By Dale King BOCA RATON – Three springtimes ago, Marilynn Wick rescued the closed and bankrupt Caldwell Theatre from the auction block and turned it into a combination costume museum, restaurant and performance center. Wick’s main business, Costume World, acquired the property in March 2013 with an option to buy, a decision based on a belief — and a vow — to breathe new life … [Read more...]
Wick revives Kander and Ebb’s ‘Curtains’
In the out-of-town tryout within the musical 42nd Street, the leading lady merely breaks her ankle. In the tryout depicted in Curtains, a so-so show from 2007 by the renowned composer-lyricist team of John Kander and Fred Ebb, the leading lady is murdered offstage during the curtain calls. That fictional leading lady, Jessica Cranshaw, is a classic triple threat — she can’t … [Read more...]