Carbonell Awards Announce 120 Finalists for 2023-2024 Theater Season
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 16, 2024
Gary Schweikhart, board president of the Carbonell Awards, South Florida's Theater & Arts Honors, has announced the top six finalists in 20 competitive categories for the 2023-2024 theater season. A total of 89 professional productions at 29 theatres were evaluated by a diverse group of more than 40 judges representing all three participating counties (Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach).
Cast & Company Announced For Miami's Powerhouse Premiere Of #GRACED
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 7, 2023
The cast has been announced for #Graced by Vanessa Garcia from Zoetic Stage and Adrienne Arsht Center in collaboration with Abre Camino Collective. Running May 4 – 21. A stellar team has been assembled to bring Garcia's clever comic road trip play to life.
NEXT TO NORMAL to Play Arsht Center Beginning in March
by Blair Ingenthron - Feb 17, 2023
Zoetic Stage and the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County are proud to present the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning NEXT TO NORMAL, a deeply moving musical about the effects of mental illness on a suburban family. The musical features an all-local cast and will run in the Arsht Center's intimate Carnival Studio Theater from March 16-April 9, 2023.
CARBONELL AWARDS Issue Revised List of Nominations for 2021-2022 Theatre Season
by Stephi Wild - Oct 11, 2022
After announcing this year’s list of Carbonell Award nominations last Friday, the organization quickly realized that clarifications and additions were necessary. This invariably happens with any complicated, first-time process, so the nonprofit organization ordered a recalculation of the scores in all 20 categories.
GableStage Presents Joan Didion's Powerful Drama THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING
by A.A. Cristi - May 19, 2022
GableStage presents The Year of Magical Thinking, an account of the year following the death of writer Joan Didion's husband John Gregory Dunne in 2003. The book was immediately acclaimed as a classic memoir about mourning. It won the 2005 National Book Award for Nonfiction and was a finalist for both the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Autobiography.