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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Chatting Word
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The Normal Heart by Larry Kramer Front Page
Florida's Outre Theatre Company
By: - Oct 04th, 2016“The Normal Heart” deals with multiple thought-provoking, timely themes and issues that spur discussion, make us look inward and potentially take action: The need to work together toward a common goal, the uselessness of fighting and blaming one another, reconciliation among family members, the agenda of the press and government, the right to be recognized as valued citizens and feel loved as well as to live and die with dignity.
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Tony and Emmy Winner Hal Linden Front Page
Now 85 in Fantasticks at Pasadena Playhouse
By: - Oct 03rd, 2016I think because the writing was solid, not “trendy”, and always very relatable. I recently put together a clip reel for a concert appearance I was doing, and I had to sit down and watch over 100 hours of “Barney Miller” episodes. I was amazed at how substantial they were, and that they still hold up almost forty years later.
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October Sky at Old Globe Front Page
Musical is Outasight
By: - Oct 03rd, 2016“October Sky” is an uplifting, feel-good type of musical that boasts 19 songs with such numbers as “Look to the Stars”, “We’re Gonna Build a Rocket”, “Stars Shine Down”, “The Man I Met”, and “The Last Kiss Goodbye”, the latter number being especially poignant as sung by the miners’ wives and girlfriends.
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Juvenalia Word
Portrait of the Artist
By: - Oct 01st, 2016It was tough to get out of bed on Saturday mornings to attend classes at Mass Art. There was no art or music offered at Boston Latin School. Just tough subjects. But those sessions were a joy that launched a life in the arts.
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Kate Hennig’s The Last Wife Front Page
From Stratford Festival to Chicago's Timeline
By: - Oct 01st, 2016The Last Wife premiered last year at the Stratford Festival in Ontario and Timeline snagged it for its first US production. The 2.5 hour play is smart and funny and will have you turning on your phone at intermission to look at Katherine Parr’s Wikipedia page.
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Mom for President Word
From Mayor to Oval Office
By: - Sep 29th, 2016It was in all the papers. Mom was Mayor of Boston for a day. From there it was just a hop, skip and a jump to the Oval Office. Never quite happened but Mom would have been a great President.
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Paisan Word
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Michael Cristofer’s Man in the Ring Front Page
Riveting Premiere at Chicago's Court Theatre
By: - Sep 26th, 2016Michael Cristofer’s Man in the Ring, having its world premiere in Chicago, is a play about boxing with a dark and riveting under card.
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The Cocktail Hour by A. R. Gurney Front Page
Launches North Coast Repertory Theatre’s 35th Season
By: - Sep 26th, 2016In ‘The Cocktail Hour’ A.R. Gurney hits the vanishing cultural nail of privilege right on the proverbial head.
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Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Front Page
August Wilson Play at Mark Taper Forum in LA
By: - Sep 25th, 2016‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ now on the boards of the Mark Taper Forum is fabulously acted and brilliantly staged by Tony winner Phylicia Rashad.
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How Walt Disney Lost His Head Front Page
Dark Comedy by Lucas Hnath in Ft. Lauderdale
By: - Sep 25th, 2016“A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about the Death of Walt Disney,” by playwright Lucas Hnath, turns upside down the positive image of the man popular culture has ingrained in our minds.
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Perennial Favorite The Fantasticks Front Page
At Pasadena Playhouse
By: - Sep 24th, 2016The Pasadena Playhouse has produced a lively version of the longest running musical The Fantasticks. Even if you have seen it this is a woderful chance to again be enchanted and "Follow, Follow, Follow."
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Gloucester Author Peter Anastas Front Page
Responding to Olson's Place as the Geography of Our Being
By: - Sep 24th, 2016During our recent visits including a residency at the Gloucester Writers Center we encountered the author Peter Anastas. He is an activist and author of novels based on Gloucster. In particular we are interested in his relationship with Charles Olson and his influence on the rich literary culture of Cape Ann. With permission we are reposting an excerpt of a long interview between Anastas and Karl Young.
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Autodidact Word
Life in the Fast Lane
By: - Sep 23rd, 2016My friend Jim Jacobs can do just about anything, physical or mental, when he sets his mind to it.
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Miller's A View from the Bridge Front Page
Ivo Van Hove Directs at LA's Ahmanson Theatre
By: - Sep 23rd, 2016The cutting edge, Dutch director Ivo Van Hove has transferred his stark and riveting production of Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge from Broadway to LA. With cast changes there is the same stark staging that reworks a classic Miller play.
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Redux Word
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Lobsta Land in Glostah Food
Disappointing
By: - Sep 21st, 2016During visits to Gloucster dining at Lobsta Land has always been an inviting option. Not this time however.
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Boston Globe Shrinks Fine Arts Coverage Front Page
Eliminating Cate McQuaid's Weekly Gallery Column
By: - Sep 21st, 2016Bad news continues for the arts community. The Boston Globe has announced that it is elminating Cate McQuaid's weekly gallery column. Kington Gallery is circulating a petition to have the vital coverage reinstated.
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Life Sucks by Aaron Posner Front Page
Chicago's Lookingglass Theatre
By: - Sep 21st, 2016Life Sucks is Aaron Posner’s sort-of adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya, that often-performed masterpiece in which members of the rural bourgeoisie loll about, falling in love with the wrong people and longing to change their miserable lives. What is the play about? Love, longing and loss, as the characters tell us in their prologue. The basic elements of the human condition.
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St. Germain at Barrington and Theatre Works Front Page
Revival in Pittsfield and New Einstein Play with Richard Dreyfuss in Hartford
By: - Sep 20th, 2016Since 2009 when Freud's Last Session opened at Barrington Stage there have been annual meetings and numerous e mails with playwright Mark St. Germain. We met recently at Dottie's for brunch to talk about current projects. In Pittsfield there is a revival of Camping with Henry and Tom. At TheatreWorks in Hartford is a production of Relativity about Albert Einstein that stars Richard Dreyfuss. He is also adapting Freud, which has had 200 plus global productions, as a screenplay. He ranks at 14 on the 2016 list of most produced American Playwrights. That does not include his global productions.
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Circle Mirror Transformation Front Page
Annie Baker Play at Florida's Area Stage Company
By: - Sep 20th, 2016The plays by the 35-year-old Pulitzer Prize winner, Annie Baker, can be long, and with their pregnant silences, exasperating for audiences. Patience, however, is rewarded by enduring Circle Mirror Transformation which is having its regional premiere at the renowned Area Stage Company in Coral Gables, Florida.
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Puppy Word
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Squat Word
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Northeast for Three Days Word
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