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GableStage Presents Tracy Letts' 'Superior Donuts' Starring Avi Hoffman
by Beau Higgins - February 21, 2011
In this delicious new comedy from the Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, an offbeat friendship grows between a cantankerous white shop owner and an ambitious black teenager with something to hide. Amidst the changing face of an old Chicago neighborhood, a local donut shop becomes the setting for old secrets, new beginnings and the redemptive power of friendship.
Jay Hopkins and Tyler Cravens Co-Star in Greater Tuna 3/18-4/2
by Gabrielle Sierra - February 21, 2011
The Garden Theatre presents the Jester Theater Company production of Greater Tuna, March 18-April 2 at the Garden Theatre (160 West Plant Street).
Broward Center Features Marc Kudisch, Linda Eder in CIRQUE DREAMS BROADWAY, 3/24
by Nicole Rosky - February 21, 2011
For 20 years, the Broward Center for the Performing Arts has brought the best of Broadway to South Florida and now adds to this tradition with the world premiere of Cirque Dreams Broadway, featuring Linda Eder and Marc Kudisch, directed by Neil Goldberg, Thursday, March 24 at 8 p.m. in the Au-Rene Theater at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts.
Award Winning Musical 'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels' At The Waterfront
by Beau Higgins - February 21, 2011
The Waterfront Playhouse continues their smash 71st season with the Broadway hit, 'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels' opening Thursday, March 3 and running to March 26th. Nominated for 10 Tony Awards, this funny musical has a book by Jeffrey Lane and music and lyrics by David Yazbek. 'Theatrical pizzazz!' says The Daily News. 'Scoundrels' is directed by WFPH artistic director Danny Weathers, with musical direction by Michael Fauss and choregraphy by Penny Leto and Christine Marguerite, the same team responsible for such hits as 'Reefer Madness,' 'Urinetown' and last year's 'The Full Monty,' which sold-out every performance.
Surfside Players Announces 2011-2012 Season And Call for Directors
by Gabrielle Sierra - February 21, 2011
Surfside Players Proudly Announces Our 2011-2012 Season And Call for Directors!
The Lyric Theatre Presents Tommy Tune with The Manhattan Rhythm Kings
by BWW News Desk - February 21, 2011
Tommy Tune with The Manhattan Rhythm Kings plays February 21 & 22 at 7:00pm
Garden Theatre Holds Auditions for THE SOUND OF MUSIC, 2/21-24
by BWW News Desk - February 21, 2011
The Garden Theatre is pleased to announce auditions for the second annual spring musical, The Sound of Music. Auditions will be held Monday-Thursday, February 21-24 at the Garden Theatre (160 West Plant Street). This large production requires 19-23 adult females, 4 adult males, 1 teenage female, 1 teenage male, 12 children (ages 5 and up). Children will be double-cast and have alternating performances. Several non-singing roles are also available. Most performers will be asked to sing and dance.
Miami City Ballet Presents John Cranko's 'Romeo And Juliet'
by Beau Higgins - February 20, 2011
MIAMI CITY BALLET ends its landmark 25th Anniversary Season in South Florida with the company premiere of John Cranko's acclaimed, full-evening production of ROMEO AND JULIET, the world's most famous love story, set to the thrilling score by Sergei Prokofiev. Budgeted at over one million dollars, with an ensemble cast of more than 35 dancers, ROMEO AND JULIET promises to be the crowning highlight of MIAMI CITY BALLET'S extraordinary anniversary season, featuring four company premieres, a record number of dancers (50) and the return of live music with The Opus One Orchestra, 42-56 musicians strong, under the baton of maestro Gary Sheldon, supported by a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, as part of its Knight Arts Challenge.
Award Winning 'The Light In The Piazza' At Stage Door Theatre
by Beau Higgins - February 20, 2011
Winner of 6 Tony Awards, 5 Drama Desk awards, and 2 Outer Critics Circle Awards, the musical is based on a novel by Elizabeth Spencer, and is set in Florence and Rome in the summer of 1953. It is the story of a young American tourist, Clara Johnson, who meets and falls for a young Italian, Fabrizzio Nacarelli.
Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows for Fort Lauderdale - 2/20
by BWW - February 20, 2011
Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 2/20 for Fort Lauderdale
Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows for Florida - 2/20
by BWW - February 20, 2011
Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 2/20 for Florida
Orlando Shakespeare Theatre Holds Auditions for PLAYFEST, 2/20-21
by BWW News Desk - February 20, 2011
Orlando Shakespeare Theater in Partnership with UCF announces auditions for PlayFest: The Harriett Lake Festival of New Plays on Sunday, February 20 from 12-5pm and Monday, February 21 from 3-6pm at the John & Rita Lowndes Shakespeare Center, 812 E. Rollins Street, Orlando, Florida, 32803.
