Pigs Do Fly Productions’ MORNING AFTER GRACE opens October 27 at Empire Stage

18 Monday Sep 2023

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Pigs Do Fly Productions
to present
Carey Crim’s
Morning After Grace

October 27 – November 19, 2023

“She’s a witty, subtle but also deeply sensitive playwright. She explores in the real context of this play some serious issues facing older people and she brings true compassion to the questions raised. The play should get produced at many other theaters in the future.”
Pulp Arts ~ Ann Arbor

“It is heart-warming that, in these “worst of times,” playwrights like Carey Crim are working quietly to give us a look at new beginnings with humor and tenderness and hope.” 
The Arts Fuse, Boston

For Immediate Release
Contact:  Carol Kassie
carol@carolkassie.com / 561-445-9244

September 18, 2023

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL:  Pigs Do Fly Productions’ first show of the 2023-2024 season will be Morning After Grace, playwright Carey Crim’s delightful comedy that explores love, loss, and new beginnings.   The production will run from October 27th through November 19th at Empire Stage in Fort Lauderdale.  

“This lovely play is a perfect example of what we at ‘Pig’s are trying to prove,” says Executive Producer Ellen Wacher. “That people over ‘a certain age’ are as interesting in ‘the now’ as they ever were.  Morning After Grace is a funny, profound, and very hopeful example of life in general – no matter what age someone may be. 

“This is our eighth season,” Wacher continues. “I am extremely proud of how much we have grown and what we have accomplished these past eight years.  We have featured and served a demographic that is often ignored, and I think our patrons are extremely appreciative of that.  And… it’s also very gratifying to see not only my contemporaries in our audiences, but younger people as well!  It proves beyond a doubt that good theatre has no age limits!”

Angus, Abigail, and Ollie, all residents in a Florida retirement community gather together for the first time in Angus’ apartment the day after a funeral.  During the course of the play, each one of them discovers something about themselves – and the others – and that no matter what might occur, there is always a morning after.

“I am very familiar with Carey Crim’s amazing work and was thrilled to learn that Morning After Grace was finally available for production in South Florida,” says the show’s director, Deborah Kondelik. “The play is hilarious yet poignant, timely, and a perfect match for Pigs Do Fly’s mission. I am happy to know that more plays are being written about older yet vibrantly alive people.

“The wonderful thing about theatre is that it has an open-door policy. Everyone is invited to participate. No exceptions,” she continues. “Pigs Do Fly Productions has opened the door wide to showcase the more mature actor. Older actors bring a great deal of life experience to the stage. After all, the most important trait of a good actor is the ability to move others and to truly connect with the character being portrayed. And there is no age limit on that!”

Kondelik has cast Andre Gainey as Ollie, Peter W. Galman as Angus, and Janice Hamilton as Abigail.

The Stage Manager for Morning After Grace is Patrick Vida. Dean Landhuis is the show’s Scenic Designer, David Hart will do the Sound Design, and Preston Bircher will create the Lighting Design and serve as Technical Director. Jessica Kaschube is the Company Manager.

Tickets for Morning After Grace are $45 and are available online at www.pigsdoflyproductions.com  or by calling 954-678-1496.  Performances are on Friday and Saturday at 8 pm, and on Sunday at 5 pm. All performances will take place at Empire Stage, 1140 N. Flagler Drive, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304.

For more information about Pigs Do Fly Productions, please visit www.pigsdoflyproductions.com.  To arrange for interviews, or for photos, please contact Carol Kassie at carol@carolkassie.com / 561-445-9244.  For more information about Ellen Wacher, please visit www.ellenwacher.com.
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Morning After Grace
October 27 – Novembr 19
By Carey Crim
Tickets: $45
Tickets:  www.pigsdoflyproductions.com
Performances: 
Friday, & Saturday: 8 pm
Sunday: 5 pm
All performances will take place at 
Empire Stage
1140 N Flagler Drive,
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304

  • Andre’ Gainey
  • Peter W. Galman
  • Janice Hamilton
  • Deborah Kondelik
  • Carey Crim
  • Ellen Wacher

Boca Stage’s WAIT UNTIL DARK Opens at the Delray Beach Playhouse October 26th

18 Monday Sep 2023

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Wait Until Dark
to be
Boca Stage’s
First Production at
The Delray Beach Playhouse

October 26 – November 5

“…gripping from start to finish… a riveting evening of theatre.”
~ Don Grigward, BroadwayWorld
“… one of the finest thrillers created for the stage”
~ The Berkshire Edge

For Immediate Release
Contact:  Carol Kassie
carol@carolkassie.com / 561-445-9244

September 19, 2023

DELRAY BEACH, FL:  Boca Stage’s first production in their new home at the Delray Beach Playhouse will be Frederick Knott’s classic thriller, Wait Until Dark.  The production will run in the Playhouse’s Cabaret Theatre from October 27th through November 5th. 

“Boca Stage has held off for years on producing a version of Frederick Knott’s Wait Until Dark because we felt his original script, with its roots in the drug-infested New York City of the 1960s and its myriad dated elements would no longer resonate with modern audiences,” says Keith Garrsson, Boca Stage’s Founder, Executive Producer, and the production’s Director.

“However, in 2013, playwright and author Jeffrey Hatcher (Tuesdays with Morrie), updated the 1964 script by resetting the show in 1944, just at the end of World War II while keeping its New York City locale,” he continues. “This newly updated script is now tighter, faster, and no longer dated.”

The plot:  In 1944 Greenwich Village, Susan Hendrix, a blind yet capable woman, is imperiled by a trio of men in her own apartment. As the climax builds, Susan discovers that her blindness just might be the key to her escape, but she and her tormentors must wait until dark to play out this classic thriller’s chilling conclusion.

“The MacGuffin in this play is the cache of diamonds that has been, through some very strange circumstances placed somewhere in Susan’s Greenwich Village basement apartment and the quest of some very bad guys to retrieve it,” Garsson explains. “Blood will be spilled, people will die…  Wait Until Dark represents our first time (stab?!) at a pure thriller, a cat-and-mouse chase complete with double-crosses, triple-crosses, and some very challenging staging.

“Fortunately,” Garsson says, “A top-notch cast and crew will make this endeavor a great ride through a theater classic.”

Garsson has cast Rachel Whittington as Susan, Shane Tanner as Roat, Rio Chavarro as Mike, Troy Stanley as Carlino, Michael Coppola as Sam, and Ellie Rose as Gloria.

The Stage Manager for Wait Until Dark is James Danford. Cindi Blank Taylor is the show’s Scenic Designer, and Andre Lancaster will create the Sound and Light Design, and serve as the show’s Technical Director. Backstage Managers are Anne Solomons and Eric Fields.

