The Rave Review Spring 2010

IMAGINE DREAM ESCAPE

2010/2011 SEASON • WHERE ART COMES TO LIFE

The 2010/2011 season will begin with Twelve Angry Men (Nov. 2-14), a suspenseful drama about the effect one voice can have on a jury. The Theatre will continue with Academy (Dec. 7-14), a world premiere youthful coming-of-age pop musical set in a boys prep school. Next up, is the classic family favorite, The Sound of Music (Jan. 11-30), which will make your heart soar with its magical score by the beloved Rodgers and Hammerstein. Then, Jolson at the Winter Garden! (Feb. 22-March 13) takes a retrospective look at the legendary entertainer. The eclectic season ends with the Gershwin tap-dancing extravaganza, Crazy for You. Who could ask for anything more?

“This season, audiences can explore award-winning new works and discover new reasons to love American theatre treasures,” said Andrew Kato, Artistic Director of the Maltz Jupiter Theatre. “We are especially proud of Academy, which got its start here in Jupiter.”

Academy was presented in a workshop production at the Maltz

Jupiter Theatre, and was accepted at last October’s New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF), where it won several awards, including an opportunity to be presented this summer at South Korea’s Daegu International Musical Festival.

Now is the time to become a new subscriber or renew your season subscription to get the best seats available. The multiple Carbonell Award-winning Theatre is offering two convenient subscription plans, the four-play and the five-play, for the 2010/2011 season Where Art Comes to Life.

Subscribers save 10 percent to 15 percent on single ticket prices, and once you are a subscriber, you will secure your existing seats for subscription renewals, as long as you do it within the renewal deadline (May 10). Subscribers also get one fee-free ticket exchange per show, and advance notice and ability to purchase tickets to limited engagements and other special events.

the maltz jupiter theatre raised more than $420,000 at its seventh annual gala, soirée à la cage.

The gala, held Jan. 22, at The Club at Admiral’s Cove in Jupiter, was a sparkling celebration based on the theatre’s production of La Cage aux Folles. The evening, one of the theatre’s main fund-raising events, was sold out, with more than 300 people, who enjoyed cocktails, a surf and turf dinner, a live band, “showgirls” and silent and grand auctions, with lots ranging from Tiffany & Co. earrings to VIP trips to the Spy Museum in Washington, D.C. Tim Luke, of HGTV’s Cash in the Attic, served as auctioneer. A highlight of the evening, which honored Peggy and Rick Katz, came when the Katzes’ granddaughter Molly Mathias sang For Good, from the show Wicked, in tribute to her grandparents. She was accompanied on piano by Dr. Robert Sharon.

and Ross Johnson

This year, gala co-chairmen were Susan L. Johnson and Beth Neuhoff. Honorary chairman was Roberta Golub. Décor chairman was Leslie Sacks. Invitation chairman was Bel Miller. Silent Auction & Special Projects: Pattie Light and her son, Jared Light. Sponsorship: Marcia Cohn. VIP Sponsors were Seymour “Zoom” Fleisher, Peggy and Rick Katz, Sallie and Bert Korman, Jane F. Napier, Bonnie and John Osher, Diane and Jim Perrella and Tiffany & Co. Platinum Sponsors were Roberta and Harvey Golub, Roe Green, Susan and Ross Johnson, Beth and Geoffrey Neuhoff, Joan and Alan Safir, Roger Berk and Ellen Tschappat.

Patty Travis, Rebecca Brewer, Gala Co-chairs Beth Neuhoff and Susan Johnson and Tricia Trimble

cocktails at tiFFany’s

Elaine Newman, Jenna Hoefert, Pattie, Jared and Nate Light and Rick Katz

More than 100 sponsors and friends of the Maltz Jupiter Theatre came to Cocktails at Tiffany’s on Feb. 3rd at The Gardens Mall in Palm Beach Gardens. Tiffany was a major sponsor of the theatre’s gala, to which it donated a $15,000 pair of Paloma Picasso aquamarine and diamond earrings. The theatre’s managing director, Tricia Trimble, offered special thanks to the store’s director, Rebecca Brewer, for the continued support of the Maltz Jupiter Theatre.

This event was held in honor of Susan L Johnson and Beth Neuhoff, who co-chaired the record-breaking gala.

