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Spanish River Concerts’ MINDS OF THE MASTERS to Showcase two Musical Virtuosos

28 Wednesday Feb 2024

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Israeli pianist Natalie Tenenbaum and violinist Filip Pogády
to perform at the Spanish River Church March 4th & 5th.

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

February 28, 2024

BOCA RATON, FL:  Spanish River Concerts, the popular and lauded concert series that has enriched the South Florida music scene for over 20 years, will present a special event concert for two nights only on March 4th and 5th at the Spanish River Church.   Minds of the Masters will feature Israeli pianist Natalie Tenenbaum and violinist Filip Pogády.  These two master musicians will be joined by vocalists Daniel Montenegro and Maria Valdes, all accompanied by the Spanish River Orchestra under the direction of world-renowned conductor Tomer Adaddi.

“The genius of Natalie Tenenbaum defies simple description,” says Spanish River Concerts Executive Director Jeff Morgenstern. “While most artists choose a lane and stay within those lines, Natalie is like a force of nature, a musician’s musician, who can’t be pigeon-holed into any single style.  She’s a world class jazz, pop, and classical musician who blurs the lines between all of these and more.  Her technical proficiency and musicality are other-worldly.”

Critically acclaimed composer, pianist, music producer/director and singer-songwriter Natalie Tenenbaum is a graduate of the Juilliard School.  She has appeared as a soloist and with orchestras in Israel, Europe, Asia, and the United States, performing in such venues as the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, Korea’s National Theater, Jerusalem Music Center, Berlin’s Konzerthaus, Madison Square Garden, and the Apollo Theatre.  She has performed her original compositions at Carnegie Hall, Harvard University, Merkin Hall, The National Arts Gallery (NY) and Juilliard’s Paul Hall.  A short video of Tenenbaum’s Michael Jackson ‘Mashup’ can be found here:  www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhDTLXtrRCg

Violinist Filip Pogády has been praised by the press for the “beauty of his tone”, “lightning-like virtuosity” (Russkoe Slovo) and his “commanding performances” (The New York Times). He has performed in some of the most renowned concert venues in the world including Lincoln Center (New York), Rudolphinum (Prague), Konzerthaus (Vienna), Tel Aviv Opera House, Kamakura Arts Center (Kamakura), Natori Arts Center (Tokyo), Lotte Hall (Seoul), and Seoul Arts Center.

“These are going to be two unforgettable concerts,” Morgenstern says, “with musical styles ranging from Gershwin to Michael Jackson.”

Tickets for both evenings are on sale now; ticket prices range from $48 to $94.   For more information, and/or to purchase tickets visit www.SpanishRiverConcerts.org or call the Spanish River Concerts box office at 800-716-6975.  To speak with anyone involved with Minds of the Masters, for more photos, or to arrange to see a performance, please contact Carol Kassie at carol@carolkassie.com / 561-445-9244.

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Minds of the Masters
March 4 & 5

Performances begin at 8 pm
Tickets $48-$94 (Group rates available)
For tickets:  www.spanishriverconcerts.org or
Call 800-716-6975
All performances take place at
Spanish River Church
2400 Yamato Road,
Boca Raton, FL 

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

22 Tuesday Aug 2023

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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

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

Kevin Black’s SWING! SWING! SWING! Returns to Stage Door Theatre – June 16 – July 30

01 Thursday Jun 2017

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Back by Popular Demand!

Stage Door Theatre
presents
Kevin Black’s
Swing! Swing! Swing!
June 16 – July 30

“It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing!” Duke Ellington

“From the opening drum riffs, rippling bass and piano fanfare, you are put on notice:  This show is going to … blow out the roof.”
Bill Hirschman – FloridaTheaterOnStage.com

June 1, 2017
MARGATE, FL:  Last fall Stage Door Theatre’s Theatre 2 jumped and jived with Kevin Black’s exuberant production of Swing! Swing! Swing! The Carbonell Recommended musical revue was so popular with Stage Door audiences, that the theatre’s Executive Producer Dee Wilson-Bunn decided it would be the perfect vehicle to ‘jazz up’ Stage Door’s 2017 summer season.  Swing! Swing! Swing! will open once again on June 16th in the ever-popular venue’s Theatre 2, and run through July 30th.

