Glass art shines at the Boca Museum, a “Princess Bride” star dishes in Broward, and the Maltz mounts an Albee masterpiece. Plus, the Wick’s Sinatra tribute and more in your week ahead.
TUESDAY
What: Opening night of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”
When: 7:30 p.m.
Where: Maltz Jupiter Theatre, 1001 E. Indiantown Road, Jupiter
Cost: $65
Contact: 561/575-2223, jupitertheatre.org
The sort of sprawling, three-act drama that is seldom published anymore, let alone produced, “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” brought novelistic ambition to the stage when it premiered in 1962, dividing its acts into loaded subtitles like “Fun and Games,” “Walpurgisnacht” and “The Exorcism.” Capturing the bitter dialectics of a broken marriage between academic George and his blue-blood spouse Martha over the course of one tumultuous night, “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” would earn Edward Albee the Tony Award for Best Play in 1963 and inspire a celebrated film adaptation by Mike Nichols. The production will arguably be the centerpiece of the inaugural season of the Maltz Jupiter Theatre’s new black box-style space, the Island Theatre. It runs through May 4.
THURSDAY
What: Opening day of “Glasstress”
When: 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Where: Boca Raton Museum of Art, 501 Plaza Real, Boca Raton
Cost: $12-$16 museum admission
Contact: 561/392-2500, bocamuseum.org
This preeminent showcase at the Boca Raton Museum of Art marks the institution’s third such exhibition bearing the name “Glasstress,” marking the latest in an ongoing collaboration with Berengo Studio in Murano, Italy, the international locus of blown-glass art. The artists who create work for “Glasstress,” whether the size of a basketball or a room-spanning installation, study and revive century-old techniques from Venetian masters, but often with a modernist edge. This 2025 iteration is expected to be a highlight of the year in South Florida art, with slated artists including Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Sean Scully, Tony Oursler, South Florida’s own Jose Alvarez (D.O.P.A.) and Chinese provocateur Ai Weiwei. It runs through Oct. 12.
What: Opening night of “Dry Powder”
When: 7 p.m.
Where: Delray Beach Playhouse, 950 N.W. Ninth Ave., Delray Beach
Cost: $59-$69
Contact: 561/272-1281, delraybeachplayhouse.com
Borrowing its wonky name from financial-industry jargon involving low-risk, highly liquid marketable securities, Sarah Burgess’ appropriately cynical deep dive into the world of vulture capitalism debuted in 2016 but will continue to feel fiercely relevant when professional company Boca Stage mounts it this spring at Delray Beach Playhouse. Its central characters are the rapacious CEO of a private-equity firm, who is trying to stave off a P.R. disaster; and two junior partners—an idealist and a shark—with different ideas in mind for a new company they’re poised to acquire. Having begun my belated viewing of Showtime’s icy series “Billions” last year, about this very clutch of sociopathic money-changers, I’m poised to see the depravity bleed through the Wall Street argot. The production runs through May 4.
What: Opening night of “My Way”
When: 7:30 p.m.
Where: The Wick Theatre, 7901 N. Federal Highway, Boca Raton
Cost: $119
Contact: 561/995-2333, thewick.org
Continuing a busy, option-filled week for South Florida theatre, The Wick’s final production of its 2024-2025 season, “My Way,” features 55 selections from the corpus of Frank Sinatra—a drop in the bucket of the 1,400 recordings on which he performed, but a fairly staggering amount of material for a standard-length musical. Four actor-singers of the highest order—Mark Sanders, Shelley Keelor, Jeremy Benton and Elizabeth Bedley—will endeavor to capture Ol’ Blue Eyes’ essence and influence while eschewing impersonations, infusing humor and grace into the impeccable songcraft. It all plays out on a sparkling 1950s-style nightclub set. Catch the production through May 18.
SUNDAY
What: “The Princess Bride: An Inconceivable Evening With Cary Elwes”
When: 3 p.m.
Where: Broward Center, 201 S.W. Fifth Ave., Fort Lauderdale
Cost: $35-$65, $150 for VIP meet-and-greet
Contact: 954/462-0222, browardcenter.org
The diverse British character actor Cary Elwes has a distinguished 45-year career on screens large and small. His nearly 140 credits have seen him portray Robin Hood and Ted Bundy, Andy Warhol and astronaut Michael Collins, and even the mayor of Hawkins, Indiana in “Stranger Things.” But he’s under no illusions that it’s his role in the unexpected cult sensation “The Princess Bride” for which he will be most eternally tethered. He even wrote an entire memoir, As You Wish, based on his time making the film. Elwes played Westley, the swashbuckling, obedient farmhand to Robin Wright’s title character, in the 1987 fantasy, whose decidedly offbeat humor and metafictional narrative continue to win generations of acolytes. Following this presentation of the movie on the big screen, Elwes will share fresh insights into the making of the film, and join a moderated discussion and Q&A with the audience.
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