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It is 1958 and abstract expressionist painter Mark Rothko has just landed the biggest commission in the history of modern art; a series of murals for New York's famed Four Seasons Restaurant. Raw and provocative, this 2010 Tony Award Winner for Best Play is a searing depiction of the ambition, vulnerability and agony inherent in the art of making art.

Orlando Shakespeare Theater in Partnership with UCF (OST) continues its 2011-2012 Signature Series with A Tuna Christmas, playing November 30 - December 30, 2011 at the Lowndes Shakespeare Center. In this hilarious sequel to Greater Tuna, the outrageously funny and much loved characters of Tuna, Texas are back just in time for the holiday season.

Two-time Golden Globe winner, Academy Award & Tony Award nominee Kathleen Turner will make her Fort Lauderdale stage debut in the National Tour of Matthew Lombardo's play HIGH, February 29-March 4, 2012 at The Parker Playhouse. Directed by Rob Ruggiero, HIGH also features Evan Jonigkeit as 'Cody Randall' and Timothy Altmeyer as 'Father Michael Delpapp'.

The show, which is approximately two hours in length with one intermission, features songs from such Sondheim gems as Gypsy, Company, Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, West Side Story, Anyone Can Whistle, and many more.

'Spelling Bee is a hilarious tale of overachievers' angst chronicling the experience of six adolescent outsiders vying for the spelling championship of a lifetime,' explains TheatreZone founder and artistic director Mark Danni.

Conundrum Stages presents its second annual Holiday party on Tuesday, December 13th. Once again, they are giving audiences a slew of performances representing different facets of the Southeast Florida talent scene. A collage of theatre, music, dance, plus various arts and entertainment will be on hand promoting the Tri-county area.

New Theatre (THE NEW) continues it's season with the World Premiere of Twain and Shaw Do Lunch, by Chambers Stevens, running December 2 - 18, 2011, in its new intimate home at The Roxy Performing Art Center. In 1907 the world's two greatest living writers had lunch together. This, their first meeting, was monumental. It would be Mrs. Shaw's job to make sure they didn't destroy each other. This witty and based on truth play has won several awards such as the Best Comedy at the Palm Beach Int'l Playwrighting Competition, and the Long Beach Playhouse New Play Award.

Zoetic Stage and The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County proudly present David Sedaris' THE SANTALAND DIARIES, a side-splitting one-man play adapted for the stage by Tony Award-winning Broadway veteran Joe Mantello, December 8-23, 2011, in the intimate Carnival Studio Theater (Ziff Ballet Opera House). Starring Michael McKeever, one of South Florida's most produced and prolific artists, THE SANTALAND DIARIES is based on the outlandish, and true, chronicles of David Sedaris' unique experience during the holidays working as "Crumpet," a Christmas elf in Macy's Santaland display. This cult classic examines the desperation of unemployment, while celebrating the insanity of Christmas shopping and the ineffable 'cheer' of the holiday spirit.

The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds tells the story of Tillie, a hopeful and focused dreamer who struggles to keep her aspirations alive amidst the chaos of her home-life, controlled by a desperate mother wonting of love and a rebellious sister. Tensions are elevated on the night of the school science fair where Tillie is hoping to be acknowledged for her project on the effect of gamma rays on man-in-the-moon marigolds. First published in 1970, the play won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, and the Obie Award for Best American Play.

Florida Repertory Theatre announced that its popular Lunchbox Theatre Series opens in December with The Imaginators, an epic make-believe adventure about the power of imagination. Perfect for kids of all ages, Imaginators plays Dec. 16 & 17 at 11am in the Arcade Theatre, and the $12 admission price includes the performance, lunch and an interactive post-show workshop.

Returning to the Royal Room for the fourth time since 2005, Manhattan's sophisticated cabaret singer Steve Ross has been lavishly praised by audiences and reviewers alike for his singing style and personal elan. He rose to fame as a cabaret entertainer during his lengthy sojourns at New York's fabled Algonquin Hotel and Ted Hook's Backstage in the late 1970's, and spent the ensuing decades singing and playing in smart clubs and swank parties all over the world. The Ritz in London, the Crillon in Paris and the Imperial Hotel Tokyo, in addition to festivals in Hong Kong, Perth and Spoleto - these are but highlights of Steve's appearances on six continents.

At a press conference Florida Studio Theatre announced a multi-year capital improvement campaign to renovate the 6,000 sq. foot Gompertz Theatre and construct an 18,000 sq. foot addition with two new theatre spaces. The $5.6 million dollar campaign is the largest capital program in the 37-year old theatre's history and will double the number of renovated stages on the theatre's campus located in Sarasota's historic downtown.

Together with DreamWorks Theatricals and NETworks Presentations, LLC. The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County and Broadway Across America announced that SHREK THE MUSICAL, with book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire and music by Jeanine Tesori, will play the Adrienne Arsht Center, for one week only, December 6-11, 2011 as part of the Broadway in Miami 2011-2012 season presented by Bank of America.

Two-time Golden Globe winner, Academy Award & Tony Award nominee Kathleen Turner will make her Fort Lauderdale stage debut in the National Tour of Matthew Lombardo's play HIGH, February 29-March 4, 2012 at The Parker Playhouse. Directed by Rob Ruggiero, HIGH also features Evan Jonigkeit as 'Cody Randall' and Timothy Altmeyer as 'Father Michael Delpapp'.

Audience response to the sparkling cast and Genie Croft's crisp direction of The Boca Raton Theatre Guild's production of The Tale of the Allergist's Wife has been nothing but enthusiastic. Charles Busch's comedy of manners has Willow Theatre patrons in gales of laughter from the play's opening lines to its final curtain.

Zoetic Stage and The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County proudly present the world premiere of Christopher Demos-Brown's CAPTIVA, a funny dark comedy about weathering family, Now through November 20, 2011, in the intimate Carnival Studio Theater (Ziff Ballet Opera House). Following Zoetic Stage's highly acclaimed 2010 debut of South Beach Babylon, this new production launches the company's adventurous 2011-12 season as part of the Arsht Center's Theater Up Close season.

Award Season has begun at BroadwayWorld. This year, Florida has its own awards! We are waiting for You. Voting for the 2011 BWW FLORIDA Awards is now open.

Orlando Shakespeare Theater in Partnership with UCF (OST) and PB&J Theatre Factory present the funny and heart-warming original comedy, SLEIGH, playing December 1-18, 2011 at the Lowndes Shakespeare Center (812 East Rollins Street). This time, the team that brought Central Florida audiences SPORT, SNACK, SPLASH and SHHH! has packed the entire holiday season into one entertaining evening.

Mr. Lauria, star of The Wonder Years and the original Broadway production of Lombardi, will also be reading one of the roles. He will be accompanied by Ray Abruzzo, a Hollywood veteran who has appeared on The Sopranos, Dynasty and The Practice-- and who is currently portraying the title character in Lombardi at Mosaic Theatre (Nov 10 through Dec 4). Also joining them is Richard Zavaglia, a well-known actor who also has numerous credits on film, television and the stage.

The Main Street Players announced the world premiere of For the Love of Money, a one-man show by Daniel Nieves, showing December 2, 3, and 4 at the Main Street Playhouse in Miami Lakes. For the Love of Money follows the rise of Charles 'Lucky' Luciano, one of America's most infamous crime bosses, from his childhood in the hills of Sicily, through his rise to become one of the most powerful organized crime lords in the world, and ending in his imprisonment and eventual exile.