Kevin Black

“Swing music has its roots in Jazz, beginning in New Orleans and Kansas City then eventually moving its way across the nation.” Black explained last October.  “Once it reached New York City, the phenomenon quickly became the pop music of its day. Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and Glenn Miller took the jazz infused sounds of George Gershwin and Louis Armstrong and invented a genre that featured a strong drum and bass line, creating that unmistakable rhythm that lead to the high energy dance styles of the jitterbug and the jive.

“Swing! Swing! Swing! pays tribute to these Jazz and Swing classics, told through various thematic groupings of songs and artists,” he continued. “That Big Band sound, normally created by a 20 plus piece swing band, will be reimagined by utilizing live piano, bass and drums, while incorporating the cast as the brass section through rhythmic vocals and harmonized scatting. The show is set in an Art Deco style club, masterfully envisioned by Michael McClain. We are certain the more senior patrons of Stage Door will thoroughly enjoy reliving these timeless classics. Our hope is to bring this magnificent musical style to a new generation of audiences.”

Just a few of the classic pieces that will be revisited include ‘Tuxedo Junction’,’In the Mood’, ‘Stardust’, ‘Stormy Weather’, ‘I Got Rhythm’, and of course ‘It Don’t Mean a Thing.’

Three of the show’s original cast will return for this production of Swing!:  Alexandra Van Hasselt, Sharyn Peoples, Elijah Word have all signed on to reprise their roles.  They will be joined by Pasqualino Beltempo, Rebeca Diaz, and Christopher Patterson.

Kevin Black is the owner of Kevin Black Productions, a global company providing entertainment to cruise lines, corporate events, resorts, musical theater productions, ,and tours. Kevin’s extensive cruise line work includes costume design, choreography, production, and direction on Norwegian, Saga, Royal Caribbean and Asuka Cruise Lines. Corporate clients include HP, Motorola, Muvico, and Giorgio Armani; tours include original works – Cirque style shows, as well as musical theater productions including La Cage Aux Folles, The Jazz Singer, Smokey Joe’s Café, Funny Girl, Victor/Victoria, Cabaret, and Dreamgirls. Kevin’s work can currently be seen at the Villa de Palmar Resorts in Cabo, Mexico. His most recent work includes Laffing Matterz at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts; 8 Track, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, and Rags at The Plaza Theatre in Manalapan, Florida; What’s New Pussycat?, On The Radio, A Chorus Line, Promises, Promises, Pompadour, Evita, and The Soul of Motor City at The Stage Door Theatre in Margate, Florida. He also recently directed and choreographed Spamalot, Tommy, The Rocky Horror Show, and Into The Woods for Entre’Acte Theatrix performing at The Crest Theatre in Delray Beach, Florida. Kevin is the producer, director and choreographer of an original children’s show, The Adventures of Bella & Harry, and is the Artistic Director for CAST (Career in the Arts, School of Talent) located in Cooper City, Florida.

Swing! Swing! Swing! will run from June 16 – July 30 at Stage Door Theatre. The theatre is located at 8036 Sample Road, in Margate.

Tickets for Swing! Swing! Swing! are $48. (Student prices are also available with valid ID). Tickets may be purchased at the Broward Stage Door Theatre box office at 954-344-7765 or on line at www.stagedoorfl.org.

For more information about Swing! Swing! Swing! and/or Stage Door Theatre, please visit www.stagedoorfl.org, or contact Derelle Bunn Executive Producer/Artistic Director, at DerelleBunn@yahoo.com / 954-344-7765 or Carol Kassie (carol@carolkassie.com / 561-445-9244).

