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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Ariane & Bluebeard Composed by Paul Dukas Front Page
Produced by West Edge Opera
By: - Jul 27th, 2022Frenchman Paul Dukas’ 1907 opera “Ariane & Bluebeard” possesses compelling music and a libretto rich with symbolism and open to varied interpretation. Although advocates for the opera included many prominent composers of the day, its success was limited from the outset, and it has failed to find a place in the repertory. Plausible explanations exist. West Edge Oper, however, presents a scintillating interpretation of the highly worthy opera.
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Giulio Cesare in Egitto Front Page
The Handel Opera
By: - Jul 26th, 2022Handel’s 1724 opera masterpiece “Julius Caesar,” dealing with Caesar’s victories in Egypt in 48-47 B.C.E. shortly before his return to Rome and death in 44 B.C.E., may be considered a prequel to Shakespeare's theatrical masterpiece.
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Hymn By Lolita Chakrabarti Front Page
Directed by Regge Life for Shakespere & Company
By: - Jul 25th, 2022Based in London Lolita Chakrabarti is an actress and playwright. An earlier play, Red Velvet, was previously produced by Shakespeare & Company. She returns with a tightly crafted two-hander, Hymn. precisely directed by the masterful Regge Light.
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Bass Player Michael Henderson at 71 Front Page
Played with Stevie Wonder and Miles Davis
By: - Jul 25th, 2022Michael Henderson was just 20 when I heard him with Miles Davis. "Stolen" from Stevie Wonder the young bass player gave Davis the funk he was seeking during the aftermath of his seminal fusion, double album Bitches Brew. For five years and several albums Henderson was the heart and soul of the band. Cut loose in 1976 Henderson recorded seven album for Buddah Records, His last, for EMI was in 1983 although he continued to perform.
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Sondheim's Follies Front Page
At San Francisco PLayhouse
By: - Jul 22nd, 2022The lavish and expensive-to-produce “Follies” earned 11 Tony nominations and won seven, but was a box office disappointment with barely 500 performances on Broadway. Yet, the show became a classic. San Francisco Playhouse has taken on the challenge of producing this massive and demanding project. The result is a worthy rendition of a great American musical.
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Every Breath You Take Front Page
I Can See for Miles
By: - Jul 22nd, 2022Wudang is the center of Daoism in the world, where the early monks went to hide from the Emperor’s soldiers. The Chinese emperors were fearful that the people would follow the Daoist priests and monks instead of them, and they killed many of them, destroying thousands of temples over the centuries.
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Israeli Expressionist Artist Ira Kaufman Front Page
Was Director of Historic Brata Gallery in New York
By: - Jul 21st, 2022Out of the blue I got a call from Ira Kaufman in Israel. The name was vaguely familiar but didn’t click until he said “It’s me from The Brata Gallery.” Then it all locked in. By phone and e mail we recalled the Downtown scene in New York in the 1960s as well as the Figurative Expressionist and Rhino Horn movements.
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Anna in the Tropics By Nilo Cruz Front Page
2003 Pulitzer Winner at Barrington Stage Company
By: - Jul 21st, 2022Other than an explosive ending the Pulitzer Prize winning Anna In the Tropics proves to be quite tepid as produced by Barrington Stage Company. Set in a Prohibition era cigar factory the lictor is reading Tolstoy to the workers. Themes of infidelity, jealousy and revenge in Anna Karenina weave their way into the plot by playwright Nilo Cruz.
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Vincent Castagnacci: Notes from a Quarry Front Page
Summer at Cape Ann Museum
By: - Jul 20th, 2022This summer, the Cape Ann Museum presents a special exhibition of works by contemporary artist Vincent Castagnacci. Notes from a Quarry will focus on Castagnacci’s drawings and paintings from the mid-2000s to the present, pulling in earlier works that reflect the strong influence Cape Ann has had—and continues to have—on the artist.
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MFA Opens Two Renovated Galleries Front Page
Italian Renaissance and a French Salon
By: - Jul 19th, 2022In August, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), is unveiling two newly renovated galleries for Italian Renaissance art as well as a newly renovated French Salon, an opulent setting for nearly 100 highlights from the MFA's Elizabeth Parke Firestone and Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. Collection of French silver.
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Berkshire Artist Stephanie Blumenthal Front Page
Deconstructing Dutch Still Life
By: - Jul 19th, 2022Catching up recently with Sheffield based artist, Stephanie Blumenthal, she commented on having work in the last two annual juried shows of the Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield. They are photographs in the manner of 17th century Dutch still life paintings entailing fast food. I asked her to send images which proved to be intriguing.
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Nan and the Lower Body by Jessica Dickey Front Page
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
By: - Jul 18th, 2022The play opens with Dr. Pap addressing a classroom – the audience. The content of the lecture is unimportant, yet those brief moments absolutely hook the viewer. There is no waiting to get involved with the story line.
