Palm Beach County theaters, and particularly the Maltz Jupiter, dominated the nominations for this year’s 37th annual Carbonell Awards, announced on Friday. The Maltz will be competing for 23 of the statuettes for excellence in South Florida professional theater, almost twice as many as the next highest nomination-getter ― Coral Gables’ Actors’ Playhouse ― which received 12. … [Read more...]
Maltz to bring movie classic a little closer (bring your poncho)
Traditionally, the first four rows of a theater are the most sought after seats, unless you are attending a show by The Flying Karamazov Brothers ― those comic jugglers of hazardous objects ― or the Maltz Jupiter Theatre’s production of Singin’ in the Rain. For audience members at the Maltz seated close to the stage will be issued waterproof ponchos to protect them during the … [Read more...]
Maltz’s ‘Music Man’ adds dance to Hill’s catalog of pizzazz
The Music Man, Meredith Willson’s valentine to America, small-town Midwest division, circa 1912, has captivated audiences since the 1956-57 Broadway season when it dominated the Tony Awards and beat out West Side Story. Known for Willson’s syncopated rhythms and trip-hammer lyrics, the show has never been considered a strong dance show. But, says choreographer Shea Sullivan … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: March 31-April 1
Dance: Valentine’s Day has passed, but hopeless romantics have another opportunity this month to rekindle their relationships at Florida Classical Ballet Theatre’s staging of Romeo and Juliet. Young love, family feuds and great tragedy all are a part of William Shakespeare’s most-beloved story, set against the backdrop of sumptuous Renaissance Italy, and with one of Sergei … [Read more...]
Maltz Jupiter Theatre celebrates decade, looks to endowment
All in all, the Maltz Jupiter Theatre’s 10th anniversary season is shaping up to be a milestone for the largest regional theater in South Florida. The Maltz recently passed the 7,000-subscriber mark, counts 70,000 theatergoers annually, and earlier this month announced the launch of a $10 million endowment campaign. Last month, the theater received 25 Carbonell nominations, … [Read more...]
Maltz Jupiter Theatre leads Carbonell nominations
If you have the impression that 2011 was a particularly good year for Palm Beach County’s professional theater, you are right. Or at least you agree with the judges -- full disclosure: that includes myself -- of the Carbonell Awards, now in its 36th season of recognizing excellence in South Florida stage productions. Of the 98 nominations announced on Monday, 43 came from … [Read more...]
Maltz gets puckish charm of ‘Joseph’ just right
The name Andrew Lloyd Webber does not bring to mind light comic romps as much as it does overblown musicals with operatic pretensions. But back in 1968, as an exercise for a prep school, he and lyricist Tim Rice devised a frothy entertainment from an Old Testament yarn, built of tongue-in-cheek songs in anachronistic pop styles. The show is Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor … [Read more...]
Maltz opens ticket sales for ninth season; FCBT tours Cuba
Tickets for the Maltz Jupiter Theatre’s upcoming season are now on sale. The 2011-12 season, the theatre’s ninth, is titled The Best of Broadway, and opens with The 39 Steps (Nov. 1-13), a fast-paced thriller made famous in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1935 film adaptation. Following this will be Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Nov. 29-Dec. 18), Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim … [Read more...]
Maltz’s young campers get ‘Footloose’
The 1984 film Footloose, starring Kevin Bacon and Lori Singer, tells the story of a Chicago teenager, Ren McCormack, who moves to a small town where dancing and rock music are banned. Boosted by a catchy score, it was fairly successful on screen but has found eternal life in its 1998 adaptation for the musical theatre, becoming one of the most frequently performed of all … [Read more...]
Maltz, Actors’ Playhouse lead Carbonell nods with 18 apiece
That helicopter musical, Miss Saigon, at Actors’ Playhouse, received 11 Carbonell Award nominations, the most of any professional production in South Florida, according to an announcement made today. Sarah Kane’s sordid drama Blasted pulled in seven nominations for GableStage, the most for any play. The Carbonells, now in their 35th year, celebrate excellence in production … [Read more...]