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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Mark St. Germain Four People
On Not Reading His Reviews
By: - Aug 22nd, 2011During dialolgues with theatre people it is usual to learn that they do not read reviews of their work. Or if they do well after a production has closed. We asked the playwright Mark St. Germain about that and found a rational and compelling response. While his play The Best of Enemies, which returns to Barrington Stage Company from October 6 to 16, got rave reviews he indicated knowing of them indirectly.
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Mark St. Germain Three People
Integrating Durham Schools in 1971
By: - Aug 21st, 2011What does it take for the playwright Mark St. Germain to get into the heads of explosive combatants the black activist, Ann Atwater, going head to head with the Klansman. C. P. Ellis. Or to put a screed of racial slurs into the mouth of a young black mediator, Bill Riddick, sent by the federal Department of Education to bring about the integration of schools in Durham in 1971. It is the topic of St. Germain's play, The Best of Enemies which returns to Barrington Stage for its second run from October 5 to 16.
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Mark St. Germain Playwright Part Two People
Relationship with Barrington Stage Company
By: - Aug 21st, 2011In this segment of an extended dialogue with the playwright he describes a unique relationship with Julianne Boyd, the artistic director of Barrington Stage Company. They have worked together on a number of plays including the hits Freud’s Last Session, which continues its run Off Broadway through October and The Best of Enemies which will return to Barrington Stage from October 5 to 16. It opened to rave reviews and sold out houses in August. From New York Freud travels to Chicago for an open ended engagement
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Morgan Freeman Joins John Williams for Film Night Music
Capacity Audience at Tanglewood
By: - Aug 21st, 2011There was a near capacity turn out of 18,000 delighted patrons for the annual Film Night conducted by John Williams and the Boston Pops Orchestra. His special guests included narrator, Morgan Freeman, and violinist, Gil Shamam. Tanglewood was popping.
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Aspen Santa Fe Ballet at Jacob’s Pillow Dance
Diverse Program by Renowned Regional Company
By: - Aug 20th, 2011The Aspen Santa Fe Ballet is regarded as among the nation's leading regional dace companies. It is know for superb dancers and works by leading global choreographers. The three works we experienced before a packed audience at Jacob's Pillow could not have been more diverse. But it also indicates a company without an identifiable signature style.
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Playwright Mark St. Germain Part One People
The Best of Enemies Returns To Barrington Stage
By: - Aug 19th, 2011The August run of Mark St. Germain’s new play The Best of Enemies set attendance records for a drama on the Main Stage of Barrington Stage Company in Pittsfield, Mass. The play returns from October 5 to 16. We met with him to discuss the play, his relationship with Barrington Stage and the craft of a playwright.
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You Better Sit Down: Tales from My Parents’ Divorce Theatre
The Civilians in Residence at Williamstown Theatre Festival
By: - Aug 19th, 2011The Civilians is a multi media group based in Brooklyn. They have a unique working process identifying a topic and then undertaking research through recorded and transcribed interviews. For this all too brief and riveting performance at Williamstown Theatre Festival they explored divorce. Surprisingly, it provided a provocative and entertaining evening of theatre. Including encountering the Mom who inspired the play as a neighbor in the audience. It was intriguing to chat with her before and after the performance. Blurring, yet again, the boundary between life and art.
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The Game Is a Winner for Barrington Stage Theatre
Stunning Musical Set in the 18th Century
By: - Aug 18th, 2011Barrington Stage Company completes its Main Stage season with yet another musical and smash hit. The Game was first produced by Julianne Boyd in 2003. That was before the company found its current home in Pittsfield. The musical written by Amy Powers and David Topchik, with music by Megan Cavallari conveys the mandate of the company to present compelling new works.
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Two Cents on Ten Cents a Dance Theatre
Controversy for Williamstown Theatre Festival
By: - Aug 17th, 2011The production of Ten Cents a Dance based on a reworking of Rodgers and Hart by John Doyle is provoking a firestorm of controversy. The musical in which five women sing and play instruments with a male piano player is inspiring praise and scorn from audiences and critics. Everyone emerges from Williamstown Theatre Festival with an opinion. Here are links to positive and negative reviews. Don't miss the chance to wade in on this. See it while you can.
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Fiddler on the Roof for Barrington Stage Theatre
Opens June 13, 2012
By: - Aug 16th, 2011Barrington Stage Company, the award-winning theatre in Downtown Pittsfield, MA, under the leadership Artistic Director Julianne Boyd and Managing Director Tristan Wilson, announces it will present the musical Fiddler on the Roof as its 2012 season opener, with production dates from June 13 through July 14, 2012.
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Broadway in the Berkshire at Shakespeare & Company Theatre
Benefit Nets $60,000 for Education Program
By: - Aug 16th, 2011The Berkshire smart set has had "galas" up the wazoo. Artistic director, Tony Simotes,and benefit chairperson, Deborah Grausman, had a different idea. On a Monday night when New York theatres are closed many stars turned out for Broadway in the Berkshires at Shakespeare & Company. The musical revue was brilliantly hosted by the witty and charming Chip Zien. The successful event raised $50,000 for the education program.
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Prince Ankhaf a Coveted Treasure of the Museum of Fine Arts Fine Arts
Grandstanding Mohamed Saleh Demands Its Return to Egypt
By: - Aug 14th, 2011The Museum of Fine Arts is known to have the finest collection of Old Kingdom Egyptian art outside of Cairo. Its greatest treasure, which it acquired through shrewd negotiation in 1927, is the limestone, polychromed portrait bust of Prince Ankhaf. Egypt wants it back. The MFA response is more or less, bloody hell.
