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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Constellations by Nick Payne Front Page
Brief Evocative and Frustrating at TheaterWorks in Hartford
By: - Feb 08th, 2018This brief but problematic play by Nick Payne has overly ambitious content. It has top heavy themes from the time/space continuum, to the infinite possibilities of human interactions and quantum physics. There are mixed results supported by an excellent production at TheatreWorks. While frustrating to sit through its ambitious themes linger in aftershocks long after leaving the theatre.
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Nice Girl by Melissa Ross Front Page
Finalist for Primus Prize at Raven Theatre
By: - Feb 07th, 2018Several years ago Nice Girl by Melissa Ross was a finalist for the Primus Prize for oustanding new plays awarded by the American Theatre Critics Association (ATCA). It is being given a heartfelt and down-to-earth production at Chicago's Raven Theatre. The four actors carry off the middle class Boston accents almost perfectly, thanks to the work of dialect coach Jason K. Martin.
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Born Yesterday by Garson Kanin Front Page
Produced by San Francisco Playhouse
By: - Feb 06th, 2018Audiences will possibly find many behaviors in Born Yesterday less acceptable and more abhorrent than in earlier times. But along the way, they will be mightily entertained by a powerful production. And for those of us with a lot of miles on our shoes who wonder how a stage show can compete with the great 1950 movie cast of Judy Holliday, Broderick Crawford, and William Holden, just sit back and enjoy the performances.
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Williamstown Theatre Festival 2018 Front Page
Five New Works and a Beloved One
By: - Feb 06th, 2018In a star studded program yet again Williamstown Theatre Festival brings Broadway to the berkshires. The season starts on June 26 and runs through August 19. There are three Main Stage productions and four on Nikos Stage. There will be a Main Stage world premiere musical;, Lempicka, as well as a new play , Seared, by Therese Rebeck on the Nikos Stage. Casting includes Mary-Louise Parker, Steven Pasquale, Jessica Hecht, Brooks Ashmanskas and Matthew Broderick.
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Mark Rylance in Farinelli and the King Front Page
A Broadway Pratfall for Multiple Tony and Oscar Winner
By: - Feb 06th, 2018The appearance of famed British actor and multiple Tony winner, Mark Rylance, is always a much anticipated event. Accordingly, the run of Farinelli and the King is mostly sold out though a run that ends on March 25. The script by his wife, Claire van Kampen, entails a bonkers king, and his queen allegedly having an improbable affair with the castrato, Farinelli, who has abandoned his career to perform nightly for the king. Our critic was not amused.
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Blind Date by Rogelio Martinez Front Page
Robert Falls Directs Goodman's World Premiere
By: - Feb 05th, 2018The blind date actually took place on November 19, 1985, in Geneva. Goodman Theatre’s world premiere of Blind Date by Rogelio Martinez, directed by Robert Falls, takes us through the tense period and the negotiations leading up to that summit—and finally, briefly, the summit itself.
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Julia Cho's Office Hour Front Page
Long Wharf Theater Co-production with Berkley Repertory Theatre
By: - Feb 04th, 2018Julia Cho’s play is often successful, yet the fantasies become less effective as the play goes on even though they are ratcheted up. Despite reservations about the play, the production is excellent.
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Pipe Dream Word
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Red Speedo by Lucas Hnath Front Page
At Center Repertory Company
By: - Feb 04th, 2018Center Rep has produced a sharply drawn realization of Lucas Hnath’s Obie winning play. The story line is riveting, and director Markus Potter’s pace is brisk and assured.
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Skeleton Crew by Dominique Morisseau Front Page
Co-produced by Marin Theatre Company and Theatreworks Silicon Valley
By: - Feb 02nd, 2018Skeleton Crew by Dominique Morisseau is set in an automobile stamping plant in Detroit in 2008. Its window to the greater world is the shabby break room of the laborers on one of the assembly lines, where the abiding concern is the rumor that the plant will shut down. And if so, when and how?
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Romance Romance by Barry Harman and Keith Herrmann, Front Page
At CV REP Theatre, of Rancho Mirage
By: - Feb 01st, 2018“Romance/Romance,” by Barry Harman and Keith Herrmann, is another stellar production that performs at CV REP Theatre in Rancho Mirage, through February 11, 2018. Emmy winning set designer Jimmy Cuomo doesn’t disappoint with another outstanding design
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The Dining Room by A. R. Gurney Front Page
Produced by Sonoma Art Live
By: - Feb 01st, 2018Without the benefit of a narrative arc, A. R. Gurney has written a cohesive and compelling comedy/drama with a structure that moves successfully from one climax to another. Director Joey Hoeber has molded this small but significant play into a very convincing theater piece.
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Around the World in 80 Days Front Page
Seven League Boots for Solona Beach California
By: - Feb 01st, 2018North Coast Repertory Theatre (NCRT) of Solana Beach, CA is gifting its audiences with a ‘master class’ in farce/comedy ensemble acting with its delightful, whimsical, tongue-in-cheek, production of the Jules Verne classic tale “Around the World in 80 Days”.
