By Dale King The Addams Family has been around for just over 80 years, whether featured in single-panel cartoons by New Yorker artist Charles Addams, on television, in film, animated or on Broadway. Even folks not born when the TV series with John Astin and Carolyn Jones was broadcast from 1964-66 are likely to recognize the iconic theme – da-da-da-dum, snap, snap. Even … [Read more...]
‘Dirty Rotten Scoundrels’ sparkles at Stage Door
By Dale King Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, the 2004 comedy musical based on the 1988 film of the same name that featured Michael Caine and Steve Martin as a couple of swindlers trolling the Riviera looking to fleece rich women, has a wonderful musical score. But for the sake of the pun, the creators of the show should have included one more tune – one called “Send in the … [Read more...]
Community theater: DB Playhouse opens with sharp Christie whodunit
By Dale King Soon after summer departed South Florida, a strange sensation of mystery enveloped the area of Delray Beach at the far end of Lake Ida, in the vicinity of the Delray Beach Playhouse. It doesn’t take a Miss Marple, a Hercule Poirot or even a Sherlock Holmes to realize this sensation must be emanating from the showplace itself, where the 2018-2019 season opened … [Read more...]
Season Preview 2018-19: Palm Beach art
By Sandra Schulman After an unusually hot summer, the cooler temps and invigorating new art season are more than welcome. The art offerings are heavy on photographs and Florida history with glamour shots in the spotlight at the Flagler Museum, and Sunshine State history at the Boca Raton Museum. Former President Bush makes a Florida art show bow with portraits of the … [Read more...]
Season Preview 2018-19: Broward art
By Sandra Schulman The art season in Broward County is big on classic art this year, with a major show highlighting the Renoir and Glackens bromance at NSU Art Museum – a stark change from the knockout edgy Frank Stella work of last season. The Biennial at Hollywood Art and Culture Center is always a good way to catch up on the new work being made in the region, while … [Read more...]
Season Preview 2018-19: Community theater
By Dale King Autumn has officially arrived in South Florida, a sure sign that community theaters throughout Palm Beach County are readying their performance schedules for a new slate of programs. Most open this month. Delray Beach Playhouse has launched its 72nd season, said executive director Kevin Barrett, who’s entering his second year at the helm of the showplace … [Read more...]
Season Preview 2018-19: Miami-Dade art
By Sandra Schulman An energized art season approaches, with exhibitions looking out to the Caribbean, back to Christo’s Surrounded Islands, and ever further back to the lush heyday designs of Art Deco. Some new players such as the Institute of Contemporary Art and the expanded Bass promise fresh new shows in their spacious digs. Even the parking garage across from the ICA is … [Read more...]
Season Preview 2018-19: Dance
Devotees of dance around South Florida have a satisfying season ahead, not just with regular performances by Miami City Ballet and visits to the Duncan Theatre and Kravis Center by some of the world’s best-known troupes, but also in the innovation and promise on view in the work of the area’s local companies and schools. Miami City Ballet mounts its 33rd season, as always, … [Read more...]
Welcome to the arts season for 2018-19
Welcome to the new arts season for 2018-19! In this special collection of stories at Palm Beach ArtsPaper you’ll find previews by our staff of what’s to come in the visual arts in Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade counties; in classical, jazz and pop music; opera, dance and theater; film and books. It’s a packed season, and what we’ve written here is only part of … [Read more...]
Five concertos, Lynn Wind Ensemble open concert season winningly
By Dennis D. Rooney Lynn University’s music conservatory inaugurated its 2018-19 series of concerts Sept. 8 in it its usual fashion, with a concert by its wind ensemble. “Crossover Concerti” was the title of the program, entirely devoted to concertos for woodwind and brass. Five composers were represented, four of them born between 1946 and 1973. The fifth was Igor … [Read more...]