The 11th Annual Cappies Awards Gala for excellence in high school theater will take place on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 7 PM in the Au-Rene Theater at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts.  The Critics’ Awards Program, or Cappies for short, recognizes high school theater in 42 categories including performers, designers, technicians and critics. Award winners are determined by votes from the students themselves through a weighted peer review …more…

John Manzelli, producing Artistic Director of City Theatre, announces Summer Shorts 2013 June 6 – 30 at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts.  This eighteenth edition of the fast and often hilarious short plays that South Florida theatre audiences have come to expect may be the perfect kick-off to summer theatre.  The Annual Summer Shorts Festival includes an all-new Summer Shorts production, a new family …more…

The Plaza Theatre addresses teen suicide with it’s upcoming production of Sleepwalk by the Emmy-winning playwright William Mastrosimone.   Creatively blending humor, pathos and imagination, the one-act play tells the story of Dillon, a young man flirting with suicide. Through the course of this fast-paced play, young Dillon will be confronted by characters representing the varying aspects of his dilemma, and the choices he must now make. The random collision of …more…

Each year South Florida’s answer to the Tony Awards, the Carbonell Awards, pays tribute to the very best in local professional theatre.  South Florida revelers gathered on Monday April 1st, 2013  to celebrate the 37th Annual Carbonell Award. The ceremonies were attended by South Florida theatre-goers, actors, producers, directors, cast and crew members alike at the Amaturo Theater at Broward Center for the Performing Arts.

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On Monday, April 29, 2013 the Plaza Theatre will inaugurate a new series of staged readings of new and unpublished scripts called Fresh Pages. “The primary purpose of Fresh Pages is to give our patrons an opportunity to hear new and unpublished scripts read by professional actors in a simple, uncluttered setting,” said Kenneth Kay, Plaza Theatre’s new Director of Education and Outreach.  The debut reading for the first installment …more…

Aventura Mayor, Susan Gottlieb, today announced that Boca Raton’s critically acclaimed Slow Burn Theatre Company will transfer two productions in its 2013-14 season to the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center after their runs at the West Boca Performing Arts Theater.  The non-profit regional theater will present the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Next to Normal from November 7-10, 2013, and the musical Chess by Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus (formerly of ABBA) …more…

The Outré Theatre Company proudly announces their production of Denis O’Hare and Lisa Peterson’s An Iliad, starring Avi Hoffman.  This Obie Award-winning one-man show, at the Mizner Park Cultural Arts Center, marks Outré’s sophomore production.

An Iliad brings alive the struggle between Achilles and Hector, the battle and fall of Troy, and the beautiful woman who caused it all.  O’Hare and Peterson return Homer’s classic to where it originated – bringing …more…

Island City Stage and Empire Stage announce their co-production of the play Body Awareness by Annie Baker March 9 – April 7, 2013. Its original production ran from May 28 to June 22, 2008 at the Atlantic Theater Company.  The production received a Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Play, Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play (Peter Friedman), and an Outer Critics Circle Award, John …more…

It is something women across the world know all to well… the struggle to be that perfect weight!  Now, The Plaza Theatre is showcasing these struggles in the hilarious show Waistwatchers The Musical! Written and produced by Alan Jacobson, the 90 minute show stars Missy McArdle as Connie, Shelley Keelor as Cindy, Gail Byer as Cheryl, and Katie Angell Thomas as Carla, and  is directed by Andy Rogow.

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Miami Theater Center is delighted to announce the upcoming performances of Miami native Christina Alexander’s world premiere of Hate! An American Love Story.  Alexander’s edgy work delves into stories of love in America and the country’s struggle to understand that different doesn’t mean wrong. One actor – Ms. Alexander – plays eight characters who deliver 16 monologues in a multimedia work that offers varied perspectives of who …more…

What is anticipated to be an extraordinary evening of homage to both Black History Month and the legendary international star, Josephine Baker, is scheduled for Monday, February 4th, at 7 P.M., when Gelan Lambert, Miami-born star of the Broadway musical hit, FELA!, will be guest speaker at the World Erotic Art Museum.  Lambert, who plays the role of JK  in FELA!, (which opens a limited run, Tuesday, March 19 – …more…

Lynn University and Producer Jan McArt, director of theatre arts program development, are continuing this season’s popular Libby Dodson’s LIVE AT LYNN Theatre Series with the mesmerizing Cirque D’Amour on February 16th – 17th.  Cirque D’Amour combines the magical artistry of a European circus with the flirtatious camp of Burlesque.  This is an intimate evening of song, dance, humor and mind-blowing acrobatics which features gorgeous costuming, an electrifying score and …more…

