Adrienne Arsht News

PANDEMONIUM: THE LOST AND FOUND ORCHESTRA NEW SHOW FROM STOMP CREATORS

In a move that will further invigorate Downtown Miami's burgeoning social scene, the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County and Bacardi U.S.A., Inc. are introducing a new BOMBAY SAPPHIRE® branded, street-level lounge. Opening to the public on October 19, 2010 during the Broadway in Miami run of DREAMGIRLS, the BOMBAY SAPPHIRE Lounge is Bacardi U.S.A, Inc.'s first stand-alone venue themed after BOMBAY SAPPHIRE gin, the top-valued and fastest-growing premium gin brand in the world. The Lounge, which is located inside the Adrienne Arsht Center's landmark Carnival Tower, is part of a five year naming rights agreement consisting of a $300,000 contribution to the Center.

The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami Dade County proudly announces new and ongoing partnerships for the 2010-2011 CARNIVAL STUDIO THEATER SEASON, featuring four dynamic programming initiatives: THE BEST OF SOUTH FLORIDA, GROUNDBREAKING NEW WORK, CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL THEATER, and FAMILY-FRIENDLY THEATRICAL HITS - all presented in the Carnival Studio Theater in the Sanford and Dolores Ziff Ballet Opera House. This diverse new season highlights world-class theater, dance, and music that breaks boundaries, cross-pollinates artistic genres, and expands the future of the performing arts.

The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami Dade County presents AN EVENING WITH DAME EDNA. The glittering, effervescent, tirelessly funny DAME EDNA EVERAGE will light up the John S. and James L. Knight Concert Hall with her purple-hued hair and sassy Aussie wit on April 13 and 14, 2011. The Tony Award-winning dame from Down Under brings her stage show to Miami for two evenings of glitz, glamour, and her signature gladiolas. AN EVENING WITH DAME EDNA is part of the inaugural season of the 2010-2011 Adrienne Arsht Center comedy series, COMEDY PLANET.

The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County announced the kick-off to its 5th Anniversary Season with the U.S. premiere of PANDEMONIUM: The Lost and Found Orchestra. From the creators of the blockbuster hit STOMP, this modern, urban symphonic adventure features a cast of 25 performers plus a 30-member choir of local Miami singers. Fresh from sold-out performances in London, Sydney, and Amsterdam, PANDEMONIUM is poised to take Miami by storm, September 16-26, 2010 in the Sanford and Dolores Ziff Ballet Opera House.

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts today announced Bernadette Peters will star as Sally Durant Plummer in the Kennedy Center production of Follies in the Eisenhower Theater May 7 to June 5, 2011.

The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County proudly announces new and ongoing partnerships for the 2010-2011 CARNIVAL STUDIO THEATER SEASON, featuring four dynamic programming initiatives: THE BEST OF SOUTH FLORIDA, GROUNDBREAKING NEW WORK, CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL THEATER, and FAMILY-FRIENDLY THEATRICAL HITS - all presented in the Carnival Studio Theater in the Sanford and Dolores Ziff Ballet Opera House. This diverse new season highlights world-class theater, dance, and music that breaks boundaries, cross-pollinates artistic genres, and expands the future of the performing arts.

The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County presents AN EVENING WITH DAME EDNA. The glittering, effervescent, tirelessly funny DAME EDNA EVERAGE will light up the John S. and James L. Knight Concert Hall with her purple-hued hair and sassy Aussie wit on April 13 and 14, 2011. The Tony Award-winning dame from Down Under brings her stage show to Miami for two evenings of glitz, glamour, and her signature gladiolas. AN EVENING WITH DAME EDNA is part of the inaugural season of the 2010-2011 Adrienne Arsht Center comedy series, COMEDY PLANET.

As the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County enters its fifth year serving South Florida, its leaders are rolling out a special 5th Anniversary Season that will celebrate the institution's success as a presenter of world-class programs that reflect Miami's diverse population, an economic engine in the City's thriving urban core, and as a model public/private partnership that has made critical investments in important community-based initiatives. The Adrienne Arsht Center 's mission will factor prominently into a special 5th Anniversary Season Gala event to be held on the stage of the Sanford and Dolores Ziff Ballet Opera House on Thursday, October 28, 2010.

