Catch a Rising Star, the iconic New York City comedy club that gave rise to such household names such as Jerry Seinfeld, Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, Rosie O’Donnell and Chris Rock, has opened in two venues at the Delray Beach Center for the Arts. With its Twitter hashtag #RTL (Ready to Laugh), the center’s vintage gymnasium hopes to reach out to younger audiences, those … [Read more...]
Armory Art Center set to celebrate 25th anniversary
It’s not generally known that the Armory Art Center is what it is today — and celebrating its silver anniversary Saturday — thanks to the foresight and vision of the Flamingo Park neighborhood preservation committee, community organizers, and students and teachers from the former Norton Museum Gallery and School of Art. Back before the Kravis Center and the convention center … [Read more...]
‘Next Fall’ marks Hall’s return to Caldwell director’s chair
s More than a year and a half ago, Caldwell Theatre co-founder Michael Hall handed off the artistic reins of the Boca Raton stage company he had run for 36 years. But he suspected it was just a matter of time before we would be back directing a production there, and that time is now. Opening Friday evening is Hall’s staging of Next Fall, the Tony Award-nominated play from … [Read more...]