Actresses Emily Van Vliet Perea, Kimberly Dorren Burns and Laura Turnbull all shine as the lead characters (Percy, Shelby and Hannah respectfully) in the two act musical “The Spitfire Grill” by composers Fred Alley and James Valcq, running now until November 2 at Actors’ Playhouse in Coral Gables.
Actor Mark H. Dold reinvented himself as 19 different people in the one-act comedy “Harry Clarke” at Gablestage that is mostly funny, but with dramatic overtones. Playwright David Cale’s one man play challenges the audience to ponder whether “Harry Clarke” is a hero, villain, a mythical character or whether a man originally named Phillip Brugglestein from the Midwestern United States is now the born and bred wealthy Harry Clarke from London, England.
Since performing the music of The Carpenters with her seven member “Top of the World” band in 2017, singer Debbie Taylor of Coral Springs has been so popular that she sold out each of her annual Aventura Arts and Cultural Center shows over the years and has toured across the United States as often as 40 weeks annually.
Taylor and “Top of the World” will again perform a tribute to the music of The Carpenters next Saturday October 25 at Aventura Center before another anticipated sold out concert.
Twenty year old actress Dana Cimone was captivating as the lead character “Dorothy” in the 2025 national tour of “The Wiz”, an energetic show that featured joyous singing and dancing in the two act, two hour and 30 minute musical that is running now through Sunday, October 12 at Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Miami.
Actress Mallory Newbrough will showcase ten songs in her one woman cabaret show “Born To Shine” dinner show next Saturday, August 9 at the Supper Club at The Wick Theatre in Boca Raton, with dinner beginning at 6 p.m. and the show beginning at approximately 7:30 p.m.
Playwright Peter Quilter’s one act comedy “Step By Step”, a tale about how three women honor their friend who died recently by climbing a mountain, is running now through August 10 at Actors Playhouse in Coral Gables.
The imaginative mind of Area Stage Artistic Director Giancarlo Rodaz continues to thrill audiences as the stage captures the sights and sounds of an African jungle in the Area Stage production of the two-act musical “Tarzan: The Stage Musical”, running now through August 10 in South Miami.
As was the case with Rodaz’s company staging the musicals “Annie”, “Beauty and the Beast” “Oliver” and “The Little Mermaid”” over the years, the unforgettable memories audiences take away from Rodaz’s productions is the feeling you are part of the world of the stage setting, In “Tarzan The Stage Musical” you can feel and hear the jumping, thumping and aerial dynamics of the gorillas and Tarzan moving and leaping in so many scenes.
Singers Natalie Cordone and Shawn Kilgore team to perform the classic hit songs of famed Las Vegas entertainers in the cabaret show “Vegas Baby: Hits of the Headliners” on Saturday, July 26 at 8 p.m. at Aventura Arts & Cultural Center in Aventura.
The duo will be performing songs in tribute to the major performers who dominated Las Vegas venues such as the Caesars Palace, Las Vegas Hilton and MGM, such as Cher, Neil Diamond, Celine Dion, Elton John, Tom Jones, Barry Manilow, Wayne Newton, Dolly Parton, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, among others.
Acclaimed jazz singer Nicole Henry will sing both the songs of Whitney Houston and patriotic songs saluting America on Independence Day in a unique July 4 show at 2 p.m. at the Wick Theater in Boca Raton with all tickets priced at $85.
Despite being on Broadway and various tours around the world for 50 years, the musical “Chicago” still endures. Written in 1975 with music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb, the latest incarnation of “Chicago” is still a razzle dazzle hit musical, playing only this week at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Miami through Sunday, June 22.
