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African Masquerade Rituals And Their Spiritual Realms Broadway Bound Musical, Tovah Is LEONA! Starring

Unmasked At Boca Museum Of Art Photography Exhibit Tovah Feldshuh At Mizner Park Cultural Center

Six-time Tony and Created by Feldshuh with Director Jeff Harnar and Dramalogues, the Obie, the Theatre World, and the Helen
Emmy nominee Tovah Musical Director James Bassi (and based on The New York Hayes and Lucille Lortel Awards for Best Actress.
Feldshuh will return to Times best-seller by Ransdell Pierson), Leona Helmsley is On Broadway: Yentl, Cyrano, Rodgers & Hart, Dreyfus
the Mizner Park Cultural given one hour up from Purgatory to “set the record straight in Rehearsal, Sarava!, Lend Me A Tenor, Golda’s Balcony,
Center on Saturday and ! ... and sing a few show tunes.” She fulfills her dream to Irena’s Vow, and the show stopping trapeze-swinging Berthe
Sunday, March 28 and 29, star in her own cabaret show as she sings for her innocence in Pippin. Off-Broadway and around the country: Dozens of
for a limited engagement in a long-awaited re-trial with the audience as her jury. productions playing everything from three queens of Henry
with her Broadway-bound Tovah is LEONA! features original music by Ron VIII and Tallulah Bankhead to Yussel “The Muscle” Jacobs,
musical, Tovah Is LEONA! The show, in which Feldshuh Passaro, lyrics by David Lee, and a book by Alex Lippard nine Jews from birth to death in Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh!
assumes the persona of the late New York real estate and David Lee. The show is directed by Jeff Harner, and most recently Holocaust Denier Brenda Goodsen opposite
mogul and hotelier Leona Helmsley, played to sold-out and Musical Director James Bassi provided the musical Ed Asner in The Soap Myth. This summer she starred in the
houses in early January. arrangements and additional lyrics. world premiere of Wade Dooley’s The Prompter directed by
As Helmsley, the disgraced doyenne comments and Feldshuh is a six-time Emmy and Tony nominee and Scott Schwartz, where she played Irene Young, a legendary
sings about anything and everything – from her meteoric has been awarded three honorary Doctorates of Humane diva making her Broadway comeback after a 40-year absence.
rise from office temp to trophy wife, from wheeler-dealer Letters. Additionally, for her theatre work she has won Immediately on the heels of The Prompter, she filmed Clifford
to hotel magnate, to her real estate rival Donald Trump. four Drama Desks, four Outer Critics Circle Awards, three for Paramount Pictures, went to the Sing-Sing in New Guinea,
and flew from there to Los Angeles to star as Supreme Court
Boca Public Library Launches Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the LA Premiere of Jonathan
Shapiro’s Sisters-In-Law. She has just completed filming Edith
2020 Initiative: Civic Engagement Hagigi’s Bleecker with Ben Stiller.

On TV: Deanna Monroe on The Walking Dead, Danielle
Melnick on Law & Order, POTUS Pauline Mackenzie on
Salvation, and Naomi Bunch on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, where
To mark the 2020 elections, the 2020 Census, and the the political process. Both libraries will feature rotating Feldshuh can be seen singing the dignified showstopper: Where’s
100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment, the Boca Raton displays of civic-themed books, films, and music. the Bathroom! Films include: Kissing Jessica Stein, (Golden
Public Library has announced its Signature Initiative for “The Boca Raton Public Library is launching a yearlong Satellite Award), A Walk On The Moon, Brewster’s Millions, Just
2020: Civic Engagement. Throughout the year, numerous signature initiative on Civic Engagement to help local My Luck, Daniel, The Idolmaker, and most recently, Feldshuh’s
classes, programs, and displays will be presented at the residents participate effectively in the democratic process,” award-winning performance as Prime Minister Golda Meir in
Downtown and Spanish River Libraries to encourage citizens says Manager of Library Services, Ellen Randolph. Golda’s Balcony has been made into a film entitled Golda’s
to become involved in their communities and promote a “Providing unbiased and nonpartisan information has always Balcony. The film has won 20 out of 20 Audience Choice Awards.
greater awareness of their rights and responsibilities as been one of the roles of a public library. Library programs in Her one-woman show, Tovah Is LEONA!, enjoyed sold-out
citizens. civic education support an active and informed community.” engagements at 54 Below in New York and at Feinstein’s at the
Adults will enjoy political and social documentaries Visit the calendar at bocalibrary.org for information on Nikko in San Francisco. Feldshuh is thrilled to bring the infamous
and discussions, a presidential biographies book club, and upcoming Civic Engagement programs and classes. All Leona Helmsley direct from Purgatory to sunny Florida, where
storytellers celebrating American experiences. The libraries programs are free. Participants can register online or in Leona was once a resident in Palm Beach.
will offer free classes and speakers focused on the election person at the Downtown or Spanish River Library. Tickets for Tovah Is LEONA! are on sale now and range in
process, the Census, privacy, citizenship, and other civic The Boca Raton Public Library provides outstanding price from $39 to $59. Saturday, March 28, performances at 3 and
engagement themes, plus offer free computer access to fill library services, resources, and programs that meet the 8 p.m. Sunday, March 29, performances at 2 and 7 p.m. Tickets
out the online Census form. Children will vote in a special educational, recreational, cultural, and informational needs can be purchased online at http://miznerparkculturalcenter.com
“mock election” featuring literary characters to learn about of library users in its two locations. or by phone at (844) 672-2849. Group rates are available.