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According to the Miami Herald, Eugenia Gingold, the mother of famous singer-songwriter Carole King, died of congestive heart failure on Dec. 22 in the Hospice Care unit at Delray Medical Center, Delray Beach, her daughter said. Gingold, a South Florida resident since the mid-1970s and an Actor's Equity member, was 94.

The Silver Palm Awards committee, founded three years ago to honor theatrical excellence in South Florida, has announced this years's 16 recipients, which include for the first time a husband and wife acting duo: Avi Hoffman and Laura Turnbull.

Take a man searching for his missing hand, two con artists out to make a few hundred bucks, an overly curious hotel clerk, and the rest is up for grabs. This hilarious new black comedy is by the author of two previous Best Play Carbonell winners at GableStage ~ The Pillowman (2006) and The Lieutenant of Inishmore (2007).

Take a man searching for his missing hand, two con artists out to make a few hundred bucks, an overly curious hotel clerk, and the rest is up for grabs. This hilarious new black comedy is by the author of two previous Best Play Carbonell winners at GableStage ~ The Pillowman (2006) and The Lieutenant of Inishmore (2007).

The Silver Palm Awards committee, founded three years ago to honor theatrical excellence in South Florida, has announced this years's 16 recipients, which include for the first time a husband and wife acting duo: Avi Hoffman and Laura Turnbull.

When their young son has his first sleepover, Adam and Jan are allowed the first night alone together in their Brooklyn brownstone in years. Will they renew a vital spark that's been nearly smothered, or, will the night provide the moment when provisional civility explodes into fiery chaos? An expansive look at modern marriage that is alternately funny and frightening.

When their young son has his first sleepover, Adam and Jan are allowed the first night alone together in their Brooklyn brownstone in years. Will they renew a vital spark that's been nearly smothered, or, will the night provide the moment when provisional civility explodes into fiery chaos? An expansive look at modern marriage that is alternately funny and frightening.

When their young son has his first sleepover, Adam and Jan are allowed the first night alone together in their Brooklyn brownstone in years. Will they renew a vital spark that's been nearly smothered or, will the night provide the moment when provisional civility explodes into fiery chaos? An expansive look at modern marriage that is alternately funny and frightening.

When their young son has his first sleepover, Adam and Jan are allowed the first night alone together in their Brooklyn brownstone in years. Will they renew a vital spark that's been nearly smothered, or, will the night provide the moment when provisional civility explodes into fiery chaos? An expansive look at modern marriage that is alternately funny and frightening.

When their young son has his first sleepover, Adam and Jan are allowed the first night alone together in their Brooklyn brownstone in years. Will they renew a vital spark that's been nearly smothered or, will the night provide the moment when provisional civility explodes into fiery chaos? An expansive look at modern marriage that is alternately funny and frightening.

The 34th annual Carbonell Awards, South Florida's oldest and most prestigious arts honors, were bestowed in a ceremony at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in a benefit performance which raises scholarships for South Florida arts students.

In their youth they were dearest of friends. Then they became bitterest of enemies. Now, they are Holocaust survivors who have lost everything. When they meet by chance years later, one has remained a deeply religious Jew, while the other has turned his back on God. They engage in a fierce battle of wits that tests their friendship, faith and tolerance.

Les Miserables at Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre in Coral Gables led the pack with a dozen nominations. Broadsword at Miami's Mad Cat Theatre Company and Why Torture is Wrong and the People Who Love Them at Plantation's Mosaic Theatre tied with five nods each as the most recognized plays for the annual honors to be held on Monday, April 12 at 7:30 p.m. in the Amaturo Theater at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale.

2009 could go down as the year of the musical with seven of the top 10 nominated shows edging out the edgier dramas for the 34th annual Carbonell Awards nominations celebrating the best shows and performances in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties.

Carbonell Award winning Actor (The Normal Heart) Barbara Bradshaw, Marckenson Charles, Carbonell Award nominated Actor (Summer Shorts) Andy Quiroga, Gladys Ramirez, The State Theatre Project company member Jackie Rivera, Carbonell Award winning Producer and Actor (Two Sisters and a Piano, The Promethean Theatre) Deborah Sherman, The State Theatre Project resident playwright and company member David Sirois, Carbonell Award nominated Actor (Tom Walker) Robert Strain andCarbonell Award winning Actor (The Seafarer) Gregg Weiner.

The New York Times raved that Farragut North is 'Fast-paced! Has the topical thrill of an insider's tour of recent events!' and Variety declared 'not since The Best Man has the theater enjoyed such a heady thriller on presidential politicking.' The L.A. Times said Farragut North 'captures the frenzied scheming and counter-scheming of would-be Washington kingmakers! The play has a fresh accuracy that suggests the playwright, who worked for both Sen. Charles E. Schumer of New York and Howard Dean, the former governor of Vermont, was taking juicy notes on the campaign trail!'

In 2006, Miami's Coconut Grove Playhouse dimmed it's lights for the seemingly last time as they shut down due to the more than $4 million in debt they had accured. Now, however, GableStage has stepped in to once again give this historic playhouse life, according to a report in the Miami Herald.

Neil LaBute's Tony nominated REASONS TO BE PRETTY will make its Southeastern debut presented by GableStage and performed at the Biltmore in Miami. The cast features Amy Elane Anderson, Todd Allen Durkin, Erin Joy Schmidt, and Ricky Waugh. REASONS TO BE PRETTY opens on October 24th and runs though November 22nd.

Neil LaBute's Tony nominated REASONS TO BE PRETTY will make its Southeastern debut presented by GableStage and performed at the Biltmore in Miami. The cast features Amy Elane Anderson, Todd Allen Durkin, Erin Joy Schmidt, and Ricky Waugh. REASONS TO BE PRETTY opens on October 24th and runs though November 22nd.

Revived to great acclaim on Broadway last season, this hilarious, acid-etched satire depicts Hollywood as a culture as corrupt as the society it claims to reflect. Two greedy studio executives are set to pitch a can't-lose deal to their boss when an unlikely obstacle, in the form of a seductive temp secretary, creates unexpected complications.