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Karen Stephens In Sarah Jones' BRIDGE AND TUNNEL At The Boca Raton Theatre Guild
by Beau Higgins - August 02, 2011
The Boca Raton Theatre Guild will start its season off with star power: Karen Stephens will reprise her award-winning (Best Actress 2011 - New Times Best of Award) performance in Sarah Jones' Tony Award winning Broadway show Bridge and Tunnel.
THE SAVANNAH DISPUTATION - Florida Premiere At Florida Studio Theatre
by Beau Higgins - August 02, 2011
THE SAVANNAH DISPUTATION tells the story of two Catholic sisters whose faith is rocked after a visit from a young evangelist. To fight back, the women invite the missionary and their unsuspecting parish priest to a truly devilish dinner party, where they stage a theological showdown in this all-out questioning of faith and belief.
UM Jerry Herman Ring Theatre Announces 2011-12 Season
by Gabrielle Sierra - August 01, 2011
The University of Miami College of Arts and Sciences' Department of Theatre Arts presents its 2011-2012 Season which kicks off on September 14, 2011 with Night Train to Bolina, a play written and directed by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and Miami native Nilo Cruz.
Photo Flash: Florida StudioTheatre's SAVANNAH DISPUTATION
by Nicole Rosky - August 01, 2011
Closing out FST's summer season is an off-Broadway comedy you can believe in. EVan Smith's The Savannah Disputation gets its Florida premiere in FST's Keating Theatre, with performances beginning August 3. Tickets can be purchased online at http://www.FloridaStudioTheatre.org, by phone at (941) 366-9000 or by visiting the Box Office in downtown Sarasota.
Arsht Center Presents STUFFED AND UNSTRUNG - Adults Only Henson Alternative Comedy
by Beau Higgins - August 01, 2011
The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County presents the Miami premiere of STUFFED AND UNSTRUNG, a madcap comedy show, for adults only, featuring a motley crew of Henson puppets (the Miskreant Puppets) sharing the stage with improv comedians. A creation of Henson Alternative, the one-of-a-kind live stage comedy is the brainchild of Academy Award-winning puppeteer, director, producer, and writer Brian Henson and actor and improvisational master Patrick Bristow. STUFFED AND UNSTRUNG opens the Adrienne Arsht Center's 2011-2012 Comedy Planet series in the Sanford and Dolores Ziff Ballet Opera House for one night only on October 9, 2011 at 7:30 p.m.
CHICAGO Opens at the Manatee Players in Bradenton
by Gabrielle Sierra - August 01, 2011
The popular hit musical CHICAGO opens at the Manatee Players on August 18 and plays through September 4.
KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS Celebrates 20th Anniversary Season
by Beau Higgins - July 31, 2011
KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS Celebrates 20th Anniversary Season A Sizzling Line Up of Smash Broadway Hits, Comedy Giants and Rock, Pop & Classical Music Superstars Joshua Bell, Chris Botti, Cleveland Orchestra, Larry King, Kings of Salsa, Patti LaBelle, Larry the Cable Guy, Huey Lewis & The News, Matisyahu, Dennis Miller, Bernadette Peters, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with Pinchas Zukerman, Diana Krall, Martin Short, Wanda Sykes, & THE ADDAMS FAMILY, DAMN YANKEES, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, FOREVER TANGO, HAIR, LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, LES MISÉRABLES, MAMMA MIA!, MY FAIR LADY, SOUTH PACIFIC And So Much More!
MOMMIE QUEEREST Award Winning Comedy At Empire Stage
by Beau Higgins - July 31, 2011
For the last seven years Jamie Morris' twisted version, MOMMIE QUEEREST, has had sold-out audiences across the country rethinking the oft-quoted tale with the simple premise, 'What if Joan had really been a man all those years?' Told by an all male cast of four, MOMMIE QUEEREST entertains the notion that Crawford was actually a man in drag, a fact she hid from her fans, her children, and the world. Even when Christina finds out, takes revenge, and writes 'Daddy Dearest' it's Joan who still has the last laugh.
SO MY GRANDMOTHER DIED, BLAH BLAH BLAH - World Premiere Comedy
by Beau Higgins - July 31, 2011
Miami's Mad Cat Theatre Company has been committed to creating an alternate theatrical universe for eleven years now by specializing in their own brand of irreverent and always evolving, never arriving original plays. Now Mad Cat is continuing that tradition with the Miami Light Project which is presenting So My Grandmother Died, Blah Blah Blah at the new Light Box at Goldman Warehouse located at 404 NW 26th Street in the Wynwood Art Gallery District in Miami.
Lynn University Announces LIVE AT LYNN Theatre&Jazz Series 2011 - 2012
by Beau Higgins - July 31, 2011
Scheduled headliners at the beautiful Keith C. and Elaine Johnson Wold Performing Arts Center include singers Clint Holmes and Jack Jones, the side-splitting Capitol Steps and the familiar sounds of The Beatlemaniacs. Classical music fans will relish Bravo Amici and the Florida Grand Opera Young Artists, Broadway buffs will bop along with Five Guys Named Moe and, everyone will love the popular 'pianist to the presidents,' David Osborne.
Manatee Players Broadway Bootcamp Presents ONCE ON THIS ISLAND, 7/29-31
by BWW News Desk - July 31, 2011
Broadway Bootcamp is custom tailored to the older kids. This summer camp will be an intensive training in acting, technical theatre and performance preparation culminating in a stage production by the boot campers of ONCE ON THIS ISLAND, the Caribbean adaptation of ‘The Little Mermaid' by the creators of RAGTIME.
Colony Hotel Palm Beach Presents DARYL SHERMAN & JAY LEONHART
by Beau Higgins - July 30, 2011
Equally at home in the world of jazz and cabaret, singer/pianist Daryl Sherman is internationally acclaimed for a stellar 14-year run at the Waldorf-Astoria where she played Cole Porter's Steinway. Last June, she headlined the annual Cole Porter Festival in his hometown of Peru, IN. Sherman has performed at The Algonquin's Oak Room where the Village Voice touted her as 'someone who fits the room like Derek Jeter fits the Yankees.' She's also worked at Feinstein's, Rose Hall with Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Dizzy's Coca Cola and 59E59 Theaters where she was lauded for her band singer role in a centennial tribute to Artie Shaw.
New Theatre's Midsummer Night's Dream Party - This Saturday Night
by Beau Higgins - July 30, 2011
New Theatre will be having its 2nd Annual Midsummer Night's Dream Party Fundraiser on Saturday, July 30 from 7:00 pm - 11:00. This year's festivities takes place at the law firm of Lipscomb, Eisenberg & Baker, P.L. located at One Biscayne Boulevard, Penthouse 3800, Miami, Florida 33131 in Downtown Miami.
Cirque Du Soleil's ALEGRIA Performs at BankAtlantic Center Thru 7/30
by BWW News Desk - July 30, 2011
High flying Cirque du Soleil's 'Alegria' is now playing at BankAtlantic Center, 2555 Panther Parkway in Sunrise through July 30, 2011.
FLCT Presents HELLO DOLLY! 7/29-30
by BWW News Desk - July 30, 2011
This Friday and Saturday for three performances only at the Broward Center's Amaturo Theatre!
Surfside Players Hosts Auditions For ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW 8/14-15
by Gabrielle Sierra - July 29, 2011
Surfside Players announces OPEN AUDITIONS and VOLUNTEER RECRUITMENT for the Tenth Annual ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
A BARREN MAN - Free Play Reading At GableStage
by Beau Higgins - July 29, 2011
A BARREN MAN is the story of a young Orthodox man living in Crown Heights who is tormented by his sexual identity, repressed urges, and inability to procreate with his spouse of two years. Desperately longing to save his marriage and preserve his faith, the young man seeks counsel outside Crown Heights. Set against the backdrop of the highs and lows of New York's same-sex marriage legislation, A Barren Man conveys the dangers of self entrapment, the lengths one must go for personal freedom, and the desire to become complete.