Swing! Swing! Swing!
June 16 – July 30
Conceived and Directed by Kevin Black
Choreographed by Kevin Black and Ben Bagby
Assistant Choreographer Isabel Trelles
Musical Direction by Ben Bagby
Assistant Musical Director Michael Friedman
Costume Design by Jerry Sturdefant of Carousel Theatrical
Scenic Design by Michael McClain
Lighting Design by Ardean Landhuis
Sound Design by Paul O’Donnell
Band Leader / Pianist – Michael Friedman
Bassist – Rupert Ziawinski
Percussionist – Roy Fantel
Tickets:  $48
Phone:  954-344-7765
On line: www.stagedoorfl.org
Showtimes:
Wednesday, Saturday, &  Sunday at 2 pm,
Friday & Saturday at 8 pm
The Stage Door Theatre
8036 W Sample Rd
Margate, Fl 33065
www.stagedoorfl.org
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Duke Ellington’s “Sophisticated Ladies” Swings into The Broward Stage Door Theatre October 25th

08 Tuesday Oct 2013

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Broward Stage Door Theatre
presents
Sophisticated Ladies
October 25th – November 24thSoph Ladies 1Stylish, Sexy… and Sophisticated!


The Broward Stage Door Theatre will reverberate with the music of the legendary Duke Ellington when Sophisticated Ladies opens on October 25th.  Ellington’s musical legacy will be celebrated in style in this brassy and classy tribute to one of America’s greatest musicians and composers.

“Sophisticated Ladies will definitely bring you back to Harlem’s famed Cotton Club,” says the show’s director Dan Kelley. “Yet it’s an eclectic mix of big band swing, jazz, blues, pop, and classical.  In short, it’s the very best of the best, and it promises to be an unforgettable evening of entertainment.”

Duke Ellington was – and is still considered to be an American Master.  His career spanned over 50 years – from 1923 until his death.  Although he was a pivotal figure in the history of jazz, he embraced the phrase ‘beyond category’, and preferred to call his work “American Music”. Sophisticated Ladies showcases his multi-faceted talent. The show was nominated for eight Tony awards when it originally played on Broadway, and it won three.  It features over 35 musical numbers by “The Duke” that have become standards in the American Songbook, including such hits as A Train, It Don’t Mean A Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing, Solitude, Hit Me With A Hot Note, Satin Doll, Mood Indigo, and I’m Beginning To See The Light.

Stage Door’s Artistic Director Derelle Bunn has assembled an impressive team for the production.  Along with the award-winning Kelley as director, Sophisticated Ladies will feature the choreography of multiple Carbonell Award-winner Chrissi Ardito, the musical direction of Marcus Davis, and costume design by award-winning costumer Peter Lovello.

Kelley has cast the show with some Stage Door favorites as well as several exciting newcomers, including Courtney Blackmun, Marcus Davis, Karma Jenkins, Clint Hromsco, Walter Kemp, Brooke Martino, Shenise Nunez, Gregory Omar Osborne,  Ziarra  Washington, Stevanie Anita Williams, and Christopher George Patterson.

Says Patterson:  “Sophisticated Ladies is one of my favorite shows because of the positively infectious music of Duke Ellington, but more so because it once starred my idol, Gregory Hines, on Broadway. This show brings you back to the days where the spectacle of Broadway was purely the song-and- dance element, and no high-tech scenery or theatrical automation stole the show from the performers.”

Sophisticated Ladies  will run from October 25th to November 24th at The Broward Stage Door Theatre in Coral Springs.   The theatre is located at 8036 Sample Road, in Coral Springs.

Tickets for Sophisticated Ladies are $38; $16 student tickets are also available.  Tickets may be purchased at the Broward Stage Door Theatre box office at 954-344-7765 or on line at http://www.stagedoortheatre.com

Sophisticated Ladies
Concept by Donald McKayle
Based on the music of Duke Ellington
October 25 – November 24
Tickets:  $38 (Students $16)
Phone:  954-344-7765
Showtimes:
Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday at 2:00 pm,
Friday and Saturday at 8:00 pm
The Broward Stage Door Theatre
8036 W Sample Rd
Coral Springs, Fl 33065
www.stagedoortheatre.com

 

Virtuoso Pianist Jace Vek creates ‘The New Standard’

29 Thursday Nov 2012

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Eight World Class Musicians to Appear On Stage
One Night Only

January 5, 2013
At The Crest Theater
At the Delray Beach Center for the Arts in Old School Square

Emmy Award-winning composer and concert pianist Jace Vek has built a critically acclaimed career combining different styles and genres to create music that ventures far beyond the traditional, yet consistently pleases the ear and the soul.  On January 5th at the Crest Theatre at the Delray Beach Center for the Arts in Old School Square, Vek will continue to stretch the boundaries of his art in a concert he has dubbed The New Standard.

The show, which Vek describes as “instrumental art” will feature a roster of outstanding musicians, all with uniquely different styles of musicianship working together to give birth to Vek’s newest cutting edge creations.

“The music is heavy on melody, and strong in rhythm,” Vek explains.  “It ranges from sublime, dreamy interludes to explosive feats of technical virtuosity. It sounds like a film soundtrack on steroids. It’s a sum of the inspirations from many musical styles including, Electronica, Classical, New Age, Jazz, Film music, Hard Rock, Symphonic, Opera, and Hip hop.”

The New Standard will also showcase the formidable talents of cellist Jonah Kim, electric guitarist Jimi Cokinos, flugelhorn/trumpeter Jeff Oster, bassist Chris Eversoul, and percussionist Drew Tucker.  Soprano Jenene Caramiello and dancer Anita Havel will also perform.

Winner of 2 Emmy awards, with five album releases, Jace Vek’s music is played on hundreds of radio stations world-wide and is featured on XM satellite radio. He is a composer of new music, has worked with with Grammy award winning artists, and specializes in symphonic-electronic fusion. As a virtuoso pianist, Jace Vek has played for US presidents, and performed in many exclusive venues.

Heralded by the New York Times as the next Yo-Yo Ma, 22 year old cellist Jonah Kim has become a star in the world of classical music. He has worked with numerous superstars, including Sting, Andrea Bocelli, Vic Damone, Kenny Rogers, and the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Jonah is a graduate of the Julliard and Curtis schools of music. He is Associate Principal Cellist at the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra, where he is also the orchestra’s youngest member.

With a career in the music business that has taken him to over 50 countries, electric guitarist Jimi Cokinos brings a world of sound and experience to his music. He has had an extensive career in production and has worked closely with Janet Jackson. Destiny’s Child, Fuel, Creed, James Taylor, and other world famous acts.


Jeff Oster’s
(flugelhorn, trumpet) most recent album releases, produced by Grammy award winning producer Will Ackerman, have earned him 2 album of the year awards, and international radio airplay, and rave reviews from critics from all over the world.

Over the past 12 months Chris Eversoul (bass guitar) has appeared with the following groups: Apocalyptica, L.A. Guns, Cinderella, and Stryper.  Chris has also worked with Joan Jett, Lita Ford, Dale Stevens, and Patrick Johanson.

Founder of the Tucker Music Academy, which teaches hundreds of students, percussionist Drew Tucker is a leader in community outreach, and a captain of music education.

Tickets for The New Standard are $25, and are on sale now. Tickets may be purchased on line at http://delraycenterforthearts.org/ or by phone at 561-243-7922. Performance time is 8 p.m. on January 5th, 2013.

For more information about The New Standard, to arrange for interviews with various artists, or for photos and/or video, visit www.jacevek.com, or contact Carol Kassie at ckassie@gmail.com/561-445-9244.

Delray Beach Center for the Arts (formerly known as Old School Square Cultural Arts Center) offers world‐class events, theater, exhibits and learning opportunities. The restored early 20th century school buildings (listed on the
National Register of Historic Places as Delray Beach Schools) house the charming Cornell Museum of Art & American Culture (c. 1913), the intimate Crest Theatre (c. 1925) and a Vintage Gymnasium. The Pavilion, which opened in 2002, hosts outdoor concerts and festivals. The School of Creative Arts offers art, photography and writing classes. The Center also serves as a venue for community, corporate, private and media events. For information on performances, exhibits, classes or facility rentals, call 561‐243‐7922 or visit
DelrayCenterForTheArts.org.

The New Standard
January 5, 2013
8:00 p.m.
Tickets $25
The Crest Theatre at the Delray Beach Center for the Arts at Old School Square
51 North Swinton Avenue
Delray Beach, FL 33444
Phone:  561-243-7922
delraycenterforthearts.org

 Jace Vek
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Jonah Kim Jimi CokinosDrew TuckerJeff Oster
Chris EversoulJenene Carmiello

 

Paulette Dozier… X 2!

04 Tuesday Sep 2012

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Paulette Dozier
Celebrates September
with a Concert at Arts Garage
and an Encore Performance of
Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill

Jazz artist Paulette Dozier has two major events on her calendar for September:  She will open the Miami Beach Stage Door Theatre’s 2012-2013 season with an encore performance of Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, and she will celebrate the release her third CD, In Walked You, with a concert at Arts Garage in Delray Beach.

Dozier’s performance as Billie Holiday in playwright Lanie Robertson’s portrait of the legendary jazz singer just four months before her death earned glowing reviews and played to sold out houses at the Boca Raton Theatre Guild in April, and more recently at the Broward Stage Door Theatre in Coral Springs.   The production will run for four performances only – September 21st -23rd at the Byron Carlyle Theatre in Miami.  Now in its second year, the Miami Beach Stage Door is the resident theatre company at the historic Byron Carlyle Theatre.

In Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill the iconic jazz singer reflects upon her life, loves, tragedies, and triumphs in a powerful monologue interspersed with music from her timeless songbook.

Arts Garage in Delray Beach has quickly become one of South Florida’s top spots for jazz – and as such is the perfect venue to host an introductory concert celebrating the South Florida release of Paulette Dozier’s newest project – her third CD, In Walked You.   As in her previous albums, In Walked You highlights a number of unforgettable compositions from the jazz canon, and features an original composition – the title track Dozier penned with longtime collaborator Mike Levine.

In Walked You will be available for purchase on September 8th at www.paulettedozier.com.

Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill will run September 21-23.  Performances are: Friday at 8:00 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., and Sunday at 2:00 p.m. The Byron Carlyle Theatre is located at 500 71st Street, Miami, Florida 33141. Tickets for Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill are $38, and $16 for students (with ID). There is a 10% discount available for residents of Miami Beach. Tickets are on sale now, and can be purchased at the Byron Carlyle Box Office: 305-397-8977.

Tickets for Paulette Dozier’s Arts Garage CD Release Party and Performance are available by calling 561-450-6357 or at http://artsgarage.org/or http://artsgarage.org/event-registration/?ee=7. Tickets are $20-30 in advance, $25-35 at the door. All performances take place at Arts Garage, 180 N.E. First Street, Delray Beach, 33444. (lower level of the Old School Square Parking Garage).

Extended Run – Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill – 3 Shows Added!

23 Monday Apr 2012

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Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill
Starring
Paulette Dozier
at
The Boca Raton Theatre Guild
Paulette Dozier as Billie Holiday

April 23, 2012: The Boca Raton Theatre Guild has extended the run of Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill.   Tickets are now on sale for three extra performances – Saturday May 5th at 2 & 8 p.m., and Sunday, May 6th at 2 p.m.   Even though the play, starring Carbonell nominated actress/jazz artist Paulette Dozier, was entirely sold out more than two weeks before opening night, demand for tickets continued.  The Boca Raton Theatre Guild requested the extension, and the Willow Theatre agreed.

Producer Keith Garsson is extremely pleased with this development, “Paulette Dozier is a major talent, and she and our director, Genie Croft, have put together an amazing show.”

Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill is set in 1959 in a seedy bar in Philadelphia, wherein Billie Holiday is giving one of her final performances.  More than a dozen musical numbers are interlaced with the iconic singer’s reminiscences of her life. Her salty, graphic, humorous, and triumphant memories combine to create a riveting portrait of the woman and her music.

Dozier welcomes the challenges created by the music, the script, and by Holiday’s story itself. “There’s a lot about her life that I don’t necessarily relate to,” says Dozier. “But the pain that she describes at different points throughout the show — I admire her because no matter what she experienced, she battled through it.”

