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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Panem et Circences Word
Night Before Crystalnacht
By: - Nov 06th, 2016After months of a slash and burn campaign, the most vile in American history, neighbors are gathering for dips and chips to watch election returns. It is less an end than a beginning of four more years of a nation divided and congressional gridlock.
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Zora Neale Hurston: a Theatrical Biography Front Page
Celebrating the Queen of the Harlem Renaissance
By: - Nov 05th, 2016The "Queen of the Harlem Renaissance" would probably be thrilled with the birthday bash Off-Broadway's New Federal Theatre and Castillo Theatre are throwing in her honor. They're presenting a fresh, dynamic production of the bio-play "Zora Neale Hurston: a Theatrical Biography" through Nov. 20 in Castillo's intimate black box theater.
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The Bottle Tree by Beth Kander Front Page
Premiere at Chicago's Stage Left Theater
By: - Nov 02nd, 2016The bottle tree is a background symbol in Stage Left Theatre’s haunting new play by that name—a world premiere script by Beth Kander—about the U.S. gun culture and its most horrific example, school shootings.
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One Flea Spare by Naomi Wallace Front Page
Playhouse Creatures Theatre Company Off Broadway
By: - Nov 02nd, 2016The title of the play, which feels like a cross between Tennessee Williams and Harold Pinter's work, comes from words in a poem by English poet John Donne (1573-1631).
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The Piano Lesson by August Wilson Front Page
Revival at Hartford Stage Company
By: - Oct 31st, 2016In 1987 August Wilson's The Piano Lesson premiered at Yale Rep. It was one of two plays from the ten in the decades spanning Pittsburgh Cycle that won a Pulitzer Prize. It is being revived in a production at Hartford Stage Company. The stunning, vintage, hand crafted upright piano from the original Yale production has been borrowed for this occasion. It is the centerpiece for sibling tension that informs the iconic Wilson drama.
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Pendulum Word
Slush Puppies
By: - Oct 28th, 2016On Thursdays a group of us meet at Sushi House in North Adams to get our fix. There are Margaritas all around. At just five bucks Joy makes the best in the Berkshires.
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A Man Called Ove: Grace of Community Front Page
Film by Swedish Director Hannes Holm
By: - Oct 28th, 2016Adapted from Frederik Backman's 2012 novel and a 2017 Academy Awards selection for Best Foreign Language Film, "A Man Called Ove" is a moving portrait of a man whose suppressed emotion manifests in curmudgeonly bluster.
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Red Velvet at Chicago's Raven Theatre Front Page
Actor Ira Aldridge Challenged London's Racism
By: - Oct 27th, 2016In 1833, the African-American actor Ira Aldridge (Brandon Greenhouse) was the first black man to play the leading role in Othello in a London theater.
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Ranting and Raven Word
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Protean Word
It Ain't Me Babe
By: - Oct 26th, 2016Morning thoughts the day after turning seventy six.
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Hunchback of Notre Dame in Ft. Lauderdale Front Page
Slow Burn Theatre Company Rings the Bell
By: - Oct 25th, 2016Composer Alan Menken, lyricist Stephen Schwartz and book writer Peter Parnell have created a heartfelt, heartbreaking and riveting version of the popular Victor Hugo novel.
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They’re Playing Our Song in Boca Raton Front Page
Forty Years After Andrea McArdle Originated Role
By: - Oct 24th, 2016Today, almost 40 years later, you’ll find Andrea McArdle on the Wick Theatre stage, co-starring in a musical, They’re Playing Our Song, that made its Broadway debut just about two years after her Broadway bow.
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Williams' Night of the Iguana Front Page
Palm Beach Dramaworks
By: - Oct 24th, 2016In “Night of the Iguana,” largely considered the prolific Tennessee Williams’ last commercial success, the playwright, no stranger to symbolism, once again uses a vivid symbol to represent characters trapped in a prison of loneliness and unfulfilled desires.
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Pirandello’s Henry IV Front Page
Remy Bumppo’s Chicago Production
By: - Oct 19th, 2016The absurdist playwright Luigi Pirandello wrote the play in 1922. The current production is based on an adaptation by Tom Stoppard. Nick Sandys’ direction makes the most of the witty dialogue written by the always engaging Stoppard.
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More Fun with Jeff and Jane Front Page
Concert at Williams Inn Nov. 19
By: - Oct 17th, 2016Dyno rockers Jeff and Jane Hudson will present an (ahem) New Wave Party at the Williams Inn on November 19. The vintage punk rockers are promoting their latest release The Middle which combines new and old material. Until recently they operated an antiques store at Mass MoCA. Jane is a legendary genius while Jeff is generally viewed as a piece of work. Together they make strange and rhapsodic music. Never miss one of their iconic events.
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2016 Berkies Announced Front Page
First Annual Berkshire Theatre Awards
By: - Oct 17th, 2016There has been extensive media coverage of the First Annual Berkshire Theatre Awards. The winners of The Berkies have been announced. There will be an awards celebration 5 pm on November 13 at Mr. Finn’s Cabaret in Pittsfield. In this first round of awards Barrington Stage Company and Shakespeare & Company dominated in most categories. The smash hit Pirates of Penzance ran the table. The Larry Murray Award, named for the founder, will be the only suprise of the gathering of critics, media and theater mavens.
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Nick Cave’s Until at MASS MoCA Front Page
Bling, Bling, Sparkle, Sparkle
By: - Oct 16th, 2016Bling, bling, bling went our heartstrings during a first encounter with Nick Cave's "Until" which will be on view at MASS MoCA for a year. The installation which has a festive, crowd pleasing appeal is a not readily apparent statement about deaths of African-Americans in police custody in places like Ferguson, Mo., and elsewhere.
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First Annual Berkshire Theatre Awards Front Page
Berkies Launched by Critic Larry Murray
By: - Oct 14th, 2016For the first annual Berkshire Theatre Awards seven shows received more than five nominations each including 11 for The Pirates of Penzance and eight for Broadway Bounty Hunter, both produced by Barrington Stage Company. Seven nominations were received for Or, and six for The Merchant of Venice at Shakespeare & Company. Also popular with five nominations each are The Rose Tattoo (Williamstown Theatre Festival), Little Shop of Horrors (Berkshire Theatre Group), and American Son (Barrington Stage).
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Hand to God Front Page
GableStage in Coral Gables, Florida
By: - Oct 14th, 2016“Hand to God,” the biting, darkly comic, disturbing, thought-provoking and meaty play is receiving a solid southeastern premiere at GableStage in Coral Gables, Florida through Oct. 30.
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Traffic Stop Word
Honk If You Love Trump
By: - Oct 13th, 2016Stuck in traffic, such as it is in bucolic North Adams, the angry dude was freaking out. Passing by I found out why.
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Lockup Room Talk Word
Presidential Sexploits
By: - Oct 13th, 2016Just locker-room talk claims the Donald caught in a raunchy rant. Not action like Bill Clinton and Cheating Hillary his enabling wife. Hey folks fooling around in the Oval Office is nothing new.
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St. Germain’s Camping with Henry and Tom Front Page
Barrington's Revival Seems Ripped from the Headlines
By: - Oct 10th, 2016The 1993 Mark St. Germain play, Camping with Henry and Tom, is as fresh as a daisy in a timely revival at Barrington Stage Company. With an update of just five lines Henry Ford, originally inspired by third party candidate Ross Perot, has an uncanny resemblance to the worst aspects of Donald Trump.
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Scars on the Water Word
Balmy Autumn Day
By: - Oct 09th, 2016With winter approaching enjoying the reprieve of a balmy day at the beach.
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Muckraking Word
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Chatting Word
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