Tickets for Wait Until Dark range in price from $39 to $69 and are available online at delraybeachplayhouse.com or by calling 561-272-1281. Performances are on Friday and Saturday at 2 pm and 8 pm, and on Sunday at 2 pm. There will also be a performance on Thursday, October 26th at 8 pm. All performances will take place at the Delray Beach Playhouse, 950 NW 9th Street, Delray Beach (33444)

For more information about Boca Stage, to arrange for interviews, or for photos, please contact Carol Kassie at carol@carolkassie.com / 561-445-9244. 

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Wait Until Dark
October 26 – November 5, 2023
By Frederick Knott
Adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher
Performances:
Thursday, October 26 at 8 pm
Fridays & Saturdays at 8 pm
Saturdays & Sundays at 2 pm
Tickets: $39-$69
For tickets: delraybeachplayhouse.com / 561-272-1281
All performances will take place at
The Delray Beach Playhouse
950 NW 9th Street
Delray Beach, FL  33444

  • Rachel Whittington
  • Shane Tanner
  • Rio Chavarro
  • Troy Stanley
  • Michael Coppola
  • Ellie Rose

Photos: MNM Theatre Company’s FIVE GUYS NAMED MOE Opens September 8 at the Kravis Center

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Marcie Gorman and
MNM Theatre Company
present
Five Guys Named Moe
at the Kravis Center
September 8 – 24


A jazzy, sexy tribute to legendary composer and saxophonist Louis Jordan.

For Immediate Release
Contact:  Carol Kassie
carol@carolkassie.com / 561-445-9244

September 8, 2023

WEST PALM BEACH, FL:  Five Guys Named Moe, Marcie Gorman and MNM Theatre Company’s
production ofplaywright Clarke Peters exciting, exhilarating, and exuberantly loving tribute to Jazz legend Louis Jordan and his music opens tonight at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts.  The production will run through September 24th in the venue’s Rinker Playhouse.

Five Guys Named Moe showcases Jordan’s hits wrapped into one ‘smooth, jumpin’, jivin’ life lesson’, for Nomax, who’s down on his luck and stuck with the blues, until Five Guys Named Moe:  Big Moe, Little Moe, Eat Moe, No Moe, and Four Eyed Moe mysteriously emerge out of nowhere in Nomax’s apartment, with dance and songs like “Caldonia,” “Azure Te,” “Choo Choo Ch’Boogie,” and many more to help him get his life back on track.

Tickets for Five Guys Named Moe are on sale now and can be purchased online at mnmtheatre.org,  kravis.org, or by calling 561-832-7469 or 800-572-8471. Tickets range in price from $45 to $55.  For information regarding group rates call 561-651-4438 or 561-651-4304.
To speak with someone involved in the production, or to arrange for tickets, please contact Carol Kassie at carol@carolkassie.com / 561-445-9244.

Photo credit:  Amy Pasquantonio

Five Guys Named Moe
September 8 – 24, 2023
Book by Clarke Peters
Music and lyrics by Louis Jordan
Performances: Friday & Saturday at 7 pm
Saturday & Sunday at 1:30 pm

Ticket prices: $45/$50/$55
Student Rush tickets – ½ price if purchased 1 hour before curtain.  A valid student ID must be presented.
For tickets: mnmtheatre.org or kravis.org / 561-832-7469
For Group Sales:  561-651-4438 or 561-651-4304.
All performances in
The Rinker Playhouse at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts
701 Okeechobee Blvd.
West Palm Beach, FL 33401

  • Doriyan Caty, TJ Pursley, Don Seward, Michael Wallace, Leo Jasper Davis
  • Doriyan Caty, TJ Pursley, Don Seward, Michael Wallace, Leo Jasper Davis (2)
  • Cast
  • James White III, Doriyan Caty
  • Don Seward
  • James White III
  • Five Guys Cast
  • Michael Wallace
  • Don Seward, James White III

Delray Beach Playhouse Presents THE FOURTH ANNUAL PLAYHOUSE PLAYWRIGHTS’ PROJECT

28 Monday Aug 2023

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Nine new plays by local playwrights to be showcased
over a two-day Festival
October 21st & 22nd

For Immediate Release
Contact:  Carol Kassie
carol@carolkassie.com / 561-445-9244

August 28, 2023

DELRAY BEACH, FL:  Now in its fourth year of producing one-act plays by local playwrights, the Delray Beach Playhouse’s Festival of New Plays 2023 will be held on October 21st and 22nd, 2023. Nine one-act plays by local playwrights, and read by local actors, will showcase the diverse and talented theatrical community of South Florida. The event will take place at the Delray Beach Playhouse.

The Playwrights’ Project has shown it’s got “legs,” says Marianne Regan, one of the founders of the Project.  “When we proposed our idea four years ago, we did not know what kind of reception we would get from the community, so our expectations were low. But we were pleasantly surprised by the turnout of actors and playwrights and the success of the entire program!”

Designed to showcase emerging talent in the community, the Playwrights’ Project enlists local playwrights in Palm Beach and Broward Counties to submit one-act, 10-minute, unpublished plays on any subject matter.  A Playhouse reading committee selects between eight to ten plays to be produced. Auditions are held for actors to portray the characters in the selected works: “These are staged readings,” Regan continues, “No blocking, no memorization, no sets to work around, no costume changes.  We designed this project to benefit the community of local actors and playwrights and we encourage differently-abled actors to audition, since the performance parameters are simple.”   Auditions in July saw 68 actors turn out to read for 27 characters. “It’s not easy to cast when everyone we see is absolutely amazing,” she says.  “However, the playwrights have a certain image in their minds of what their fictional characters look and sound like, and that plays an important role in casting.  All in all,” Regan concludes, “the amount of talent is breathtaking, and we encourage everyone to try again next year.”

In the third year of the Playwrights’ Project, Regan and her project partner Art Historian Dan Bellante instituted a concurrent Poster Art Contest to encourage local visual artists to create the poster art for the Playhouse’s use in advertising and for the performance program.  The winning submission will be displayed in the lobby during the month of October and will become a permanent addition to the Playhouse’s collection.  Bellante curates the submissions and has a committee judge on the basis of originality, use of color, drama, and subject matter.  “This is another way to engage the diverse talent in our community while also making them aware of what the Playhouse has to offer,” says Bellante.  “Our winning artist this year is Anthony Diaz.  We are excited to work with emerging artists and give them an opportunity to reach a wider audience,” Bellante adds.

In true festival fashion, the performances will be spread over two days.  Tickets can be purchased for 5 shows on Saturday and/or 5 shows on Sunday.  A Festival Pass for both days is also available.

Tickets are on sale now and are $15 per day, or $25 for a two-day pass. Last year, the Festival was sold out.  “In addition to having a ‘built-in’ audience of family and friends who come to see their loved ones performing on a stage, we also have returning patrons who enjoy a Festival of brand new, thought inspiring, dramatic and humorous works,” Regan says.  “It’s a win-win for everyone!”

