A scene from Les Miserables at The Maltz Jupiter Theatre. Palm Beach County residents did not have far to drive to see the best professional resident theater in South Florida last year. Of the 20 Carbonell Awards for theater excellence given out at the Broward Center on Monday evening, 13 went to companies in the county. And of those 13 awards, seven were picked up by the … [Read more...]
Arts preview 2015-16: The season in Broward art
By Michael Mills For years Broward County was the Rodney Dangerfield of the South Florida art world — little to no respect, especially compared with the hoitier-toitier art scenes of Palm Beach and Miami-Dade counties. No more. Museums have been reinvigorated with new leadership, galleries have popped up in sometimes unlikely places, and art walks are thriving in a handful … [Read more...]
Maltz leads PB County theaters with Carbonell nods
The Maltz Jupiter Theatre led all Palm Beach County professional theaters with 14 nominations for the 39th annual Carbonell Awards, recognizing production excellence throughout South Florida. Nine of those nominations were for the Jupiter company’s new look at the 1951 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, The King and I. The other five were for its season opener, Larry Shue’s … [Read more...]
2014-15 arts preview: The season in Broward County art
By Michael Mills For years the Broward County art community has been eclipsed by Miami-Dade and even Palm Beach County, with their glitzy, high-profile events such as Art Basel Miami Beach and Art Palm Beach. Although Broward doesn’t have a Wynwood-style concentration of galleries and studios, it now has pockets of comparable art activity like FATVillage, North Beach, … [Read more...]
County artists make summer richer at Cultural Council show
Those of us who thought the summer was a dead time for exhibits and good only for surfing shows have at least one reason to revise this opinion: the County Contemporary All Media Juried Show. Unveiled by the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County in June, this modest but inclusive exhibit features a total of 44 works by 36 Palm Beach County professional artists. One of them … [Read more...]
Palm Beach County theaters triumph at Carbonells
Most of the best in South Florida’s professional theater last year happened in Palm Beach County. That is the impression left by the 36th annual Carbonell Awards for theater excellence in the region, presented Monday evening at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale. Three Palm Beach County theaters -- the Maltz Jupiter, Palm Beach Dramaworks and the … [Read more...]
PB County gets new dance company; FAU gets cache of rare recorded Judaica
Ex-Ballet Florida workshop chief founds dance company Palm Beach County has a new dance company, and it will make its debut in early February at the Duncan Theatre, on the Lake Worth campus of what will soon be Palm Beach State College. O Dance was founded by and is named after Jerry Opdenaker, most recently director of the now-defunct Ballet Florida’s STEP Ahead … [Read more...]
ArtsPreview 2009-10: The season in jazz
As is often the case, the South Florida jazz season for 2009-2010 involves more quality than quantity. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing, and the coming season even includes a few pleasant surprises. Like the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, one of New Orleans' leading jazz horn units, playing at one of South Florida's top rock clubs. The veteran band makes a stop on its My Feet Can't … [Read more...]