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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Cormac McCarthy’s Sunset Limited Theatre
At Coachella Valley Repertory Company
By: - Mar 29th, 2013A few years back Cormac McCarthy’s novel “No Country for Old Menâ€, was turned into an Academy award-winning movie. His current allegorical play “Sunset Limitedâ€, deftly directed by Ron Celona and starring ML Berry as Black, and Don Oscar Smith as White, is a curious piece.
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The Lyons at Indy's Phoenix Theatre Theatre
Dark Comedy Stars Diane Kondrat
By: - Mar 29th, 2013The dark comedy The Lyons which had a run on Broadway has been staged at The Phoenix Theatre in Indianapolis. It stars veteran actor Diane Kondrat, as the matriarch of a dysfunctional family. The macabre action is set in the hospital room of her terminally ill husband visited by their two over the top children. The familial cruelty evoked is outrageously hilarious. Kondrat's Rita Lyons is a character we love to hate.
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An Indy Insider's View of ATCA Visit Opinion
Celebrating the Arts in Indianapolis
By: - Mar 28th, 2013During the American Theatre Critics Association meeting in Indianapolis we met with Melissa Hall who posts to the blog StageWrite Indy. With this take on a visit from out of towners we welcome her as a contributor to Berkshire Fine Arts. We will look forward to her coverage.
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Dance Kaleidoscope of Indianapolis Dance
A Program Set To Jacques Brel and Edith Piaf
By: - Mar 28th, 2013The performance of Piaf Plus which we attended in Indianapolis by the 41-year-old Dance Kaleidoscope was a compelling conflation of narrative inflected American Modernism with a decidedly French accent. The choreography was created by the company's 22-year-long artistic director and former member of the Martha Graham company, David Hochoy. While elegant and conservative the dance had spectacular elements evked by lead dancers Jilian Godwin and Zach Young.
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Mass MoCA's FreshGrass Festival Music
Performers Announced for September 20 to 23
By: - Mar 28th, 2013Del McCoury, Leftover Salmon, The Infamous Stringdusters, Sam Bush, The Lone Bellow, and Dr. Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys are part of the first wave of performers announced for the FreshGrass festival. Bill Evans, Jerry Douglas, Alison Brown, Edgar Meyer and Mike Marshall, The Wood Brothers, Dan Zanes, Elizabeth Mitchell, Lake Street Dive, The Gibson Brothers, Noam Pikelny and Friends, John Reischman and the Jaybirds, Elephant Revival, Darol Anger, and Mandolin Orange are also confirmed.
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Stephen Metcalfe's Strange Snow was Film Jacknife Theatre
Groves Cabin Theatre, in Morongo Valley, CA.
By: - Mar 28th, 2013Stephen Metcalfe's stage play “Strange Snow†became the basis for the 1989 movie “Jacknifeâ€, starring Robert DeNiro, Ed Harris, and Cathy Bates.The powerful and compelling drama currently dazzling audiences at the Groves Theatre, is brilliantly directed by actor/director Abe Daniels, and features a wonderful cast of three Desert Theatre League award winning actors: Donette Swain, Kurt Schauppner, and Abe Daniels.
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Sunset Blvd at Palm Canyon Theatre Theatre
Cult Musical Starred Pamla Vale Abramson
By: - Mar 28th, 2013Pamla Vale Abramson is a wonderful Norma Desmond. She captures the spirit and the essence of the early Hollywood era through use of her marvelous eyes, hand gestures, and actor’s instincts, all the while never losing sight, of her role in bringing a bygone era back, if just for just awhile.
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American Star!!! by Emmy Winners Theatre
Theater for the New City April 11 to 28
By: - Mar 27th, 2013Theater for the New City presents"American Star!!!," a new rockin', boppin' family musical by William Electric Black and Gary Schreiner, both Emmy-winners. The show whimsically examines teenagers' fascination with make-me-a-celebrity TV shows. Performances are April 11 to 28, Th-Sat at 8:00 PM and Sun at 3:00 PM. Running time is :90. Critics are invited on or after April 12.
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Anastasia Barzee Opens in NY April 18 Music
Barzee Sings Bacharach at The Metropolitan Room
By: - Mar 27th, 2013Broadway and television actress Anastasia Barzee premieres “Barzee Sings Bacharach†in a prime-time major engagement at The Metropolitan Room, 34 West 22nd Street, beginning April 18.
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Barrington Stage to Present Clybourne Park Opinion
Rehashing Regional Theatre
By: - Mar 27th, 2013Claybourne Park, winner of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize and 2012 Tony Award for Best Play is coming soon to a theatre near you. Here in the Berkshires from September 26 through October 13 at Barrington Stage in co production with Vermont's Dorset Theatre Festival where it will run from August 15-31. It begs questions about regional theatre companies focused on a short list of recycled Broadway and Off Broadway plays.
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2013 AICA Awards Fine Arts
Recognition from America's Art Critics
By: - Mar 26th, 2013The American Chapter of the International Society of Art Critics (AICA) announces its annual awards. There are a number of categories from site specific works to gallery and museum exhibitions.
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Michael Feinstein and Barbara Cook Back Home in Indiana Music
Celebrating The American Songbook at Carmel’s Palladium
By: - Mar 26th, 2013During our meeting of the American Theatre Critic's Association we visited Carmel, Indiana for an evening of The Great American Songbook with its Ambassador, Michael Feinstein and guest artist, Barbara Cook. For the audience of 1,600 filling the Palladium it was a love fest.
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Terence Blanchard at Tanglewood June 28 Music
Performed in 2008 Tanglewood Jazz Festival
By: - Mar 26th, 2013The Terence Blanchard Group, featuring New Orleans’ jazz trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard, joins the 2013 Tanglewood season line-up with a performance in Ozawa Hall on Friday, June 28, at 8 p.m. Mr. Blanchard first performed at Tanglewood during Jazz Fest on August 31, 2008.
