acoustic concert at Dream Away Lodge in Becket on August 18. WBRS (Brandeis University radio) says: “Sweet Soubrette’s music is modern and sonically diverse…talented instrumentalists and tightly sung melodies make for a really exciting listen.â€
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Aurora and the Gun Delusion Opinion
Responding to the Latest Mass Murder
By: - Jul 27th, 2012Last Friday, we woke up to another tragic shooting where a gunman opened fire in a crowded movie theatre. Twelve people have died, and at least fifty-eight are injured. Already, calls for greater gun regulation to prevent disturbed individuals from accessing guns are being contrasted by calls for more guns so that we can protect ourselves from these individuals.
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Bradley Cooper and Patricia Clarkson in Elephant Man Theatre
Opens on Broadway October 18
By: - Jul 27th, 2012Elephant Man with Bradley Cooper and Patricia Clarkson sold out its too brief run at the Williamstown Theatre Festival. Now, be still dear heart, the intact production transfers to Broadway and the Booth Theatre in October for a limited run of thirteen weeks. Not that long ago Cooper was declared the sexiest man on the planet. Here amazingly he portrays one of the most deformed of his era the renowned John Merrick. This is the WTF review.
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The Clark’s China Syndrome Fine Arts
Special Exhibitions Through October 21
By: - Jul 26th, 2012The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute presents rare Chinese burial objects in an exclusive exhibition that considers both the discovery and the impact of modern Chinese archaeology, Unearthed: Recent Archaeological Discoveries from Northern China through October 21, 2012. The exhibition features objects recently excavated from sites in the Shanxi and Gansu provinces and never before seen outside of China, including a full-size stone sarcophagus discovered intact in 2004.
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The Mount's Berkshire WordFest 2012 Word
Literati and Glitterati Gather September 14-16
By: - Jul 25th, 2012The Mount announces the launch of its second literary festival, Berkshire WordFest 2012, to be held at Edith Wharton's historic estate in Lenox during the weekend of September 14-16, 2012. The festival will bring nearly twenty nationally acclaimed writers--John Berendt, Adam Gopnik, Heidi Julavits, Matthew Pearl, Francine du Plessix Gray, and poet Mary Jo Salter among them--to The Mount for panels, interviews, and public conversations. The festival will also include many free readings by writers and poets with ties to the Berkshire region.
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Dr. Ruth Returns September 19 to Barrington Stage Theatre
Changes for a New Play by Mark St. Germain
By: - Jul 24th, 2012The premiere of Dr. Ruth, All the Way sold out its 36 performances at Barrington Stage's smaller St. Germain Stage. The theater in the former VFW Hall, now owned by Barrington, was named for the company's resident playwright and author of Dr. Ruth, Mark St. Germain. The one woman show stars Debra Jo Rupp. There will be changes and fine tuning for the run from September 18 through October 7.
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All My Sons at Barrington Stage Theatre
Old Men Send Young Men to War for Profit
By: - Jul 23rd, 2012All My Sons, 1947, by Arthur MIller is on the short list of Great American plays. Currently Barrington Stage, under artistic director, Julianna Boyd is presenting a compelling, meticulously crafted production with a top notch cast. It is hardly what one would call light summer entertainment.
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WAM Theatre Premieres The Old Mezzo Theatre
October Production Paired with Shout Out Loud
By: - Jul 23rd, 2012WAM Theatre is delighted to announce that the beneficiary for the October World Premiere production of Susan Dworkin’s ‘The Old Mezzo’ will be Berkshire based Shout Out Loud Productions, a non-profit run by Jeanet Ingalls that takes action to address sexual trafficking. In keeping with WAM Theatre’s double philanthropic mission, Shout Out Loud will receive up to 25% of the box office proceeds from ‘The Old Mezzo’.
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Far from Heaven Williamstown Theatre Festival Theatre
Gorgeous New Musical Not Far from Off Broadway
By: - Jul 22nd, 2012The world premiere of Far From Heaven, a musical at the Williamstown Theatre Festival through July 29 is truly celestial. It has been adapted with a book by Richard Greenberg, music by Scott Frankel, and lyrics by Michael Korie based on the 2002 film written and directed by Todd Haynes. The WTF production, directed by Michael Greif featured stunning leading roles by Kelli O'Hara and Brandon Victor Dixon. In 2013 it is headed for New York's Playwrights Horizon. See it now if you can get a ticket.
