It was a good night at the ballet — a very good night. Playing to a packed house for one performance only, the Joffrey Ballet showed an easy command of the physically demanding and highly technical program it boldly presented March 12 at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts. The calling card of the evening was the line-up of dance makers — a virtual Who’s Who in the new … [Read more...]
Community theater: The play’s the very funny thing at LW Playhouse
By Dale King The latest production at the Lake Worth Playhouse, I Hate Hamlet, is a mixture of factoids and fantasy, a whimsical frolic that seems to encourage every performer to overact. Be prepared to suspend your disbelief for this skewing of Shakespeare at the downtown Lake Worth venue. IHH, which opened on Broadway in 1991, is an over-the-top tale of a successful but … [Read more...]
A Far Cry, Fleishers give rewarding program at Kravis
The main draw at the Kravis Center’s Regional Arts series on March 25 was, at first glance, pianist Leon Fleisher. Would he play with both hands, or just the left? At 36, almost 50 years ago, struck with focal dystonia in his right hand, his career might have ended. But trouper that he is, he focused on concertos written for the left hand and remained in the top tier of … [Read more...]
Martha Graham Company outstanding at Duncan
By Tara Mitton Catao After performing last year at the Kravis Center, the Martha Graham Company returned to South Florida on Friday night to launch the popular modern dance series at the Duncan Theatre at Palm Beach State College in Lake Worth. The company was very good when it performed in the large Dreyfoos Hall at the Kravis, but here in the smaller and more intimate … [Read more...]
Sundays: Time to take stock
By Myles Ludwig Would the boy you were be proud of the man you are? I was having a G&T with a colleague at the old Long Bar in the Royal Selangor Club in the twilight of Kuala Lumpur when he posed that question to me. Founded in the late 1800s as a social club for the best of British colonial society when they ruled Malaya, it has survived flood and fire and is very pukka. … [Read more...]
Florida Stage tackles the art of raising ‘Cane’
Two years ago, Palm Beach County was under dire drought conditions, with a water supply estimated to last only 21 days. It was a desperate situation, but how do you create a play about it without it seeming like a, pardon the expression, dry discourse? That is the challenge that Florida Stage has taken on with Cane, the opening play of its 24th season, a world premiere that is … [Read more...]
A very Tony day with Chita and Faith
For fans of Tony Award-winning musical theater stars, Palm Beach County was a great place to be Tuesday. At 2 p.m., at the Kravis Center, I caught the tireless Chita Rivera and her one-woman concert, My Broadway. That evening, still on a high from her performance, I headed to the Colony Hotel’s Royal Room and saw Faith Prince’s tour de force cabaret act, which she is recording … [Read more...]