The Plaza Theatre and producer Alan Jacobson proudly present A Heart Full Of Love on February 12th, 2013 at 6:30 PM.  The musical celebration, which includes a champagne reception and silent auction, marks the one year anniversary of the Plaza Theatre.  Tickets for this very special event are $50 for adults and $25 for children with a portion of the proceeds to benefit the American Cancer Society.  Celebrate Valentine’s Day …more…

Parade Productions presents six actors performing a collection of seven shorts plays by playwright Michael McKeever in a show called The Whole Caboodle.  Michael McKeever, Elena Maria Garcia. Jacqueline Laggy, Clay Cartland, Casey Dressler and Candace Caplin play characters ranging from Munchkins to Abraham Lincoln in an evening sure to amuse.  With McKeever’s wicked sense of humor and razor sharp insight, The Whole Caboodle takes apart and reassembles an entire …more…

As a follow up to their successful run of cabaret shows this past Summer & Fall, the Plaza Theatre proudly announces additions to their Winter lineup of shows.   The Plaza Theatre is located at 262 S. Ocean Blvd in Manalapan, FL.  Tickets for these cabaret shows are $30 each or $75 for all three shows. The Plaza Theatre is a professional, not-for-profit, 250-seat theatre, opened in February 2012.  It is …more…

Join Outré Theatre Company as they present their first reading of their 2013 season, Fat Men in Skirts by Nicky Silver. This fun dramedy is produced in conjunction with Empire Stage, for one performance only on Tuesday, January 22nd at 8:00 pm.

Nicky Silver’s Fat Men in Skirts, a dark comedy, explores the past and brings us back to the future. Callous, sophisticated Phyllis and her stuttering eleven year old son, …more…

Island City Stage and Empire Stage are pleased to announce their co-production of the play Pig Tale – An Urban Faerie Story by Chris Weikel January 3 – February 2, 2013. Pig Tale is the second collaboration between Island City Stage and Empire Stage and follows their critically acclaimed production of The Twentieth Century Way. “Pig Tale is a complete departure from the intellectual dexterity of The Twentieth Century Way,” …more…

The Miami Light Project presents the Mad Cat Theatre Company’s production of the play Cat Lady.  Written by and featuring Kristina Wong, Cat Lady will be appearing January 2 – 20, 2013 at the Light Box at Goldman Warehouse.  Wong, a multi-talented performance artist whose diverse body of work ranges from stand-up comedy to commentary on American Public Media’s “Marketplace” to film documentary and articles in Playgirl …more…

Crashbox Theatre Company is proud to announce its debut production!  The world premiere of James Carrey’s first full-length play,  Unleashed  is coming to Empire Stage December 13 – 29, 2012.  Unleashed, started out as a social experiment on Facebook, taking random lines of dialogue from Facebook users that would be incorporated into a play by James Carrey. Out of those supplied lines, in the fashion of Improv Comedy, the playwright …more…

It’s A Fabulous Life celebrates its 10 year anniversary with a hilarious and heartwarming holiday homecoming from November 28 – December 2 at the Amaturo Theater of the Broward Center for the Performing Arts. An instant smash in its first production at the Broward Center, the show has been produced around the country. In something of a holiday tradition, it returns to the Broward Center as part of the Broward …more…

The Plaza Theatre presents the comedy LUV by Murray Schisgal.  This Tony Award-winning comedy, written by the author of Tootsie, tells the tale of friends Harry Berlin and Milt Manville as they rekindle their friendship and plan for a matchmaking adventure.

The two-act play begins with a man standing on a bridge, ready to jump, when he runs into his old college friend.  The former classmates enter into a conversation to …more…

The Naked Stage will once again hold their wildly successful 24 Hour Theatre Project.  This year 50 of the region’s top theatre actors, directors and writers have 24 hours to write and rehearse eight short plays to be performed in front of a paying audience.   The event has been called South Florida’s creative theatrical event of the season in the past, and promises to be just as exciting this year. …more…

The Silver Palm Theatre Awards committee, founded five years ago to honor theatrical excellence in South Florida, has announced that this year it will present the coveted award to 18 individuals.  “The Silver Palm Awards are presented annually to those who’ve made an outstanding or unique contribution to the South Florida Theatre season,” explained Silver Palm Awards Chairman Tony Finstrom. “There are no nominees, no winners or losers, and no …more…

The Women’s Theatre Project presents Barbara Pease Weber’s contemporary comedy Delval Divas at the Willow Theatre in Sugar Sand Park from November 2nd -18th.

Delval Divas invites the audience into the posh and extravagant world of a tightly knit group of fortunate felons. This is an extremely funny peek into a prison comedy where four very clever con artists (all white collar female prisoners – doctor, technology wizard, lawyer, Wall Street …more…