Tickets for HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical, will go on sale to the public on Wednesday, August 11, 2010. Hair will run in the Kennedy Center Opera House for a limited engagement October 26, 2010 through November 21, 2010. Directed by Diane Paulus and choreographed by Karole Armitage, Hair features book and lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado and music by Galt MacDermot. Tickets can be purchased in person at the Kennedy Center Box Office, by calling Instant Charge at (202) 467-4600, or online at kennedy-center.org.

Tickets for HAIR: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical, will go on sale to the public on Wednesday, August 11, 2010. Hair will run in the Kennedy Center Opera House for a limited engagement October 26, 2010 through November 21, 2010. Directed by Diane Paulus and choreographed by Karole Armitage, Hair features book and lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado and music by Galt MacDermot. Tickets can be purchased in person at the Kennedy Center Box Office, by calling Instant Charge at (202) 467-4600, or online at kennedy-center.org.

The COMEDY SERIES kicks off with the iconic American comic, JERRY SEINFELD, appearing in two stand up performances on November 6, 2010. In a rare solo appearance, entertainment legend and comedy queen WHOOPI GOLDBERG performs for one night only on January 15, 2011. NPR's award-winning comedy quiz show WAIT WAIT...DON'T TELL ME!, jumps straight off the airwaves and into the Knight Concert Hall February 3 and 4, 2011 for a series of live performances and audio tapings to air on NPR Member Stations. CELEBRITY AUTOBIOGRAPHY, the show where surprise guest stars read from the real and really hilarious memoirs of their celebrity colleagues, takes Miami by storm, April 28-May 8, 2011.

The COMEDY SERIES kicks off with the iconic American comic, JERRY SEINFELD, appearing in two stand-up performances on November 6, 2010. In a rare solo appearance, entertainment legend and comedy queen WHOOPI GOLDBERG performs for one night only on January 15, 2011. NPR's award-winning comedy quiz show WAIT WAIT...DON'T TELL ME!, jumps straight off the airwaves and into the Knight Concert Hall February 3 and 4, 2011 for a series of live performances and audio tapings to air on NPR Member Stations. CELEBRITY AUTOBIOGRAPHY, the show where surprise guest stars read from the real and really hilarious memoirs of their celebrity colleagues, takes Miami by storm, April 28-May 8, 2011.

Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at the Music Center welcomes the return of American Ballet Theatre (ABT), America's National Ballet Company, led by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie, to the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, July 15-18, with its full-evening production of The Sleeping Beauty.

Miami City Ballet's (MCB) milestone 25th Anniversary Season - perhaps the most exciting since its very first season - will feature a major Company Premiere in each of its four Programs - including Romeo and Juliet. Plus the return of the Opus One Orchestra at each of its Program I-IV performances. The 2010-2011 season in South Florida begins on October 15, 2010 and runs through May 1, 2011. The Company performs at Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County, at Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale; and at Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach.

Michael Kaiser, President of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, will visit Salt Lake City as part of the Arts in Crisis: A Kennedy Center Initiative 50-state tour to address the challenges facing non-profit arts organizations today.

Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at the Music Center welcomes the return of American Ballet Theatre (ABT), America's National Ballet Company, led by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie, to the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, July 15-18, with its full-evening production of The Sleeping Beauty.

Allied Live, a full service marketing firm catering to the live entertainment industry today announced that they have opened an office in Washington, DC.

Jerry Seinfeld, star of the megahit TV series SEINFELD is hitting the road in a return to his first love - stand-up comedy. Recently hailed as 'the master stand-up comic of his generation' and 'the best comedian of our time' in a Washington Post article by Tom Shales, SEINFELD has an uncanny ability to joke about the little things in life that relate to audiences everywhere. SEINFELD now sets his sights on performing his material across the country in 2010.

Last week the Adrienne Arsht Center was honored to host the Miami premiere of BABALU, Lucie Arnaz's loving tribute to the music of her father, Desi Arnaz.