New Theatre's Midsummer Night's Dream Party - This Saturday Night
by Beau Higgins - July 28, 2011
New Theatre will be having its 2nd Annual Midsummer Night's Dream Party Fundraiser on Saturday, July 30 from 7:00 pm - 11:00. This year's festivities takes place at the law firm of Lipscomb, Eisenberg & Baker, P.L. located at One Biscayne Boulevard, Penthouse 3800, Miami, Florida 33131 in Downtown Miami.
THE PILLOWMAN - Thriller At Empire Stage - Final Weekend
by Beau Higgins - July 28, 2011
With echoes of Stoppard, Kafka, and the Brothers Grimm, 'The Pillowman' centers on a writer in an unnamed totalitarian state who is being interrogated about the gruesome content of his short stories and their similarities to a series of child murders. 'Comedies don't come any blacker than 'The Pillowman,' stated the New York Times. 'Even those familiar with this British dramatist's [McDonagh's] blithe way with murder, mutilation and dismemberment may be jolted by the events described and simulated so picturesquely...(Advisory note: severed fingers and heads, electric drills, barbed wire and premature burial all figure prominently.)'
Avi Hoffman Stars In Donald Margulies' BROOKLYN BOY
by Beau Higgins - July 27, 2011
Parade Productions, a brand new theatrical company based in Boca Raton, has scored an impressive coup their first time out of the gate: Acclaimed South Florida actor Avi Hoffman will star in the company's premiere production - Donald Margulies' Brooklyn Boy.
KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS Celebrates 20th Anniversary Season
by Beau Higgins - July 27, 2011
KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS Celebrates 20th Anniversary Season A Sizzling Line Up of Smash Broadway Hits, Comedy Giants and Rock, Pop & Classical Music Superstars Joshua Bell, Chris Botti, Cleveland Orchestra, Larry King, Kings of Salsa, Patti LaBelle, Larry the Cable Guy, Huey Lewis & The News, Matisyahu, Dennis Miller, Bernadette Peters, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with Pinchas Zukerman, Diana Krall, Martin Short, Wanda Sykes, & THE ADDAMS FAMILY, DAMN YANKEES, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, FOREVER TANGO, HAIR, LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, LES MISÉRABLES, MAMMA MIA!, MY FAIR LADY, SOUTH PACIFIC And So Much More!
Cirque Du Soleil's ALEGRIA Performs at BankAtlantic Center Thru 7/30
by Caryn Robbins - July 27, 2011
High flying Cirque du Soleil's 'Alegria' is now playing at BankAtlantic Center, 2555 Panther Parkway in Sunrise through July 30, 2011.
Fela's Son Brings his Afropop Band to Manuel Artime Theater on 7/29
by Caryn Robbins - July 27, 2011
The son of Nigeria's famed Fela brings his late father's band and his own fresh sound to Manuel Artime Theater, 900 SW First Street in Miami on Friday, July 29, 2011.
THE BROTHERS SIZE to Play at GableStage at The Biltmore, 9/3 - 10/2
by Caryn Robbins - July 27, 2011
THE BROTHERS SIZE by Tarell Alvin McCraney will play at GableStage at the Biltmore from September 3 - October 2, 2011. The play is the winner of the New York Times 2009 Outstanding Playwright Award
BWW Now Seeking Florida Contributing Editors!
by BWW - July 26, 2011
Interested in joining BroadwayWorld's worldwide network of published authors? BroadwayWorld.com is now accepting inquiries for Florida Contributing Editor positions! Applicants should be industry enthusiasts and have an interest in giving local theater prominence on the largest theater site on the net. Those with access to the Ft. Lauderdale and Jacksonville regions are especially encouraged to apply.

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