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Athena by Gracie Gardner Front Page
At Thrown Stone Theater in Ridgefield
By: - Jul 18th, 2022Teenage angst is not necessarily the material for meaningful drama. Athena by Gracie Gardner one of two plays at Thrown Stone Theater in Ridgefield reveals the hazards. It, and the other play Hysterical! run in repertory through Sunday, Aug. 6.
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The Drowsy Chaperone Front Page
Produced by Sonoma Arts Live
By: - Jul 17th, 2022The opening premise of the fiction is that Janet van de Graaf and Robert Martin, played by the charming and talented pair of Maeve Smith and Stephen Kanaski, are to be married on the day that the musical takes place. The reality of the show’s evolution is that “The Drowsy Chaperone” began as a spoof of old musicals that was performed at a stag party for a real engaged couple with the same names as the characters in the show. Got that?
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Most Happy in Concert at Williamstown Front Page
Directed by Tony Winner Daniel Fish
By: - Jul 17th, 2022Most Happy in Concert, now at Williamstown Theatre Festival is not a revival of the 1956 musical Most Happy Fella with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser. It's a tear down and deconstruction by director Daniel Fish. He similarly ripped apart Oklahoma which won a Tony award. Let's see if he again cruises Broadway with an even more radical production of a vintage musical.
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Pip and Me Word
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Napa's Auberge du Soleil Front Page
Gordon Huether's L’Esprit du Soleil
By: - Jul 15th, 2022Auberge du Soleil, Napa Valley’s quintessential adult getaway, and renowned local artist, Gordon Huether, today unveiled “L’Esprit du Soleil” (The Spirit of the Sun), a commissioned multi-panel art piece designed especially for the newly remodeled entrance to the award-winning hotel and its Michelin Star Restaurant.
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La Belle et la Bête by Philip Glass Front Page
Opera Adapted from Cocteau
By: - Jul 15th, 2022n Philip Glass’s adaptation of a trilogy of Cocteau films to opera (the others being “Orphée” and “Les Enfants Terribles,” both previously produced by Opera Parallèle), the composer saved his most imaginative treatment for this most uncommon love story.
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Legendary Boston Gallerist Portia Harcus Front Page
Showed the New Wave in Late 1960s
By: - Jul 15th, 2022Portia Gwen Harcus, 88, of Boston, passed away Thursday, July 14, 2022. Graveside services at Sharon Memorial Park, 40 Dedham St., Sharon, MA on Sunday, July 17, 2022 at 9:45 am.
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Grammy Winner Aoife O’Donovan Front Page
Concert at the Clark
By: - Jul 14th, 2022The Clark Art Institute hosts an outdoor concert by Grammy award-winning folk musician Aoife O’Donovan on Tuesday, July 19 at 6 pm on the Clark’s South Lawn near the Reflecting Pool. An Irish-American singer-songwriter, O’Donovan quietly dazzles with intimate songs that feel big and bold.
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ABCD By May Treuhaft-Ali Front Page
World Premiere at Barrington Stage Company
By: - Jul 14th, 2022Barrington Stage Company in its tradition of encouraging new voices is providing playwright May Treuhaft-Ali with her first professional production. She has created a topical work based on ripped from the headlines reporting on the crisis in American public education.
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Kim’s Convenience at Westport Country Playhouse Front Page
Adapted from Hit Canadian Sitcom
By: - Jul 13th, 2022Kim’s Convenience now at Westport Country Playhouse is adapted from the long running hit Canadian sitcom. It was aired on Netflix. It centers on the patriarch of a Korean family that loves over the shop. His broken English and inventive syntax are part of the humor if you can understand it.
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Dreaming in Cuban by Cristina Garcia Front Page
World Premiere by by Central Works
By: - Jul 12th, 2022Cristina Garcia, who has adapted her 1992 National Book Award finalist novel into a world-premiere play, delves into a number of stock motifs and stock character types, but in a vivid, imaginative, and entertaining way. The story, which takes place in Havana and Brooklyn in 1979-1980, reveals a family with four determined women of Cuban ancestry; representing three generations; living in two countries; and sharing one common condition – zero male partners impede their personal pursuits at this point in their lives.
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Remembering Paulie Walnuts Front Page
Sopranos Mobster with Silver Wings
By: - Jul 10th, 2022During a stint at Sing Sing Tony Sirico was inspired by a visiting troupe of actors. What followed was years of bit parts and supporting roles. There were lots of opportunities given the public's unquenchable thirst for mobbed up entertainment. He hit the jackpot as Paulie Walnuts in the 1999-2007 run of HBO's Sopranos. He died this week at 79.
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Adams Landmark Reopens as Firehouse Café and Bistro Front Page
Legendary Berkshire Chef Xavier Jones
By: - Jul 09th, 2022Although still on its maiden voyage, already Firehouse stands out as a Best in the Berkshires destination. We wish them success for the sake of all of us who enjoy fine dining.
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