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Seniors.com http://www.seniors.com/ - A variety of information on senior topics.
Social Security Administration http://www.ssa.gov/ - Social security and the services of the SSA.
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Travel - State Department Site http://travel.state.gov/travel_warnings.html
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"One Stop Shopping" - http://www.firstgov.gov/
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ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT -BY: IRV RIKON - NOVEMBER 15th.

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT - BY: IRV RIKON

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For more than 40 years, Fanny Brice was arguably America's best known, most beloved comedienne. Long before there was Lucy or Carol, Mary, Maude or Rosie, Ms. Brice starred in variety shows, burlesque, on Broadway, the Ziegfeld Follies, movies, radio and, finally, television.

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In David Bell's play, Fanny Brice: The Real Funny Girl, being given its World Premiere production through November 24 at THE MALTZ JUPITER THEATRE in Jupiter, she tells her life story to a book writer and to us, the audience.

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Hers was indeed quite a story, but the play fails to live up to expectations. Ms. Brice was married three times, in her youth to a young man whose name escapes memory, later to Nicky Arnstein, a Wall Street manipulator who eventually wound up in federal prison, later still to Billy Rose, a Broadway producer who loved the limelight.

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As important as these men were to Fanny, equally so was Florenz Ziegfeld, who pushed her along the road to Stardom. Mr. Bell's script, though, tends to leap from man to man, leaving the tale rather disjointed. Worse, it's hard to attribute real emotions to any of these people. It's mentioned, for example, that Ms. Brice had two children, but nothing further is said about them or how Fanny felt about motherhood and raising kids.

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Both Arnstein and Billy Rose are treated as arch-villains, the former as a strong, silent type, the latter as a little hustler. In other words, they're one-dimensional stock characters, not flesh-and-blood living people.

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Playwright Bell was influenced by the mega-hit stage musical and motion picture, Funny Girl, which thrust Barbra Streisand into stardom when she portrayed Fanny Brice. That script, he felt, over-glamorized and told not The Real Story. The fact is, however, in viewing a musical about Flo Ziegfeld and the Follies, plus Billy Rose, who owned the renowned Diamond Horseshoe nightclub and staged lavish Broadway productions, (Jumbo even featured a live elephant,) you expect glamour and pretty girls elaborately gowned: that's the milieu in which such folks worked.

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In the '30s, gangsters were glamorized and, to this day, despite the recession through which we're living, Wall Street holds glamour for most of us. But this production has just four actors; the action takes place backstage in a dark, dingy-looking theater; the producer clearly has an eye on future productions this season.

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Meanwhile, on this production the theater is skimping, and it shows.

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As for the cast, all four are good. Marya Grandy, as Fanny Brice, lacks the charisma to be thoroughly convincing, but she's certainly adequate. As Flo Ziegfeld, Frank Kopyc is very good both acting and singing, and I enjoyed Stef Tovar as Billy Rose in what I perceive to be a thankless role. Lance Baker's role, as Nicky Arnstein, is equally hopeless.

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The big saving grace lies with the songs and musical numbers, several of which Fanny included in her routines and are still audience-pleasers.

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Lost in Yonkers, Neil Simon's autobiographical Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning comedy, runs at the Maltz December 1-13. La Cage aux Folles, another Tony Award winner, one of Broadway's all time biggest hits, with a great score by Jerry Herman, plays January 12 - 31. The producer is planning to go all-out, with "beautiful show-girls and colorful production numbers". For reservations and additional information, telephone 575-2223

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Clive Cholerton, the new Artistic Director of THE CALDWELL THEATRE COMPANY, Boca Raton, makes an auspicious debut in producing The Voysey Inheritance. This drama, which runs through December 13, was written in 1877 by British playwright Harley Granville-Barker and adapted for contemporary audiences by the award-winning David Mamet (whose American Buffalo will be shown at Palm Beach Dramaworks starting February 19.)

