This benefit concert will be a tribute to "Ole Blue Eyes" (Frank Sinatra). Joe tours with his own original Big Band tribute to Frank Sinatra, as well as his multimedia comedy show and also starred on Broadway as disc jockey Vince Fontaine in Grease! Live performances have always been an important part of Joe's career. He has long been one of America's most popular comedy concert performers, filling arenas and casino showrooms from coast to coast and in Canada. (Including the prestigious Montreal Jazz Festival!)
In 1980, he was chosen to join a newly formed ensemble charged with one of the most difficult tasks in TV history- replacing the original cast of Saturday Night Live. His work on SNL naturally led to Hollywood, and starring roles in such smash hits as Wise Guys (with Danny DeVito) and Johnny Dangerously (with Michael Keaton). Joe Piscopo is an all-around performer! For over 25 years, he has proven to be one of show business' brightest lights.
Tickets are $50 with proceeds benefiting the Theatre's COPA. For more information please call the box office at (561) 575-2223 or visit the website at www.jupitertheatre.org. COPA offers classes in dance, voice, acting and musical theatre as well as workshops featuring local and national talent throughout the year. COPA performances will be Les Miserables School Edition on April 24 & 25 at 7:30pm and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat on May 8 & 9 at 7:30pm.
As a not-for-profit theatre the Maltz Jupiter Theatre, recognizing the importance of arts education for youth, has made its mission to "entertain, educate and inspire." COPA offers a challenging, innovative and quality theatre experience to students of every ability and provides professional theatre training as well as tools to develop their imagination and self-esteem.
The Maltz Jupiter Theatre is an award-winning professional not-for-profit regional theatre dedicated to the performing arts whose mission is to entertain, educate and inspire our community. The Theatre is a member of the prestigious League of Resident Theatres and is located east of U.S. Highway 1 at 1001 East Indiantown Road and State Road A1A in Jupiter.
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Jupiter, FL (February 2, 2009) - As another successful season continues, the Maltz Jupiter Theatre is excited to announce the 2009/2010 season of five great productions that will allow you to Dream, Imagine, and Escape!
The seventh season will start off with a world-premiere musical, Fanny Brice: The Real Funny Girl, about the life and lies of the great comedienne featuring songs that made her famous. Next, Neil Simon's Pulitzer Prize winning coming-of-age comedy, Lost In Yonkers, surrounds the highly dysfunctional family of two boys. Immediately following is Broadway's blockbuster hit, La Cage aux Folles, filled with feathered "showgirls" and a tuneful score by Jerry Herman. Then join us for the all-American patriotic revue, Tintypes, featuring songs such as "Yankee Doodle Boy" and "America the Beautiful." Ending our eclectic season will be Cole Porter's splashy tap dance extravaganza, Anything Goes.
"This upcoming season will give our audience an opportunity to see five distinctive theatre productions," says Andrew Kato, Artistic Director of the Theatre, "All of them are full of heart, imagination and honesty and will be a great anecdote during these troubled times."
Now is the time to become a new subscriber or renew your season subscription to get the best seats available! With over 7,100 subscribers and multiple Carbonell Awards, the Theatre's new season will be very well received in South Florida. The Theatre is offering two convenient subscription plans, the four-play and the five-play, for the 2009/2010 Dream, Imagine, Escape season. Also, don't miss out on the Theatre's new membership program, you will want to be sure to become a member of the "Dream Team" in order to receive exclusive benefits throughout the season.
"Theatre is a great way for us to reflect on the world we live in and these shows give us a deeper understanding of ourselves and take us on five separate journeys," says Kato, "How else can you be transported to five different worlds so inexpensively?"
The Maltz Jupiter Theatre is an award-winning professional not-for-profit regional theatre dedicated to the performing arts whose mission is to entertain, educate and inspire our community. The Theatre is a member of the prestigious League of Resident Theatres and is located east of U.S. Highway 1 at 1001 East Indiantown Road and State Road A1A in Jupiter.
Fanny Brice: The Real Funny Girl
The facts behind the Follies
November 10 - 22, 2009
The woman who kept Broadway audiences laughing for three decades is the subject of this intriguing world premiere play. From her start in Burlesque as a teenager, to being the toast of the great Ziegfeld follies, Fanny Brice was captivating, charismatic and the queen of comedy. This not-to-be-missed exploration of her life featuring unforgettable standards such as My Man and Second Hand Rose will celebrate the laughs, loves and life of Fanny Brice. Great for the entire family!
Lost In Yonkers
The coming-of-age comedy
December 1- 13, 2009
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award for Best Play, Neil Simon's comedy is a heartfelt tale about family and what holds them together. Set in 1942 in a small apartment over a candy store in New York, this play tells the tale of two young brothers spending time with their formidable grandmother, their kooky aunt and their gangster uncle. Filled with laughter, tears and insight, this play is an exploration of dysfunction, adolescent innocence, and pride. Great for the entire family!
La Cage aux Folles
The frolicking feathered farce!
January 12 - 31, 2010
Bon Soiree! Welcome to glittering world of La Cage Aux Folles, winner of the Tony Award and one of the all time biggest Broadway hits! Featuring beautiful "show-girls," a delightful score by Jerry Herman, and colorful production numbers, this musical features the memorable songs, The Best of Times and I Am What I Am and explores what it is to be a family, to love without condition, and above all, to be proud of who we are. Adult subject matter.
Tintypes
The all-American patriotic revue
February 9 - 28, 2010
In this revue of pre-World War I America, our nation is chronicled in a nostalgic musical journey that takes us back to the exciting and tumultuous period in history that made our country great. This grand pageant, featuring works by George M. Cohan, John Philip Sousa and Scott Joplin, among others, is a blend of patriotic songs, romantic tunes, and ragtime including You're A Grand Old Flag, Yankee Doodle Boy, and America the Beautiful. Great for the entire family!
Anything Goes
The tap-dancing musical extravaganza!
March 9 - 28, 2010
All aboard for this tuneful, tap-dancing, splashy trans-Atlantic romp awash with romance, intrigue and delightful Cole Porter score. Audiences are certain to get a kick out of this lighthearted gem of mistaken identities and misbegotten romance all set aboard the luxury ocean liner where Billy Crocker tries to woo the girl of his dreams. The smashing score includes: You're the Top, I Get a Kick Out of You, and It's De-Lovely. Great for the entire family!
BEEHIVE is directed and choreographed by Mark Martino, the Carbonell nominated Director of last season's The Boy Friend, who is returning to the Maltz Jupiter Theatre for this fun-filled revue. The creative team includes Music Direction by Tom Frey (2 Pianos 4 Hands), lighting design by Donald Thomas (Carbonell winner of Best Lighting in Man of La Mancha), wig design by Gerard Kelly, costume design by Jose Rivera (Carbonell winner of Best Costume Design in The Boy Friend), projection design by David Esler, set design by Dan Kuchar (Carbonell winner of Best Scenic Design in The Boy Friend) and sound design by Keith Kohrs.
Grab your Aquanet and come enjoy beloved hits and blasts from the past at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre. Tickets for all of the Theatre's season plays, musicals and limited engagements are now on sale! Call the box office for more information at (561) 575-2223 or visit us online at www.jupitertheatre.org.
According to Martino: BEEHIVE takes us back to another time in America's history of turbulent change and defining historical events-the 1960's. In this joyful musical, which traces the rise of a generation-defining group of women singers (The Supremes, The Shangri-Las, Leslie Gore, Brenda Lee, Connie Francis, Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, Janis Joplin among others) we re-live that era as it moves from the infectious innocence of the early 60's girl groups to the life changing events (JFK, Vietnam, civil rights, the women's movement) of the mid-60's. We were forever changed by the events of the 1960's and these trailblazing women were the soundtrack of that generation. I love the show because it rewards the audience in several ways: we get to re-visit this time and enjoy our shared memories (do you remember where you were when you heard the news about JFK?), we get to enjoy once again the music of these trailblazing women, and the audience at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre gets to meet six new female stars - a new generation of amazing female singers who will blow the roof off the Theatre at the rockin' party called BEEHIVE.
According to Kato: This electrifying production is the perfect antidote to the tough times we are all facing. What a great show to escape into!
About the show: Six belting women, a hot six-piece band, 50 outrageous costumes and wigs and 15 cans of hairspray a week can only mean one thing - BEEHIVE, the 60's musical revue is coming! BEEHIVE is a high-energy musical revue tracing the coming of age of women's music through 37 popular hits of the girl groups and solo singers of the 1960's. The Chiffons, The Supremes, Tina Turner, and Aretha Franklin are just some of the 60's pop stars portrayed by the super talented cast. Hear your favorites such as: My Boyfriend's Back, One Fine Day, Where the Boys Are, Downtown, Proud Mary, (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman, and Respect.
The original stage presentation of BEEHIVE was first presented in 1985 and ran for over 18 months Off-Broadway at the Village Gate Theatre in New York City.
"PURE IRRESISTIBLE FUN. What GREASE did for the 50's Beehive does for the 60's."
-The New York Times
"ROUSING...EXUBERANT...With all this talent simmering throughout
over 35 classic songs, Beehive is the HOTTEST SHOW IN TOWN!"
-The Denver Post
"A CHERRY COKE SHOW WITH PLENTY OF FIZZ!
The audience devours Beehive like a three-foot hoagie."
-Time Magazine
"JOYFUL, TOP-NOTCH ENTERTAINMENT,
it had the audience screaming with joy."
-ABC-TV
Cast: Bridget Beirne as "Bridget;" Felicia Boswell as "Felicia;" Lisa Estridge as "Lisa;" Autumn Hurlbert as "Autumn;" Anastacia McClesky as "Anastacia;" Noel Mollinelli as "Noel."
About the Maltz Jupiter Theatre: The Maltz Jupiter Theatre is an award-winning professional not-for-profit regional theatre dedicated to the performing arts whose mission is to entertain, educate and inspire our community. The Theatre is a member of the prestigious League of Resident Theatres and is located east of U.S. Highway 1 at 1001 East Indiantown Road and State Road A1A in Jupiter.
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