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Aaron Bower stars in Damn Yankees at the Wick Theatre. Page 14
West Boca Theatre Company Presents ‘Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks’
The Judy Levis Krug Boca Raton Jewish Film Festival opens March 5
By Dale King
Playwright Richard Alfieri’s production of Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks opens Sunday, March 5, at the Sandler Center in the Adolph and Rose Levis JCC in West Boca Raton. The show is being performed by the West Boca Theater Company. Shows are scheduled on the following dates: Sundays, March 5 & 12 at 2 p.m. Wednesdays, March 8 & 15 at 2 p.m. Saturdays, March 11 & 18 at 7:30 p.m. In the show, Lily, an aging but formidable retiree, hires Michael, an acerbic dance instructor, to give her dance lessons in her condo in St. Petersburg Beach, Fla. Antagonism between a gay man and the wife of a Southern Baptist minister gives way to profound compatibility as they swing dance, tango, foxtrot and cha-cha while sharing barbs and intimacies along with the dance steps. As Michael takes Lily in his arms on their final meeting, they both transcend fear and mortality while the sun sets on their last dance. The play, Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks, Society
The North American premiere of The Path will be featured at the Judy Levis Krug Boca Raton Jewish Film Festival in Boca Raton and Delray Beach. (Courtesy of Judy Levis Krug Boca Raton Jewish Film Festival)
The Adolph & Rose Levis Jewish Community Center announces that its Judy Levis Krug Boca Raton Jewish Film Festival, a multi-access event, begins March 5 and continues through March 26. The JLKBRJFF, considered one of the largest and longest Jewish/ Israeli film festivals in the country, will feature more than 80 in-theater feature-length films, documentaries, shorts, special guest appearances and more. In-theater films will be shown at the Cinemark Palace 20 in Boca Raton, Movies of Delray and in the Beifield Auditorium located at the Levis JCC’s Sandler Center.
Playwright Richard Alfieri
opened on Broadway at the Belasco Theater and starred Polly Bergen and Mark Hamill. The show premiered in Los Angeles in 2001 where it set records at the Geffen Playhouse in a production starring the legendary actress Uta Hagen in her final role. It has since been translated into 14 languages and opened in more than 24 countries with productions in cities that include Berlin, Sydney, Melbourne, Vienna, Madrid, Tokyo, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Amsterdam, Budapest, Helsinki, Prague, Istanbul, Hamburg, Munich, Athens, Seoul, Johannesburg and London. Tickets range from $30 to $40 and are available by calling 561-5582520. Shows are scheduled on Sundays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.
The Palm Beach County premiere of The Rothschild Saga will be featured at the Judy Levis Krug Boca Raton Jewish Film Festival in Boca Raton and Delray Beach. (Courtesy of Judy Levis Krug Boca Raton Jewish Film Festival)
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‘Damn Yankees’ coming to Wick Theatre for devilishly good fun on the field Batter up! After being benched for a year due to COVID, the classic Broadway musical Damn Yankees is ready to take the field at The Wick Theatre at 7901 N. Federal Highway, Boca Raton, just in time for Major League Baseball’s spring training season. Continued on Page 14 www.bocaratontribune.com
Aaron Bower stars in Damn Yankees at the Wick Theatre.
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