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The Caldwell's own publicity speaks of this in terms of the Bernie Madoff scandal, which does its production a disservice. It's a much better play than art imitating life or vice versa. Mr. Mamet leaves the play in England. The year is 1903. The family is in the library of their estate, where all the action takes place. In a tense opening scene between Mr. Voysey (Peter Haig) and his son Edward, (Terry Hardcastle,) it develops that the older man's firm, in which family members work, has been bilking investors.

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The money is gone, and the family inheritance will be basically nothing. Most of the rest of the play describes everyone's reaction, especially Edward's, to the news. And when word get out, as it must, the public also reacts to having been swindled.

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At its best, this is a multiple character study, a joy to watch, all the more so for the reason contemporary writers seldom write in terms of character. We've all grown accustomed to viewing situations rather than the people who get caught up in them.

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Mr. Cholerton directs, his pace perhaps a bit too deliberate at the outset, but the play gathers steam and the director with it. Besides, he's working with a large cast of excellent actors, many of whom have garnered Carbonell Awards as "Best" actor or actress. Besides Mr. Hardcastle, who is brilliant in his role, and Mr. Haig, who has never given a bad performance locally, the cast includes Marta Reiman, Lourelene Snedeker, Dennis Creaghan, Dan Leonard, Jim Ballard, John Felix, Kathryn Lee Johnson, Stephen G. Anthony and a pair of newcomers.

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While several are not onstage for very long, that's all the more reason to pay close attention. This is the kind of play which cannot be described in detail, for that would diminish the fun of it. The plot is always interesting and seemingly timeless in its endless variations, but the greatest pleasure comes from watching a flawless cast do its thing.

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Alberto Arroyo designed the excellent period costumes and Tim Bennett designed the set totally appropriately, as invariably he does. Thomas Salzman did the same with lighting. It's a serious play, although some audience members giggled at superficial similarities to the Madoff case, but if you like good drama and acting that puts it across, this is for you. Go see it.

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Chemical Imbalance, a farce based on Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, runs January 3 - February 7.

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( 877-245-7432 or www.caldwelltheatre.com.)

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ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT - CV AND OUTSIDE THE GATES

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

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The autumn-winter holiday season is almost upon us. The local Arts and Entertainment season 2009-2010 has already begun.Here's a sampling beginning with the complete Century Village schedule.

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NOV. 14 - ANNA MARIA ALBERGHETTI - Music and charm from a veteran performer.

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NOV. 17 - THE TONY PACE SHOW - He sings; he makes you laugh; he has you thinking he's a whole lot of other guys.

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NOV. 21 - "LET'S HANG ON" - Singers and dancers pay tribute to Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.

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NOV. 24 - "CAVENDISH CLASSICS" - Great moments in opera and musical theater with tenor Eduardo Calcano, baritone Graham Fandrei and two sopranos new to our stage.

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NOV. 28 - MARK AND CLARK - Twins with twin baby grand pianos, playing music and making us laugh as well.

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DEC. 1 - "JINGLE BELL ROCK" - Young singers and dancers rockin' to live music for the holiday season.

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DEC. 3 - "CAVENDISH CLASSICS" - "Hooray For Hollywood."

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DEC. 6 - "TONY MARA'S DREAM" - The Doo Wop team, back again by popular demand.

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DEC. 10 - "THAT'S AMORE" - And that's MARK ADAMS as DEAN MARTIN with sexy girls ala the Gold Diggers.

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DEC. 12 - "MOSTLY MERCER" - A tribute to Songwriter JOHNNY MERCER and to the singers who sang his songs played and sung by EQUINOX JAZZ, an ensemble of eight musicians.

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DEC. 13 - "BALLET FEDOTOV" - West Side Story: A ballet danced to the music of LEONARD BERNSTEIN and choreographed by Vadim Fedotov, a former Soviet choreographer.

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DEC. 15 - "THE BROADWAY BOYS" - Show tunes and classic pop songs with funk, jazz and folk.

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DEC. 19 - "SARGE" - "I may be black, but God knows I'm Jewish." A singer who sings with many voices, pianist, and stand-up comedian.

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DEC. 22 - "THE NEIL DIAMOND TRIBUTE" with JAY WHITE.

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DEC. 26 - MAL Z. LAWRENCE - Catskills on Broadway and more.