Richard Jay-Alexander Offers Theatre Workshop in Miami Beginning 2/19
by BWW News Desk - February 19, 2011
Broadway's Richard Jay-Alexander will be offering two Theatre Career Workshops at Playground Theatre starting February 19. The classes are divided into two separate age groups, 7-13 and 14 -19, and are only $30.
Carbonell Award Nominations Announced
by Beau Higgins - February 18, 2011
A musical about a war-time romance and a controversial play that took audiences to the depths of humanity top the list of nominees for the 35th annual Carbonell Awards, celebrating the best shows and performances in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties.
A Tribute To Frankie Valli And The Four Seasons
by Beau Higgins - February 18, 2011
Boca music man and former member of The 4 Seasons, leads the Florida Sunshine Pops Orchestra in a tribute to one of the best-selling musical groups of all time. This March South Florida residents will have a chance to experience the legendary music of Frankie Valli & The 4 Seasons live in concert with one of the group's former members.
TPT Presents The World Premiere Of 'A Bearded Lover' 2/18-3/6
by Beau Higgins - February 18, 2011
Set in Cuba in 1953, 'A Bearded Lover' is a dark and heartwarming play about three eccentric sisters who are preparing for a long journey into the sea. Love and loyalty are tested; even the bond of sisterhood is challenged, pushed to the limit, and changed forever.
Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Welcomes Daniel O'Donnell, 2/18
by BWW News Desk - February 18, 2011
DANIEL O'DONNELL brings his trademark combination of country music, inspirational ballads, '60s pop and Irish standards to the VAN WEZEL PERFORMING ARTS HALL with special guest, MARY DUFF, on Friday, February 18 at 7p.m.
'Respect' A Musical Journey Of Women Returns To South Florida 2/18-2/27
by Beau Higgins - February 18, 2011
RESPECT, which has been continuously evolving since its debut as a one-woman show in 1999, is an entertaining, exuberant and exhilarating look at the lives of women as reflected in the popular music of the 20th Century. The show ran for over a year at the Cuillo Centre for the Arts in West Palm Beach and for six months at the Stage Door 26th Street Theatre in Fort Lauderdale, before ‘going on the road' and playing in multiple cities across the United States - including Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Detroit, Green Bay and Minneapolis. RESPECT has also ‘gone international' - playing to enthusiastic houses in Melbourne and Brisbane Australia. This production arrives in Coral Springs fresh from a 20 week engagement in Philadelphia, and 8 sold out weeks in Phoenix.
The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra Plays The Van Wezel 2/28
by Gabrielle Sierra - February 17, 2011
The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra lead by Bill Tole will bring the young and the "young at heart" back in time at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall on Monday, February 28 at 7 p.m.
Maltz Jupiter Theatre Garners 18 Carbonell Nominations
by Gabrielle Sierra - February 17, 2011
The Maltz Jupiter Theatre has earned 18 nominations for the 35th annual Carbonell Awards, South Florida's equivalent of the Tony Awards.
Celebrity Bartenders Pour At Palm Beach Dramaworks Benefit
by Beau Higgins - February 17, 2011
Palm Beach Dramaworks announced that Palm Beach's own 'Grill 264' Restaurant will honor the acclaimed theatre company with a special celebrity bartending event on Thursday, February 24th (5:30-7:30). Located at 264 South County Road, celebrities from the world of show business are planning to be guest mixologists and tend bar for the evening. Some of the them include Seaview Radio Hosts Joe Ranieri & Jo Ann Pflug as well as Dramaworks' producing Artistic Director Bill Hayes. There is no cover charge for this evening.
Arthur Miller's Classic 'A View From The Bridge' At Gulfshore Playhouse
by Beau Higgins - February 17, 2011
Arthur Miller's fiercely compelling drama about love, belonging and betrayal, A View from the Bridge centers around Eddie Carbone, an Italian-American longshoreman who lives in Brooklyn with his wife Beatrice and his orphaned 17-year-old niece Catherine. Beatrice's two cousins enter the country illegally seeking a better life in America, and when Catherine falls in love with one of them, Eddie's jealousy erupts in a rage that consumes him, his family and his world.
Stageworks Presents MOMologues, 2/17-27
by BWW News Desk - February 17, 2011
The original comedy about motherhood by Lisa Rafferty, Stefanie Cloutier and Sheila Eppolito. A sassy, irreverent and loving look at the mother of all jobs! This comedy rips away the gauzy mask of parenthood to reveal how overwhelming, exhausting, yet FUNNY being a parent really is.
Comedies at Edge Theatre Begin Final Weekend
by Kelsey Denette - February 16, 2011
Don't miss the final performances this Friday and Saturday of Two Comedies: The Pattern & The Problem, now at Edge Theatre.
Jackson Brown Comes To The King Center 5/22
by Gabrielle Sierra - February 16, 2011
JACKSON BROWNE - Solo Acoustic Tour plays Sunday, May 22, 7:30 pm

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