‘Art’ Threatens A Friendship In Empire Stage’s Entertaining Production
Though it’s a question of aesthetics that sets off the action in the play Art by Yazmin Reza, Empire Stage’s current offering, the debate between friends that then ensues seems to have less to do with the meaning of art than with the absurdities of human ego. When dermatologist Serge buys what appears to be a completely white painting (though, as is repeatedly discussed to great comedic effect, it apparently also features some “fine white diagonal lines,”) his best friend Marc simply cannot make sense of how this action is in accord with the person he thought he knew.
An Eighties Classic Gets A Musical Update In ‘An Officer And A Gentleman’
Is there a difference between an officer and a gentleman? To some degree, at least, that’s a question posed by the musical An Officer And A Gentleman, which is based on a well-known 1982 film that I actually wasn’t familiar with before receiving an invite to the musical update currently on view at the Kravis Center.
Boca Stage completes 2021-22 season with performance of intricate, two-person drama, ‘The Sound Inside’
Most folks who know Boca Stage Artistic Director Keith Garsson are aware of his penchant for producing complex, slightly skewed theatrical pieces.
Bevy of Sedaka tunes buttresses Catskills romcom to conclude 2021-22 season at Wick Theatre
The jukebox musical, Breaking Up is Hard to Do, now playing at the Wick Theatre in Boca Raton, offers the audience a double shot of nostalgia. Not only does it feature 18 terrific tunes written and/or sung by Juilliard-trained ‘50s and ‘60s rock star Neil Sedaka, but it also revisits the era of Catskills comedy with a couple of romantic love stories that blossom at Esther’s Paradise, a Borscht Belt hostelry about to wrap up its summer of fun with a tune-filled Labor Day spectacle.
NSAL Star Maker Awards spotlight rising performers, two ‘achievers’
The Wick Theatre and Costume Museum recently hosted the 2022 Star Maker Awards for the National Society of Arts & Letters (NSAL) of Florida, which raised more than $47,000 to support the Boca Raton-based nonprofit’s mission of supporting local emerging performing and visual artists.
GABLESTAGE’S ‘BOCA’ PONDERS LIFE & LOVE IN A SENIOR WORLD
By Christine Dolen