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DEC. 27 - "TERRY JOHNSON'S FLAMINGOS - The Flamingos of course are songsters. Terry Johnson was the lead singer and main song writer for the group.

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DEC. 31 - DINO DE LUCA - Music and comedy for New Year's Eve.

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JAN. 2 - THE BRONX WANDERERS - Five guys sing doo-wop, plus songs of the Four Seasons, disco, soul and Sinatra.

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JAN. 3 - CIRCUS, CIRCUS CABARET - I quote the publicist: "The best artists from Latin, jazz, modern and classic dance, along with with a whole array of circus actors, contortionists, acrobalance and silk acts join together to present a colorful, captivating evening of fun."

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JAN. 5 - CAPITOL STEPS - Return engagement for the group with the best political satire today. (You can see 'em here or pay more at the Kravis Center.)

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JAN. 9 - Humorist VIC ARNELL

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JAN. 10 - SHALOM - One of the world's leading dance troupes, here's Israeli entertainment at its best.

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JAN. 12 - CHITA RIVERA - The lady probably needs no introduction. Actress, singer and dancer, her Kennedy Center honors and multiple Tony awards and nominations tell it all. (You can see her here or pay more later in the season at the Kravis Center.)

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JAN. 14 - CAVENDISH CLASSICS - A tribute to Mario Lanza.

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JAN. 16 - CLINT HOLMES - Vocal stylings with a bit of dancing and a touch of comedy.

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JAN. 19 - "THREE TENORS AND A DIVA" - Not the three tenors, but then they didn't have a beautiful soprano working with them.

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JAN. 23 - MARTIN DUBE - From Canada, his singing voice has a five-octave range. He does impressions, and he's a comic.

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JAN. 24-25 - THE ANNUAL CENTURY VILLAGE RESIDENT SHOW. This is always a season highlight. You, your friends and neighbors give it all they've got -- and they've got plenty! This year they pay tribute to the people of the United States of America, with song and dance and, above all, with conviction.

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JAN. 28 - CHARO'S ALL NEW VEGAS REVUE - Songs, dances and laughs, Charo is always cuchi cuchi fun.

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JAN. 30 - LUCIE ARNAZ - Her parents were the legendary Lucille Ball and Dezi Arnaz, but Lucie has carved out an amazing career of her own.If you've never seen her, you should, right here, right now.

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FEB. 2 - THE PLATTERS AND THE CORNELL GUNTER COASTERS. They take you back to the fifties with doo-wop and early rock.

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FEB. 6 - NEW YORK GILBERT AND SULLIVAN PLAYERS: "I've Got A Little Twist". A revue that pays homage to a pair of Brits who wrote operettas that were unconventional but are unique in musical history.

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FEB. 7 - "Stayin' Alive: ONE NIGHT OF THE BEE GEES": They're not the real thing, but they look and sound like the group that helped to immortalize such movies as "Saturday Night Fever" and "Grease".

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FEB. 9 - TOVAH FELDSHUH - Broadway, television and film star, Ms. Feldshuh has also starred in local theaters. A multiple-award winner in virtually every entertainment medium in which she appears, you should see her. By the way, her last Broadway show garnered critical raves.

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FEB. 11 - MARILYN McCOO AND BILLY DAVIS, JR. - THE FIFTH DIMENSION was their group. Their singing contributed to the success of the musical "Hair". Their talents and exuberance continue undiminished.

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FEB. 13 - "Stringfever" - Four world-class British musicians play electric string instruments in a way you haven't yet heard! Even those who don't like classical music will get a charge over this.

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FEB. 16 - TONY DANZA - His TV sitcoms and talk show are what he's best known for, but he also sings and dances.

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FEB. 20 - WENDY LIEBMAN: "WHAT A WORLD BY A NICE JEWISH GIRL" - Stand-up comedy, distaff style.

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FEB. 21 - CAVENDISH CLASSICS: A tribute to the musical team of Lerner and Loewe with GARRETT STATES, CHERYL CAVENDISH and Ernesto Tres Palacios.

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FEB. 23 - "Give My Regards to Broadway" with DEAN REGAN.

