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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Barrington Stage Anounces 2024 Programming Front Page
La Cage aux Folles and Next to Normal
By: - Nov 29th, 2023BSC will produce the Tony Award-winning musical La Cage aux Folles, and the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, Next to Normal, which will be directed by Alan Paul, in a co-production with Round House Theatre, Bethesda, MD.
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I Can Get It for You Wholesale Front Page
Classy Revival by Classic Stage Company.
By: - Nov 27th, 2023You can see why this show had a respectable run on Broadway in 1962; you can also understand why it didn’t run longer.
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Holiday Theatre in Connecticut Front Page
A Christmas Carol – A Ghost Story of Christmas
By: - Nov 26th, 2023More versions of A Christmas Carol are throughout the area. The Downtown Cabaret Theater in Bridgeport has a child-oriented, musical version through Sunday, Dec. 30. Remember you sit at tables and can bring or purchase food. Stony Creek’s Legacy Theatre returns with a musical version through Sunday, Dec. 10. Another musical, Christmas Carol is at New Haven’s Shubert Theater on Friday, Dec. 22, and Saturday, Dec. 23.
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Sanctuary on Netflix Front Page
SumoThrows Its Weight Around
By: - Nov 24th, 2023I was seduced into binge watching Sanctuary, an eight episode Japanese series on Netflix. It focuses on sumo wrestling, the national sport that is unique to Japan. Obesity is essential to success in the sport resulting in disease and premature death. While I had no prior knowledge of the sport I am now a fan.
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Cape Ann Museum Post Hopper Front Page
Above the Fold: The Photographers of the “Gloucester Daily Times,” 1973-2005
By: - Nov 22nd, 2023The Cape Ann Museum presents its next special exhibition, Above the Fold: The Photographers of the “Gloucester Daily Times,” 1973-2005, featuring a selection of works by photographers shooting for the Times for over three decades. The captivating photographs in this exhibition draw on an important archive of an estimated one million photographs which is a recent acquisition donated to CAM by the North of Boston Media Group.
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Faucet Word
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Clark Summer 2024 Exhibitions Front Page
Highlighting French Artist Guillaume Lethière
By: - Nov 20th, 2023The Clark Art Institute announces its summer 2024 schedule, featuring a robust program of exhibitions, events, and activities. Leading its summer program is a major new exhibition of works by French artist Guillaume Lethière featuring some eighty paintings, prints, and drawings. Organized in partnership with the Musée du Louvre (Louvre Museum), the exhibition premieres at the Clark and then travels to Paris for an autumn 2024 exhibition at the Louvre.
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U.K. Royal Ballet at Jacob's Pillow Front Page
To Highlight 2024 Season
By: - Nov 18th, 2023The Royal Ballet of the United Kingdom, will appear at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival for the first time, as the company’s sole stop in the United States in 2024. To celebrate this milestone, Jacob’s Pillow will for the first time feature daily back-to-back performances from one company in multiple venues, with one program on the outdoor Henry J. Leir Stage, and another distinct program in the historic indoor Ted Shawn Theatre.
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Gloucester Artist Jeff Weaver Front Page
A Renowned American Realist
By: - Nov 16th, 2023One of America's foremost realist painters, Jeff Weaver, lives and works in Gloucester. His exhibition at the Cape Ann Museum preceded the blockbuster show of Edward and Josephine Hopper. Weaver drew little media and critical attention while the Hoppers put Gloucester on the map. There are apt comparisons. Hopper was more famous and a better artist while Weaver, hands down, is the more skillful painter.
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Berkies 2023 Front Page
Theatre Awards in the Berkshires
By: - Nov 15th, 2023Several categories saw ties this year, including the top honors for Outstanding Musical Production and . Barrington Stage Company’s production of Cabaret and the Sharon Playhouse production of Something Rotten shared the musical award. Shakespeare & Company’s production of August Wilson’s Fences shared the top play production honors with Bridge Street Theatre’s East of Berlin.
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Causeway Word
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Private Jones Needs Work Front Page
At Goodspeed's in Ct
By: - Nov 14th, 2023Private Jones is based on the true story of a young man from a small Welsh town who manages to enlist in the British army during WWI despite a hearing loss. He may not be able to hear, but he can shoot, becoming a sniper taking out German soldiers from across the trenches.
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Boston Bel Canto Opera Front Page
Interview With Bradley Pennington
By: - Nov 13th, 2023In 1993, Bradley Pennington, already an accomplished musician and teacher, formed the Boston Bel Canto Opera making it a much-welcomed addition to Greater Boston’s cultural arts community. Its aim — then and now -- is to bring the absolute finest in operatic performances to its audiences.
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Gloucester as Polis Word
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Clark Art Institute Exhibition Front Page
50 Years and Forward: Works on Paper Acquisitions
By: - Nov 08th, 2023Marking the fiftieth anniversary of its Manton Research Center, the Clark Art Institute presents the opportunity to see a selection of prints, drawings, and photographs acquired between 1973 and 2023. 50 Years and Forward: Works on Paper Acquisitions opens on December 16, 2023 and is on view through March 10, 2024 in the Clark Center. The exhibition features several recent acquisitions as well as other works never previously shown at the Clark.
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Titanic Word
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Merry Widows Word
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Ransom Word
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Museum of Art and Design Burke Prize Front Page
Selva Aparicio 2023 Winner
By: - Nov 02nd, 2023The Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) announces Selva Aparicio as the winner of the 2023 Burke Prize. Established in 2018, the Museum’s biennial prize honoring excellence in contemporary craft is named for craft collectors Marian and Russell Burke. It awards an unrestricted $50,000 to an artist aged 45 or under working in the United States.
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Sunset Boulevard Disappoints Front Page
At ACT-CT in Ridgefield
By: - Nov 01st, 2023It is disappointing to find the current production of Sunset Boulevard not living up to that standard.
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Pride and Prejudice at Hartford Stage Front Page
Disappointing Burlesque version
By: - Oct 31st, 2023If Jane Austen is a favorite author and you have watched and enjoyed every film and TV production of Pride and Prejudice, you might think the current production at Hartford Stage would be a delight. BUT for many of you, me included, it isn’t.
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Wenner Is a Loser Front Page
Former gatekeeper to Rolling Stone and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
By: - Oct 30th, 2023As co-founder (with Ralph Gleason) of the most influential rock and popular culture magazine of its era, Jann S. Wenner is anointed and had the platform to make Zeus-like Olympian statements. But pure ego consumes his assumption that his short list of “friends” represents “the greatest rock stars and cultural icons of our time.” The seven that he crowned in his book The Masters are all white, straight and male.
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The Fall Jazz Sprawl Front Page
Music in the Berkshires
By: - Oct 30th, 2023Berkshires Jazz, Inc. brings the legendary Django Festival Allstars to the area on Sunday evening. Nov. 12, for an 8pm concert at the Sydelle and Lee Blatt Performing Arts Center (Barrington Stage’s facility at 36 Linden Street, Pittsfield). It’s the only New England appearance of this remarkable group, who will be en route to their 5-day residency at the annual Django Reinhardt New York Festival at Birdland.
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Last of the Buffalo Word
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Theatre Struggles in Connecticut Front Page
Rebound from Pandemic
By: - Oct 27th, 2023In Connecticut, we have seen Long Wharf Theatre vacate its longtime home in New Haven; with no home, it is presenting what shows it does in a variety of mostly smaller venues.
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