By Dale King Lake Worth Playhouse wraps up its much too-short, three-week run of the musical South Pacific with a matinee today. It’s the final time, at least for now, that the powerful baritone voice of lead actor Michael Cartwright will resound so beautifully across the lushly decorated seashore stage with touching Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II tunes like “Some … [Read more...]
Maltz’s flashy ‘Wiz’: If it only had a heart
The Maltz Jupiter Theatre has produced some eye-opening new versions of classic musicals in recent seasons, often fueled by directorial concepts that lets us see the material in a new light. Think of the Jupiter company’s Hello, Dolly!, Music Man or the recent Fiddler on the Roof. The company has been a major success, artistically and financially, which allows it to devote … [Read more...]
Caldwell to present concert version of Sondheim’s ‘Sunday’
In his few short months on the job as artistic director of the Caldwell Theatre Company, Clive Cholerton has learned a great deal about “the art of making art.” So it should come as no surprise that he says his favorite musical is Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Sunday in the Park With George. The surprise is that he has found a way to bring to Palm … [Read more...]