The nine selected plays are:

Canine Confidential by Katherine H. Vellis
Deception by Judy Marilyn Goldstein
Disco Detective by Lee Moffett
Free Bird by Laura Ratto
Love in the Ether by Patricia Wakely Wolf
Mr. Slaughter by Susan Shafer
Outside George’s Funeral by Lynn A. Kenneally
Sunday By The Pool by Peter Hoffman
The Thing With Feathers by Bethanie Gorny

All performances will take place at the Delray Beach Playhouse – 950 NW 9th Street, in Delray Beach (33444). For more information, please contact delraybeachplayhouse@gmail.com or Carol Kassie at carol@carolkassie.com.

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The 4th Annual Playhouse Playwrights Project/Festival of New Plays
Saturday, October 21st and Sunday, October 22nd
Tickets:  $15, or $25 for a 2-day Festival Pass
Click HERE for tickets. 
Call 844-272-1281
Delray Beach Playhouse
950 NW 9th Street
Delray Beach, FL 33444

MNM Theatre Company’s FIVE GUYS NAMED MOE Opens September 8th at the Kravis Center

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A jazzy, sexy tribute to legendary composer and saxophonist Louis Jordan.

For Immediate Release
Contact:  Carol Kassie
carol@carolkassie.com / 561-445-9244

August 22, 2023

BOCA RATON, FL: Rehearsals are now underway for Five Guys Named Moe, Marcie Gorman and MNM Theatre Company’s production ofplaywright Clarke Peters exciting, exhilarating, and exuberantly loving tribute to Jazz legend Louis Jordan and his music.  The show will run from September 8th through September 24th in the Rinker Playhouse at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts.

Five Guys Named Moe showcases Jordan’s hits wrapped into one ‘smooth, jumpin’, jivin’ life lesson’ for Nomax who’s down on his luck and stuck with the blues, until Five Guys Named Moe: Big Moe, Little Moe, Eat Moe, No Moe, and Four Eyed Moe mysteriously emerge out of nowhere in Nomax’s apartment with dance and songs like “Caldonia,” “Azure Te,” “Choo Choo Ch’Boogie” and many more to help him get his life back on track.

Directed and choreographed by Dreyfoos School of the Arts alumnus Jacquez Linder-Long, with musical direction by Bobby Peaco, the show will star James White III as Nomax, Don Seward as No Moe, Doriyan Caty as Eat Moe, T.J. Pursley as Little Moe, Michael Wallace as Four-Eyed Moe, and Leo Jasper Davis as Big Moe. Desir Dumerjuste is the show’s swing.

Tickets for Five Guys Named Moe are on sale now and can be purchased online at mnmtheatre.org,  kravis.org, or by calling. 561-832-7469 or 800-572-8471. Tickets range in price from $45 to $55.  For information regarding group rates call 561-651-4438 or 561-651-4304.

To speak with someone involved in the production, or to arrange for tickets, please contact Carol Kassie at carol@carolkassie.com / 561-445-9244.

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Five Guys Named Moe
September 8 – 24, 2023
Book by Clarke Peters
Music and lyrics by Louis Jordan
Performances: Friday & Saturday at 7 pm
Saturday & Sunday at 1:30 pm
Ticket prices: $45/$50/$55
For tickets: mnmtheatre.org or kravis.org / 561-832-7469
For Group Sales:  561-651-4438 or 561-651-4304.
All performances in
The Rinker Playhouse at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts
701 Okeechobee Blvd.
West Palm Beach, FL 33401

  • Desir Dumerjuste, Michael Wallace, Leo Davis, Don Seward, T.J. Pursley, Doriyan Caty, James White III, Jacquez Linder-Long
  • Doriyan Caty, Michael Wallace, Leo Davis, Don Seward, T.J. Pursley, James White III, Jacquez Linder-Long
  • Jacquez Linder-Long
  • TJ Pursley
  • Michael Wallace
  • Leo Jasper Davis
  • James White III
  • Doriyan Caty
  • Don Seward
  • Desir Dumerjuste
  • Clarke Peters
  • Louis Jordan (1950)
  • Doriyan Caty, Michael Wallace, Leo Davis, Don Seward, T.J. Pursley, James White III
  • Doriyan Caty, Michael Wallace, Leo Davis, Don Seward, T.J. Pursley, James White III, Jacquez Linder-Long

2023-2024 THEATRE/CONERT PRODUCTION SCHEDULES

27 Thursday Jul 2023

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Boca Raton, FL 33481-1207
561-445-9244
Carol@CarolKassie.com

2023-2024 THEATRE/CONERT PRODUCTION SCHEDULES
for

MNM Theatre Company
Pigs Do Fly Productions
Boca Stage
 Hy Juter Presents
Lauderhill Performing Arts Center (LPAC)
Delray Beach Playhouse
The Secret Comedy of Women

MNM THEATRE COMPANY

Five Guys Named Moe
September 8 – 24, 2023
Book by Clarke Peters
Music and lyrics by Louis Jordan
Performances: Friday & Saturday at 7 pm
Saturday & Sunday at 1:30 pm
Ticket prices: $45/$50/$55
For tickets: mnmtheatre.org / kravis.org / 561-832-7469
For Group Sales:  561-651-4438 or 561-651-4304.
All performances in
The Rinker Playhouse at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts
701 Okeechobee Blvd.
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
Legendary Jazz composer Louis Jordan’s hits wrapped into one smooth, jumpin’, jivin’ life lesson for Nomax who’s down on his luck and stuck with the blues, until Five Guys Named Moe: Big Moe, Little Moe, Eat Moe, No Moe, and Four Eyed Moe mysteriously emerge out of nowhere in Nomax’s apartment with dance and songs like “Caldonia,” “Azure Te,” “Choo Choo Ch’Boogie” and many more to help him get his life back on track.

Disenchanted
January 12 – 21, 2024
Book, Music, and Lyrics:Dennis T. Giacino
Developed wit: Fiely Matias
Performances: Friday & Saturday at 8 pm
Saturday & Sunday at 2 pm
Thursday, January 18 at 8 pm
Ticket Prices: $50 – $65
For Tickets: mnmtheatre.org
All performances in
The Studio at Mizner Park
201 Plaza Real, 2nd Floor
Boca Raton, FL 33432
Poisoned apples. Glass slippers. Who needs ‘em? Not Snow White and her posse of Disenchanted princesses in this hilarious not-for-the-kiddies hit musical that’s anything but Grimm. Forget the princesses you think you know – these royal renegades will toss their tiaras into Boca Raton to set the record straight about what ‘happily ever after’ is really all about – and fairy tales will never be the same.
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PIGS DO FLY PRODUCTIONS

Morning After Grace
October 27 – Novembr 19
By Carey Crim
Tickets: $45
Tickets:  www.pigsdoflyproductions.com
Performances: 
Friday, & Saturday: 8 pm
Sunday: 5 pm
All performances will take place at 
Empire Stage
1140 N Flagler Drive,
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304
Hilarious and heart-warming, this unconventional new comedy tackles love, loss, and coming to terms with growing older.

