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SNOW WHITE TRASH At Empire Stage - Infinite Abyss Premieres Original Play
by Beau Higgins - January 17, 2012
Infinite Abyss Productions, in association with Empire Stage, to announced it is premiering its first original play, Snow White Trash, in January 2012. Snow White Trash was written by Infinite Abyss principals Erynn Dalton (Producer) and Jeffrey D. Holmes (Artistic Director). According to Dalton, Snow White Trash is “A campy take on the classic Snow White fairytale, like the Fractured Fairy Tales shown after each Rocky and Bullwinkle episode in the 1960s, but naughtier. Jeff and I have always been big fans of camp, Charles Busch style, and thought it was time to get Snow out there!
BIRDS Migrate To Sept. & Olivier Award Winning Play Lands At Mosaic
by Beau Higgins - January 17, 2012
Tony Award winner Glenn Close, as well as Richard Dreyfuss and Gene Hackman starred in the original Broadway production of this political thriller. Set in an unnamed country that is, like the author's native Chile, emerging from a totalitarian dictatorship, the play explores the after-effects of repression on hearts and souls. This white knuckle thriller is a riveting intellectual and emotional tug of war.
The Florida Sunshine Pops Presents ALICE TAN RIDLEY
by Beau Higgins - January 17, 2012
Since 1992, Alice Tan Ridley has been serenading subways with her incredible and powerful voice. Singing classics like 'I Will Always Love You', 'I Will Survive', 'Billy Jean', 'My Heart Will Go On' and many others, she stunned passengers and became known on a local level in New York City. It wasn't until her appearance on America's Got Talent that the nation was able to fall in love with her voice, just as she did to those on 14th Street Union Square, 34th Street Herald Square and, the famous 42nd Street Times Square.
BLAST! Comes to the Van Wezel
by BWW News Desk - January 17, 2012
Since taking the world by storm with triumphant successes in London, on Broadway, across North America and Japan BLAST!, winner of the 2001 Tony Award for "Best Special Theatrical Event," and the 2001 Emmy Award for "Best Choreography," will play the Van Wezel on Tues. Jan. 17, 2012 at 8 PM.
6th Annual Carbonell Awards Nominations Announced
by Gabrielle Sierra - January 16, 2012
The Carbonell Awards, the arts organization that 'recognizes and awards excellence in South Florida theatre,' today announced the nominations for the 2011 season.
Florida Studio Theatre Improv Presents SHOOT OUT, 1/24
by Max Schwager - January 16, 2012
The ultimate Shoot Out at the O.K. Cabaret by FST Improv begins Tuesday January 24 at 8:30pm. The Improv show continues every Tuesday night this Winter though March 20 in the Goldstein Cabaret (1241 N. Palm Avenue, Sarasota FL 34236). Tickets are $12 and can be purchased online at www.FloridaStudioTheatre.org, by phone at (941) 366-9000 or by visiting the Box Office.
CALLAWAY SISTERS At The Colony Hotel Palm Beach
by Beau Higgins - January 16, 2012
These two incredibly talented sisters are longtime friends of the Royal Room. This will be Ann Hampton Callaway's seventh visit since 2002 and Liz Callaway's third engagement since 2005 - but the FIRST TIME that the two have appeared here together. They have recently been performing together in BOOM!, celebrating songs from the 60s and 70s.
NEXT TO NORMAL Pulitzer Winning Musical Opens At Actors' Playhouse
by Beau Higgins - January 16, 2012
Winner of the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and three 2009 Tony Awards®, Next to Normal explores how one suburban family copes with crisis. With powerful lyrics and an electrifying pop-rock score of more than 30 songs, this intense, emotional and ultimately hopeful musical aims right for the heart with its story of a family coming to terms with its past and bravely facing its future. Actors' Playhouse is the first regional theatre in South Florida to produce the show following its long Broadway run and National Tour. Next to Normal will be presented at the Miracle Theatre from January 18 - February 12, 2012.
Joan Didion's THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING at Florida Rep's Studio Theatre
by Beau Higgins - January 16, 2012
Adapted from Joan Didion's best-selling memoir and starring Florida Rep regular, Sara Morsey, The Year of Magical Thinking, plays in Florida Rep's intimate 90-seat Studio Theatre Jan. 11 to Feb. 4.
THE MOTHERF**KER WITH THE HAT - Southeastern Premiere
by Beau Higgins - January 16, 2012
Jackie is just out of jail and trying to stay clean and sober. He turns to his AA sponsor when he suspects his longtime girlfriend, who is still into drugs, of cheating on him. What proof does he have? A man's hat has been left on the nightstand. This Broadway hit, a fast and furious study of lives in collision, is a bruising and very funny dance of love, betrayal and indecision.
Photo Flash: First Loot at Kate Shindle in Maltz Jupiter's CABARET
by Nicole Rosky - January 16, 2012
The Maltz Jupiter Theatre presents Kate Shindle in Cabaret, the energetic, politically charged, seductive, and daring Tony Award®-winning production that is ranked among the greatest American musicals. With performances through January 29, the show is set amid the decadence of 1929 Weimar Germany's netherworld and follows the unlikely romance between writer Cliff Bradshaw and performer Sally Bowles.