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FEB. 27 - "FEVER, THE MUSIC OF PEGGY LEE," starring BUDDY GRECO and LEZLIE ANDERS. Mr. and Mrs. Greco are real stars in their own right, and PEGGY LEE was one of the great all-time "pops" singers. (The same show, with another performer, will have just played The Kravis Center.)

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MAR. 2 - THE FOUR FRESHMEN - Forties and fifties songs by a group that carries on the tradition of its founders.

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MAR. 4 - CV SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA - Another annual event that makes all Century Villagers proud. It's our own symphony orchestra playing light musical classics.

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MAR. 6 - DICK CAPRI AND STEVIE STONE - Comedy tonight!

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MAR. 9 - "PURE PIAF": A one-woman musical revue starring ALEX RYER, who both tells the EDITH PIAF story and sings the chanteuse's songs.

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MAR. 11 - TONY ORLANDO - Return visit by the popular singer.

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MAR. 13 - "FORBIDDEN BROADWAY" - Now in its 25th year, this is the show that spoofs Broadway musicals. Even if you've seen the troupe, you haven't, for it annually updates its material. (See it here. You would have paid more earlier in the season at the Kravis Center.)

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MAR. 14 - "BALLROOM WITH A TWIST" - Extravagant dance production directed and choreographed by "Dancing with the Stars" own Emmy-nominated Louis van Amstel, who "pushes the boundaries of ballroom dance".

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MAR. 20 - CAVENDISH REVUE - "Great American Musicals on Parade".

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MAR. 23 - "SOPHISTICATED LADIES" - Tap dancers, singers andmusicians pay tribute to the great DUKE ELLINGTON, the Cotton Club and the Harlem Renaissance.

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MAR. 25 - JAY SIEGEL'S "Tokens" - An outstanding vocal group, which first made the music charts in 1961 and roared again in the '90s with "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" (from the musical The Lion King.)

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MAR. 27 - SAL RICHARDS - Comedy tonight.

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MAR. 28 - JAKE EHRENREICH IN CONCERT: FROM BROOKLYN WITH LOVE. - Mr. Ehrenreich's one-man musical comedy A Jew Grows in Brooklyn ran for months in downtown West Palm Beach and across the country. Now he's in Century Village to entertain you with a new show.

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SELECTED A & E HAPPENINGS OUTSIDE THE GATES:

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THEATER

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DRAMAWORKS (West Palm Beach) (Ticket information and reservations: 514-4042 or http://www.palmbeachdramaworks.org/.) Through NOV. 29 - Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House. It's still the definitve work on women's liberation.

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DEC. 18-JAN 31 - Michael Frayn's Copenhagen. Tony Award winner on morality and one man's conscience in discovering the atomic bomb.

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FEB. 19-APR. 4 - David Mamet's American Buffalo. The play that made Mamet famous and the use of four-letter words popular.

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APR. 23-JUN 13 - Edward Albee's Three Tall Women. They're all the same woman at three different stages of life. Pulitzer Prize winner.

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FLORIDA STAGE (Manalapan) (585-3433 or http://www.floridastage.org/.)

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Through NOV. 29 - Seth Rozin's Two Jews Walk Into A War. -- World Premiere Production. Comedy-drama STARRING AVI HOFFMAN AND GORDON McCONNELL. Don't miss this one! It's an outstanding play!

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DEC. 9-JAN. 17 - Carter W. Lewis The Storytelling Ability of A Boy. Two children and their teacher: Strong language and adult themes.

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JAN. 27-MAR. 7 - Israel Horovitz's Sins of the Mother. Southeastern Premiere. A new mystery by one of the Elders of contemporary theater.

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MAR. 24-MAY 2 - Dr. Radio. A World Premiere musical from the creative team that developed last season's smash hit, Cagney.

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MAY 12-JUN 20 Christopher Demos-Brown's When the Sun Shone Brighter. World Premiere on the subjects of sex, lies and politics.

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KRAVIS ON BROADWAY SERIES (West Palm Beach) (832-7469 or www.kravis.org/broadway.)

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NOV. 10-15. - Grease, the hit musical, starring American Idol winner Taylor Hicks.