The Affections of May

March 8 – 31, 2024
By Norm Foster
Tickets: $45
Tickets:  www.pigsdoflyproductions.com
Performances: 
Friday, & Saturday: 8 pm
Sunday: 5 pm
All performances will take place at 
Empire Stage
1140 N Flagler Drive,
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304
After being deserted by her husband, a woman suddenly finds herself the center of attention in a small resort town. 

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BOCA STAGE

Wait Until Dark
October 27 – November 5, 2023
By Frederick Knott
Adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher
Tickets: $39-$69
For tickets:  www.delraybeachplayhouse.com / 561-272-1281
All performances will take place at
The Delray Beach Playhouse
950 NW 9th Street
Delray Beach, FL  33444
Forty-seven years after Wait Until Dark premiered on Broadway, Jeffery Hatcher adapted Frederick Knott’s 1966 original, giving it a new setting.  In 1944 Greenwich Village, Susan Hendrix, a blind but capable woman, is imperiled by a trio of men in her own apartment.  As the climax builds, Susan discovers her blindness just might be the key to her escape.
Directed by Keith Garsson

Boeing Boeing

January 19 – 28, 2024
By Marc Camoletti
Translated by Beverly Cross and Francis Evans
Tickets: $39-$69
For tickets:  www.delraybeachplayhouse.com / 561-272-1281
All performances will take place at
The Delray Beach Playhouse
950 NW 9th Street
Delray Beach, FL  33444
This 1960s French farce features a self-styled Parisian lothario, Bernard, who has Italian, German, and American fiancées, each a beautiful airline hostess with frequent ‘layovers’.   He keeps “one up, one down, and one pending” until unexpected schedule changes bring all three to Paris, and to Bernard’s apartment, at the same time.
Directed by Keith Garsson
Starring: Angie Radosh

America’s Sexiest Couple
April 19 – 28, 2024
By Ken Levine
Tickets: $39-$69
For tickets:  www.delraybeachplayhouse.com / 561-272-1281
All performances will take place at
The Delray Beach Playhouse
950 NW 9th Street
Delray Beach, FL  33444
Two actors, who ‘America’s Sexiest Couple’ on a popular ‘90s sitcom reunite for the first time in 25 years.  They face a lifetime of unresolved issues, longings, resentments, and regrets.  Plus, the network wants to reboot the show. Career and personal aspirations collide – professionally and personally, where do they go from here?
Directed by Genie Croft
Starring:  Kim Ostrenko and Wayne LeGette
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HY JUTER PRESENTS

To Life 4: That’s (Jewish) Entertainment!
January 20 – February 5, 2023
Written and Directed by Shari Upbin
Performances:
Friday & Saturday at 8 pm
Saturday & Sunday at 2 pm
Tickets:  $45/Group Rates Available|
For tickets: www.sugarsandpark.org/willow-theatre / 561-347-3948
All performances will take place at
The Willow Theatre in Sugar Sand Park
300 S. Military Trail
Boca Raton, FL  33486
This all new 4th chapter in the popular series will once again feature music, amusing anecdotes, and fascinating facts about some of the most well-known, lauded, and popular Jewish entertainers and composers in recent history, including Mel Brooks, Marvin Hamlisch, Burt Bacharach, Claude-Michel Schönberg (Les Mis), Howard Ashman and Alan Menken (The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast), Stephen Sondheim, Bette Midler, Neil Diamond, and many more.

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At the Pompano Beach Cultural Center

The Secret Comedy of Women
March 13 – April 14, 2024
By Barbara Gehring & Linda Klein
Tickets:  $45 – $65
For tickets: https://www.pompanobeacharts.org/cc
All performances will take place at
The Pompano Beach Cultural Center
50 W. Atlantic Blvd.
Pompano Beach, FL 33060
The Secret Comedy of Women celebrates the joys of the journey from girlhood to womanhood. An immersive theatrical experience that rejoices in the challenges of being a woman – from boys to bras and pantyhose to menopause – this two-woman show explores the universal female experience through a rollicking spectacle of sweetly-sharp comedy, songs, dances, stories, and spontaneous moments of discovery that all women share. (And men love it too!)

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LAUDERHILL PERFORMING ARTS CENTER (LPAC)
BROADWAY AT LPAC SERIES:

A Chorus Line
January 11 – January 28, 2024
Conceived and Originally Directed and Choreographed by Michael Bennett
Music by Marvin Hamlisch
Lyrics by Edward Kleban
Tickets:  $45-$65
For tickets:  https://www.lpacfl.com / 954-777- 2055
All performances will take place at
The Lauderhill Performing Arts Center
3800 NW 11th Place,
Lauderhill, FL  33311
Winner of 9 Tony Awards, A Chorus Line is a stunning concept musical capturing the spirit and tension of a Broadway chorus audition. Exploring the inner lives and bittersweet ambitions of professional Broadway performers, the show features one powerhouse number after another, including “What I Did for Love”, “One”, “I Can Do That”, “At The Ballet”, “The Music and the Mirror”, and “I Hope I Get It”. 

Memphis
February 15 – March 3, 2024
Musicand Lyrics by David Bryan
Book and Lyrics by Joe DiPietro
Tickets:  $45-$65
For tickets:  https://www.lpacfl.com / 954-777- 2055
All performances will take place at
The Lauderhill Performing Arts Center
3800 NW 11th Place,
Lauderhill, FL  33311
From the underground dance clubs of 1950’s Memphis, Tennessee, comes the famous musical that burst off the stage with explosive dancing, irresistible songs and a thrilling tale of fame and forbidden love!  Inspired by actual events, Memphis is about a white radio DJ who wants to change the world and a black club singer who is ready for her big break.  Winner of four 2010 Tony Awards.

Hello, Dolly!
April 4 – April 21, 2024
Book by Michael Stewart
Music and Lyrics by Jerry Herman
Tickets:  $45-$65
For tickets:  https://www.lpacfl.com / 954-777- 2055
All performances will take place at
The Lauderhill Performing Arts Center
3800 NW 11th Place,
Lauderhill, FL  33311
This musical adaptation of Thornton Wilder’s hit play The Matchmaker bursts with humor, romance, energetic dance and some of the greatest songs in musical theatre history. Matchmaker Dolly Levi is a widow and also a professional meddler, but everything changes when she decides that the next match she needs to make is for herself. Set in New York City at the turn of the century, Hello, Dolly! is boisterous and charming from start to finish. Winner of 10 Tony Awards.

