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Asolo Rep announced the selection of Steven Drukman's new play 'The Innocents' for a fully staged world premiere in 2011. Chosen from five plays developed during Asolo Rep's 2010 UNPLUGGED new play festival, 'The Innocents' will open in April 2011 as part of the repertory season and in conjunction with the 2011 UNPLUGGED festival of new plays.

Producers Cameron Mackintosh and Thomas Schumacher announced full casting for the Fort Lauderdale engagement of MARY POPPINS. Fort Lauderdale's most eagerly anticipated stage production will begin performances at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts on Wednesday, June 9th for a limited engagement of 3 weeks through Sunday, June 27th. The opening night is Friday, June 11 at 8:00pm.

Donna Roll will present the final OperaFest performance at the Waterfront Playhouse on Saturday June 26 at 8 pm. The evening will feature the brilliantly talented young performers who are part of the Young Artist Program, currently taking place in Key West. Ms. Roll is the artistic director of the program, as well as a celebrated dramatic soprano, director, vocal coach and faculty member of the Longy School of Music in Boston. The students are part of the OperaFest performance training workshop and are chosen through a rigorous audition process from all over the world. Tickets to the Waterfront concert are $25 and may be purchased at the door the evening of the performance.

The show, which is not built on a traditional plot, utilizes clowning, pantomime, charades, acrobatics, and vaudeville to tell the story of Christ. A pageant that moves from moment to moment, GODSPELL features ten performers who are dressed as clowns. Jesus is played by local talent, Patrick Watkins; Judas is Josh Oliveras. The ensemble includes: Karen Reid, Rheanna Salazar, Ashlee Madhukar, Darnell Blake, Claudette Farquharson, Jonathan Yepez, Colin Healy and Dominuque Farquharson.

A Grammy-nominated saxophonist, composer, filmmaker, actor, model and activist, Leo has long ago surpassed the boundary of accomplished musician. He is as comfortable incorporating Latin and Middle Eastern melodies into his music as he is performing in his well known, sultry smooth jazz style.

I spoke with Lucie while she was in her ‘tiny' Manhattan apartment, as she put it. She was waiting for the delivery of her new mattress. She had recently returned from a wonderfully, luxurious cruise and was getting back to business. Her New York apartment was where she needed to be as opposed to the home in Connecticut she shares with her husband of about 30 years, the fine actor Laurence Luckinbill. Lucie and I spoke briefly the day before the interview and set 10:30 am as the time for me to call her the following day. The morning of the interview arrived and the phone rang at 10am, and it was Lucie, ready to go.

Grammy Nominee, Melba Moore, will perform live in concert in AN EVENING WITH THE LEGENDARY MELBA MOORE and Spoken Word Artist Daniel Beaty, will perform in EMERGENCY. The three- day performing arts festival will be held at the Stage Aurora Performance Hall inside of Gateway Town Center located at 5188 Norwood Avenue.

Opening the mainstage season is 'Tuesdays With Morrie' by Jeffrey Hatcher and Mitch Albom, based on the book by Mitch Albom, playing October 29th - November 21st, 2010, with a preview performance on October 28th. This theatrical incarnation of the beloved bestseller is the heartwarming autobiographical story of Mitch Albom, an accomplished journalist driven solely by his career, and Morrie Schwartz, his former college professor. Sixteen years after graduation, Mitch happens to catch Morrie's appearance on a television news program and learns that his old professor is battling Lou Gehrig's Disease. Mitch is reunited with Morrie, and what starts as a simple visit turns into a weekly pilgrimage and a last class in the meaning of life. Wayne LeGette, who played Cleante in their production of 'Tartuffe' will star as Mitch.

The Lake Worth Playhouse continues its reputation of offering vibrant summer musical selections with Jonathan Larson's RENT. This Pulitzer prize winning Broadway musical based loosely on Puccini's opera, La Bohème, tells the story of eight friends living the disappearing Bohemian lifestyle in New York's East Village. The show runs July 9 through July 31 at the Playhouse, located at 713 Lake Avenue in downtown Lake Worth.

