Mad Cat’s inaugural event as the resident theatre company of Miami Theatre Center (MTC) kicks off this summer with the company’s new contemporary concert series, Mad Cat Live! The company has a long tradition of interweaving live music into its theatrical productions and several of its core members are trained musicians from such prestigious schools as Berklee College of Music and University of Miami’s Frost School of Music. The Mad …more…
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Summer Theatre Fest Returns
July 2, 2015 by
Summer Theatre Fest Returns — Be Sure to Check Out the Reading Series!
The Theatre League’s Summer Theatre Fest has become an integral part of South Florida’s cultural landscape, and this year, South Florida audiences will once again have the opportunity to see theatre for free, check out new plays in development by South Florida playwrights, and tell the world what the arts – and theatre – mean to them. The …more…
The Last Five Years
June 25, 2015 by
Evening Star Productions will follow their sold out production of The Addams Family with The Last Five Years, Jason Robert Brown’s look at love and marriage from an unusual and innovative ‘his and hers’ perspective. The musical will open on July 17th and run through August 2nd at Sol Theatre in Boca Raton.
The Last Five Years is an emotionally powerful and intimate musical about two young New Yorkers who fall …more…
Text “M” For Murder
June 20, 2015 by
BaCA presents the free event Text “M” For Murder by Carole White on Monday July 22, 2015. Presented by the South Florida Theatre League as part of their Summer Theatre Fest. Playwrights range from established local favorites, including local award winners and nominees, to emerging talents, with plays vastly ranging in subject matter and style.
The Theatre League’s Summer Theatre Fest has become an integral part of South Florida’s cultural landscape, and …more…
George M!
June 17, 2015 by
The Wick Theatre celebrates July as a cast of 20 brings to life the remarkable story of one of greatest showmen of all time, George M. Cohan. This fully-costumed concert version of George M! will be narrated by Susan Powell, Miss America 1981, and will feature toe-tapping tunes including “You’re a Grand Old Flag”, “Yankee Doodle” and “Give My Regards to Broadway”.
“We are kicking off our first summer season with …more…
Bed and Sofa
June 17, 2015 by
The Outré Theatre Company’s Artistic Director Skye Whitcomb and Managing Director Sabrina Lynn Gore are honored to announce that Outré will be presenting the Southeastern premiere of Polly Pen and Laurence Klavan’s “silent movie opera,” Bed and Sofa. Winner of the 1996 Obie Award for Best Music, and nominated for seven Drama Desk Awards including Best Musical.
Based on Avram Room’s 1926 silent film masterpiece Tretya meshchanskaya, Bed and Sofa focuses …more…
Reefer Madness
June 12, 2015 by
Main Street Players presents Reefer Madness, The Musical. The musical features a book and lyrics by Kevin Murphy, and music by Dan Studney. Reefer Madness is a satire of the 1936 American exploitation film of the same name. The 1936 film (originally titled Tell Your Children) was financed by a church group, who intended it to be shown to parents as a morality tale warning them about the dangers of …more…
A Little Night Music In Concert
June 9, 2015 by
Old love is rekindled, young love is awakened, and foolish romantic escapades intertwine in Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s A Little Night Music In Concert, opening Friday, July 10th (8pm) at Palm Beach Dramaworks. This concert presentation, which runs through July 19th at the Don & Ann Brown Theatre, is directed by Lynnette Barkley, with musical direction by Kevin David Thomas.
A Little Night Music, suggested by the Ingmar Bergman film …more…
Reflection of Evil: Die Sister Twin, Die!
June 8, 2015 by
Empire Stage presents a world premiere comedy starring Brooks Braselman (Mommie Queerest, The Facts of Life: The Lost Episode, & Silver Balls). Reflection of Evil: Die Sister Twin, Die! the world premiere comedy by New York City playwright, Stacey Bean, is the hilarious story of twins, Ann and Bettie, who rival each other for the affection of the town’s local grease jockey. After a fatal sailing trip, only one twin survives, but which …more…
Star Trek: The Ultimate Voyage
June 4, 2015 by
STAR TREK: The Ultimate Voyage goes where no production has gone before, bringing five decades of Star Trek to concert halls for the first time in this galaxy or any other. This celestial show includes a live symphony orchestra and solo instruments as the most iconic Star Trek film and TV footage is beamed up simultaneously in high definition to a supersized screen.
Conducted by Justin Freer, the concert will feature some of the greatest music written for the …more…
Radio Theatre at Arts Garage
June 4, 2015 by
Arts Garage announces their Radio Theatre series. This scoop of nostalgia is a unique combination of classic radio drama, and the excitement of a live theatrical performance. Come see the golden age of radio brought gloriously back to life, featuring some of South Florida’s finest actors! It’s a trip to the past with a modern twist. The Arts Garage is located at 180 N.E. First St. in Delray Beach. To purchase tickets …more…
2015 Cabaret Festival
June 3, 2015 by
The Venice Theatre will present the acclaimed 2015 Cabaret Festival from July 9th – August 30th in beautiful Venice, Florida. Now in its third year “This festival goes back to the basics with a variety of music and comedy in a nightclub setting,” festival director Allan Kollar said. “We found that our audiences loved the format and the performers did, too”. Kollar has designed a festival that brings together simply the …more…
Broward Center Teen Ambassador Program
June 3, 2015 by
The Broward Center for the Performing Arts is pleased to congratulate the fifth graduating class of the Broward Center Teen Ambassador Program consisting of 24 participants from 15 high schools. Since its inception in 2010, the Teen Ambassador Program has given more than 100 students tickets to performances and provided behind-the-scenes knowledge of the arts at the Broward Center, which is consistently ranked as one of the top 10 theaters …more…
Side By Side By Sondheim
June 1, 2015 by
MNM Productions today announced the talented and experienced cast for the upcoming production of the award-winning musical SIDE BY SIDE BY SONDHEIM, which will run for 10 performances July 30 through August 9 at the Crest Theatre in Delray Beach, and for five performances August 13-16 at the Kravis Center’s Rinker Playhouse in West Palm Beach.