THE DELRAY BEACH PLAYHOUSE

She Loves Me
November 24 – December 10, 2023
Book by Joe Masteroff
Music by Jerry Brock
Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick
For tickets: www.delraybeachplayhouse.com / 561-272-1281  
All performances will take place at
The Delray Beach Playhouse
950 NW 9th Street
Delray Beach, FL  33444
Set in a 1930s European perfumery, shop clerks Amalia and Georg more often than not don’t see eye to eye. After both respond to a “lonely hearts advertisement” in the newspaper, they begin to live for the love letters that they exchange, but the identity of their admirers remain unknown. Join Amalia and Georg to discover the identity of their true loves… and all the twists and turns along the way!

Ann Talman:  Elizabeth Taylor and The Shadow of Her Smile
December 11 – 14, 2023
Written and performed by Ann Talman
For tickets: www.delraybeachplayhouse.com  / 561-272-1281
The Delray Beach Playhouse
950 NW 9th Street
Delray Beach, FL  33444
Ann Talman has been a successful actress on stage and on screen for over forty years. In 1981, she was cast to play Elizabeth Taylor’s daughter in Lillian Hellman’s Broadway hit The Little Foxes, and the result was a close friendship between Talman and Taylor that endured until the iconic actress died in 2011. With “The Shadow of Her Smile,” Talman explores her relationship with Taylor in a critically acclaimed solo show that combines story and song to tell the stories that only Talman can tell
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Tevye In New York
December 21 – January 7, 2023
Written and performed by Tom Dugan
$44 ($54 with lunch)
For tickets: www.delraybeachplayhouse.com / 561-272-1281 
All performances will take place at
The Delray Beach Playhouse
950 NW 9th Street
Delray Beach, FL  33444
Based on the beloved characters of Sholem Aleichem, actor/playwright Tom Dugan’s (Wiesenthal) newest play Tevye in New York! asks what happened to Tevye, his wife Golde and his daughters after the curtain came down in Fiddler on the Roof Tevye in New York! finally answers those decades-old questions. Follow Tevye as he fights for his piece of the American dream in 1914—from his journey with his daughters across the Atlantic Ocean, through Ellis Island, past “the big green lady,” and into the crowded streets of Manhattan’s Lower East Side.

Aging is Optional (cause G_d I hope it is!)
January 8 – 10, 2023
Created and performed by Tovah Feldshuh
Got tickets:  www.delraybeachplayhouse.com / 561-272-1281
All performances will take place at
The Delray Beach Playhouse
950 NW 9th Street
Delray Beach, FL  33444
As multiple Tony and Emmy Award nominee and three-time Drama Desk Award-winner Tovah Feldshuh puts it, “Some people call them decades, I call them my collected works.  It’s an hour of Restylane for the soul, a booster for the heart, and a probiotic of laughter …and exercise!”

Grumpy Old Men
February 2 – 25, 2024
Book by Dan Remmes
Music by Neil Berg
Lyrics by Nick Meglin
For tickets: www.delraybeachplayhouse.com / 561-272-1281
All performances will take place at
The Delray Beach Playhouse
950 NW 9th Street
Delray Beach, FL  33444
Neighbors Max and John have been feuding for most of their lives. Invigorated by their shared affection for their new neighbor across the street, the beautiful, eccentric, and charming Ariel, they face-off as romantic rivals until their hilarious shenanigans finally bring about a resolution to their fifty-year fight.


Merrily We Roll Along
March 22 – April 7, 2024
Book by George Furth
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
For tickets: www.delraybeachplayhouse.com / 561-272-1281 
All performances will take place at
The Delray Beach Playhouse
950 NW 9th Street
Delray Beach, FL  33444
Merrily We Roll Along begins in the present and moves backwards, tracing the lives of wealthy, jaded composer, Franklin Shepard, and his two estranged friends through each milestone of their personal and professional lives (good and bad). Stephen Sondheim and George Furth expertly blend the excitement and energy of a backstage musical with a poignant and emotional contemporary story about the importance of staying true to one’s ideals.

The Lost Virginity Tour
May 3 – 19, 2024
By Cricket Daniel
For tickets: www.delraybeachplayhouse.com / 561-272-1281
All performances will take place at
The Delray Beach Playhouse
950 NW 9th Street
Delray Beach, FL  33444
Happy Trails Senior Resort Living in Surprise, AZ is where the ladies of the Happy Trails Baking Club meet weekly, swapping desserts and recipes.  But when these four friends start swapping stories about their “first time”, one of them bakes up an idea- to take a road trip across the country, revisiting each location where they lost their virginities.

Best of Broadway Cabaret Series:

February 19 – 22, 2024
From Broadway With Love:  From Funny Girl & 42nd Street to Miss Saigon & Phantom of the Opera

March 25 – 28, 2024
It’s De-Lovely:  Jeff Harner Sings Cole Porter

May 13 – 16, 2024
Something Wonderful:  Laura Yanez Sings Rogers & Hammerstein

Nostalgic Concert Series: Feelin’ Groovy:
December 6, 2023
A Time for Peace:  The Life and Song of Pete Seeger

February 7, 2024
Imagine:  The Life and Song of John Lennon and the Beatles

April 3, 2024
60s Pop Chart Hits You Didn’t Know Came from Canada

All performances will take place at
The Delray Beach Playhouse
950 NW 9th Street
Delray Beach, FL  33444
www.delraybeachplayhouse.com / 561-272-1281

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For more information about this schedule or any of the productions listed, please don’t hesitate to contact me at:

Carol Kassie
Theatrical Marketing & Public Relations
www.CarolKassie.com
P.O. Box 811207
Boca Raton, FL 33481-1207
561-445-9244
carol@carolkassie.com






Marcie Gorman & MNM Theatre Company present FIVE GUYS NAMED MOE – September 8 – 24

18 Tuesday Jul 2023

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Marcie Gorman and
MNM Theatre Company
present
Five Guys Named Moe
at the Kravis Center
September 8 – 24

A jazzy, sexy tribute to legendary composer and saxophonist Louis Jordan.

For Immediate Release
Contact:  Carol Kassie
carol@carolkassie.com / 561-445-9244

July 18, 2023

WEST PALM BEACH, FL:  MNM Theatre Company will present Five Guys Named Moe,playwright Clarke Peters exciting, exhilarating, and exuberantly loving tribute to Jazz legend Louis Jordan and his music from September 8th through September 24th in the Rinker Playhouse at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts.

The September 8th opening date will also mark the official launch of MNM’s updated website and the introduction of the company’s brand-new logo.

