Elaine Johnson News

There was astonishment on the faces of a packed Concert Hall at Lynn University in Boca Raton Florida, as Tommy Tune at the end of the show asked the audience to sing Happy 76th Birthday to him. The way Tune had just danced, sung, and charmed, no one including producer and Elizabeth Taylor look-a-like Jan McArt could believe the stunning nine time Tony Award winner was a senior citizen. A designated New York City Living Landmark had become a snowbird for the weekend to perform at the Keith C. and Elaine Johnson Wold Performing Arts Center at Lynn University. BroadwayWorld brings you photos of the event below!

Susan R. Williamson, Director of the Palm Beach Poetry Festival, and Dr. Blaise Allen, Director of Community Outreach, today invited local poets and poetry fans to several upcoming public events.

Brass In Blue, a component of the United States Air Force Band of the West, will present a concert at the Keith C. and Elaine Johnson Wold Performing Arts Center, Lynn University Conservatory of Music tonight, February 4, 2015 at 7:30PM. This performance is free, family-friendly and open to the public.

Jon Robertson, dean of Lynn University's Conservatory of Music and Philharmonia guest conductor, today invited the public to attend 15 musical performances during February and March 2015.

Brass In Blue, a component of the United States Air Force Band of the West, will present a concert at the Keith C. and Elaine Johnson Wold Performing Arts Center, Lynn University Conservatory of Music on Wednesday, February 4, 2015 at 7:30PM. This performance is free, family-friendly and open to the public.

Lynn University and producer Jan McArt, director of theatre arts program development, today announced that the Libby Dodson's Live at Lynn Theatre Series will present three major shows during January and February 2015.

Lynn University and producer Jan McArt, director of theatre arts program development, today announced that the Libby Dodson's Live at Lynn Theatre Series will present three major shows during January and February 2015.

BOCA RATON, Fla., December 3, 2014 – Jon Robertson, dean of Lynn University's Conservatory of Music and Philharmonia guest conductor, today invited the public to attend seven musical performances during January and February 2015. 'The Lynn University Conservatory of Music's talented students and extraordinary performing faculty represent the future of the performing arts, and we look forward to sharing the beautiful world of music with our friends and neighbors,” said Robertson. “We urge fans of classical music to join us on the Lynn campus for some magnificent presentations.”

'When it comes to musical celebrity biographies, for stage or screen, whether it's 'Incendiary Blonde' or 'Love Me or Leave Me' or 'Funny Girl,' for that matter, the plots usually tend to be highly fictionalized,' says Tony Finstrom, who's just written a new musical biography for the stage titled 'GLAMOUR GIRL!, The Jan McArt Story.'

Lynn University's annual Celebration of the Arts will take place on Friday, April 26th at the Wold Performing Arts Center. A festival of the arts showcasing the talents of The Eugene M. and Christine E. Lynn College of International Communication and Lynn Drama Program students, faculty, and staff, the evening will begin at 6 pm with a showcase of photography, painting, film, sculpture, and live music. Complimentary food and drinks will be served. And at 7:30 pm the headline production Celebration of the Arts will take the stage.

As reported by The Miami Herald, actor Don McArt, who appeared on Broadway, in touring productions, films, television and more, died Tuesday in Boca Raton, Fla., after suffering a stroke. He was 90.

BroadwayWorld.com has confirmed the sad news that producer Marty Richards passed away today after a long battle with cancer. He was 80 years old.

This play reading series at Lynn is being expanded into a much more ambitious program, where actual workshops will be produced that give playwrights the chance to bring in a new play and work with a cast and a director for six days - rehearsing, re-writing, rehearsing, rewriting. Then, at the end of the six days, they will present their new, polished, reworked play to the public, in performance.

Lynn University to Present In February: JACK JONES GREATEST HITS TOUR - Feb 25-26 At Wold Performing Arts Center/ January 21-22 Performances at Wold Performing Arts Center are Part of Libby Dodson's LIVE AT LYNN Theatre Series

Lynn University to Present JACK JONES GREATEST HITS TOUR - Feb 25-26. Performances at Wold Performing Arts Center are Part of Libby Dodson's LIVE AT LYNN Theatre Series