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The Whipping Man at Indiana Repertory Theatre Theatre
Highlight of ATCA Meeting
By: - Mar 23rd, 2013Last night some forty members and guests of the American Theatre Critics Association were astonished by a riveting production of The Whipping Man by Matthew Lopez. The Indiana Repertory Theatre production stars the astonishing David Alan Anderson with solid support from Tyler Jacob Rollinson and Andrew C. Ahrens.
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MASS MoCA's Book Club April 3 Word
Features Artists Johnny Carrera and Tom Phillips
By: - Mar 19th, 2013The second installment of MASS MoCA's Book Club will feature artists Johnny Carrera and Tom Phillips. It will be held on April 3rd at 6pm in the Life's Work exhibition. Unlike traditional book clubs, this program makes connections between museum exhibitions and the written word.
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Sixth Annual Berkshire Salon Fine Arts
Eclipse Mill Gallery Call for Artists
By: - Mar 19th, 2013The annual Berkshire Salon will be shown at the Eclipse Mill Gallery in North Adams, Mass from May 10 to June 2. For a handling fee of $15 all artists are invited. Drop off times are 3 to 7 pm on Sunday, May 5 and Monday, May 6. The exhibition, which is hung salon style, usually includes fifty or more artists. The gallery is located on Route Two within walking distance of Mass MoCA.
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Clarence Darrow Tonight at Coyote StageWorks Theatre
One Nighter Featured Brilliant Laurence Luckinbill
By: - Mar 19th, 2013Laurence Luckinbill as Clarence Darrow, brings the famous lawyer of the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial in Tennessee, up close and personal, delivering a penetrating, riveting, and insightful portrait of the man many thought they knew but didn’t.
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Fast Eddy Reports from Indianapolis Opinion
On the Road with Our Peripatetic Critic
By: - Mar 19th, 2013Having returned from Paris, in a blur, our correspondent Edward Rubin is reporting from Indianapolis this week. This was a typically witty, gonzo, e mail note he dashed off to friends and colleagues. It captures the wit and flavor of life on the road. And why he is known as Fast Eddy to his pals.
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Mountaintop at San Diego REPertory Theatre Theatre
Danielle Mone-Truitt and Larry Bates Co-Star
By: - Mar 19th, 2013San Diego REPertory Theatre’s current production of “The Mountaintopâ€, written by Katori Hall, and deftly directed by Roger Guenveur Smith, is right on the money. It’s a talky two-character exploration leading up to of the last day in the life of Martin Luther King Jr, as imagined by playwright Hall.
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Joan Baez and Indigo Girls at Tanglewood Music
Shed Performance on Sunday, June 23
By: - Mar 18th, 2013American folk singer Joan Baez, and folk rock duo the Indigo Girls, have been added to the 2013 Tanglewood line-up, with a special concert in the Shed on Sunday, June 23, 2013, at 2:30 p.m. Joan Baez and the Indigo Girls last performed at Tanglewood on August 30, 1990. Also performing this year will be Barenaked Ladies, Ben Folds Five and Guster with support from Boothby Graffoe as part of their 30 city “Last Summer on Earth Tour†on Tuesday, July 23, 2013, at 7 p.m.
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Neal Rantoul: Wheat, Washington, 2009-2012, Photography
Danforth Museum Opens April 7
By: - Mar 18th, 2013Neal Rantoul: Wheat, Washington, 2009-2012, opens at the Danforth Museum in Framingham on April 7, 2013. This exhibition is an exploration of subject matter Rantoul has consistently revisited over the past decade—the wheat fields near Pullman, Washington.
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Chris Busa, Camille Paglia, Theosophy and Peggy Lee Fine Arts
Considering Leftist Political Theory in Contempoirary Art
By: - Mar 18th, 2013Chris Busa, the publisher/ editor of Provincetown Arts Magazine responded on Facebook to an essay which Mugar posted on Jed Perl’s new collection of essays “Magicians and Charlatans." Busa drew a parallel between Perl’s disenchantment with the current art scene and that of the contrarian arts commentator Camille Paglia. This exchange is the focus Mugar's essay which is reposted from his blog.
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Modern Lovers vs Aerosmith Music
Roadrunner or Dream On for Massachusetts State Song
By: - Mar 16th, 2013A well-meaning state representative introduced a bill that would have made Modern Lovers’ “Roadrunner†the official state rock song of Massachusetts. Now, a pair of Boston-area representatives have introduced a rival bill to make Aerosmith’s “Dream On†the official Commonwealth rocker. Here's a bit of vintage show and tell about the bands.
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Eclipse Mill Gallery 2013 Fine Arts
Season Launched with High School Invitational on April 20
By: - Mar 16th, 2013The artist run Eclipse Mill Gallery at 248 Union Street in North Adams announces its program for the 2013 season. It starts on April 20 with the annual High School Invitational in cooperation with Mass MoCA. The always lively Berkshire Salon follows from May 10 through June 2. A diverse schedule is planned including photography by the late Leonard Freed, Pin Hole Photography, and large format photographs by Chad Kleitsch. Joan Carney will be featured during Open Studios in October. The season ends with holiday themed small works November 15 to December 22.
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Netflix Gambles on House of Cards Television
$100 Million for So So Original Programming
By: - Mar 15th, 2013Last year Netflix initiated original programming with the series Lillyhammer starring Steven Van Zandt as a mobster in witness protection in Norway. It was mildly amusing. Now Netflix has taken a step forward with a remake of the classic BBC mini series House of Cards. The American version stars the always masterful Kevin Spacey who is not enough to bind together a sprawling often absurdly out of control political drama.
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