Five Guys Named Moe is based on a 1943 musical short of the same name by Louis Jordan himself.  It had its UK debut in 1990 at Theatre Royal Stratford East, running for over four years in the West End, and then premiering on Broadway in 1992, where it was nominated for two Tony Awards.  It was revived in 2010 at the Edinburgh Festival, starring the show’s playwright Clarke Peters and returned later in 2010 to the theatre in which it originally premiered. The musical won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Entertainment.

Nomax has run out of money and his girlfriend has left him.  He needs comfort, support, and advice.  Emerging from his 1930s-style radio are Five Guys Named Moe:  Big Moe, Four-Eyed Moe, Eat Moe, No Moe, and Little Moe, who harmonize, croon, wail, tap, and joke… and provide Nomax with just what he needs, all in the form of Louis Jordan’s hit songs and music.

The show’s director, Jacquez Linder-Long is a former Moe himself.  “I’m very excited to be presenting this show from the ‘other side of the table’ this time around,” he says.   “It means a lot to me because Louis Jordan and the Tymphany 5’s hits are what my grandmother Merdis Moore and I had echoing through my home as a child. It is a big part of where my style and love for storytelling comes from.”

Linder-Long is a Dreyfoos School of the Arts graduate, and a former student of MNM Theatre Company’s Producing Artistic Director and CEO Marcie Gorman, so being able to direct the show for MNM is particularly significant. “To me MNM means “chance””, he says.  “I came to Marcie Gorman and her company with my vision and from day one we have been working to make that vision into reality – to present to audiences a show of African American Legacy and culture through timeless music, song, and dance.”

Linder-Long, who will not only direct, but will also choreograph the show, has cast James White III as No Max, Don Seward as No Moe, Doriyan Caty as Eat Moe, T.J. Pursley as Little Moe, Michael Wallace as Four-Eyed Moe, and Leo Jasper Davis as Big Moe. Desir Dumerjuste is the show’s swing.

Five Guys Named Moe’s Musical Director Bobby Peaco has assembled a top-notch band for the production, including Palm Beach Post columnist Frank Cerabino (saxophone), Julie Jacobs (drums), and Rupert Ziawinski (bass).

Jazz Madison will serve as Five Guys’ Assistant Director, and Annaya Osborne is the Assistant Choreographer.  Harold Petion is the Production Stage Manager, and Belicia Linder-Long will create the costumes for the production. Lighting Design is by Karalyn Fitzgerald, Sound Design is by Justin Thompson, and the show’s Set Designer is Jordon Armstrong.

As a bandleader in the 1940’s Louis Jordan pioneered a wildly popular blend of jazz and blues. The swinging shuffle rhythms played by singer/saxophonist Jordan and his Tympany Five became known as “jump blues” or “jumpin’ jive,” and served as a forerunner of rhythm and blues and rock ‘n’ roll. At the height of his career he scored 18 number-one hit records – four of his songs are in the Grammy Hall of Fame which honors recordings of lasting qualitative or historical significance. Jordan performed songs that appealed to millions of Black and White listeners. Able to “straddle the fence” between these two audiences, Jordan emerged as one of the first successful crossover artists of American popular music.

Clarke Peters (Playwright) is an actor, singer and writer. He earned a Tony Award nomination for Best Book of a Musical for Five Guys Named Moe. As an actor, he has appeared on Broadway in The Iceman Cometh (Theatre World Award) and as Billy Flynn in the revival of Chicago. Clarke’s London credits include Guys and Dolls, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, The Passion and Dispatches at the Royal National Theatre. His West End credits include Blues in the Night, Porgy and Bess, The Witches of Eastwick, and Chicago. In regional theater he has appeared in Driving Miss Daisy, The Wiz, Bubbling Brown Sugar, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Carmen Jones and The Amen Corner. Clarke is familiar to television viewers for his roles on The Wire, Treme and The Divide. His film credits include Mona Lisa, Notting Hill, Marley & Me, Endgame, John Wick, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, Harriet, and Da 5 Bloods. As a director, his credits include Blues for Mr. Charlie, Fascinating Aida, King and Martin Luther.

Five Guys Named Moe will run from September 8 – 24 in the Rinker Playhouse at the Kravis Center for the Performing arts in West Palm Beach. 

Tickets for Five Guys Named Moe range in price from $45 to $55 and are on sale now at www.kravis.org.  Group rates are also available.

For more information about Five Guys Named Moe and/MNM Theatre Company, please visit www.mnmtheatre.org, or contact Carol Kassie at carol@carolkassie.com / 561-445-9244.

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Five Guys Named Moe
September 8 – 24, 2023
Book by Clarke Peters
Music and lyrics by Louis Jordan
Performances: Friday & Saturday at 7 pm
Saturday & Sunday at 1:30 pm
Ticket prices: $45/$50/$55
For tickets: mnmtheatre.org / kravis.org / 561-832-7469
For Group Sales:  561-651-4438 or 561-651-4304.
All performances in
The Rinker Playhouse at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts
701 Okeechobee Blvd.
West Palm Beach, FL 33401

  • Jacquez Linder-Long
  • Louia Jordan
  • Louis Jordan (1950)
  • Clarke Peters
  • Desir Dumerjuste
  • Don Seward
  • Doriyan Caty
  • James White III
  • Leo Jasper Davis
  • Michael Wallace
  • TJ Pursley

Boca Stage To Move To The Delray Beach Playhouse

10 Monday Jul 2023

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For Immediate Release
Contact:  Carol Kassie
carol@carolkassie.com / 561-445-9244

July 10, 2023

DELRAY BEACH, FL:  Boca Stage is on the move.  The award-winning theatre company will take up residence at the Delray Beach Playhouse in October.  The well-respected company has expanded its subscriber base and attendance rate over the past few seasons to the point where there was a definite need for more seats; the move will double the audience capacity from 70 to over 140.  The company will perform in the black box/cabaret hall of the Playhouse.

Boca Stage is known for its mounting of a wide variety of works – from topical, timely, and edgy to classics and comedy.  Their programming is geared towards theatregoers of all ages and stages, and their recent productions have garnered excellent reviews along with full houses.

“We are very grateful to Kevin Barrett and the staff at Delray Beach Playhouse for this opportunity to co-produce our works in a bigger venue,” says Boca Stage Artistic Director and founder Keith Garsson. “We are anxious to provide additional quality productions to add to this historical venue which has served the larger community for over half a century.”

Boca Stage’s 2023 season will consist of three very different pieces:  an updated version of the classic suspense thriller Wait Until Dark; Boeing Boeing, a delightful 1960s comedy about airlines and timetables; and America’s Sexiest Couple, a comedy featuring two of South Florida’s finest actors.  (See below for more information about each play.)

Tickets for all three productions will be on sale soon.