Beth and Geoffrey Neuhoff

Susan

Roberta Golub and Marcia Cohn

Joseph and Loreen Farish with Andrew Kato

Peggy and Rick Katz with their granddaughter, Molly Mathias

November 20 – 2:00pm

Set during the last years of New York City’s celebrated High School for the Performing Arts on 46th Street (1980-1984), Fame – The Musical is the bittersweet but ultimately inspiring story of a diverse group of students as they commit to four years of grueling artistic and academic work. The show explores the issues that confront many young people today: prejudice, identity, self-worth, literacy, substance abuse and learning to persevere.

perFormances are may 21-22 at 7:30 p.m. tickets: $20 adults, $15 students 18 and younger phone: (561) 575-2223

We do not mail student tickets. We need to see the student ID or child at the Will Call window

PA AWARDS

year’s awards luncheon is a fund-raiser for copa. Friday, march 26, From 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. at Frenchman’s reserve country club, tickets are $75 per person. to reserve seats, call (561) 972-6133

Theatre Guild

dance

voice. The Peggy and Rick Katz Award For Outstanding Achievement

Malachi Rosenfield Patrick Condon Lanardo Davis Allison Bell Kiki Sabater

Sabrina Freeman

Students from the Conservatory of Performing Arts rehearse for Fame - The Musical.

march 29-april 2

learn the art of comic timing, and grow as an actor, singer and dancer, at copa’s fun and educational spring break camp, march 29-april 2.

there will be vaudeville, slapstick, music and more.

During camp, our faculty will teach children the skills of a classic variety show: dancing, singing, improv, juggling, jokes and the science of comedy. Then, parents and friends can see the results during a performance, held on Friday, April 2, at 5:30 p.m. in COPA’s Katz Rehearsal Hall

here’s a breakdown oF the camp

times: Pre-Care: 8 -9 am • Camp: 9 am-3 pm • After-Care: 3 -5 pm performance: Friday, April 2, at 5:30pm in the Katz Rehearsal Studio age groups: 5-7, 8-11

Fees: Pre-Care: $25 • Camp: $200 • After-Care: $50

For more inFormation about spring break camps, call (561) 575-copa

P LAN o N CAMPS ALL S U MMER L o NG

t his year, copa has two three-week camps and three one-week camps that are perfect for accommodating just about any schedule.

senior conservatory – june 7-25

MON – FRI from 9:00 A.M. – 3:00 P.M.

Students in grades 6-12 will perform on the Maltz Jupiter Theatre stage.

junior conservatory – july 12-30

MON – FRI from 9:00 A.M. – 3:00 P.M.

Students in grades 3-5 will perform on the Maltz Jupiter Theatre stage.

one-week camps

MON – FRI from 9:00 A.M. – 3:00 P.M.

grades k - 5

comedy & clowning: June 28 – July 2 dr. seuss themed theatre: July 5 – 9 under the sea themed theatre: Aug 2 – 6

grades 6 - 12

improv & sketch comedy: June 28 – July 2 scene study for teens: July 5 – 9 dance intensive for teens: Aug 2 – 6

Pre-Care and After-Care available for all summer camps

For more inFormation about summer camps, call (561) 575-copa

STUDIO. FOR TICKETS, CALL (561) 575-2223

actress-singer judy kuhn performed a benefit show march 15 at the bear’s club for the maltz jupiter theatre. kuhn is known for her roles on broadway, including les misérables, chess and rags. she also was the voice of pocahontas in the disney film.

L EGENDAR y AC to R C o MES to LI f E o NS t AGE

the maltz jupiter theatre raised more than $420,000 at its seventh annual gala, soirée à la cage.

The Broadway star died in 1977, but he comes to life again onstage in Jim Brochu’s Zero Hour, which comes to the Maltz Jupiter Theatre as a special limited engagement Oct. 14-24 (discount is available to Season Subscribers).

In Zero Hour, Brochu portrays Mostel giving a no-holdsbarred interview shortly before his death. In it, he talks about his detractors and his rivals, and ruminates on his meteoric career.

Theatre during intermissions for Hello, Dolly!

and Loreen

Fortunately for Mostel, “his sense of humor saved him,” Brochu told the Los Angeles Times. And Brochu’s lifelong admiration for Mostel deepened with research into the adversity Mostel faced beyond the McCarthy-era blacklist, including a harsh reaction from his Jewish parents over his marriage to a Catholic woman and a devastating leg injury he sustained in 1960 when he was struck by a New York City bus.

