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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Guys and Dolls at Barrington Stage Company Theatre
Musical Opens Pittsfield Season June 22
By: - Nov 09th, 2010Barrington Stage Company, under the leadership of Julianne Boyd, Artistic Director, will present the musicals Guys and Dolls and a new production of The Game as part of its summer 2011 Mainstage Season.
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John Douglas Thompson Three People
How Characters Evolve from the Text
By: - Nov 08th, 2010Thompson dismissed preliminary remarks about Macbeth a role he will perform later this year. Any preconceived notions are irrelevant until he finds the character in a careful reading of the text and through the rehearsal process. He discussed how the technique of Viewpoints was used by director Tina Landau in Antony and Cleopatra.
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John Douglas Thompson Two People
Passion and Politics
By: - Nov 08th, 2010There was a stark, minimalist staging of Antony and Cleopatra at Hartford Stage. The use of a trough of water to signify the Nile was discussed. Also the casting of Thompson and Kate Mulgrew as a middle aged couple with more emphasis on politics than passion.
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Tosca at Boston Lyric Opera Music
Art and Politics
By: - Nov 07th, 2010Bostonians of a political mind â€" and who in Boston is not? â€" had the opportunity this fall to see two of the most forthrightly political operas in the repertoire, “Fidelio†and “Tosca,†in quick succession. In “Tosca,†which premiered in 1900, Puccini looked back at that heroic historical period from a century’s perspective.
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John Douglas Thompson on Antony and Cleopatra People
Difficulties and Challenges
By: - Nov 07th, 2010A growing number of influential critics regard John Douglas Thompson as one of the leading, clasically trained actors of his generation. We have engaged in an ongoing dialogue about his canonical roles. It started with Othello, three years ago, at Shakespeare & Company, continuing through Richard III this summer. Following a performance of Antony and Cleopatra, with Kate Mulgrew, we disussed the challening play.
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ART to Stage Porgy and Bess Theatre
Suzan-Lori Parks to Re-imagine Gershwin Opera
By: - Nov 05th, 2010The American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) announced today that Artistic Director Diane Paulus, Pulitzer prize-winning writer Suzan-Lori Parks, and two-time Obie winner Diedre Murray have been chosen by the Gershwin Trusts and the Heyward Trust to re-imagine the Gershwins’ seminal American opera Porgy and Bess.
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David Wilson Interviews: Two People
The Bosstown Sound and Folk Turns Political
By: - Nov 05th, 2010The then young Mike Curb, CEO of MGM Records, hyped an ersatz movement in the 1960s, the ill fated Bosstown Sound. The bands of that era performed at the Boston Tea Party in the South End. The folk music scene in Cambridge focused on Club 47 on Mount Auburn Street. As America was drawn into the Vietnam War David Wilson recalls a shift to radical politics and the protest movement.
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Hans-Peter Feldman Wins Hugo Boss Prize Fine Arts
Guggenheim Museum May to Sept, 2011
By: - Nov 05th, 2010The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and HUGO BOSS AG has announced that German artist Hans-Peter Feldmann has been named the winner of THE HUGO BOSS PRIZE 2010. Feldmann is the eighth artist to win the biennial honor, which was established in 1996 to recognize significant achievement in contemporary art. The prize carries an award of $100,000 and is administered by the Guggenheim Foundation.
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The David Wilson Interviews: Part One People
Broadside and Folk Music in Harvard Square
By: - Nov 04th, 2010During the summer of 1968, Charles Giuliano, Dave Wilson, Sandi Mandeville and Arden Harrison worked together to publish the underground paper Avatar. Wilson was a founder of the influential folk music publication Broadside. This first in a series of interviews covers the early years of the folk music scene in Harvard Square.
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Antony and Cleopatra at Hartford Stage Theatre
Kate Mulgrew and John Douglas Thompson
By: - Nov 02nd, 2010Kate Mulgrew returns to Hartford Stage in an ambitious and powerful production of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra. The great actress has a sublime co star in John Douglas Thompson as her lover the Roman general Marc Antony. This production demonstrates why Cleopatra is regarded as one of the finest roles in the canon.
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A Christmas Carol at Berkshire Theatre Festival Theatre
Fifth Annual Production Dec. 11 to 30
By: - Oct 29th, 2010Eric Hill will reprise his role as Ebenezer Scrooge while E. Gray Simons III will return as Jacob Marley, the now deceased partner of Scrooge. The pair will also co-direct again this season. Joining these two will be four of Berkshire Theatre Festival’s Artists-in-Residence; two graduate students from BTF’s partner academic institution: Brandeis University; and many members of the Berkshire county area, including the wife and twin sons of James Taylor: Caroline (Kim), Henry, and Rufus.
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Berkshire Museum Nixes Expansion Fine Arts
Kamm Collection of Teapots Not Headed to Pittsfield
By: - Oct 28th, 2010Recently, the California collectors Sonny and Gloria Kamm visited Pittsfield during a national search for a museum to partner with housing their collection. Over 30 years they acquired 10,000 vintage and contemporary tea pots. Some of them through Pittsfield Gallerist Leslie Ferrin. She hosted a reception in their honor. Today, she and Stuart Chase, director of the Berkshire Museum, announced that the collection will not come to Pittsfield.
