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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The Wolves by Sarah DeLappe Front Page
At Marin Theatre Company
By: - Apr 03rd, 2018In The Wolves, Sarah DeLappe has written a play about a group of high school girls on a soccer league team that can satisfy theater goers of many ilks. It triggers waves of laughter and perhaps some amazement and embarrassment to those who haven’t peeked behind the curtains of young girls’ social behavior.
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Brecht's Round Heads and Pointed Heads Front Page
At Chicago's Red Tape Theatre
By: - Apr 03rd, 2018Is Bertolt Brecht the playwright for the Trump era? We will argue that he should be so designated. Round Heads is more a pageant than a play; there are few plot intricacies and little character development.
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Iron Shoes a World Premiere Front Page
Shotgun Players and Kitka Women’s Vocal Ensemble
By: - Apr 01st, 2018The story lines of Iron Shoes are simple and somewhat predictable with feminist tropes. However, they are delivered with great enthusiasm and charm and provide delightful entertainment as good fairy tales should.
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Three Tall Women By Edward Albee Front Page
On Broadway with Glenda Jackson, Laurie Metcalf and Alison Pill
By: - Apr 01st, 2018It’s only a few months before the 26th anniversary of the first American appearance of Edward Albee’s masterpiece, Three Tall Women, yet we’ve seen surprisingly few revivals. Certainly those who love Albee’s plays can rejoice at this masterful new version with the legendary actress Glenda Jackson.
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Kelley Faulkner in Always Patsy Cline Front Page
Juke Box Musical at Milwaukee Rep
By: - Apr 01st, 2018After two near fatal car crashes Patsy Cline confided in friends that she sensed her number was up. She drew up a will on TWA stationary and gave away personal possessions. That was not unusual as she was notably generous to family, friends and emerging women performers. A month later, at 30, she was dead in a plane crash. At Milwaukeee Rep in the two hander Always Patsy Cline we had a vivid evening of her unique and stunning music.
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hang by Debbie Tucker Reed Front Page
At Chicago's Remy Bumppo
By: - Mar 31st, 2018We sit through 60 minutes of ambiguity and tension—about what? When "hang" by DebbieTucker Reed finally reveals (almost reveals) its essential point in the final 25 minutes, we are caught up in the conversation among three people in a small room. It is devastating–and maddening. It is the final production in Remy Bumppo’s 21st season for which the theme is “21: Truth Be Told.”
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One House Over at Milwaukee Rep Front Page
World Première by Catherine Trieschmann
By: - Mar 31st, 2018In a world premiere, One House Over, by Catherine Trieschman, an undocumented Mexican couple are hired as live in care providers for a divorced woman and her elderly father. There are comic elements in this tragedy of living under the constant threat of deportation. Camila and Rafael have lived in the States all of their adult lives but she longs to go home to the family she has never known.
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The Effect by Lucy Prebble Front Page
Produced by San Francisco Playhouse
By: - Mar 30th, 2018The Effect is a penetrating look at research practice as realized through the vivid experiences of real people who may unwittingly subvert the process of unveiling truth. The veteran cast sizzles – Joe Estlack and Ayelet Firstenberg as the subjects and Susi Damilano and Robert Parsons as the researchers.
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In the Studio with Rick Harlow Front Page
Eclipse Mill Gallery Exhibition Opens May 1
By: - Mar 29th, 2018The landscape, particularly as inspired by visionary experiences with the indigenous people of Colombia, have long been key to the large paintings of Rick Harlow. In the past couple of years, taking off from the radical technique of Jackson Pollock, nature has been a more subliminal signifier in dripped and spattered abstract paintings. During a studio visit we discussed the dozen paintings to be included in "Landscape of Energy" at the Eclipse Mill Gallery. It will be his first Berkshire solo show.
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Cowboy vs. Samurai by Michael Golamco Front Page
Produced by Pear Theatre
By: - Mar 29th, 2018In Michael Golamco’s Cowboy vs. Samurai, Travis replaces Cyrano (de Bergerac), and being Asian replaces suffering from an imposing proboscis. But there is more than just the romancing to this clever play. Pear Theatre’s mounting of this production is both highly entertaining and touching. It is also full of jabbing reminders that much work is yet to be done on the discrimination front.
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Father Comes Home from the Wars – Parts 1, 2 & 3 Front Page
Pulitzer Winner Suzan-Lori Parks's Play at Yale Rep
By: - Mar 29th, 2018Suzan-Lori Parks has woven a story of a slave during the Civil War and the Greek Odyssey into a compelling story. She is well known to Connecticut theater goers. Several of her plays have been staged at Yale Rep, including the Pulitzer-prize winning Topdog/Underdog, The American Play and Venus.
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Meet Me in Milwaukee Front Page
Intersections Summit Addresses Social Justice
By: - Mar 27th, 2018From March 23 to 25 Milwaukee Repertorty Theatre hosted a conference Intersections Summit. It was convened to address equity, identity and inclusion through diversity and community outreach. In a letter to ATCA president, Bill Hirschman, managing director, Chad Bauman, who hosted us said in part "All in all, nearly 200 theater professionals from 80+ organizations from 30+ states attended including ATCA, TCG, funders such as the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, and journalists from media outlets such as The New York Times and The Chicago Tribune. More than 50 engagement leaders presented sessions and several of which were live streamed via our Facebook page as well as Howlround."
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Through the Elevated Line by Novid Parsi Front Page
Carin Silkaitis Directs a Chicago World Premiere
By: - Mar 19th, 2018Through the Elevated Line is made up of a series of sometimes-bumpy scenes, running about 2.25 hours with one intermission. The direction seems uneven too, with some characters shouting when it doesn’t seem called for. Razi is a sympathetic character despite getting into trouble both at home in Iran and in Chicago. His relationship with his sister is sweet and realistic.
