VERO BEACH — Individual tickets remain for the final speaker of the Emerson Center’s Celebrated Speakers Series. The season ends on March 21, with producer and director Lee Daniels. Performances are held at 4 p.m. for $80 per seat; and 6:30 p.m. for $70 per seat, the latter offering a better selection of seats.
The Butler, Precious, and Monster Ball, and Fox TV’s new smash hit Empire are all the creative products of Lee Daniels, a Missourian who is redefining the art of movie making by touching the heart and soul of the nation and its people.
Daniels claimed an Oscar nomination for Best Director (Precious, 2009) and is highly-recognized for The Butler (2013), the heart-felt story of the White House servant who observed a nation’s evolution during eight presidential administrations.
Daniels will tell about his determined journey to break into the Hollywood movie business. He’ll share unique insights about working with stars such as Halle Berry, John Cusack, Matthew McConaughey, Zac Efron, Nicole Kidman, and Forest Whitaker. Daniels’ movies are realistic and often gritty. He said, “The media underestimates the intelligence of the moviegoer. We need to be fulfilled. People want to sit down and think, and I try to make people think.”
Tickets for Emerson Center performances may be purchased either online at www.TheEmersonCenter.org or by calling the Box Office at (772) 778-5249. Student tickets for balcony seating will be sold for $20 for the 6:30 p.m. performance only. Tickets will be sold at the door with a student ID. Ask about the new elevator to the 2nd floor balcony and the seating for the physically challenged.
The Emerson Center is conveniently located on the campus of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Vero Beach, on the SE corner of 16th Street and 27th Avenue. It has more than 300 parking spaces, an auditorium that seats more than 800 people in comfortable padded seating, a raised stage that offers everyone unrestricted views, and professional state-of-the-art sound and lighting systems.