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JAN. 5-10. - Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific. An all-time great musical, the Tony Award-winning revival still runs in New York.

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FEB. 2-7 Marvin Hamlish's A Chorus Line. Another great all-time multiple-award-winner, on the heartaches of breaking into showbiz.

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MAR. 10-28. - Jersey Boys. Smash-hit musical on FRANKIE VALLI AND THE FOUR SEASONS.

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MAY 4-9. - Burn the Floor. They're talking about ballroom dance in the rock and roll era: a dance show with energy to burn!

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MALTZ JUPITER THEATRE (Jupiter) (575-2223 or http://www.jupitertheatre.org/.)

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NOV. 10-22. - Fanny Brice:The Real Funny Girl. World Premiere Musical telling the comedienne's true story while using the songs that helped to make her a star.

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DEC. 1-13. - Neil Simon's Lost in Yonkers. Multiple-award winning autobiographical comedy by one of America's greatest playwrights.

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JAN. 12-31. - La Cage aux Folles. Still another multiple-award winner, with Jerry Herman's best score, this sentimental musical comedy is about a subject that once was considered taboo. The show itself is regarded as a classic.

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FEB. 9-28. - Tintypes. A somewhat forgotten musical on the subject of immigration in pre-World War One America, this revue has garnered a strong cult following over the years. It's fun, and you'll know the songs.

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MAR. 9-28. - Anything Goes. Cole Porter's Kiss Me Kate is better plotted, but the songs in this musical read like "Cole Porter's Greatest Hits". You'll recognize all the songs and will be tempted to hum along.

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CALDWELL THEATRE COMPANY (Boca Raton) (561-241-7432 or 877-245-7432 or http://www.caldwelltheatre.com/.)

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NOV. 8-DEC. 13. - The Vosey Inheritance. Written over a hundred years ago by Harley Granville-Barker and adapted by David Mamet, this is the story of a Bernie Madoff-type Ponzi scheme. ALL-STAR CAST!

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JAN. 3-FEB. 7. - Lauren Wilson's Chemical Imbalance: A Jekyll and Hyde Play. A farce, with many of the Caldwell's favorite comic actors.

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FEB. 21-MAR. 28. - The Old Man and the Sea. Adapted for the stageby Eric Ting and Craig Siebels from Ernest Hemingway's famed novella.

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APR. 11-MAY 16. - Richard Greenberg's The American Plan. A drama unfolding in the 1960's Catskills: a budding boy-girl romance and a manipulating mother who intervenes.

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MUSIC AND DANCE

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NOV. - DEC. at the KRAVIS CENTER (West Palm Beach) (832-7469 or http://www.kravis.org/.)

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NOV. 16-17 - VIENNA CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, PHILIPPE ENTREMONT, CONDUCTOR AND PIANO.

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NOV. 18 - TEATRO LIRICO D'EUROPA presents VERDI'S La Traviata.

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NOV. 20-22 MIAMI CITY BALLET - Dances by Balanchine and Paul Taylor.

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NOV. 23 - GARRISON KEILLER: TALES FROM LAKE WOBEGON. Mr. Keiller has been recognized for years as one of America's greatest vocal story-tellers.

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NOV. 27 - JIGUL THUNDER DRUMS OF CHINA. Until you've heard Chinese (or Japanese) percusssion instruments, you ain't heard nothin' yet!

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NOV. 28 - SMOTHERS BROTHERS WITH NORM CROSBY.

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NOV. 29 - DAVE KOZ AND FRIENDS: A SMOOTH JAZZ CHRISTMAS 2009.

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NOV. 30-DEC. 1 - BOB LAPPIN AND THE PALM BEACH POPS: A TRIBUTE TO THE SONG-WRITING GENIUS OF JOHNNY MERCER.

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DEC. 3-6 BILLY CRYSTAL "700 SUNDAYS" - An entertainer who needs no introduction, this show was a smash hit on Broadway. The Sunday performance here will be followed by a black-tie dinner-dance (extra charge, of course!)

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DEC. 9 - JIM BRICKMAN: BEAUTIFUL WORLD CHRISTMAS.