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Brett Neveu's Traitor Updates Ibsen Front Page
Based on 1882 Play An Enemy of the People
By: - Feb 01st, 2018Brett Neveu has taken Henrik Ibsen’s 1882 play, An Enemy of the People, and transmogrified it into a contemporary setting. Neveu transplants a scandal surrounding the water flowing through the Municipal Baths in a Norwegian town to the soil underlying a charter school in an Illinois town. Traitor in a slashing world premiere at Chicago's A Red Orchid Theatre, is directed by the company's most famous alum, Michael Shannon.
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David Hockney's California Dreaming Front Page
Subdued Met Retrospective of a Pioneer of Pop
By: - Jan 31st, 2018While described as a retrospective in eight galleries with just 60 paintings, 21 portrait drawings and five of his ground-breaking “Joiner” photo collages the David Hockney exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art is a bit of a tease. Now 80 when Hockney depicted homosexuality during the 1960s it was still illegal in Great Britain. He left for the laid back lifesyle of LA in 1964 and now commutes between continents. The exhibition is on view through February 25.
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Feeding the Dragon at Hartford Stage Front Page
Written and Performed by Sharon Washington.
By: - Jan 30th, 2018Sharon Washington is a fine actress, but as she plays the multiple people in her story, including her mother, aunts, grandmother and others, her portrayals are good, but not great. This 90 minute play is heading to Off-Broadway’s Primary Stages
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John Lithgow's Solo Show on Broadway Front Page
Stories by Heart Is Masterful.
By: - Jan 30th, 2018Stories by Heart is really Lithgow presenting two short stories to us. The first is by Ring Lardner, “Haircut.” It is essential the thoughts and words of a small town barber, circa 1925 talking to his customer who sits silently in the chair. With no props, Lithgow recreates the old-time barbershop experience from the hot towels, to the stropping of the blade, the lather and more.
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Edvard Munch: Between the Clock and the Bed Front Page
Riveting Selection of 43 Works at Met Breuer
By: - Jan 29th, 2018With just 43 works Edvard Munch: Between the Clock and the Bed at Met Breuer through February 4 provides a small but succinct view of his work. He was a prolific artist, creating approximately 1,750 paintings, 18,000 prints, and 4,500 watercolors, in addition to sculpture, graphic art, theater design, and photography. More than half of the works on view were part of Munch's personal collection and remained with him throughout his life.
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Megabytes! The Musical Front Page
At Shelton Theatre in San Francisco.
By: - Jan 28th, 2018Playwright and composer Morris Bobrow is the master of what San Franciscans might consider the Pier 39 musical, a light but entertaining diversion. His previous compositions include “Shopping! The Musical” and “Foodies! The Musical.” Can anyone detect a common theme here?
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Jimmie Durham: At the Center of the World Front Page
Controversial Traveling Retrospective
By: - Jan 27th, 2018In 1993 I was intrigued by ersatz weapons fabricated from funky materials by Jimmie Durham in the Whitney Biennial. To explore creative freedom the artist left America in 1987 never to return. While acquiring a global reputation it is only now that the work is again being seen and debated in the States. A long overdue retrospective "Jimmie Durham: At the Center of the World" organized by the Hammer Museum traveled to the Walker Arts Center and is finishing its run at the Whitney Museum. It states a case for Durham as one of the formost American artists of his generation.
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Man of La Mancha in San Francisco Front Page
By Custom Made Theatre
By: - Jan 26th, 2018Before its Broadway debut, the musical played at smaller theaters. So the transfer of this big, yet small, production to Custom Made Theatre’s intimate space is not only a sensible artistic decision, but the outcome is a winning one.
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Broadway in Winter Front Page
Museums by Day and Theatre at Night
By: - Jan 25th, 2018The motive was not to miss a once- in-a-lifetime exhibition Michelangelo: Divine Draftsman & Designer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It remains on view through February 12. In addition to visiting museums by day we enjoyed four nights on Broadway. During the Big Chill we avoided threeh our holiday lines at the Met. There was easy access and a good selection for half price TKTS in Times Square.
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Arthur Miller’s All My Sons Front Page
Charles Newell’s production at Court Theatre
By: - Jan 24th, 2018The play is set in 1947 in the back yard of the home of Joe and Kate Keller. The setting is usually a traditional mid-century back yard with plants, trees, a porch, outdoor furniture and the facades of two other houses partially visible. In the Court Theatre version, John Culbert’s scenic design suggests this back yard in a deconstructed, stylized way.
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Tanglewood 2018 Front Page
Dinorockers Added to Program
By: - Jan 24th, 2018Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Leonard Bernstein there will be extensive programming of his music during the 2018 Tanglewood season. As has been the case in recent years James Taylor returns. There is extensive programming of popular artists in the shoulder seasons before and after the residence of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Highlights include Roger Daltry and Tommy, Steve Miller, Peter Frampton, Judy Collins, Steve Stills, Bela Fleck, Andy Grammer, Steve Martin and Martin Short among others.
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Head of the Crass Word
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