By Palm Beach ArtsPaper Staff Most everyone knows these iconic lines from Dr. Seuss’ children’s book, Green Eggs and Ham: Do you like green eggs and ham? I do not like them, Sam-I-Am. I do not like green eggs and ham. But not everyone knows that in addition to his prolific children’s books, Theodor Seuss Geisel (aka Dr. Seuss) was a fine painter and illustrator. A number … [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...]
Tonys question: Why not celebrate theater community, as is?
Since the Tony Awards telecast is more about marketing Broadway than it is about handing out statuettes for excellence, it is only fitting that awards were spread out to 13 different shows, each of which can hang out the Tonys shingle for whatever box office boost that is worth. As expected, there was no dominant winner Sunday night, with the revival of Hedwig and the Angry … [Read more...]
FAU to celebrate state’s surf culture; Armory guest to craft Parks statue
FAU gets grant for surfing exhibit The University Galleries of Florida Atlantic University’s Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters has been awarded a $16,596 matching grant from the Florida Humanities Council to research and present a traveling exhibition called The History and Culture of Surfing in Florida. The surfing culture has an 80-year history in … [Read more...]