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DEC. 10 - A TRIBUTE TO GERSHWIN, BERNSTEIN AND ALL THAT JAZZ STARRING DAVID AMRAM.

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DEC. 11&13 - PALM BEACH OPERA: BEETHOVEN'S SYMPHONY NO. 9 (CHORAL.)

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DEC. 12 - THE CHRISTMAS MUSIC OF MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER BY CHIP DAVIS.

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DEC. 15 - (11am & 2pm) GOTTA GET A GIMMICK: BURLESQUE TO BROADWAY STARRING QUINN LEMLEY. (8pm) SALVATORE LICITRA, TENOR and WARREN JONES, PIANO.

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DEC. 16 - RONAN TYNAN: THE GIFT OF CHRISTMAS SUNG.

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-DEC. 17 - ISRAEL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, PINCHAS ZUCKERMAN, CONDUCTOR AND SOLO VIOLIN, AMANDA FORSYTH, CELLO.

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DEC. 18 - BARBARA COOK.

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DEC. 19 - THE POLAR EXPRESS (Gosman Amphitheatre.)

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DEC. 21-23 - Chicago - The great Kander and Ebb musical.

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DEC. 24-26 - MOSCOW CLASSICAL BALLET: The Nutcracker.

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DEC. 26-31 - Forbidden Broadway (Rinker Playhouse.)

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DEC. 29 - TOMMY TUNE AND THE MANHATTAN RHYTHM KINGS.

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DEC. 30 - WOODY ALLEN AND HIS NEW ORLEANS JAZZ BAND.

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DEC. 31 - BONFIRE: Musical Strings (as seen on PBS.)

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MUSEUMS

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NORTON MUSEUM OF ART (West Palm Beach - 832-5196 or http://www.norton.org/.)

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Through Dec. 6 - "GEORGE SEGAL: Street Signs.

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Through Dec. 27 - "NEW YORK NEW YORK: The 20th Century."

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Through Jan. 17 - "WILLIAM KENTRIDGE: Five Themes".

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THE SOCIETY OF THE FOUR ARTS (Palm Beach - 655-7226 or http://www.fourarts.org/.)

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DEC. 5 - JAN. 10 - Fashioning Kimono: Art Deco and Modernism in Japan.

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SEASONAL CONDO CLOSING CHECK LIST

By E. Brown with input from J. Hart, for CV winter residents and others. Keep your condo clean and dry or mildew and insects will move in.

1. Notify the post office of your change of address. Cancel newspapers.

2. It is always your responsibility to give your maintenance company your updated address.

3. Notify your association officials, of your northern contact info. Make sure they have a current key for your condo. If there was fire or water damage you would want contact assistance. Note: President is not your jack of all trades.

4. For central air conditioners only: Put tablets or AC Line cleaner in a/c pan. This prevents algae forming and blocking the water discharge. Some people use 1/2 cup dilute household bleach but this can etch pipes.

5. Vacuum ! Remove and discard dirt bag from vacuum.

6. Empty refrigerator, turn off, wash the inside, and prop doors open so they cannot close.

7. After cleaning toilets, add a 1/2 cup bleach, put plastic wrap over the opening so water does not evaporate. Dry pipes can allow entry of bugs and vermin.
You may also turn off toilet valves and flush toilet once to leave as little tank water as possible in case of tank seal leak. Put stoppers in drains.

8. Run dishwasher one full cycle with no dishes but with 1 cup white vinegar. This helps prevent mineral deposits and rubber parts drying out.

9. Bring in loose items from patio - hurricane drill.

10. Remove batteries from TV remotes, clocks and gadgets - they can corrode and do damage.

11. Replace the battery in your smoke alarm twice/year, on leaving and on returning. Other residents do not want to hear everlasting chirps when it dies. Or, purchase a new 10-year smoke alarm w/no maintenance.

12. Check sliding door is locked and has bar. Lock windows, close jalousies tightly. Adjust shades and verticals to keep out sun fade and heat.

