DAVINCI & MICHELANGELO: THE TITANS EXPERIENCE Comes to Mizner Park Cultural Center
By: BWW News Desk Jan. 23, 2017
Mark Rodgers, the creator and host of the multi-media performance, is also the curator of the DaVinci Machines and Michelangelo Exhibitions, from the permanent Museum of Leonardo DaVinci in Florence, Italy.
Mark Rogers will take audiences on a fantastic, awe-inspiring journey through the Italian Renaissance as seen through the eyes of these two, monumental geniuses who were not only contemporaries but also fierce competitors. This is a non-stop, multi-media performance includes movies, 3-D animations, and images of DaVinci and Michelangelo's inventions, machines, images of codices, artwork, paintings, and sculptures.
"We are honored to be benefiting the Friends of the Uffizi Gallery for their dedication to the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy to raise awareness of its cultural treasures and to provide resources for preservation, restoration and education of Renaissance art for future generations. DaVinci and Michelangelo would be proud for their support, forward thinking and bringing new, innovative theater, and art to the students, parents, schools, art and theater patrons of Palm Beach County" explains Rodgers.
The Opening Night Performance is on Monday, March 27th, 2017, at 7:30 pm and lasts approximately 2 hours and 20 minutes including an intermission.
Tickets for reserved seats cost $100 and can be purchased in person at the Mizner Park Cultural Arts Center in Mizner Park, 201 Plaza Real, Boca Raton, FL 33432. Tickets can also be purchased over the phone at 844-MPCC-TIX or 844-672-2849 or online at www.miznerparkculturalcenter.com (use Promo Code "Uffizi" when reserving seats).
Opening night tickets include a Pre-show Cocktail Party sponsored by Tanzy Restaurant, 301 Plaza Real, Mizner Park from 5:30 - 7:15 pm, and Dessert Intermission sponsored by Banyan Bar & Restaurant, Delray Beach. For information visit: www.discovermichelangelo.com or www.friendsoftheuffizigallery.org.
About "Discover DaVinci and Michelangelo: The Titans Performance"
"Discover DaVinci & Michelangelo: The Titans Performance" makes its Palm Beach County debut at the Mizner Park Cultural Arts Center, to benefit Friends of the Uffizi Gallery. Mark Rodgers, Curator of the DaVinci Machines and Michelangelo Exhibitions from the permanent Museum of Leonardo DaVinci in Florence, Italy, will take audiences on a fantastic journey through the Italian Renaissance as seen through the eyes of these two, monumental geniuses. This original theater performance is a non-stop, multi-media event featuring movies, videos, 3-D animations, and images of DaVinci and Michelangelo's inventions, machines, sketches, codices, paintings, and sculptures. Rodgers compares the incredible lives of Leonardo and Michelangelo, relating them to our world that we live in today as we strive to discover our own "inner" Michelangelo and DaVinci. Running time: 2 Hours 20 Minutes
About Friends of the Uffizi Gallery, Inc.
Friends of the Uffizi Gallery, Inc. is a USA 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization founded in 2006 in conjunction with the Amici degli Uffizi in Florence to work together to actively contribute to the safeguarding and growth of the Uffizi Gallery. Mission: To support the Uffizi Gallery of Florence, Italy by raising awareness of the Uffizi and its cultural treasures and to provide resources for acquisition, preservation, restoration and education. To learn more about Friends of the Uffizi Gallery visit us at: www.friendsoftheuffizigallery.org or contact us at: tel: 561-289-4090.
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