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You for Me for You by Mia Chung Front Page
At Chicago's Sideshow Theatre Company
By: - Mar 19th, 2018Mia Chung’s other plays include Catch as Catch Can and This Exquisite Corpse. You for Me for You premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in London; its first U.S. production was in 2012 at Woolly Mammoth Theatre in Washington, DC. Chung is a graduate of Brown University with an MFA in playwriting.
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The Goat, Or Who is Sylvia? Front Page
At CV REP in Rancho Mirage California
By: - Mar 19th, 2018Edward Albee, a three-time Pulitzer Prize-winner, debuted his highly controversial play “The Goat, Or Who is Sylvia?” on Broadway in 2002. It went on to garner a Tony Award for Best Play, A Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play, and was a finalist for the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
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Sister Act the Musical Front Page
At the Palm Canyon Theatre
By: - Mar 19th, 2018“Sister Act” the Musical owes its theatrical existence to the movie “Sister Act”, starring Whoopy Goldberg. Popularity begets popularity. The movie was then turned into a musical written by Alan Menken and Glen Slater, from a libretto by Bill and Cheri Steinkellner, with additional book material by Douglas Carter Beane. The result is a musical Blockbuster which I believe is one of the best musicals ever produced by the Palm Canyon Theatre.
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Cyrano by Michael Hollinger and Aaron Posner Front Page
Adaptation of Edmund Rostand’s Cyrano de Bergerac
By: - Mar 19th, 2018Rostand wrote Cyrano de Bergerac in 1897 in Paris and based his leading character on a French libertine of the same name. He is credited with introducing the word “panache” into English; the word then meant a plume or feather on a helmet or headdress. Cyrano by Boho Theatre continues in Chicago at Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont, through April 15
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Dead Man’s Cell Phone Front Page
By Sarah Ruhl at Ross Valley Players
By: - Mar 18th, 2018Sarah Ruhl is one of the darlings of contemporary theater. Her work ricochets between grounded and fanciful, with storylines usually a little off-normal, and populated with at least some loopy characters. “Dead Man’s Cell Phone” is one that turns from realistic to fantasy at intermission.
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Hooded, or Being Black for Dummies Front Page
By Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm, Produced by Custom Made Theatre
By: - Mar 15th, 2018Custom Made’s production of Hooded, by Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm, sizzles. The cast, led by Jesse Vaughn as Marquis and Tre’Vonne Bell as Tru captivates. Under Lisa Marie Rollins’ excellent direction, all the characters are well developed and their interactions are precise and true
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Ludwig's Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery Front Page
Monty Python Meets Sherlock Holmes at Long Wharf
By: - Mar 15th, 2018Ken Ludwig stays relatively faithful to the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle mystery novel The Hounds of the Baskervilles. Holmes is asked to help protect the newest heir (Sir Henry) to Baskerville Manor and the estate after the previous owner was found dead with a look of terror on his face. The back story includes an early evil ancestor who was killed by a large, ghostly hound dog. Sir Henry has just arrived from Canada and immediately receives a threatening letter. Ludwig has maintained the skeleton of the plot, but has turned it on its ear.
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Un Ballo in Maschera (A Masked Ball) Front Page
Verdi Opera Produced by Livermore Valley Opera
By: - Mar 14th, 2018Ballo is striking and the score compels from beginning to end with highly melodious arias, ensembles, and orchestral interludes. What it lacks is any “Top 40” type hits, but it really doesn’t matter because every element thrills without being overly familiar. Yet, highlights do exist, and they are spread widely among the roles.
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Astral Weeks: A Secret History of 1968 Front Page
Ryan H. Walsh’s Landmark Study of the Counter Culture in Boston
By: - Mar 12th, 2018For most of 1968 the then struggling Irish musician and composer, Van Morrison, was on the run from his mobbed up New York manager. Living on Green Street in Cambridge, with local musicians he performed gigs and worked on what became the iconic album Astral Weeks. This is the focus of an enthralling book by Ryan Walsh fleshed out in the context of a meticulously researched account of the vibrant counter culture of that year of living dangerously. Through what evolves as a page turner we learn about Mel Lyman and his Fort Hill Cult, their paper Avatar, founding of WBCN FM as the rock of Boston, the Boston Tea Party, the Bosstown Sound, and Boston After Dark/ Phoenix. Along the way we encounter films, The Boston Strangler and Titicut Follies,as well as LSD gurus Tim Leary and Baba Ram Dass. Long overdue this fiftieth anniversary book sets the record straight.
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Murder on the Orient Express Front Page
Agatha Christie Classic at Hartford Stage
By: - Mar 10th, 2018In case you don’t remember the plot, the mystery begins in Istanbul where in the mid-1920s, a number of passengers board the famed train, the Orient Express, for a trip to England. Surprisingly (it is winter) the first class carriage is full. One of the passengers is the famed Belgium detective Hercule Poirot returning to London from a vacation. The play begins with a brief scene of a little girl being abducted.
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The Girl Who Knew Too Much Front Page
Penny Arcade at Joe's Pub
By: - Mar 09th, 2018For three Tuesdays at Joe's Pub at Public Theatre in New York the audience attends a rehearsal of a work in progress, The Girl Who Knew Much, by the performance artist Penny Arcade.
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Gloucester Stage Company 2018 Front Page
Madame Defarge Launches Season May 11
By: - Mar 08th, 2018Gloucester Stage Company Artistic Director Robert Walsh and Managing Director Jeff Zinn, announce the six-play lineup for Gloucester Stage’s 39th Season of professional theater in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
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