Lovers of Great Theatre-Get Ready For a Festival of Classics

Boca Raton, FL

If you love classic theatre you are in for a real treat! Stay tuned this July 2020, exact date TBA. at Mizner Park Cultural Center, Actor Avi Hoffman will host a ‘Festival of Classics’ exploring the man, Joseph Papp, who was literally ‘Shakespeare in the Park.’ Joseph Papp’s daughter, Susan, joins Avi to share special moments with the audience and clips from a documentary about the early days in New York when the famous producer and theater director built a moving stage to bring Shakespeare to many neighborhoods and residents who had no exposure to theater.

Many of the young people interviewed who attended the free performances took up careers in the arts working as actors in Papp’s productions on and off Broadway.

The show ends with a finale and tribute with song and dance to Papp’s original ‘Hair’ and ‘A Chorus Line’ favorites you won’t want to miss!

Hoffman knew Joe Papp personally and will introduce a ‘scene’ from productions by South Florida theater companies creating works from the Golden Age of Literature to the Counter Culture revolution of the 1960’s including: