With new management and a new year-round home, the 20-year-old Palm Beach International Film Festival is turning over a new leaf. Broadway producer Jeff Davis (Rock of Ages) took over the reins of the festival in February, serving as its president and CEO. This weekend, beginning tonight, he opens The Palm Beaches Theatre — the 240-seat Manalapan playhouse and screening room … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2015
Gallery crawl: Three happening spots in West Palm Beach
By Sandra Schulman A brilliant — in more ways than one — new art installation will be beaming into downtown West Palm Beach from June 4 to July 4 nightly from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. on the Great Lawn. Designed by artist Jen Lewin and presented by the city of West Palm Beach Art in Public Places (AIPP) Program, this concentric, temporary interactive art installment is comprised of … [Read more...]
For tribute bands, the music plays on — and on
The music biz adapts to setbacks in ways that aren’t unlike the tobacco industry, which reacted to a decrease in cigarette smoking by reformulating an interest in cigars and designing a range of new novelty smoking products, or Hollywood, which crippled modern screenwriting to embark upon remaking practically every existing film, TV show or cartoon. One current popular … [Read more...]
Community theater: ‘Charming ‘Bell, Book and Candle’ at Broward Stage Door
By Dale King Were it not for playwright John Van Druten’s whimsical, witty, witch story, Bell, Book and Candle, our TV screens may never have had shows like Bewitched, Charmed or Sabrina, the Teenage Witch. Movie screens may have never seen the likes of Harry Potter’s world of wands and wizardry without a Van Druten connection. In the very capable hands of Broadway-schooled … [Read more...]
‘Missoula’ reveals hidden world of trauma under the ivy
When Jon Krakauer decided to write about non-stranger rape, he was “stunned to discover that many of my acquaintances, and even several women in my own family, had been sexually assaulted by men they trusted. … I’d had no idea that rape was so prevalent.” Missoula focuses on several University of Montana students who were raped by school football players. Krakauer warns that … [Read more...]
Tonys will celebrate a record season in awards telecast
The stats are in for the Broadway season that ended May 24, and it was a record-breaker. The 2014-2015 season had the highest attendance and highest total box office ever, with ticket sales topping out at $1.365 billion. Of course, it helps that ticket prices are at their highest ever. Most major musicals top face-value tickets hovers around the $150 mark with Book of Mormon, … [Read more...]