By Dale King The venerable George S. Kaufman-Moss Hart comedy You Can’t Take It With You holds a pretty important place in the annals of film and television. The three-act play from the late 1930s was “the first-of-its-kind situation comedy,” said Randolph DelLago, the play’s director and artistic boss at the Delray Beach Playhouse, where Can’t Take It is now playing. That … [Read more...]
Tenor Valenti to showcase star power for PB Opera
James Valenti has just gotten off a plane to West Palm Beach, so he’s dressed casually in shirt, shorts and flip-flops as he tucks into some salad and crudités before talking about his career on the operatic stage. No one passing by at CityPlace on a beautiful December afternoon realizes that the tall, friendly, dark-haired man at the table will soon be breaking the heart of a … [Read more...]
Pianist Gilbert impressive in Chopin evening
Unlike many younger musicians these days, Leonard Gilbert doesn’t go in for a lot of demonstrative behavior at the keyboard. The 19-year-old Canadian pianist, who recently won first place in his country’s Chopin Piano Competition, shows admirable form at the instrument, letting his fingers and arms do the bulk of the work as he plays. And as his recital Saturday night at the … [Read more...]