BOCA RATON — The second Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition will take place Jan. 12-26, 2020, at Lynn University, its founder said in a press conference Feb. 12. The celebrated American composer Christopher Theofanidis has been commissioned to compose a work for solo violin to be played by contestants in the competition. He is a member of the Yale University … [Read more...]
Hoffman revisits ‘Too Jewish?’ at PGA Arts Center
By Dale King Avi Hoffman, the familiar singer, actor, comedian, storyteller, master of shtick and supporter of Jewish causes, is back on stage in Palm Beach County. He has dusted off his 24-year-old production of Too Jewish? And after tweaking, revising and refurbishing it, he’s performing it again, this time at the PGA Arts Center in Palm Beach Gardens. “‘Too Jewish?’ … [Read more...]
Vibrant Irving Berlin revue offers welcome doses of optimism, patriotism
By Dale King If your holiday shopping route has taken you from Interstate 95 to the Gardens Mall by way of PGA Boulevard, you’ve passed an opportunity to enjoy a musical show at a struggling but determined performance center trying hard to establish itself as a destination of theatrical choice. Since Nov. 30, the PGA Arts Center has been presenting Irving Berlin Salutes … [Read more...]
‘Kosher Cheerleader’ a tender look at one woman’s life and faith
By Dale King The Kosher Cheerleader, a humorous, often heart-warming production about a woman seeking true fulfillment in life, told by the person who lived it, is playing through late August at the PGA Arts Center in Palm Beach Gardens. Billed as a one-woman show, the performance stars Sandy (Wolshin) Gelfound, a former National Football League cheerleader who once … [Read more...]
At the theater: A whimsical ‘Love’s Labour’s Lost’; ‘Old Broads’ mines creaky jokes
Having gone through the Bard’s more popular plays in its first 26 years, Palm Beach Shakespeare Festival opts for less familiar territory this summer with an early comedy by its namesake playwright, Love’s Labour’s Lost. In it, the King of Navarre decrees that he and his three close pals will have no contact with women for three years, devoting themselves instead to their … [Read more...]
Entr’acte’s energetic troupe ideal for ‘Putnam County Spelling Bee’
By Dale King The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is a send-up of those silly, nerve-wracking, angst-producing, word competitions that caused us no end of anxiety in our youth. The production now playing at the newly opened PGA Arts Center in Palm Beach Gardens provides an entertaining evening of fun, songs and smartly written parody. The 2005 musical that went on … [Read more...]
ArtsBuzz: Carbonell nominations, Oliveira contest, new PBG theater
The Maltz Jupiter Theatre again dominated the nominations for South Florida’s Carbonell Awards, recognizing excellence in resident professional theater, with 18 nods going to the company in northern Palm Beach County. Ten of those went to the Depression-era music hall show, Me and My Girl and another four went to the musical The Will Rogers Follies. The Maltz’s other four … [Read more...]
Arts buzz: Sarah Chang to play Boca Fest; new theater to open in Gardens
BOCA RATON – Violinist Sarah Chang will headline a March 10 concert at the Festival of the Arts Boca, festival officials said today. Chang, whose participation was kept under wraps until now, will perform the Violin Concerto No. 1 (in G minor, Op. 26) of Max Bruch at the concert, which will be held at the Mizner Park Amphitheater. Pianist Daniel Hsu will open the program … [Read more...]