Media Relations
Press Release:
MEDIA CONTACT: Polly Burks
561-297-2595, pburks@fau.edu
Several Performances of
FAU’s Summer Musical Revue to be Performed at Mizner
Park Cultural Arts Center
BOCA RATON (June 14, 2010) – Florida Atlantic
University’s Festival Rep Theatre has added a new venue for
performances this summer. The show “And the Tony Goes To . .
. Celebrating 60 Years of Broadway’s Best Musicals”
will be performed not only in FAU’s Studio One Theatre on the
Boca campus but also in the Mizner Park Cultural Arts Center,
located at the eastern end of Mizner Park in Boca Raton. The shows
in Mizner Park are Friday, July 9 at 8 p.m., Saturday, July 17 at 8
p.m. and Friday, July 23 at 8 p.m. A full schedule of all the shows
and locations for this year’s Festival Rep can be found at
www.fauevents.com
or by calling 1-800-564-9539.
“We are excited to present several performances of the musical revue at the Mizner Park Cultural Arts Center black box theatre this summer,” said Den Kopani, chair of FAU’s department of theatre and dance. “This is a great venue for musical performances, and it is convenient for so many of our patrons.”
The musical revue will include songs from many well-known musicals including “Some Enchanted Evening,” from South Pacific; “The Impossible Dream,” from Man of La Mancha; “Memory,” from Cats and many more. Performers include professional actors Bruce Linser and Laura Wayth, as well as graduate students and faculty from FAU’s department of theatre and dance. Ticket prices are $20 for general admission; $15 for seniors, students, FAU faculty, staff and alumni. Package prices of $10 are available for all three shows and for groups.
FAU’s 2010 summer repertory theatre includes the musical revue, Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and Donald Margulies’ “Shipwrecked.” The plays are performed by equity actors, along with graduate students in the FAU department of theatre. Festival Rep 2010 is presented by Bank of America, Jim and Marta Batmasian, Maroone Autonation, WXEL, the Palm Beach County Cultural Council and the Palm Beach County Tourist Development Council. The Oceanfront Holiday Inn at Highland Beach is also offering reduced rates for Festival Rep attendees. Just call 561-278-2008 and ask for the FAU rate. McCormick and Schmick’s Boca Raton location is offering a free appetizer or dessert with the purchase of an entrée on the day of the show, and PF Changs’ Boca Raton location is offering a free appetizer with the purchase of an entree on the day of the show.
For more information about Festival Rep, call 561-297-2595.
- FAU –
About Florida Atlantic University:
Florida Atlantic University opened its doors in 1964 as the fifth public university in Florida. Today, the University serves more than 28,000 undergraduate and graduate students on seven campuses and sites. Building on its rich tradition as a teaching university, with a world-class faculty, FAU hosts 10 colleges: Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts & Letters, the Charles E. Schmidt College of Biomedical Science, the College of Business, the College for Design and Social Inquiry, the College of Education, the College of Engineering & Computer Science, the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, the Graduate College, the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing and the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science. For more information, visit www.fau.edu .
