The Florida Intergenerational Orchestra – some 60 members strong – will proudly gather on stage Sunday afternoon to present “Encore,” a special musical performance marking 20 years of the group’s productions that have brought together musicians of all ages in shared presentations and community.
Singing, dancing and the fight against cancer will be in the spotlight March 7 as The Pap Corps Champions for Cancer Research present “Pap’s Got Talent” at 2 p.m. in the impressive Wold Performing Arts Center at Lynn University, 3601 N. Military Trail, Boca Raton.
The high-energy production promises to deliver a delightful display of artistry featuring talented members of The Pap Corps, many of whom have survived cancer or are performing in honor of someone they love. Proceeds will fund groundbreaking cancer research at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.
A significant annual event in Boca Raton will soon mark a momentous occasion as Festival of the Arts BOCAcommemorates its 20th season, returning to the Mizner Park Amphitheater from Feb. 27 to March 8 to continue nearly two decades filled with cultural, artistic and musical events and appearances by famed lecturers.
The Adolph & Rose Levis JCC will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Judy Levis Krug Boca Raton Jewish Film Festival this year when it opens a dynamic two-week lineup of more than 40 Israeli and Jewish-themed films. The screenings will run from Feb. 7 to Feb. 22 and will take place at the Movies of Delray in the plaza at 7421 W. Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach.
From Arlen and Harburg (“Over the Rainbow”) to Bacharach and David (“Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head”); from Rodgers and Hammerstein (Carousel) to Jerry Herman (La Cage Aux Folles) and from Stephen Schwartz (Wicked) to Bock and Harnick (Fiddler on the Roof), Jewish composers and artists have contributed tremendously to the Great American Songbook, to Broadway musicals, to pop music and to theatre and the arts in general.
Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, the author’s celebrated tale of a wretched skinflint named Ebenezer Scrooge who finds lifesaving redemption with help from a bevy of ghostly apparitions on a fateful Christmas Eve in mid-19th century London, has returned for his attitude adjustment.
Only this time, the makeover is filled with song and dance. The version at the Wick Theatre in Boca Raton is a dynamic musical adaptation of Dickens’ original novella. The production, told in a single act split into multiple scenes, is drawn from a book by Mike Ockrent and Lynn Ahrens. It features a dozen delightful songs by master composers Ahrens and Alan Menken.
The Florida Intergenerational Orchestra encourages lovers of holiday music and dance and folks who cherish the most wonderful time of the year to celebrate the season of festivities with its ‘Holiday Concert Extravaganza’ on Sunday, Dec. 7 at 3 p.m. in O’Shea Hall at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, 22094 Lyons Road, Boca Raton. Doors open at 2:30 p.m.
Anthony Nunziata, the popular Brooklyn-born, Nashville-based singer-songwriter and frequent performer at clubs throughout Palm Beach County and South Florida, has released a new Christmas album and will celebrate the classic musical assemblage with a 17-city holiday tour — including a show Dec. 2 at Café Centro in West Palm Beach and Dec. 20 at Sunshine Cathedral in Fort Lauderdale.
The Wick Theatre in Boca Raton is wrapping up its 2024-2025 season much the way it opened this year’s five-show performance roster. That is, with a rousing tribute to a legendary star. The first show at the Wick paid homage to the comic prowess and enduring legacy of funnyman Groucho Marx.
The National Society of Arts and Letters (NSAL) of Florida’s Star Maker Gala dazzled attendees at the annual event held in the Waterstone Resort & Marina in Boca Raton.