The Delray Beach Playhouse, which first opened its doors in 1947, has become a beloved fixture in the South Florida theatrical community, and boasts a large, strong, and supportive membership composed of both year-round and seasonal patrons.   The addition of Boca Stage as a resident theatre company will offer their own subscriber and audience base, as well as that of the Playhouse, an even wider variety of theatrical options to choose from.

For more information about Boca Stage, the Delray Beach Playhouse, and Keith Garsson, please contact Carol Kassie at carol@carolkassie.com / 561-445-9244. 

The Delray Beach Playhouse is located at 950 NW 9th Street, in Delray Beach, 33444. (561-272-1281).

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Boca Stage 2023 -2024 Productions at the Delray Beach Playhouse:

Wait Until Dark
By Frederick Knott
Adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher
October 27 – November 5, 2023
Forty-seven years after Wait Until Dark premiered on Broadway, Jeffery Hatcher adapted Frederick Knott’s 1966 original, giving it a new setting.  In 1944 Greenwich Village, Susan Hendrix, a blind but capable woman, is imperiled by a trio of men in her own apartment.  As the climax builds, Susan discovers her blindness just might be the key to her escape.
Directed by Keith Garsson


Boeing Boeing
By Marc Camoletti
Translated by Beverly Cross and Francis Evans
January 19 – 28, 2024
This 1960s French farce features a self-styled Parisian lothario, Bernard, who has Italian, German, and American fiancées, each a beautiful airline hostess with frequent ‘layovers’.   He keeps “one up, one down, and one pending” until unexpected schedule changes bring all three to Paris, and to Bernard’s apartment, at the same time.
Directed by Keith Garsson
Starring: Angie Radosh


America’s Sexiest Couple
By Ken Levine
April 19 – 28, 2024
Two actors, who ‘America’s Sexiest Couple’ on a popular ‘90s sitcom reunite for the first time in 25 years.  They face a lifetime of unresolved issues, longings, resentments, and regrets.  Plus, the network wants to reboot the show. Career and personal aspirations collide – professionally and personally, where do they go from here?
Directed by Genie Croft
Starring:  Kim Ostrenko and Wayne LeGette

SHAKESPEARE LIVES! Shakespeare Troupe of South Florida Will Offer Student Training in Classical Acting

22 Thursday Jun 2023

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For Immediate Release
Contact:  Carol Kassie
carol@carolkassie.com / 561-445-9244

June 22, 2023

BOCA RATON, FL:  Shakespeare Lives!, an intensive 10-day workshop created by Shakespeare Troupe of South Florida, will offer students ages 13 – 22 the opportunity to study many facets of classical acting. Classes will take place at Sol Theatre in Boca Raton from July 24th through August 4th.  The program is spearheaded by Shakespeare Troupe founder Peter Galman.    

Professional actors will conduct master classes, teaching the principles of vocal projection, diction, text analysis, verse management, character portrayal, and self-staging techniques. The workshops – open to a maximum of 20 students – will culminate with a staged reading of scenes from Shakespeare showcasing the trainees’ development as classical actors, and will be open to the public. Each student will take away a classic monologue to use in auditions.

Fellow Shakespeare Troupe teaching artists, who specialize in voice, movement, and music will join Galman in conducting the 5-hour sessions.  

Peter Galman

“More workshops and classes are in the works for actors of all ages,” Galman says.  “And we are pleased to announce they will take place in our new home, Boca Raton’s Sol Theatre.”

Tuition for the 10-day Shakespeare Lives! workshop is $250.  Students will be accepted through audition or a self-tape submission.  

For more information please contact Shakespeare Troupe of South Florida at 754-228-7228 / anon@shakestroupe.org or visit the company’s website at https://www.shakestroupe.org.  
Sol Theater is located at 3333 North Federal Highway, in Boca Raton (33431).  

Shakespeare Lives! is sponsored by the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County.

Shakespeare Troupe of South Florida’s mission is to build engagement and appreciation of the text of William Shakespeare through immersive and educational theatrical experiences.
Founded by Peter Galman in 2016 to commemorate the Bard’s 400th birthday, the Troupe has participated in numerous events, including the weeklong intensive World of Shakespeare Program in March 2017 at the Cushman School in Miami. In 2018-2019 the Troupe toured dozens of schools, venues, and cultural centers, reaching 10,000 audience members, many of whom were new to the works of William Shakespeare.

Peter Galman was born in Chicago, trained under a scholarship at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, and completed graduate studies under legendary teacher Stella Adler. After beginning his professional career with Joseph Papp’s New York Shakespeare Festival, he appeared regularly as the troubled Tom Hughes on the daytime serial “As the World Turns” for five years while moonlighting on Broadway and off-Broadway in New York. After a hiatus from his art to raise a family on Long Island, he returned to his passion and joined the ensemble of the Actors Shakespeare Company of Jersey City, New Jersey, where he played many roles, including Prospero, Claudius, Lear, Bottom, and Shylock. It was there he developed his exploration of First Folio text and gained teaching and artist experience in the ASC school programs. His earliest Shakespeare roles were in the early summer seasons of the Colorado Shakespeare Festival, where he developed vocal projection skills and rapier and dagger stage fighting techniques.

Shakespeare Lives!
A 10 Day Workshop in Classical Acting
July 24 – August 4, 2023
Tuition:  $250
For more information:  anon@shakestroupe.org / 754-228-7228
Program to take place at
Sol Theater
3333 North Federal Highway
Boca Raton, FL  33431

The Delray Beach Playhouse Announces its 2023-2024 Season

25 Thursday May 2023

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Delray Beach Playhouse
Announces its
2023-2024 Season

The Playhouse will feature numerous theatrical and musical options sure to appeal to audiences of all ages.

For Immediate Release
Contact:  Carol Kassie
carol@carolkassie.com / 561-445-9244

May 25, 2023

DELRAY BEACH, FL:  The Delray Beach Playhouse has announced its lineup for 2023-2024, and once again, the venerable venue promises a season of exciting, eclectic, and engaging programming sure to entertain its long-time patrons, and to attract new audiences to what has often been called the ‘gem of a theatre on the shores of Lake Ida’.

The Playhouse, which first opened its doors in 1947, has become a beloved fixture in South Florida theatrical community, and boasts large, strong, and supportive membership composed of year-round and seasonal patrons, an excellent roster of local talent both backstage and front of house, and an enthusiastic and committed team of volunteers.  

This year’s Mainstage Play Series will begin with She Loves Me, the award-winning musical by Jerry Brock and Sheldon Harnick (Fiddler on the Roof). The Playhouse’ next production Grumpy Old Men, the successful musical adaptation of the 1993 hit film of the same name, will be followed by Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along. The Lost Virginity Tour will round out what promises to be an extremely enjoyable season.

