SHORTS GONE WILD 6 Opens Tonight
by Stephi Wild
- Aug 4, 2018
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.
Mad Cat Presents NOSTALGIA PART 1: BE KIND, REWIND
by Julie Musbach
- Jul 23, 2018
Mad Cat finishes up its 18th season with it's a new iteration of the popular MIXTAPE short form performance series, entitled: NOSTALGIA Part 1: Be Kind, Rewind. This mixed media production aims to darkly satirize white male nostalgia and the American tendency to yearn for a past that may not have been as great as those who pine for it remember. NOSTALGIA Part 1 will feature short form performances that implement live music, puppetry, and film all hosted by "Mr. Ringo" a hypermodern twist on a Mister Rogers-esque character
City Theatre and Island City Stage Collaborate on SHORTS GONE WILD 6
by Julie Musbach
- Jul 13, 2018
City Theatre and Island City Stage are proud to present Shorts Gone Wild 6 from August 2 - 26, 2018 at Island City Stage in Wilton Manors. This all-new production marks the sixth season of South Florida's hottest LGBT+ themed short play festival.
FIREMEN ARE RARELY NECESSARY at Mad Cat Theatre Company
by Rebecca Russo
- May 18, 2017
Mad Cat concludes its 17th season with a production of a world-premiere play by Theo Reyna entitled Firemen Are Rarely Necessary. In 2011, Florida's Governor banned the use of the phrases 'climate change' and 'global warming' by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. By 2015 the Governor had the ban extended to most other state agencies. 'Fireman are Rarely Necessary' is set in a not so distant Florida future where it has become increasingly difficult to find the right words to describe a place where things have gone very wrong. Reyna calls the play 'A dark comedy about some light censorship'. Florida. The not too distant future. Environmental journalist Mara Lowe receives the tip of her life. Toxic waste is eroding Florida's limestone bedrock. Determined to get to the truth, Lowe sets out to unravel a conspiracy involving big business, censorship, and the Governor himself. This production is made possible by a Knight Foundation Arts Challenge Grant awarded to Mad Cat as part of their Banned/New Series. This is the second play this season dealing with censorship, following Mad Cat's production of Vaclav Havel's Audience and Protest, two short plays exploring freedom of speech and expression in Czechoslovakia under a totalitarian regime.
The Town Hall Debuts David Byrne THIS IS HOW MUSIC WORKS
by A.A. Cristi
- May 17, 2017
Two exciting shows will cap The Town Hall's Spring 2017 presenting season, already the venue's most extensive and wide-ranging season to date. The incomparable David Byrne curates a music-related variety show to illustrate the updated edition of his book How Music Works on Thursday, June 1st titled This is How Music Works. Two weeks later, on June 15th, Dr. John and Henry Butler, two legends of New Orleans music, join forces for a steamy R&B piano summit featuring Dr. John's legendary backing band, The Nitetrippers.
Mad Cat Continues Season with Vaclav Havel's Subversive AUDIENCE and PROTEST
by Julie Musbach
- Jan 29, 2017
Mad Cat continues its 17th season with a production of two of Vaclav Havel's sharp political dramas AUDIENCE and PROTEST. The subversive Czechoslovakian playwright, Prime Minister & President, Vaclav Havel was a in danger of being declared a 'social parasite' by the neo-Stalinist regime of Gustav Husak when he wrote AUDIENCE & PROTEST back in 1975 & 1978. His plays had been banned and, in the time of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic of 1974, writers faced imprisonment if they did not have a stamp in the employment box of their Citizen Identification passport. Havel solved this problem by finding a job as a brewery hand. Havel rolled barrels in the basement of a regional brewery in Trutnov and the experience profoundly changed his writing. His work in the brewery suddenly gave him back the refreshing existential perspective 'from below, from where the absurd and grotesque dimensions of the world are always more plainly visible.' And then an incident occurred on the job that gave him the inspirational seed for what is his best loved, and arguably finest, play, AUDIENCE. Havel claimed the piece was written quickly and easily 'from the hip,' opening up a new way of working in the theater for Havel - writing his first autobiographical play.
Mad Cat Theatre to Present WHY NOT? WITH RICHARD NIXON This Fall
by BWW
News Desk
- Sep 29, 2016
Just in time for the presidential election this November, Why Not? With Richard Nixon is an absurd political satire ready to bring the laughs. See this not-to-be-missed show during its limited two week run: September 29th-October 9th.
Standing Room Only to Present One-Night Thomson & Desmon Musical Concert 9/28
by Ashlee Latimer
- Sep 25, 2016
New York songwriting team, Jeff Thomson and Jeremy Desmon are each multi-award-winning theater artists, whose partnership has yielded all kinds of musical magic. The talented duo have teamed up on the full-length musicals 'Pump Up the Volume', 'The Oliver Experiment' and their latest commission, an all-new musical comedy based on famed teen super sleuth, Nancy Drew. Now they're bringing some of their favorite tunes to the Left Coast, with a show at Rockwell Table & Stage for one night only, September 28th 8:00pm.
Mad Cat Theatre to Present WHY NOT? WITH RICHARD NIXON This Fall
by BWW News Desk
- Aug 25, 2016
Just in time for the presidential election this November, Why Not? With Richard Nixon is an absurd political satire ready to bring the laughs. See this not-to-be-missed show during its limited two week run: September 29th-October 9th.
City Theatre and Island City Stage OPEN SHORTS GONE WILD 4
by Ashlee Latimer
- Aug 5, 2016
City Theatre and Island City Stage are proud to present Shorts Gone Wild 4: Decision 2016 playing now through August 28, 2016 at Island City Stage in Wilton Manors. This all-new production marks the fourth season of South Florida's hottest LGBT-themed short play festival that returns just in time to explore the wild political theatre that is Election 2016.
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