What to see first is the biggest challenge facing those planning to take advantage of the full roster of events at this year’s 10th Festival of the Arts Boca, which opens Friday in Mizner Park and runs through March 16. Conductor Constantine Kitsopoulos will open the festival by conducting the Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra from the University of Miami’s Frost School of … [Read more...]
Contentious ‘Other Desert Cities’ gripping at Delray Playhouse
By Dale King The Delray Beach Playhouse doesn’t often delve into heavy drama. But its latest offering, Other Desert Cities, certainly pushes the confrontational envelope, pitting family member against family member in a challenge that seems hell-bent on destroying already tenuous relations. Director Randolph DelLago calls on three DBP veterans and a couple of theatrical … [Read more...]
Henry’s Colony shows set elegant stage for Jazziz nights
By Dale King Lots of people leave Palm Beach County for the summer. But jazz vocalist Nicole Henry decided to stay. She sold out back-to-back-to-back cabaret performances at the Colony Hotel -- not an easy accomplishment during August in Florida -- then sang the national anthem at a Marlins-Mets game on Labor Day and took her talent to New York, Indianapolis and Washington, … [Read more...]