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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This Song’s About You Word
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How to Transcend a Happy Marriage by Sarah Ruhl Front Page
Custom Made Theatre in San Francisco
By: - Jan 23rd, 2020Although the playwright’s intent and narrative often lack clarity, the dialog is clever and the situations amusing. In the hands of a fine ensemble of actors, Custom Made Theatre offers a very funny and provocative production of How to Transcend a Happy Marriage.
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The Gulf by Audrey Cefaly Front Page
Chicago's About Face Theatre
By: - Jan 21st, 2020Kendra and Betty are southern women, together for six years, but their relationship is fraying, if not unraveling. As it turns dark, they’re stuck in a boat that won’t move. The Gulf by Audrey Cefaly is About Face Theatre’s latest production, directed by Megan Carney, now on stage at Theater Wit. The gulf, of course, is both literal and symbolic.
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Snow Day Word
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London Assurance by Dion Boucicault Front Page
At Irish Rep Off Broadway
By: - Jan 21st, 2020First produced in Convent Garden in 1841, when Boucicault was 21, London Assurance, is a farcical comedy of manners, this time directed by Charlotte Moore. It is the cleverest and most enjoyable play to open this year.
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Bloomsday by Steven Dietz Front Page
At North Coast Repertory Theatre
By: - Jan 19th, 2020Steven Dietz was among the five most produced playwrights in America during 2019. And now his latest play “Bloomsday,” is on stage at North Coast Repertory Theatre (NCRT), making its Southern California debut.
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Jo Sandman: The Photographic Work Front Page
Legacy Project at Fitchburg Art Museum
By: - Jan 17th, 2020Jo Sandman: The Photographic Work on view February 8–June 7, 2020 at the Fitchburg Art Museum explores Sandman’s turn to photography in the 1990s.
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Dutch Thriller Instinct Front Page
At Palm Springs International Film Festival
By: - Jan 17th, 2020This year another Dutch film is in the Oscar hunt. It is a powerful, psychological, provocative thriller called “Instinct”. It’s set in a prison where a newly arrived, experienced psychologist Nicoline, (rivetingly played by Carice van Houten) is assigned to the case file of serial sex offender Idris (a clever psychopath scarily portrayed by Marwan Kenzari).
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An Almost Ordinary Summer Front Page
Launches Palm Springs International Film Festival
By: - Jan 17th, 2020The Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF), the third-largest film festival in America, began in 1989 as the dream of then Hollywood celebrity turned politician and former Mayor Sonny Bono, who had a dream of making his city a focal point for the motion picture industry by launching an annual film festival.
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Noura by Heather Raffo Front Page
Produced by Marin Theatre Company
By: - Jan 17th, 2020Noura constitutes playwright Heather Raffo’s admirable contribution to the confrontation between assimilation and tradition faced by foreign born in American life. The title character and her husband immigrated to the U.S. eight years before the time of the play.
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Theatre in Connecticut Front Page
Mark Your Calendar
By: - Jan 16th, 2020We look forward to theatre in the coming months. This is what is scheduled for Connecticut.
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Barrington Stage Company 2020 Front Page
Music, Music, Music
By: - Jan 16th, 2020Barrington Stage Company will present two World Premiere musicals and new productions of a Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical classic, a Tony Award-winning musical revue, and a Pulitzer Prize-winning play. BSC will also perform outdoors for the first time with free performances of one of the company’s World Premiere musicals and featuring the company’s popular Youth Theatre.
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Frontline Filmmaker David Sutherland Front Page
18 Million Viewers for The Farmer’s Wife
By: - Jan 09th, 2020The documentary filmmaker, David Sutherland, describes his approach as making portraits. The issues derive from the persona of his subjects which range from farmers, to teenagers coming of age in Appalachia, a battered Native American mother, to the artists Jack Levine and Paul Camus. In the past 20 years he has created 21 hours of film for long form documentaries featured on Frontline for PBS. His three-part series “The Farmer’s Wife” was a PBS hit with 18 million viewers.
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Matthew Lopez’s Epic The Inheritance Front Page
Sniff of E.M. Forster’s Howard’s End
By: - Jan 06th, 2020In this two part play, that runs more than six hours, Matthew Lopez focuses on the modern generation of gay men whose current acceptance is built on the backs of earlier generations.
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Copenhagen By Michael Frayn Front Page
Do the Math
By: - Dec 30th, 2019“But why did he come to Copenhagen? What was he trying to tell you?” This opening line by the deceased Margrethe Bohr is the entry point of Michael Frayn’s multilayered delight of a Tony-winning Best Play – equal parts science lesson, mystery, biographical drama, and morality play.
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Dance Nation at Steppenwolf Theatre Front Page
Adults Playing Teens
By: - Dec 30th, 2019Clare Barron’s play is about a crew of 13-year-old girls (and a token boy) from Liverpool, Ohio, who are competing in regional dance contests that could culminate in a trip to YAY! Tampa Bay, Florida!!!! YAAAAAYYYY!
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Obama’s Picks for Best Films Front Page
Everyone’s a Critic
By: - Dec 30th, 2019The conventional wisdom is that everyone is a critic. Which is an insult to those of us who pursue the difficult and complex craft. Why on earth would I give a fig about the year end movie list of former president Obama? I don't dabble in politics or take up brain surgery as a hobby. Having an opinion, and posting on social media, does not make you a critic.
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Bling Ring Zing Word
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Day in the Life Word
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Caryl Churchill’s Vinegar Tom Front Page
At Ashby Stage in Berkley
By: - Dec 24th, 2019Despite some elements that don’t hold as well as one would like, this play offers worthy ideas, and the production exceeds expectations.
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A Child’s Christmas in Allston Word
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Holiday on Ice Word
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The Plot at Yale Rep Front Page
Will Eno's World Premiere
By: - Dec 19th, 2019I’m looking forward to seeing the next iteration of The Plot as Eno continues to develop and refine this work.
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Pride and Prejudice Reinvented Front Page
Long Wharf Produces Kate Hamill Adaption
By: - Dec 19th, 2019Kate Hamill, playwright of Long Wharf’s current production Pride and Prejudice has created somewhat of a cottage industry adapting famous 19th century novels by Austen and Thackeray though now she has moved onto 19th century American novels. Her approach will either delight or infuriate you.
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Second Mainstage Musical for Barrington Stage Company Front Page
Ain’t Misbehavin’ Joins South Pacific
By: - Dec 17th, 2019Can there be too much of a good thing? Barrington Stage Company is known for staging classical musicals. But now Ain't Misbehavin has been added to South Pacific. This seems more about the bottomline than balanced programming. The Assembled Parties by Richard Greenberg is the third high season production on the Boyd-Quinson Mainstage. Anna in the Tropics, the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Nilo Cruz, will highlight the St. Germain Stage.
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