FEATURED SONGS:
Crazy He Calls Me, Easy Livin’, What A Little Moonlight Can Do, Strange Fruit, God Bless The Child, and many more.

Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill will run April 27, 28, and 29th, and May 5th and 6th.  Performances are: Friday (April 27) at 8:00 p.m., Saturdays at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., and Sundays at 2:00 p.m. The Willow Theatre in Sugar Sand Park is located at 300 South Military Trail in Boca Raton, just south of Palmetto Park Road. Tickets for Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill are $15 and are on sale now. Tickets can be purchased at the Willow Theatre Box office: 561-347-3948.

The Boca Raton Theatre Guild is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to producing professional productions and advancing the art of theatre in the South Florida community.

Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill
April 27, 28, & 29, May 5 & 6
Willow Theatre at Sugar Sand Park
Tickets $15
For Tickets:  561-347-3948

The Boca Raton Theatre Guild presents Paulette Dozier in “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill”

03 Tuesday Apr 2012

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3 Performances Sold Out – Saturday Matinée tickets still available!

The Boca Raton Theatre Guild
presents
Paulette Dozier
in
Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill

In an age where pop stars and divas face unrelenting scrutiny, a look back to one of our strongest, most independent female singers is due.

Carbonell nominated actress and acclaimed jazz artist Paulette Dozier will star as Billie Holiday in Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill, playwright Lanie Robertson’s portrait of the legendary jazz singer in performance four months before her death.  The play, which will be produced by the Boca Raton Theatre Guild, will run for four performances only – April 27-29th at the Willow Theatre in Sugar Sand Park.

In Lady Day, the iconic jazz singer reflects on her life, loves, tragedies, and triumphs in a powerful monologue interspersed with music from her timeless songbook.  Holiday’s saga will resonate strongly with modern day audiences – recent events, including the heartbreakingly wasted careers of such talents as Whitney Houston and Amy Winehouse, echo Holiday’s sadly familiar story of troubles with narcotics, financial exploitation, and in Holiday’s case, sexual abuse.

Dozier has immersed herself in the role – studying Billie Holiday the woman as well as Billie Holiday the musician, and has come away with a deep respect for the legendary singer.  The play presents a multitude of challenges for the actress/jazz singer, but she’s ready to face them head on:

“Much of the suffering Billie had to endure is unfathomable, yet she managed to forge ahead and live her life as best she could just because she wanted to sing,” Dozier says.  “For her, singing was living and she fought to live by way of her singing. So many times you hear stories about people who say they can’t get a break in life, as if the world is against them. And what do they do, either complain to no end or give up at the first sign of difficulty.  Or worse, blame everybody else for their problem.  Billie Holiday didn’t point the blame or give up and stop singing.  There’s a lesson that can be learned about the fortitude she had.”

“I especially like this production because as an actress I have to really “bring it,” Dozier explains. “This isn’t the typical role of the diva with an attitude that I generally get.  In Billie’s shoes, my challenge is trying to communicate the pain of her heartbreaks, physical abuse, racism, and, of course, the drug abuse; all in such a way that the play doesn’t become just a ‘tear jerker’.  The audience must know that she found joy amongst all her suffering.”

Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill will be directed by Genie Croft.

Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill will run April 27, 28, and 29th.  Performances are: Friday at 8:00 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., and Sunday at 2:00 p.m. The Willow Theatre in Sugar Sand Park is located at 300 South Military Trail in Boca Raton, just south of Palmetto Park Road. Tickets for Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill are $15 and are on sale now. Tickets can be purchased at the Willow Theatre Box office: 561-347-3948.

Please note: Tickets available for the Saturday, April 28th, 2 pm performance only.

The Boca Raton Theatre Guild is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to producing professional productions and advancing the art of theatre in the South Florida community.

For more information about Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill, the Boca Raton Theatre Guild, or Paulette Dozier please visit www.brtg.org, www.paulettedozier.com , or contact Carol Kassie (ckassie@gmail.com/561-948-2601).

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Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill
April 27, 28, & 29
Willow Theatre at Sugar Sand Park
Tickets $15
For Tickets:  561-347-3948

 

 

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