The South Florida theatre community will unite to celebrate the life of Iris Acker on Monday, October 15, 2018 at The Wick Theatre in Boca Raton. The iconic actress, dancer, teacher, producer and talk show host was a dynamic theatre champion and one of most beloved members of the arts community. Her family, along with key members of the theatre realm, have planned a very special tribute, highlighting her lengthy career and indelible impact. Doors open at 6:30pm.
DANIEL'S HUSBAND - a new play by Michael McKeever, directed by Joe Brancato - will open this fall Off-Broadway at The Westside Theatre (407 West 43 St.) The cast of the show met the press yesterday and BroadwayWorld was there. Check out the photos below!
The new year is a time of new beginnings. Palm Beach Dramaworks will usher in 2019 with the introduction of a program that gives the general public a first look at plays so new, they're still evolving. The Dramaworkshop's first-ever New Year/New Plays Festival will take place over the weekend of January 4-6, when five plays will receive readings on PBD's mainstage. Saturday'sprogram will also include a discussion, "Regional Theatre and the Future of American Plays," featuring panelists of industry professionals from major organizations.
DANIEL'S HUSBAND - a new play by Michael McKeever, directed by Joe Brancato - will open this fall Off-Broadway at The Westside Theatre (407 West 43 St.) The cast of the show met the press today. Take a peek at an image from their meet and greet below!
Tickets go on sale to the general public on Monday, September 24, 2018, via Telelcharge.com and the Box Office at Westside Theatre will be open beginning October 8 for the acclaimed play DANIEL'S HUSBAND, written by Michael McKeever and directed by Joe Brancato.
The new year is a time of new beginnings. Palm Beach Dramaworks will usher in 2019 with the introduction of a program that gives the general public a first look at plays so new, they're still evolving. The Dramaworkshop's first-ever New Year/New Plays Festival will take place over the weekend of January 4-6, when five plays will receive readings on PBD's mainstage. Saturday's program will also include a discussion, "Regional Theatre and the Future of American Plays," featuring panelists of industry professionals from major organizations.
Penguin Rep Theatre closes its 2018 season with the New York premiere of After, a new play by Michael McKeever, award-winning author of Daniel's Husband, September 21 through October 14 in Stony Point, New York.
DANIEL'S HUSBAND - a new play by Michael McKeever, directed by Joe Brancato - will open this fall Off-Broadway at the Westside Theatre (407 West 43 St.), with previews beginning Thursday, October 18 prior to opening night Sunday, October 28. Ted Snowdon is the producer of this open-end, Off-Broadway engagement.
Lynn University and Jan McArt, producer and director of theatre arts program development, today invited theater fans to the opening show of this season's Jan McArt's New Play Readings. Under the leadership and guidance of McArt, this program develops new plays by highly acclaimed playwrights through staged readings. Tony Finstrom is associate producer and Wayne Rudisill is resident director of this series, with readings held in the university's Keith C. and Elaine Johnson Wold Performing Arts Center.
South Florida theatre's Silver Palm Awards has announced that award-winning actor and celebrated party host Conor Walton will be co-producing its upcoming awards ceremony and reception on Monday, December 10th, 2018, along with Executive Producer Tony Finstrom and Producer Matt May of Verve Central Productions.
City Theatre and Island City Stage are proud to present SHORTS GONE WILD 6 performing August 2 - 26, 2018 at Island City Stage in Wilton Manors. This all-new production marks the 6th season of South Florida's hottest LGBT-themed short play festival.
Lynn University and Jan McArt, producer and director of theatre arts program development, today announced the upcoming series of Jan McArt's New Play Readings. Under the leadership and guidance of McArt, this program develops new plays by highly acclaimed playwrights through staged readings.
Primary Stages (Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director; Shane D. Hudson, Executive Director; Casey Childs, Founder) is proud to announce complete casting today for the first two productions of their 2018/19 season: Final Follies, by A.R. Gurney (Love Letters, Sylvia, Black Tie at Primary Stages) and directed by David Saint (Clever Little Lies), and Downstairs by Theresa Rebeck ("Smash," Dead Accounts, Poor Behavior at Primary Stages), directed by Adrienne Campbell-Holt (What We're Up Against). All performances will take place at the Cherry Lane Theatre (38 Commerce St, New York, NY, 10014).
The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County (@ArshtCenter) announces that the following shows will be available for purchase for the first time: Zoetic Stage's world premiere of DRACULA; New World Symphony's EMANUEL AX PLAYS BEETHOVEN: Wagner's Overture to The Flying Dutchman, Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1 and Sibelius' Symphony No. 5; and JAZZ ROOTS: LEONARD BERNSTEIN 100 AND BEYOND with Jon Secada, Ann Hampton Callaway, Kirk Whalum, The Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra and more.
'Mark your calendars now!,' says Tony Finstrom, Executive Producer and co-founder of South Florida's Silver Palm Awards for theatre. 'I know summer's just beginning, but Christmas will be here before we know it.'
A beautiful young widow refuses to give up an heirloom worth a fortune, given to her by her late husband. A retired fighter pilot is made to rethink what can be truly beautiful when a woman steps into his life. Jazz music is mixed with midlife crises and life's tempting tricks, complicating the search for 'happily ever afters.' A modern take on an old-fashioned romantic farce, where five intertwined lives wind up in a secluded New York cabin. These are the plays that comprise the 2018-19 'Jan McArt New Play Readings' series, to be presented at Boca Raton's Lynn University beginning Monday, October 22nd.
The TV program, Spotlight on the Arts, is a weekly conversation about the performing arts in South Florida produced by Iris Acker & BECON-TV. This program takes the time for in-depth interviews with leaders in the entertainment industry. From artistic directors to maestros and even stunt men, they all have a seat with the panel of arts' experts. The experts include Iris Acker, producer/author/actress, Bill Hirschman, arts' journalist, Michael McKeever, playwright/ actor/artist, & Karen Stephens, actress/writer. Every episode is enlightening, entertaining and educational. Past episodes are archived and can be seen at: ARCHIVED PROGRAMS
Every spring for the last 40 years, something very special has happened in Rockland County: the Penguin Rep, the not-for-profit professional Equity theatre started by artistic director Joe Brancato in 1977, begins its season. This year will be their 41st season! Brancato along with with executive director Andrew M. Horn -- has grown Penguin from a small summer theatre into what the New York Times calls: 'the gutsiest little theater!' - one of the Hudson Valley's most influential nonprofit cultural institutions, and nearly half a million theater-goers have passed through its doors during that time.