The gala, held Jan. 22, at The Club at Admiral’s Cove in Jupiter, was a sparkling celebration based on the theatre’s production of La Cage aux Folles. The evening, one of the theatre’s main fund-raising events, was sold out, with more than 300 people, who enjoyed cocktails, a surf and turf dinner, a live band, “showgirls” and silent and grand auctions, with lots ranging from Tiffany & Co. earrings to VIP trips to the Spy Museum in Washington, D.C. Tim Luke, of HGTV’s Cash in the Attic, served as auctioneer. A highlight of the evening, which honored Peggy and Rick Katz, came when the Katzes’ granddaughter Molly Mathias sang For Good, from the show Wicked, in tribute to her grandparents. She was accompanied on piano by Dr. Robert Sharon.

This year, gala co-chairmen were Susan L. Johnson and Beth Neuhoff. Honorary chairman was Roberta Golub. Décor chairman was Leslie Sacks. Invitation chairman was Bel Miller. Silent Auction & Special Projects: Pattie Light and her son, Jared Light. Sponsorship: Marcia Cohn. VIP Sponsors were Seymour “Zoom” Fleisher, Peggy and Rick Katz, Sallie and Bert Korman, Jane F. Napier, Bonnie and John Osher, Diane and Jim Perrella and Tiffany & Co. Platinum Sponsors were Roberta and Harvey Golub, Roe Green, Susan and Ross Johnson, Beth and Geoffrey Neuhoff, Joan and Alan Safir, Roger Berk and Ellen Tschappat.

Mostel achieved Broadway superstardom in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and Fiddler on the Roof, and went on to win fame on the big screen in Mel Brooks’ 1968 The Producers

Beth Neuhoff and Susan Johnson and Tricia Trimble

But it’s the blacklist that drives much of the conflict in Zero Hour, and the conflict reaches a climax when Mostel faces the prospect of working in Forum under director-choreographer Jerome Robbins, who also was called to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee but who, unlike Mostel, named names.

After studying drama at Carnegie-Mellon University, he returned to New York, where he earned a degree in English and made his Broadway stage debut in The Taming of the Shrew While working as a stage actor, he appeared in two legendary television commercials – first as a dancing raisin for Post Raisin Bran and then as the “Lemon from Outer space” with Madge the Manicurist for Palmolive. His television work includes regular stints as Father James on All My Children, Judge Julius Weyburn on The Young and The Restless, Officer Jerry Chandler on the cultclassic Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman and the befuddled bailiff on NBC’s Sirota’s Court with Michael Constantine. He made his motion picture debut with a small role in The Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight opposite another newcomer, Robert DeNiro. He received Carbonell and L.A. Ovations awards for Zero Hour.

cocktails at tiFFany’s

Like Mostel, Brooklyn-born Brochu is no stranger to fame. By the age of 13, he was working on Broadway – not as an actor, but as the seller of orange drinks at the back of the St. James

Ultimately, Brochu told the Los Angeles Times, Zero Hour has done more than simply allow him to inhabit Mostel as a character: “Sometimes he really inhabits me.”

and

More than 100 sponsors and friends of the Maltz Jupiter Theatre came to Cocktails at Tiffany’s on Feb. 3rd at The Gardens Mall in Palm Beach Gardens. Tiffany was a major sponsor of the theatre’s gala, to which it donated a $15,000 pair of Paloma Picasso aquamarine and diamond earrings. The theatre’s managing director, Tricia Trimble, offered special thanks to the store’s director, Rebecca Brewer, for the continued support of the Maltz Jupiter Theatre. This event was held in honor of Susan L Johnson and Beth Neuhoff, who co-chaired the record-breaking gala.

Beth and Geoffrey Neuhoff

Patty Travis, Rebecca Brewer, Gala Co-chairs

Elaine Newman, Jenna Hoefert, Pattie, Jared

Nate Light and Rick Katz

Susan and Ross Johnson

Roberta Golub and Marcia Cohn

Joseph

Farish with Andrew Kato

Peggy and Rick Katz with their granddaughter, Molly Mathias

HONORING THE SOUTH FLORIDA REGION’S FINEST SHOWS AND PERFORMANCES

The Maltz Jupiter Theatre received the highest honor in South Florida theatre excellence with 11 Carbonell Award Nominations!