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Chaos and Classicism Fine Arts
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum to January 9
By: - Oct 28th, 2010Chaos and Classicism: Art in France, Italy and Germany, 1918- 1936 examines art during an ere overshadowed by the recovery from World War I and the rise of fascism that would result in World War II. This insightful exhibition is on view at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum through January 9.
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It's All American: Inaugural Exhibition Fine Arts
New Jersey Museum of Contemporary Art
By: - Oct 28th, 2010The New Jersey Museum of Contemporary Art (NJ MoCA) launched its programming on October 23, 2010 with a benefit gala and preview of the inaugural exhibition, “It’s All Americanâ€, at the historic Paramount Theatre and Convention Hall Mezzanine in Asbury Park, New Jersey.
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Boston's November Highlights Theatre
From Chorus Line to Lou Gossettt, Jr.
By: - Oct 28th, 2010Our Boston entertainment correspondent, Barbara Brilliant, has tips, links and ticket prices for a range of theatre events. This is a clip and save template for what's going on in November.
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November at ArtsEmerson Film
The World on Stage
By: - Oct 27th, 2010ArtsEmerson: The World on Stage continues its inaugural season of adventurous film program with a month that celebrates Godard, Orson Welles, Jerry Lewis, Stravinsky (in deference to Petrushka) and more, and includes Saturday afternoon family screenings and a very special discussion with screenwriter Jay Cocks.
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Sarah Ruhl's Melancholy Play Theatre
WAM Theatre in Pittsfield Nov. 12 to 21
By: - Oct 27th, 2010WAM Theatre returns with Tony nominated Sarah Ruhl's 'Bold, Outward, Sassy, Sexy and Unashamed' contemporary farce, 'Melancholy Play'. This production will run from November 12-21, 2010 at the NEW STAGE Performing Arts Center in Pittsfield, Mass.
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Jane Farver Retires from List at MIT People
Remarkable 12 Years
By: - Oct 27th, 2010Jane Farver will leave her position at the MIT List Visual Arts Center in May. For the past dozen years Farver has been among the best and brightest in the Boston arts community.
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Dzul Dance Performs Danzon Nov. 6 Dance
Chelsea Morrison Theater, Milllbrook, N.Y.
By: - Oct 27th, 2010Dzul Dance will present a new work Danzon to launch their new season. The performance will take place at Chelsea Morrison Theater (at Millbrook School), School Road, Millbrook, New York, 12545 on Saturday, November 6 at 8:00 PM,
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Cropsey Screened as BIFF Special Film
Great Barrington Triplex Oct.29
By: - Oct 26th, 2010In honor of the Halloween weekend, the BIFF’s REEL FRIENDS Film Society will present the special screening of the documentary film, CROPSEY directed by Joshua Zeman and Barbara Brancaccio. The film will be screened only once at the Triplex on Friday, October 29th at 9 p.m. with a Q&A with the filmmaker immediately following.
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Ed Burns Nice Guy Johnny Film
Williamstown Film Festival: It’s a Wrap
By: - Oct 26th, 2010In addition to a superb schedule of seminars, an evening with Alec Baldwin and Robert Osborne, features and short films the Williamstown Film Festival explored new approaches to independent films. A case in point was the final film Nice Guy Johnny. It was written and directed by Edward Burns on a minuscule budget of $25,000 in twelve days.
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Beethoven’s Fidelio by Opera Boston Music
Season Opens at Cutler Majestic Theatre
By: - Oct 23rd, 2010Recently art critic David Bonetti left St. Louis and his position as a critic at the Post Dispatch. He accepts a new challenge by offering to cover opera in Boston for Berkshire Fine Arts. We welcome David with this typically witty and insightful review of the new season for Boston Opera and its production of Beethoven's Fidelio.
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Marge Champion Keep Dancing Film
Screened at Williamstown Film Festival
By: - Oct 23rd, 2010Now 91, Marge Champion drove over from Stockbridge to attend a matinee screening of the documentary film, Keep Dancing, that features her with Donald Saddler. She was an original board member of Williamstown Theatre Festival as well as Jacob's Pillow. It was delightful. Which was not the case that evening at Mass MoCA when the Vincent Price cult classic was accompanied by a live rock score by Marco Benevento. The music obliterated rather than enhanced the film.
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The Perfect Host at WFF Film
Williamstown Film Festival Resumes
By: - Oct 22nd, 2010First time director, Nick Tomnay, was on hand to discuss The Perfect Host after a screening of the thriller during the Williamstown Film Festival. He lucked out in convincing the veteran actor David Hyde Pierce to appear more or less pro bono. He delivers a total gonzo performance in a low budget film shot for just $1 million in a remarkably brief 17 days.
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Toronto International Art Fair Fine Arts
BNL MTL Participates Oct. 28 to Nov. 1
By: - Oct 20th, 2010From October 28th to November 1st, 2010, La Biennale de Montréal â€" BNL MTL 2011 will participate in the 11th edition of the TIAF â€" Toronto International Art Fair. This is a first for the BNL MTL; indeed, Tourism Montréal has made it possible for the BNL MTL to take part in one of the major North American art fairs.
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