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Our Commitment to Support the Arts
North Miami Beach, FL 1-31-2001 Aaron H. Schectman
THINKING ALLOWED
Essays on issues, ideas and reflections on the times. Published now and
then, Opinions pro or con are welcome.
OUR COMMITMENT TO SUPPORT THE ARTS
Carol and I have been busy for the last several weeks burning up the road
between Fort Lauderdale and, in the opposite direction, to Coconut Grove.
We have added the Parker Playhouse (also in Fort Lauderdale) to the
Performing Arts Center and the Coconut Grove Playhouse. The Jackie Gleason
Theater is available but is located in the heart of Miami where we do not
feel too comfortable. So, we have options covered in the major theaters. We
are also favored in that there is a good theater in our own town of North
Miami Beach where lesser productions than "Broadway" shows or orchestral
performances are available.
In effect, we have been enjoying the arts far more than when we lived in New
Jersey and had access to Broadway. Attending shows off-Broadway in New York
City as well as the on Broadway theaters were difficult because of parking
and very expensive. We had, of course, a theater in New Brunswick and a
Playhouse in Princeton. We found that traveling to all three of these
places onerous and difficult. Of course, at times Monmouth University and
the little theater groups that abounded offered attractions much closer.
Here in the land of sunshine the theater marquees beckon and we come.
Our only difficulty at this stage of our lives is trying to find enough
matinees. Going to the theater at night is taxing on the eyes and traveling
at high speed at any time of the day - and particularly at night - is
especially dangerous in Florida, the place where people joust on the
highways with several tons of metal under their control. By the way, this
is the land where air pollution is taken care of by the winds sweeping in
either direction from the Atlantic or the Gulf of Mexico - so automobiles
and trucks reign. It is also the nutty place that did away with automobile
inspections and thus the insane populate the roads with menacing wrecks.
This does not require a reply. I am tired after returning late last night
from Fort Lauderdale where the Cleveland Orchestra led by a gentleman from
Jakarta featured a violinist whose reputation was greater than his
performance. But, we do support the arts. Carol's Evaluation: 10 out of 10.
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