12. Pour 1/2 cup of cooking oil down your disposal to prevent it from seizing over the summer.

13. Unplug all small appliances, from microwave to TV and clocks. This prevents damage from electrical surges in summer storms.

14. Dry foods should be discarded or stored in tightly sealed containers. You do not need reminder to discard perishables.

15. Open cupboard doors, closet doors, turn up cushions. More air circulation helps prevent mildew. Some people like to use Damp Rid but it may damage floors if spilled.

16. If you have a humidistat set the A/C to 75 degrees F and side switch to 'COOL' and 'AUTO'. Set the humidistat to 60%. (55% if your condo is on the ground floor OR if you have had past mildew problems).
If you do NOT have humidistat set the A/C 78 degrees F and side switch to 'COOL' and 'AUTO'.

17. Turn off all breaker box switches except for A/C.

18. Hire a professional condo checker or good friend to look at your condo every 2 weeks to be certain you have no roof leaks, flood, mildew, or any other problems.

19. Close main water valve, use best way for your area.

20. When you return next fall the first thing you do is TURN ON YOUR MAIN WATER VALVE so that your water tank is full before you turn on electricity. This prevents accidentally burning out the heating elements inside the tank.

Choose whatever tasks apply to you. The best thing is to return and find everything in excellent condition.

November CH Movies

Remember Clubhouse closed November 9, 10, 11, 12.
Remember Clubhouse closed November 9, 10, 11, 12.

November CH Shows / Dances

SAVE MANY CONDO PROBLEMS - BY: JIM HART

Special to Century Village Owners

Knowing Your Association Rules Saves Many Problems
By Jim Hart

It is no secret that our area is growing at the fastest rate ever and with so many new residents moving into Condominiums, Co-Operatives, and Home Owners Associations we should pay attention to learning the rules.

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RULE # 1 for the Community Association should be to understand that virtually NO ONE is in a position to understand the association "DOCUMENTS" written in lawyers’ English. Almost everyone I know simply puts them away with the other papers they receive at closing. No one impresses upon them that those papers are the LAW of the Association.
The best thing any association can do is to produce a three or four page condensed version of those documents highlighting the more important and more frequently abused rules. I know of associations who have done this at a minimum of cost and they even go so far as to have the new owner sign a statement to the affect that they have read these rules and understand them. Can you imagine how much grief this one little item can save for both the association as well as the new owner.

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RULE # 1 for the new owners is to become familiar with the association rules and one of the best ways is to write down a list of questions and ask for a meeting with a member of the Board of Directors to address your questions.

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Some of the questions might be along these lines: How early in the morning or how late in the evening can I use the laundry room? You see here, some associations have laundry rooms very close to living spaces. I do not drive, can I let someone with two cars use my parking space? Why can't I put all of my trash in one container, wet garbage, newspapers, cans and bottles? I own my apartment, why can't I let friends use it when I am not there? Why must I leave a key in the office? Why do I have to let the exterminator in my place each month? Why can't I hang some flower pots on the outside wall of my apartment? Do I need permission to enclose my patio with jalousie windows? And on and on.

I think you get my message and for all of you newcomers, "WELCOME".

ENTERTAINMENT REVIEW - BY: IRV RIKON

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
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BY IRV RIKON
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TWO PLAY REVIEWS TO OPEN THE 2009 - 2010 SEASON

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Our local theatrical season has opened with two masterworks, one old, one a World Premiere, therefore brand-new. We'll start with the World Premiere first.
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Take your seat at FLORIDA STAGE in Manalapan. The time is the present. The setting for Seth Rozin's Two Jews Walk Into a War is the partially-destroyed chapel of the only remaining synagogue in Kabul, Afghanistan. At the very opening of the play, a bomb or shell hits the house of worship, destroying more of it and causing the two men in what's left of the building to scurry. An unlikely subject for a comedy, which this is, it's also poignant and mesmerizing, faultlessly acted and directed, with onstage effects that can boggle your mind. In short, FLORIDA STAGE's World Premiere production is a show not to be missed.
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The comedy begins at the outset, because the two men hate each other and hurl insults as though to prove it. The poignancy likewise comes early, because they realize they are the only two persons left of their "community". They'll have to work together to salvage whatever they can. Perhaps somehow they might even "re-populate" Jewish Kabul. But this is a thought-provoking play. Like everything else around, their beloved Torah, the sacred first five books of the Hebrew Bible, has been destroyed or at very least has disappeared. If God is to save them, don't they need the Book? One of the men has memorized the Torah; the other finds paper on which to write, so the former dictates to the latter, and the creating of a new Holy Book is begun.
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But what does God say to his now-tiny community or, for that matter, to any other? Why is this said in one paragraph or sentence and something else in another? Or why does God omit His ideas altogether, implying something or possibly nothing? Throughout all this, two men bicker, one dictating, the other writing Holy Writ, each disagreeing as to the meaning of God's words and, even, questioning the punctuation separating the words.
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The play's men are Jewish, but the scope of the play is universal. What is a "community"? When God speaks, what is said? What does He say when He remains silent, as with the Holocaust? Is there a God? These are heady subjects even in a philosophy or theology class, but the odd thing is that, as audience, you never stop laughing. This play is funny! Yet it's also heart-warming and, ultimately, sad.
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The acting? Superb! One expects great Jewishness from AVI HOFFMAN who, after all, wrote the popular Too Jewish and Too Jewish, Too! The real surprise is Scottish-born GORDON McCONNELL, who deserves another best-actor Carbonell Award for his role here. Everyone associated with this production deserves an award. As for Mr. Rozin, who wrote the work, in my humble judgment, he easily moves to the ranks of one of America's best contemporary playwrights.
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Whatever your religion, or if you have none, this is a play to see.
If laughter is what you like, you'll appreciate this. If you love brilliant acting, rush over to FLORIDA STAGE. Here's the season's first real theatrical treasure, and it runs until November 29. (For tickets and additional information, telephone 585-3433 or ( www.floridastage.org )
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Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House has been recognized for over a century as being a landmark play and one of the most influential ever written. During the 1960s, leaders of the Women's Liberation Movement heralded it. Nora leaves her husband and children and slams the door. Bang! Now PALM BEACH DRAMA WORKS in West Palm Beach is reviving it. Although the drama is long by today's measurements, its story actually begins sometime earlier. Nora's husband Torvald, a banker, had been ill. To affect a cure, he'd been advised to get away. But he lacked funds. Unbeknownst to Torvald, Nora had forged a signature in order to obtain a loan for him, thereby saving his life. Now the man from whom she procured the loan wants a position in her husband's bank. If he fails to get what he wants, he will expose Nora. The truth is eventually revealed. Torvald, hidebound, uptight, is totally revolted by the woman he has always treated as a "doll". Now he scolds, chastises, humiliates her. She can take it no more. She leaves, slamming the door. Bang!

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At a time when American women are equal to men and, indeed, during this economic downturn, when they are frequently a family's breadwinner, Ibsen's masterpiece can seem antiquated. It's not. This is a Norwegian play, a WESTERN play. Around the globe countless women are still regarded as "dolls" or sex slaves or whatever it is the men in their lives will make of them. A Doll's House would not be welcomed in conservative Muslim countries.
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Unfortunately, this production is flawed. At the beginning, director William Hayes has Nora (Margery Lowe) flutter about the stage, her nerves on edge for fear of what may come. By the time her fears are realized, she is flat-out hysterical. That isn't Ibsen's Nora. It's the director's. Ibsen's Nora was level-headed when she forged a signature. She had options. She chose one, a risky one, but she chose it. At the end, she again has options: to stay and live with this insufferable man, to whom she is as a puppet to a puppeteer, or to go. A long time ago, if push came to shove, she knew what her choice must be. Slam the door. Bang!

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Even a flawed production of Ibsen warrants a look-see if only for the reason, after Shakespeare, Ibsen was arguably the greatest playwright who has yet lived. Moreover, the acting here is always interesting and good, despite the fact I question how the work is interpreted. The costumes and stage set are excellent, and you're free to put your own spin on Ibsen's words, so go. Closing date is November 29. (For tickets and additional information, call 514-4042 or online: ( www.palmbeachdramaworks.com )