The 9th Annual Festival of the Arts BOCA Set for March 2015
By: Tyler Peterson
Annual Festival of the Arts BOCA, presented by the Schmidt Family Centre for the Arts, will bring ten days of dazzling and diverse cultural experiences to South Florida March 6 - 15, 2015 at the Mizner Park Amphitheater in Boca Raton.
"The Festival will close with a spectacular concert featuring the Young People's Chorus of New York in Beethoven's immortal Ninth Symphony," said Charlie Siemon, Chair and Co-Executive Producer of the Festival of the Arts BOCA. "Throughout the ten-day cultural celebration, festival-goers will enjoy a rich and diverse line-up as we bring back artists from years past and welcome some of the greatest intellectual leaders of our time." This season's Festival opens on March 6, 2015 with the Florida premiere of the ten time Academy Award winning film, West Side Story. Festival Orchestra Boca will play Leonard Bernstein's electrifying score and memorable songs with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim live, while the newly re-mastered film is shown in glorious high definition on the big screen with the original vocals and dialog intact. Other highlights include a performance by Grammy award winning husband and wife banjo duo Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn; the Stars of International Ballet featuring Principal Dancer and Choreographer Guillaume Cote from the National Ballet of Canada & Friends; a Mozart Gala bringing together living legend of the flute, Sir James Galway, pianist Conrad Tao, and Arnaud Sussmann with the Festival Orchestra Boca led by Constantine Kitsopoulos; and the Young People's Chorus of New York and Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with Master Chorale of South Florida and Festival Orchestra Boca. This season's compelling Authors & Ideas program kicks off with a showing of acclaimed documentary "Girl Rising," by Academy Award-nominated Richard E. Robbins. The Festival of the Arts BOCA will bring some of the world's greatest minds to South Florida including Jamie Bernstein, Michael Grunwald, Richard Ford, Siddhartha Mukherjee, Thomas Friedman, Clive Thompson, Lucinda Franks, and Martin Goldsmith. Tickets for the 9(th) Annual Festival of the Arts BOCA range from $15 to $125 per person and are available at www.festivalboca.com or by calling (866) 571-ARTS (866-571-2787).
Local Shows
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CATS William G. Skaff Center (6/12-6/28) |
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Glazer Hall Summer Jazz Series Presents Yvette Norwood-Tiger Glazer Hall (7/08-7/08) |
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Lisa Corrao: GOLDEN GIRL Ft. Lauderdale Improv (6/24-6/24) |
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Mae West in Sunset Boulevard Plays of Wilton (5/27-6/28) |
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Birth of Gospel Joseph Caleb Auditorium (7/05-7/05) |
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Golden Girls The Laughs Continue Kravis Center (10/25-10/25) |
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Miami One Acts Sandrell Rivers Theater (7/10-7/12) |
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OH, MARY! Kravis Center for the Performing Arts (5/11-5/16) |
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South Florida Symphony Orchestra’s Summer Chamber Music Series – Dohnányi & Dvořák Center for Spiritual Living Fort Lauderdale (7/24-7/24) |
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Sandrell Rivers Theater (7/11-7/11) |