After his successful run at the Playhouse with his award-winning show Wiesenthal last season, playwright/actor/director Tom Dugan will perform in the regional premiere of his play, Tevye in New York.

The Best of Broadway Cabaret Series, which will replace the Musical Memories Concert Series, will be headlined by internationally known Broadway, television, and film star Tovah Feldshuh in her newest show Aging is Optional.  Other concerts in the Broadway series include Ann Talman: Elizabeth Taylor and the Shadow of her Smile, From Broadway With Love (From Funny Girl & 42nd Street to Miss Saigon & Phantom of the Opera), It’s De-Lovely: Jeff Harner Sings Cole Porter, and Something Wonderful: Laura Yanez Sings Rogers & Hammerstein.

The PinkSlip Duo returns to the Playhouse with new concerts for the Feelin’ Groovy Series:  A Time for Peace:  The Life and Song of Pete Seeger, Imagine:  The Life and Song of John Lennon, and 60s Pop Chart Hits You Didn’t Know Came From Canada.

Subscriptions for all three series are on sale now. Individual tickets will be available beginning September 5th.  Ticket prices will vary, and group rates will be available.  More information about all these productions, including show descriptions and logos, is available on the theatre’s website: delraybeachplayhouse.com.

The Delray Beach Playhouse is located at 950 NW 9th Street, in Delray Beach, 33444. (561-272-1281).

For more information about The Delray Beach Playhouse visit delraybeachplayhouse.com, or contact Carol Kassie at carol@carolkassie.com / 561-445-9244.

Delray Beach Playhouse Mainstage Productions:

November 24 – December 10, 2023
She Loves Me
Book by Joe Masteroff
Music by Jerry Brock
Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick

Set in a 1930s European perfumery, we meet shop clerks, Amalia and Georg, who, more often than not, don’t see eye to eye. After both respond to a “lonely hearts advertisement” in the newspaper, they now live for the love letters that they exchange, but the identity of their admirers remains unknown. Join Amalia and Georg to discover the identity of their true loves… and all the twists and turns along the way!

December 21 – January 7, 2023
Tevye In New York
By Tom Dugan

Based on the beloved characters of Sholem Aleichem and from Tom Dugan, the writer and star of Wiesenthal, comes the World Premiere of his newest play Tevye in New York! Ever wonder what happened to Tevye, wife Golde and his daughters after the curtain came down in Fiddler on the Roof? Tevye in New York! finally answers those decades-old questions. Follow Tevye as he fights for his piece of the American dream in 1914—from his journey with his daughters across the Atlantic Ocean, through Ellis Island, past “the big green lady,” and into the crowded streets of Manhattan’s Lower East Side.  Tevye In New York! is a magical tale filled with laughter, heartbreak, and joy, as Tevye tries to balance tradition with what it means to be an American Jew.

February 2 – 25, 2024
Grumpy Old Men
Book by Dan Remmes
Music by Neil Berg
Lyrics by Nick Meglin

Grumpy Old Men is the story of two aging men, Max and John, neighbors who have been feuding for most of their lives. Invigorated by their shared affection for their new neighbor across the street, the beautiful, eccentric, and charming Ariel, they face-off as romantic rivals until their hilarious shenanigans finally bring about a resolution to their long-standing differences. Based on the 1993 film, which starred Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, and Ann-Margret, this stage adaptation captures the lovably crotchety characters through twinkling humor, great songs, and the affectionate depiction of a small town that feels like home to everyone.

March 22 – April 7, 2024
Merrily We Roll Along
Book by George Furth
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim

The authors of the landmark Company reunite to turn the traditional showbiz musical on its head in this thrilling and compelling Broadway fable about friendship, compromise and the high price of success. Stephen Sondheim and George Furth expertly blend the excitement and energy of a backstage musical with a poignant and emotional contemporary story about the importance of staying true to one’s ideals.

May 3 – 19, 2024
The Lost Virginity Tour
By Cricket Daniel

Happy Trails Senior Resort Living in Surprise, AZ is where the ladies of the Happy Trails Baking Club meet weekly, swapping desserts and recipes.  But when these four friends start swapping stories about their “first time”, one of them bakes up an idea- to take a road trip across the country, revisiting each location where they lost their virginities.  Tears, laughter, memories and secrets are all revealed as each lady shares the details about their first time.  Will revisiting the past alter their futures?  The Lost Virginity Tour is about friendship, heartache, regrets and first loves.

Best of Broadway Cabaret Series:

December 11 – 14, 2023
Ann Talman:  Elizabeth Taylor and The Shadow of her Smile

Award-winning, four-time Broadway veteran, Ann Talman makes her debut at The Playhouse with a special and personal performance, Elizabeth Taylor and The Shadow of her Smile.  Talman portrayed Elizabeth Taylor’s daughter on Broadway in The Little Foxes, beginning their lifelong friendship that lasted for the rest of Taylor’s life. The Shadow of Her Smile is an evening of story and song about Ann and Elizabeth’s amazing bond, filled with hilarious and touching stories that only Ann can tell, and woven with classic Broadway and Great American Songbook gems. “Ann‘s imitation of Elizabeth is so spot on, if you close your eyes, you’ll swear they’re together again!” 

January 8 – 10, 2024
Tovah Feldshuh – Aging is Optional

Agingi s Optional is an age-defying romp. As Tovah puts it, “some people call them decades, I all them my collecte works. It’s an hour of Resylane for the soul, a booster for the heart, and a probiotic of laughter… and exercise.” Feldshuh is a six-time Emmy and Tony Award nominee, and has been awarded three honorary Doctorates of Humane Letters. She is currently starring in the Broadway production of Funny Girl.

February 19 – 22, 2024
From Broadway With Love:  From Funny Girl & 42nd Street to Miss Saigon & Phantom of the Opera

Starring some of South Florida’s finest singers and musicians, this show will feature more than 15 classic Broadway love songs.

March 25 – 28, 2024
It’s De-Lovely:  Jeff Harner Sings Cole Porter

A celebration of the words and music of the beloved composer. Jeff Harner is an award-winning cabaret, concert, and recording artist; his Carnegie Hall appearances include both the Cole Porter and Noel Coward Centenial Galas.

May 13 – 16, 2024
Something Wonderful:  Laura Yanez Sings Rogers & Hammerstein

Credited for starting the ‘Golden Age’ of musical theatre, Rogers and Hammerstein wrote some of the most memorable and lasting Broadway music of the 20th Century. Soprano Laura Yanez is the former lead singer of the international phenomenon Riverdance.

Delray Beach Playhouse Individual Performances:

December 6, 2023
A Time for Peace:  The Life and Song of Pete Seeger

February 7, 2024
Imagine:  The Life and Song of John Lennon and the Beatles

April 3, 2024
60s Pop Chart Hits You Didn’t Know Came from Canada