Palm Beach Premium: THE SEAFARER

WE MAKE IT EASY!

___________________________________________

Looking for culture in South Florida? Not the same old stuff … something new, fresh, challenging, avant-garde, exciting, fun?

PALM BEACH PREMIUM finds it for you and gives you links you can click on which will take you directly to

Maps and directions to the venue
Buying tickets online
Performance reviews
Artist and venue websites
Audio and video of the artist or event
Art shows and comparative sale prices
Artist bios
And anything else interesting we find on the web!

No local newspaper ranges as widely over South Florida, and no other website does the work we do to give you instant access to what you want to know!

Monday, December 01, 2008

THE SEAFARER

In this play by Conor McPherson, it's Christmas Eve and Sharky has returned to Dublin to look after his irascible, aging brother who's recently gone blind. Old drinking buddies Ivan and Nicky are holed up at the house too, hoping to play some cards. With the arrival of a stranger from the distant past, the stakes are raised even higher. Sharky may be playing for his very soul.

Through December 14th

Mosaic Theatre
12200 W. Broward Blvd
Planatation
954-577-8243
Directions

Tickets $15-$35
Buy tickets online

The cast
Sun-Sentinel review
New York Times review
An interview with the playwright

JOHN WILKES BOOTH - FOR FREE!

The common wisdom is that John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of Abraham Lincoln, was a madman and a failure as an actor.

But the truth is that Wilkes was the matinee idol of his time – and the attack on Lincoln was not the act of a maniac, but a part of a plan developed at the highest levels of the Confederacy.

In “Consider the Elephant,” the story of Wilkes’ life and death is told by his brother, Edwin, the greatest Shakespearean actor of his age. Soaked in the ambiance of life in the American theater in the mid nineteenth century, the novel by Aram Schefrin lays out in detail the path Wilkes took to the top of the celebrity heap, his rivalry with his brother and the development in Richmond of the plot to kidnap – later assassinate – the Union President.

You can read the entire novel, or listen to it, for free - at ConsiderTheElephant.com. This is one of the first novels with hyperlinks built in - if you're reading along and are puzzled or curious, click on the links to fund much more information on the facts on which the book is based.

If you prefer not to read the book on your computer screen, copy and print out the chapters. Or get it for your PDA or cell phone at mobipocket.com. Or for your Amazon Kindle. Or you can download the audio at iTunes, Amazon.com or Audible.com.

OKAY, WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS LIST?

Aram Schefrin is the author of four novels. A student of Stephen Sondheim and Carlos Montoya, he co-founded and was the lyricist and guitarist for the jazz/rock group Ten Wheel Drive, which had its standing ovations in the late '60's and early seventies. After five years on the road, he retired to the studio where he produced several early disco hits. A graduate of Columbia College and Harvard Law School, he returned to the practice of law in 1977. He now practices in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Florida, and lives in Wellington, Florida with his wife, two dogs, four cats and three polo ponies. You can learn about him at aramschefrin.com and reach him at arslaw@comcast.net. Right now, he's writing an opera.

Aram has exquisite taste, if he does say so himself. He trusts his choices, and so should you.

Palm Beach Premium

WE MAKE IT EASY!

wHAT'S ON

Monday, December 01, 2008

THE SEAFARER

0 comments:

HOW TO USE THIS SITE

COMING UP SOON OR ON NOW

events by start date

NeoCounter

STAY ON TOP OF WHAT'S HAPPENING

RECOMMENDED VENUES

MAGAZINES AND SITES WE RECOMMEND

JOHN WILKES BOOTH - FOR FREE!

OKAY, WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS LIST?