The musical tribute to legendary Broadway composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim is being produced by MNM’s co-founders Marcie Gorman and Michael Lifshitz, with Bruce …more…
Marilyn Maye at World Performing Arts Center
May 29, 2015 by
Jan McArt hosts the legendary Marilyn Maye, who will close out this season’s Live at Lynn Cabaret series on Sunday, June 7th, at 4:00 PM in the Keith C. and Elaine Johnson Wold Performing Arts Center of Lynn University. For the past 70 years Maye has been thrilling nightclub audiences and critics throughout the United States, and in London (as recently as October of 2014.) Last month she filmed her one-hour PBS …more…
Sisters of Swing
May 26, 2015 by
They sold over 75 million records, nine of them gold. They had more Top Ten hits than the Beatles or Elvis. Until the advent of The Supremes, The Andrews Sisters – Patty, Maxene, and Laverne – were the most imitated of all female singing groups; they are still one of the best-selling female vocal groups of all time. Sisters of Swing, which will run from June 5ththrough July 12th at …more…
Into the Woods
May 26, 2015 by
Into the Woods, the multi-award-winning musical by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine, skillfully interweaves several classic fairy tales into one epic story that shows what happens when things get real in the fairy-tale world. Entr’Acte Theatrix’ upcoming production of this acclaimed Broadway musical will run at the Delray Beach Center for the Arts’ Crest Theatre from June 18 through June 28th.
Sondheim and Lapine’s tale involves a baker and his …more…
Little Shop of Horrors
May 20, 2015 by
Little Shop of Horrors, Slow Burn Theatre Company’s final production in the West Boca High Performing Arts Theatre before moving to their new home at the Broward Center, is a devilishly delicious mash up of sci-fi and Broadway, fertilizer and Faust, and of rock, doo-wop, and Motown. This ‘horror and rock-n-roll musical comedy’ has delighted audiences of all ages for over thirty years; and includes several well-known songs, including the …more…
The Book of Liz
May 19, 2015 by
Fresh off their critically acclaimed production of Vita and Virginia, The Vanguard, Fort Lauderdale’s exciting new cultural venue, will present Amy and David Sedaris’ The Book of Liz from June 12th through June 28th at The Vanguard. Amy and David Sedaris individually are two of America’s premier comic geniuses. Together they are responsible for such witty, clever, and often downright hilarious productions as Stitches, One Woman Shoe, Stump the Host, …more…
BaCA Announces New Summer Arts Camps
May 14, 2015 by
Located in the heart of Pompano Beach’s new Creative Arts District, we encourage you to visit Bailey Contemporary Arts located one block north of Atlantic Boulevard. At the BaCA in Pompano Beach, Fla., emerging artists work with innovative art thinkers from across the globe to create cutting-edge art. Children and their parents take workshops on playing musical instruments and learning to make contemporary art of their own, all just a few …more…
The Music of Johnny Mercer at The Persian Room
May 12, 2015 by
The Persian Room welcomes cabaret & jazz singer John Lariviere on Tuesday June 2nd in his tribute to Johnny Mercer entitled Moon River. John Lariviere regularly headlines throughout Southeast Florida performing at local theatres and clubs. He has sung live on the radio on WXEL (91.3FM) and on TV on the Live With Iris Acker Show, and his voice can be heard in leading roles in the original cast albums of Fun and …more…
New Directors & New Season at Arts Garage
May 8, 2015 by
The Theatre at Arts Garage raises the curtain on a provocative new season as Keith Garsson of Primal Forces takes the helm to explore dark, controversial themes. Theatre Arts Garage is taking new risks with the 2015-2016 season. Building upon its critically acclaimed foundation, the theatre program will now explore new emotional territory. Alyona Ushe has tapped Primal Forces’ Keith Garsson as Producing Director who will be joined by Genie …more…
Bell, Book and Candle
May 5, 2015 by
Gillian Holroyd is a witch. She can cast spells and perform feats of magic, but she can’t fall in love. And when she casts a spell over her attractive neighbor – partly to keep him away from an old rival, and partly because she is attracted to him – this slight ‘imperfection’ leads to a number of unintended and somewhat tricky situations. Although when John Van Druten’s supernatural hit, Bell, …more…
What’s new at Evening Star Productions
May 5, 2015 by
The first half of Evening Star Productions’ second season concluded on May 3rd after a sold out weekend of The Addams Family – A New Musical Comedy at Sol Theatre in Boca Raton. Their production of The Last Five Years will run at Sol from July 16 – August 2nd, and Bug by Tracy Letts will run from August 12th – 29th at Infinite Abyss in Ft. Lauderdale. Sol Children …more…
Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill
May 1, 2015 by
Palm Beach Dramaworks concludes its fifteenth anniversary season with Lanie Robertson’s Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, a moving and surprisingly joyous look back at the too-short, turbulent life of the legendary Billie Holiday. Lady Day opens at the Don & Ann Brown Theatre on May 15 – June 7, 2015 with specially priced previews on May 13th and 14th.
April 7th marked the centennial of Holiday’s birth; she died at the age of 44 in …more…