The Colony Hotel - which The Palm Beach Post has hailed as 'probably the best place for cabaret on the planet' - continues its summer cabaret season in its Royal Room Supper Club with the hunky twin singing sensations Will & Anthony Nunziata, whose grandparents live in the Palm Beach area.

AVENTURA - Award-winning performer Avi Hoffman will infuse the new Aventura Arts & Cultural Center with the laughter, music and comedy routines that entertained generations of audiences in theatrical venues ranging from Yiddish Vaudeville houses to Catskills retreats to Carnegie Hall.

Donna Roll will present the final OperaFest performance at the Waterfront Playhouse on Saturday June 26 at 8 pm. The evening will feature the brilliantly talented young performers who are part of the Young Artist Program, currently taking place in Key West. Ms. Roll is the artistic director of the program, as well as a celebrated dramatic soprano, director, vocal coach and faculty member of the Longy School of Music in Boston. The students are part of the OperaFest performance training workshop and are chosen through a rigorous audition process from all over the world. Tickets to the Waterfront concert are $25 and may be purchased at the door the evening of the performance.

The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County announced the special summer engagement of TAP DOGS, the high-voltage stage show that has wowed audiences worldwide with tap dancing and raw energy. TAP DOGS will take to the stage of the Adrienne Arsht Center June 30 - July 10, 2010 in the Sanford and Dolores Ziff Ballet Opera House. Tickets range from $40 to $50 and may be purchased through the Adrienne Arsht Center box office by calling (305) 949-6722, or online at www.arshtcenter.org.

Dating back to 1981, the Evil Dead films combined to make one of the most beloved cult franchises in the history of cinema. Directed by Sam Raimi (Spiderman), and starring cult icon Bruce Campbell (Burn Notice), these movies used comedy, gore, slapstick, blood, one-liners, and some of the most creative camera techniques ever seen to revolutionize the horror genre.

Empire Stage in association with Thinking Cap Productions presents the Southeastern premiere of MilkMilkLemonade, from now to June 27, 2010. This critically acclaimed new play by Brooklyn based playwright Joshua Conkel premiered last fall at UNDER St. Marks and was named 2009 Best Off Off Broadway Show by New York Press. It is published in the anthology Plays and Playwrights 2010 and also by Playscripts, Inc.

Grammy Nominee, Melba Moore, will perform live in concert in AN EVENING WITH THE LEGENDARY MELBA MOORE and Spoken Word Artist Daniel Beaty, will perform in EMERGENCY. The three- day performing arts festival will be held at the Stage Aurora Performance Hall inside of Gateway Town Center located at 5188 Norwood Avenue.

Broward County Board of County Commissioners' Broward Cultural Division recently received a grant award from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). The 'Access to Artistic Excellence' award of $42,000 is to support the design and implementation of a series of specialized professional development programs and workshop services entitled, Broward Cultural Division Investing in Leadership Series.

The Lake Worth Playhouse continues its reputation of offering vibrant summer musical selections with Jonathan Larson's RENT. This Pulitzer-prize winning Broadway musical based loosely on Puccini's opera, La Bohème, tells the story of eight friends living the disappearing Bohemian lifestyle in New York's East Village. The show runs July 9 through July 31 at the Playhouse, located at 713 Lake Avenue in downtown Lake Worth.

Florida Studio Theatre's second show for the Summerfest season holds the title of longest running one-woman show in Off-Broadway history. Family Secrets, written by Sherry Glaser and Gregory Howells, is a hilarious family portrait that earned this distinction after 462 performances in 1995.

The University of Miami's Department of Theatre Arts presents its 2010-2011 Season which kicks off on September 29, 2010 with Urinetown, a Tony award winning musical comedy. Other season highlights include Big Love and Carousel for a total of five plays that highlight the talent of UM's performing students.