Martin Lawrence has never exactly been among the world's more gifted comedians, yet his movies seem to keep raking in the cash, so there must be legions of loyal Lawrenceheads out there somewhere. But even they, who have made financial successes of Black Knight, Big Momma's House, and National Security,...
Here's a musical that overcomes an uninspired, predictable storyline with solid songs and vibrant production. Originally staged off Broadway in 1997 and making its South Florida debut, The Last Session tells the story of Gideon (Gary Waldman), a singer/songwriter who's given up his fight with AIDS. All that's left to...
Composed of members of Palm Beach County's most stonerriffic bands, the Gruntled lays a playful pop-rock structure la Mr. Entertainment over Baby Robotsesque shoe-gazer meanderings. The residual lysergic hangover aligns the 12 songs on the band's self-titled debut in the catch-all descriptor known as quirky and keeps it from finding...
We've all been there -- in jobs that are beneath us. Some of us bitch and moan about it. Some of us get proactive and start spending quality time with Monster.com. Some of us go postal. Then there's Stacee Cooney. "I had two college degrees, but I was doing a...
THU 21 At first glance, comedian Andrew Kennedy looks whiter than the most suburban-bred WASP. But that's just his British half. The Colombian-born comic spent a good deal of his childhood scuttling across the globe with his nomadic parents. He's got plenty of experience flying on planes and passing through...
Now Showing The Last Session is a musical that overcomes an uninspired, predictable story line with solid songs and a vibrant production. Originally staged off Broadway in 1997, it tells the story of Gideon (Gary Waldman), a singer/songwriter who's given up his fight with AIDS. All that's left to do...
Tim Bennett and Thomas Salzman for Take Me OutBennett’s impressive baseball-themed design on the Caldwell Theatre stage featured locker room and shower interiors, framed by a baseball scoreboard and a massive green outfield wall. Salzman’s expert, evocative lighting, using pools of light and streaks of color, was equally memorable, with several scenes resembling classic sculpture. The result was stagecraft excellence.
Tim Bennett and Thomas Salzman for Take Me OutBennett’s impressive baseball-themed design on the Caldwell Theatre stage featured locker room and shower interiors, framed by a baseball scoreboard and a massive green outfield wall. Salzman’s expert, evocative lighting, using pools of light and streaks of color, was equally memorable, with several scenes resembling classic sculpture. The result was stagecraft excellence.
The Andrews Sisters, who rose to mega-stardom during the World War II Big Band era, were the Dixie Chicks of their time. That is, if you first replace the Chicks' antiwar sentiment with patriotism and then add an unbridled popularity no girl group since the Andrews Sisters has ever quite...
Not many people saw Lost and Delirious, the 2001 boarding-school drama about two girls in obsessive love, and that was probably for the best. Yes, Piper Perabo (Coyote Ugly) made a stunning androgynous rebel, but she couldn't rescue the film from its unctuous self-importance. My Summer of Love, a bewitching...
Loman Family Picnic at Caldwell Theatre CompanyDonald Margulies’ funny, sad play about one unhappy Jewish family in 1965 Brooklyn received a startling, dynamic production from the Caldwell Theatre Company, a noted departure from that troupe’s usual safe fare. Visually striking staging was matched with an engaging cast and outstanding work from the Caldwell’s resident design team. The result was a memorable, […]
Loman Family Picnic at Caldwell Theatre CompanyDonald Margulies’ funny, sad play about one unhappy Jewish family in 1965 Brooklyn received a startling, dynamic production from the Caldwell Theatre Company, a noted departure from that troupe’s usual safe fare. Visually striking staging was matched with an engaging cast and outstanding work from the Caldwell’s resident design team. The result was a memorable, […]
With an instantly memorable name seemingly swiped from Lords of Acid's playbook, wardrobe borrowed from Mad Max, and several releases of high-octane electronica, Israeli boy-girl duo Analog Pussy is right at home within psychedelic trance's free-spirited, nocturnal playground. Psy-trance is an anomaly in dance music. Its fashion sense is inspired...
Michael Hall for The Loman Family Picnic at Caldwell Theatre CompanyThe veteran Hall has long been known for his consistent professionalism, but this time out, his direction of Donald Margulies’ oddball memory play really excelled. Hall’s compelling visuals were easy to spot and admire, while his subtle, beautifully paced scene work and careful coaching of two subteen actors were far more subtle but just as […]
Michael Hall for The Loman Family Picnic at Caldwell Theatre CompanyThe veteran Hall has long been known for his consistent professionalism, but this time out, his direction of Donald Margulies’ oddball memory play really excelled. Hall’s compelling visuals were easy to spot and admire, while his subtle, beautifully paced scene work and careful coaching of two subteen actors were far more subtle but just as […]
Hey, remember Young Circle in downtown Hollywood? Sure was a swell little patch of earth, before the city's grand planners envisioned something called an ArtsPark on the spot. It all started with a modest spruce-up. The county chipped in $5 million. Developers said they'd pony up hundreds of thousands of...
Interleague play ends this week TUE 6/7 Unfortunately for baseball fans in Miami who despise pitchers' batting and would love to see the entire National League convert to designated hitters, Marlins home games versus American League teams employ the rules of the home park. Thus, you'll see Dontrelle Willis, Josh...
Skinny Puppy at RevolutionIn the days just before the 2004 presidential election, a sense of possibility and hope still prevailed. Shortly after the opening of Fort Lauderdale’s new über-club Revolution, which single-handedly resurrected downtown’s rock cred, Canadian industrial powerhouse Skinny Puppy treated a packed house to a punishing audio-visual onslaught that left no doubt what political platform it […]
Skinny Puppy at RevolutionIn the days just before the 2004 presidential election, a sense of possibility and hope still prevailed. Shortly after the opening of Fort Lauderdale’s new über-club Revolution, which single-handedly resurrected downtown’s rock cred, Canadian industrial powerhouse Skinny Puppy treated a packed house to a punishing audio-visual onslaught that left no doubt what political platform it […]
Cell phone cameras. MP3-playing sunglasses. Laser-pointing, voice-recording, de-ionizing salad spinners. Thanks a lot, technology -- now everything that does anything does something else too. The musical equivalent is of course the Benevento Russo Duo, the Brooklyn-based drums 'n' keys outfit that might be the Optimus Prime of genre-crushing hybrid bands...
Ben GraberClowning Around In five years on the Broward County Commission, Ben Graber has developed a reputation as a fresh-air guy. When the room stinks, Graber’s usually the one to open the window. That goes all the way back to his outspoken criticism of the commission’s choice of an inept company to run the county’s 2002 […]
Ben GraberClowning Around In five years on the Broward County Commission, Ben Graber has developed a reputation as a fresh-air guy. When the room stinks, Graber’s usually the one to open the window. That goes all the way back to his outspoken criticism of the commission’s choice of an inept company to run the county’s 2002 […]
