Theatre Lab play to get summer production in Martha’s Vineyard BOCA RATON — A two-person play that had its premiere at Florida Atlantic University’s Theatre Lab will be taking the stage this summer at the Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse in Massachusetts. To Fall in Love, by Jennifer Lane, debuted at Theatre Lab in November 2021, and starred Theatre Lab’s producing artistic … [Read more...]
SFSO presents fulfilling concert of piano trios
By Robert Croan Summer With the Symphony, South Florida Symphony Orchestra’s three monthly chamber music concerts — one program per month in Miami with a repeat in Fort Lauderdale — is virtually the only classical music to be heard here in the off-season. Showcasing the orchestra’s accomplished first-desk players, each event comprises two or three works for a total of … [Read more...]
Pires makes stellar showing at PB Symphony’s finale
By Márcio Bezerra After a disappointing cancelation last year, the audiences of the Palm Beaches finally were able to hear the esteemed Portuguese pianist Maria João Pires perform with the Palm Beach Symphony. The ensemble — completely reinvented since the arrival of Music Director Gerard Schwarz — presented its last performance of the season Monday night to an unusually … [Read more...]
Kravis exec’s beach read explores scandalous side of fundraising
By Sharon Geltner Royal Coconut Beach Lunch Club, the debut novel by a powerhouse Kravis fundraiser, is sold as a gossipy, scandalous, island tell-all. But in one respect it resembles the Brad Pitt movie Fight Club. “The first rule of Fight Club is, you don’t talk about Fight Club.” Although the publicity mentions “Palm Beach” four times, the novel doesn’t mention … [Read more...]
‘Ain’t Too Proud’: Vocally stunning bio of Temptations offers overstuffed menu
By Dale King If thoughts of Detroit are rattling around in your mind, it probably means you’re pondering one of two things --- cars or music. And if you’re hankering for some of the best rhythm and blues tunes on the planet, your destination should be the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach, where the jukebox musical, Ain’t Too Proud --- the … [Read more...]
Distinct personalities come to the fore in Jerusalem Quartet’s strong CMSPB closer
By Ava Figliuzzi The Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach closed its 10th annual season April 21 with the lauded Jerusalem Quartet. The Kravis Center’s Rinker Playhouse was filled out nicely for the Friday evening program of Felix Mendelssohn’s String Quartet No. 4 in E minor (Op. 44, No. 2) and Tchaikovsky’s First String Quartet (in D, Op. 11). Since their 1996 debut, the … [Read more...]
Preservationist: Palm Beaches offers much for Art Deco enthusiasts to see
By Sharon Geltner When a 35-year art preservationist from Delray Beach met with the curator of the Schmidt Boca Raton Historical Museum to plan Palm Beach County tours for global art and architecture enthusiasts, she was surprised to learn of significant architectural treasures at nearby Lynn University. “For years, I’ve said there is no Art Deco in Boca Raton, it’s … [Read more...]
Lake Worth Playhouse season ends with smart, energetic ‘Newsies’
By Dale King Newsies takes a high-energy, somersault-flipping, song-filled dip into a generally factual, historic event — a work stoppage involving newspaper delivery boys, called “newsies” — at the end of the 19th century. The show, a thought-provoking, entertaining and entrancing tale about industrious street kids with a genuine interest in righting wrongs — … [Read more...]
At FAU, ‘Refuge’ mines familiar migrant-tale territory, with skill, compassion and puppets
By Sharon Geltner Refuge, a new play running this month at FAU Theatre Lab, is reminiscent of Gregory Nava’s 1983 film El Norte, maybe because when it comes to immigration, little has changed. Refuge is about a girl who gets separated from her group of Mexican, Honduran and perhaps other Latin American immigrants, attempting the harrowing trek across the Texan desert. … [Read more...]
Master Chorale’s Verdi Requiem deeply satisfying
By Robert Croan You don’t have to be Christian, or even religious, to appreciate Giuseppe Verdi’s magnificent Requiem. The composer himself was essentially agnostic – something more significant when the work was composed in 1874, than it would be today. The effect of this great masterpiece for double choirs, four soloists and large orchestra, commemorating the death of … [Read more...]