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Trisha Brown at Jacob’s Pillow Dance
Company Celebrates 40 Years
By: - Aug 14th, 2011During a 40th anniversary of the Trisha Brown Dance Company at Jacob’s Pillow we were provided with a selection of works spanning from 1973 through the present. During the 1960s Brown was a part of the experimental Judson Dance Theatre which was a matrix for multi media work that drew together leading New York choreographers, dancers, visual artists, composers and musicians.
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Ten Cents a Dance at Williamstown Theatre Festival Theatre
Ersatz New Rodgers and Hart Musical by John Doyle
By: - Aug 13th, 2011Tony Award winning playwright and director John Doyle, as well as, WTF artistic director Jenny Gersten are in denial that Ten Cents a Dance, a rehash of work by Rodgers and Hart is a "jukebox musical." But if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck? This cut and paste job is being passed off as a "an American premiere." You decide.
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Tommy Tune Glides Into the Colonial Theatre
Steps in Time
By: - Aug 12th, 2011Seniors were out in force to support one of their own, Tommy Tune, who brought his retrospective Steps in Time to the Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield. With a sparing light touch the nine time Tony winner sang and danced his way down memory lane.
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Stephanie Blythe at Tanglewood Music
Program of Americana by Met Mezzo Soprano
By: - Aug 11th, 2011In the relatively brief time since earning a BFA degree in 1993 Stephanie Blythe has emerged as a star of the Metropolitan Opera and one of the great mezzo-sopranos of her generation. Early on she was a Tanglewood Fellow for two years and has returned ever since in a mentoring role. Last night she paid tribute to that unique relationship in a program of American song.
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Train Roars Through Tanglewood Music
Fans Hop On for a Wild Ride
By: - Aug 09th, 2011There were flashes of Beatlemania last night as soccer moms and teenipboppers bounded on stage at the invitation of lead singer Patrick Monahan of Train. Not since Wilco have we seen such raw energy rock the Shed. It was great fun. The band informed the audience that they would like to be an annual event like James Taylor. What a great idea.
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Are Critics Obsolete? Opinion
Theatre Companies Facebook Text and Tweet
By: - Aug 09th, 2011Increasingly the marketing and pr strategy of theatre companies has turned to social networking sources like Facebook and Twitter to drown out the negative reviews of established print and on line critics. Today Williamstown Theatre Festival sent out an e mail blast with raves from unattributed sources. The majority of Berkshire theatre critics were less than thrilled by the world premiere of Touch(ed) by Bess Wohl. But, hey, who cares what critics think?
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Blythe Danner at Tanglewood Jazz Festival People
Returning to Old Haunts in the Berkshires
By: - Aug 08th, 2011Tony Award-winning actress Blythe Danner will be the featured guest on Judy Carmichael’s “Jazz Inspired†on Saturday, September 3, at the Tanglewood Jazz Festival. Danner will perform with pianist Mike Renzi and bassist Neal Miner. Judy Carmichael’s “Jazz Inspired†will be taped before a live audience at Seiji Ozawa Hall on Saturday, September 3, at 2 pm, and broadcast at a later date on 170 stations in the United States and worldwide.
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Mass MoCA Confirms Anselm Kiefer Installation Fine Arts
Adding to Success of the LeWitt Building
By: - Aug 08th, 2011Since December of 2010 we have been asking Joe Thompson about a long term installation of works by the major German contemporary artist Anselm Kiefer. He squirmed and refused to answer the question. As we have previously reported the museum is now in the process of creating another long term installation similar to the enormously successful building devoted to the late Sol LeWitt. It greatly strengthens North Adams as a global art world destination.
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In the Mood by Kathleen Clark Theatre
World Premiere for Berkshire Theatre Group
By: - Aug 07th, 2011On the Fitzpatrick Main Stage of Berkshire Theatre Group In the Mood, a sophisticated, urbane comedy by Kathleen Clark, is enjoying a slick and elegantly produced world premiere. It runs in Stockbridge through August 13.
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3e Étage at Jacob’s Pillow Dance
Soloists and Dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet
By: - Aug 06th, 2011There were eight U.S. premieres in the rare Jacob's Pillow appearance of 3e Étage: Soloists and Dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet. The phenomenal program combined the most demanding and precise classical ballet with goofy comedic segments of mime. It kept the audience guessing until it burst into a standing ovation that seemed to go on forever. It was a stunning and galvanic evening of dance.
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Touch(ed) by Bess Wohl Theatre
Nikos Stage of Williamstown Theatre Festival
By: - Aug 05th, 2011Touch(ed) by Bess Wohl had its world premiere at Pioneer Theatre Company in Salt Lake City, Utah, January 8 to 23, 2010. Based on this second production at Williamstown Theatre Festival it is still a work in progress needing an extreme makeover. Don't expect to see this ersatz comedy about mental illness to reach Off Broadway any time soon.
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Congressional Reform Act of 2011 Opinion
Common Sense
By: - Aug 04th, 2011Consider how poorly Congress functioned with a serious issue like the debt ceiling. The American People are mad as hell and just won't take it any more. It's time to send a message.
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Trisha Brown at Jacob's Pillow August 10-14 Dance
40th Anniversary of the Landmark Dance Company
By: - Aug 04th, 2011Trisha Brown’s pioneering dance style is a celebrated cornerstone of modern dance. August 10-14, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival salutes the 40th anniversary of the Trisha Brown Dance Company with a commemorative program of works highlighting Brown’s inventive choreographic range.
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