The Coconut Grove Playhouse

ASHLEY CHIU: 10 YEARS IN NYC, THANK YOU & GOODNIGHT Comes to 54 Below
by Stephi Wild - Jul 8, 2024

54 Below will present Ashley Chiu in “Ashley Chiu: 10 Years in NYC, Thank You & Goodnight” on Saturday July 13th at 9:30pm.

World Premiere of MARILYN, MOM & ME to Open International City Theatre 2024 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 3, 2024

International City Theatre will open its 2024 season with the world premiere of Yankee’s deeply personal comic drama, Marilyn, Mom & Me.

David Ellenstein Named Artistic Director & Bill Kerlin Named Managing Director of Laguna Playhouse
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 18, 2023

North Coast Repertory Theatre’s Artistic Director David Ellenstein, and Managing Director Bill Kerlin, have been named Laguna Playhouse’s new Artistic and Managing Directors respectively, effective immediately.

Luis Santeiro's DANCING WITH DICTATORS Comes to the Repertory Theater
by Stephi Wild - May 1, 2023

​​​​​​​Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture will present Dancing with Dictators, a solo work written and performed with music by the Emmy Award-winning writer Luis Santeiro on Thursday, May 4, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. on the stage of the Repertory Theater at Hostos Community College.

Palm Beach Dramaworks To Host Fifth Annual NEW YEAR/NEW PLAYS FESTIVAL, January 6-8, 2023 
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 4, 2022

Palm Beach Dramaworks will ring in 2023 with one of its most popular events, the New Year/New Plays Festival, which runs from January 6-8 and features readings of five fascinating plays that are still in development.

David Ellenstein Named New Interim Artistic Director Of Laguna Playhouse
by Stephi Wild - Sep 13, 2022

Laguna Playhouse and its Board of Directors announced that North Coast Repertory Theatre’s Artistic Director, David Ellenstein, has been named to the position of Interim Artistic Director for the Playhouse for the period of October 3, 2022 through January 1, 2023.

Wake Up With BWW 7/17: BROADWAY BARKS, Immersive GREAT COMET Comes to Florida, and More!
by Stephi Wild - Jul 17, 2020

Today's top stories: tune in to last night's virtual Broadway Barks hosted by Bernadette Peters, learn about an immersive production of Great Comet coming to Florida next year, and more!

VIDEO: Cabaret Corner With Lucie Arnaz
by Stephi Wild - Jul 5, 2020

Lucie Arnaz, star of stage, screen, and cabaret comes to The Corner for this week's episode of Cabaret Corner, a series devoted to having meaningful conversations with leaders in the cabaret community.

Jill Kimmel To Perform At CONFESSIONS OF A MORMON BOY Opening Night Gala
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 9, 2019

After a highly-acclaimed tour to Australia, Norway, and South Africa this summer, and two sold-out runs at the Desert Rose Playhouse followed by a sold-out four-week encore run at Oscar's Cabaret earlier this year, award-winning solo performer/playwright Steven Fales returns to the Coachella Valley with his 'new and improved, updated, unbridled, and uninhibited'

Wilbury Group Opens Ninth Season With WAITING FOR GODOT       
by Stephi Wild - Aug 29, 2019

The Wilbury Theatre Group opens its 2019/20 Main Series season with Samuel Beckett's existential masterpiece Waiting for Godot, which runs in performances September 26 - October 20.

Mayor Carlos Gimenez Reaffirms County's Commitment To The Coconut Grove Playhouse Project
by A.A. Cristi - May 18, 2019

Mayor Carlos Gimenez Reaffirms the County's Commitment to the Coconut Grove Playhouse Project Mayor Carlos Gimenez issued a statement regarding the City of Miami Mayor's veto of the City Commission's action in support of the County-FIU Coconut Grove Playhouse project. Mayor Gimenez stated,

BWW Review: FAME THE MUSICAL at Gala Hispanic Theatre
by Charles Shubow - May 16, 2019

Luis Salgado is quickly becoming known as an acclaimed director and choreographer. He has just returned from Germany where he served as Associate DirectorChoreographer for Cirque du Solieil's PARAMOUR. Two years ago he directed and choreographed the Helen Hayes winning musical IN THE HEIGHTS at the GALA Hispanic Theatre. He is now returning to GALA with his own version of FAME, The Musical.

Miami New Drama Presents The World Premiere Of FAKE, A New Play By Carmen Pelaez
by Julie Musbach - Dec 17, 2018

Miami New Drama is proud to announce the world premiere of FAKE, a new play written by and starring Cuban-American, Carmen Pelaez. In a time in which we've come to experience the manipulation of facts to the point of extreme skepticism and distrust, this play encapsulates the themes of the moment.

Support From City Of Miami Beach And Major New Funding From Knight Foundation Position Miami New Drama As South Florida's Rising Premiere Regional Theater
by Stephi Wild - Dec 11, 2018

Miami New Drama, the groundbreaking company transforming Miami's theaterscene, co-founded by artistic director Michel Hausmann, will continue as the residentcompany at Miami Beach's historic Colony Theatre for five more years. The renewed commitment from the City of Miami Beach will maintain the company at the Lincoln Road theater until 2023.

The Coconut Grove Playhouse Receives $2 Million From The Knight Foundation!
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 7, 2018

The Coconut Grove Playhouse revival project just received a major boost from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, which awarded $2 million to Miami-Dade County to complete the project. This major gift brings the return of regional theater at the Coconut Grove Playhouse one step closer to reality!