Broad View Theater Troupe Presents New Series of Readings, 1/16
by BWW News Desk - January 16, 2012
The Broad View Theater Troupe will present dynamic staged readings of their original works on January 16, 23 and 30 at 8:00 p.m. All performances are followed by an inter-active discussion in which the audience will share their own favorite experiences with movies, musical theater, or life-changing travel adventures.
Surfside Players Host Auditions for Neil Simon's RUMORS
by BWW News Desk - January 15, 2012
Surfside Players announces auditions for Neil Simon's RUMORS, directed by Janet Rubin.
The Studio@620 Presents SLOTH and WRATH 1/5-15
by BWW News Desk - January 15, 2012
Join the Studio@620 as they explore the humanity, or lack thereof, in all of us with the world premieres of PSALM OF BERNADETTE OR SLOTH and BEDBUGS OR WRATH, the second installment of the Stephen Riordan's seven part play series, SEVEN DEADLY PLAYS.
GOLDEN DRAGON ACROBATS Perform at the Van Wezel, 1/15
by BWW News Desk - January 15, 2012
The Golden Dragon Acrobats represent the best of a time honored tradition that began more than twenty-five centuries ago. Recognized throughout the United States and abroad as the premiere Chinese acrobatic touring company of today, you and your family will be awed by these fabulous performers Jan 15th at 7 PM.
Rockettes Summer Intensive Holds Auditions in Miami, 1/15
by BWW News Desk - January 15, 2012
The Rockettes Summer Intensive is holding auditions for the 2012 training program in Miami, FL on Sunday, January 15 at 1:00PM at In Motion Performing Arts Center.
BWW FLORIDA Review JERSEY BOYS One Of The Greatest Musicals You Will Ever See
by Beau Higgins - January 14, 2012
JERSEY BOYS did it again. Ruined a good night's sleep, that's what it did. For this musical, based on the life and careers of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons is thrilling, masterful, and certainly unforgettable. I tossed and I turned remembering magical pieces of stage craft, goose bump inducing performances and everything else that makes up this Tony winning Best Musical; indeed one of the best musicals of all time.
Maltz Jupiter Theatre's 9th Annual Gala We've Got Elegance Plays The Breakers
by BWW News Desk - January 14, 2012
The Maltz Jupiter Theatre's ninth annual gala, "We've Got Elegance," is set to shine and sparkle as the not-for-profit theater's most spectacular, elegant evening of the year.
YoungArts Honors Robert Redford, Doug Aitken, and Robert Lynch
by BWW News Desk - January 14, 2012
On Saturday, January 14, 2012, at An Affair of the Arts Performance and Gala, YoungArts will honor actor Robert Redford with the Arison Award; visual artist Doug Aitken with the Alumni Award; and arts administrator Robert Lynch, President of the Americans for the Arts, with the YoungArts Leadership Award. The gala, held at the Gusman Center for the Performing Arts and the J.W. Marriott Marquis Hotel, will bring together prominent artists, community leaders, philanthropists and celebrities to celebrate the 2012 national YoungArts winners.
Florida Studio Theatre's NEXT TO NORMAL Extends
by BWW News Desk - January 14, 2012
Due to popular demand, Florida Studio Theatre (FST) announces a one-week extension of the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Next to Normal, with music by Tom Kitt and book & lyrics by Brian Yorkey.
Whoopi Goldberg to Appear at the Van Wezel Today
by BWW News Desk - January 14, 2012
In 2002, Whoopi Goldberg became one of a very elite group of artists who have won the Grammy ("Whoopi Goldberg," 1985), the Academy Award ("Ghost," 1991), the Golden Globe ("The Color Purple," 1985 and "Ghost," 1991), the Emmy (as host of AMC's "Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel," 2002) and a Tony (Producer of "Thoroughly Modern Millie," 2002).
February Events Announced At Maltz Jupiter Theatre
by Gabrielle Sierra - January 13, 2012
The month brings an array of options for theatergoers of all ages, including the songbook of Frank Sinatra in Steve Lippia's Simply Sinatra, the PNC Kids Korner Series' lively family storytelling show Aesop's Fables, the comedy troupe The Second City and a free screening of the movie Hello, Dolly! February also brings Red, a drama that takes a provocative look at abstract expressionist Mark Rothko, and Paint the Town RED, a three-week public art display and fundraiser to benefit the Theatre's 2011/12 season.
Tony Winner JERSEY BOYS - Musical Phenom Plays Broward Center!
by Beau Higgins - January 13, 2012
JERSEY BOYS is the winner of the 2006 Best Musical Tony Award®, the 2006 Grammy Award® for Best Musical Show Album, the 2009 Olivier Award for Best New Musical and the 2010 Helpmann Award for Best Musical (Australia).
Liza Minnelli Cancels Tour; Will Not Appear at Van Wezel PAC
by BWW News Desk - January 13, 2012
Liza Minnelli, originally scheduled to play the VAN WEZEL PERFORMING ARTS HALL on Friday, January 13, 2012 at 8pm has cancelled her tour.
THE LEGENDARY BOBBY DARIN Tribute Event Returnsto Salerno Theatre, 1/13-21
by BWW News Desk - January 13, 2012
The Salerno Entertainment Group and Salerno Theatre, in association with the Pinellas Park Performing Arts Center and Center Place Brandon, are pleased to announce the return of the smash hit theatrical tribute concert event, THE LEGENDARY BOBBY DARIN.

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