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Hong Kong Ballet at Jacob’s Pillow Dance
First Visit to the Berkshires
By: - Jul 21st, 2012Now in its 33rd year the Hong Kong Ballet has toured twenty times while this is its first visit to Jacob’s Pillow Dance. The company adheres to mostly Western traditions of classical ballet with primarily Chinese and Asian dancers and a minority of European and North American members. For the past few years the artistic director has been Madeline Onne. She is a former Principal Dancer of the Royal Swedish Ballet. She founded the company 59 Degrees North which performed at Pillow several times. From 2002-2008 she was the Artistic Director of the Royal Swedish Ballet before joining the Hong Kong Ballet in 2009.
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John Douglas Thompson on Iceman Cometh Theatre
Taking Time from Rehearsing Satchmo to Discuss O'Neill
By: - Jul 20th, 2012Currently, John Douglas Thompson is rehearsing the new Terry Teachout play Satchmo at the Waldorf at Shakespeare & Company. He took a break to edit a dialogue about his roles in The Emperor Jones and Iceman Cometh which we saw at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago. His views on Eugene O'Neill are a part of a series of dialogues about his roles that started with Othello four years ago at S&Co. This is the first of a two part report.
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ArtsEmerson Announces Additional Shows Theatre
Third Season of Boston Theatre
By: - Jul 20th, 2012After two critically-acclaimed seasons of programming from all over the world, ArtsEmerson announced eight productions for its third theatre season several months ago, with the promise of more. Today, ArtsEmerson announced four additional productions for the 2012-2013 Season, with a promise of still more to come in the “Stay Tuned†roster over the coming months.
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Tod Randolph in Cassandra Speaks Theatre
A Hit for Shakespeare & Company
By: - Jul 19th, 2012Because of her syndicated newspaper columns and radio broadcasts, in 1939, Dorothy Thompson was recognized by Time magazine as the second most influential woman in America next to Eleanor Roosevelt. In 1931 she was the first American to interview Adolph Hitler. By 1934 her Cassandra like dispatches led to her being dispelled from Germany. The one woman play by Norman Plotkin, starring Tod Randolph, conveys her in 1943 on the day of her third marriage.
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Turgenev's A Month in the Country at Williamstown Theatre Festival Theatre
Radical Plans by Director/Translator Richard Nelson
By: - Jul 18th, 2012Visitors to the final Main Stage production of the Williamstown Theatre Festival, A Month in the Country, August 1 to 19, should expect the unexpected. Director Richard Nelson who worked on a translation of the Turgenev play with Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky is planning a spare, minimalist, radical production that reflects the revolutionary impact of the Russian masterpiece which was written in 1850.
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Leslie Kritzer at Barrington Stage July 30 Theatre
Kritzer Sings Jule Styne with Vadim Feichtner
By: - Jul 18th, 2012Barrington Stage Company presents the return of Broadway’s Leslie Kritzer in Hello, Gorgeous! Leslie Kritzer Sings Jule Styne, with music director Vadim Feichtner, on Monday, July 30 at 7pm on the Boyd-Quinson Mainstage, 30 Union Street.
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Greylock Arts in Adams Celebrates Five Years Fine Arts
Foremost Alternative Gallery in the Berkshires
By: - Jul 17th, 2012In a storefront on Summer Street in Adams, Ma., formerly a clothing store, five years ago the multi media artists Matt Belanger and Marianne Petit opened the alternative Greylock Arts. This summer they are celebrating with an anniversary exhibition including many of the artists from New York and the Berkshires that have been included in their edgy program. Their alternative, artist run space, is, hands down, the best in the Berkshires.
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Tero Saarinen Company at Jacob’s Pillow with Borrowed Light Dance
Revival of 2004 Collaboration with The Boston Camerata.
By: - Jul 16th, 2012For 71 minutes I got religion while completely absorbed by the Shaker inspired Borrowed Light a collaboration between Tero Saarinen Company and The Boston Camerata. The 2004 work had its 2006 U.S. premiere at Jacob's Pillow and has returned via "popular demand" for Pillow's 80th season. It was a stunning highlight of an anniversary celebration.
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