Jan McArt News

As the South Florida theatre community prepares for the 38th annual Carbonell Awards, details of the March 31 ceremony, including the honorees of the prestigious George Abbott Award and Ruth Foreman Award, have been announced.

Raoul Wallenberg's epic journey will be brought to life in a multi-media staged reading of Wallenberg, A New Musical Drama. The production will take place at Lynn University's Wold Center for the Performing Arts on February 12th and 13th only. With book and lyrics by the 2006 Kleban Award-winning team of Laurence Holzman and Felicia Needleman, and music by Benjamin Rosenbluth, Wallenberg, A New Musical Drama recounts the fascinating and uplifting story of one of the greatest heroes of the twentieth century.

Raoul Wallenberg's epic journey will be brought to life in a multi-media staged reading of Wallenberg, A New Musical Drama. The production will take place at Lynn University's Wold Center for the Performing Arts on February 12th and 13th only. With book and lyrics by the 2006 Kleban Award-winning team of Laurence Holzman and Felicia Needleman, and music by Benjamin Rosenbluth, Wallenberg, A New Musical Drama recounts the fascinating and uplifting story of one of the greatest heroes of the twentieth century.

'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.'

Recent Carbonell Award winning playwright Michael McKeever's latest work, 'FINDING MONA LISA,' will be presented as a Staged Reading for one night only, at 7:30 PM tonight, April 22nd, 2013, in Lynn University's Wold Performing Arts Center, Boca Raton, Fla.

Recent Carbonell Award winning playwright Michael McKeever's latest work, 'FINDING MONA LISA,' will be presented as a Staged Reading for one night only, at 7:30 PM on Monday, April 22nd, 2013, in Lynn University's Wold Performing Arts Center, Boca Raton, Fla.

'CHAMPAGNE AND BOSOM BUDDIES - A SALUTE TO JERRY HERMAN' will be presented as a Staged Reading for one night only, at 7:30 PM on Monday, March 18th, 2013, in Lynn University's Wold Performing Arts Center, Boca Raton, FL.

'PROPOSITION 8,' a new play by South Florida playwright Dan Clancy, will be presented as a Staged Reading for one night only, at 7:30 PM on Monday, February 11th, 2013, in Lynn University's Wold Performing Arts Center, Boca Raton, FL.

BACK STAGE STORY, a new comedy by Tony Finstrom, starring Jan McArt, will be presented as a Staged Reading for one night only, at 7:30 PM tonight, January 14th, 2013, in Lynn University's Wold Performing Arts Center, Boca Raton, Fla. (on the same stage where the final Presidential debate took place last fall between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.)

BACK STAGE STORY, a new comedy by Tony Finstrom, starring Jan McArt, will be presented as a Staged Reading for one night only, at 7:30 PM on Monday, January 14th, 2013, in Lynn University's Wold Performing Arts Center, Boca Raton, Fla. (on the same stage where the final Presidential debate took place last fall between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.)

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.

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.

Vickie Halmos, executive producer of Entr'Acte Theatrix and Palm Beach Principal Players, announced that she will be hosting a special after-show tribute to Jan McArt, the Director of Theatre Arts Program Development at Lynn University who is widely recognized as the First Lady of Florida's Musical Theatre. Ms. McArt will be honored at a Piano Bar/Pizza Party at the Count de Hoernle Theatre (formerly "The Caldwell") following the Sunday matinee performance of JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR on July 8.

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

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

Lynn University to Present Two Audience-Wowing Hit Shows in February FIVE GUYS NAMED MOE - Feb 11-12 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 Two Audience-Wowing Hit Shows in February 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

With a mix of handsome tenors and stunning divas, Bravo Amici performs an uplifting collection of well-known classical and contemporary songs and arias. London's Daily Star raves, 'The next big thing is singing sensation Bravo Amici. They have already seduced audiences with their stunning looks and gorgeous sounds."