Singer Diane Lynn sings 20 plus songs from the career of Barbra Streisand in her third Boca Black Box Center for the Arts show in Boca Raton for her 90-minute show titled “Hello Gorgeous: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand” on Friday, June 13, marking her third appearance at Boca Black Box over the past year.
The brutality exposed by poverty and ignorance as experienced by three individuals is the focus of the 75-minute one act drama “Mud” by playwright Maria Irene Fornes. The play, running now through Saturday, June 14 at Empire Stage in Ft. Lauderdale, marked an impressive opening to Latine Theater Lab, the new South Florida regional theater company.
The Florida premiere of the two act drama “The Girl On The Train” at Actors’ Playhouse in Coral Gables will not disappoint fans of both the 2015 novel by British author Paula Hawkins or the 2016 British film starring actress Emily Blunt with the same title. Running through June 8, the two hour play written by Rachel Wagstaff and Duncan Abel proves to be the equal of both the Hawkins novel and the 2016 film. The suspense-filled story centers on Rachel Watson, a troubled woman who is struggling to remember the facts of a murder in Great Britain.
The Argentina based vocal group Shirei Darom will join with Argentinian Cantor Diego Rubinsztein and Aventura-Turnberry Jewish Center Cantors Roger Rosenthal and Geniene Shelley in a 90-minute concert titled “Fifty Voices In Concert” on Thursday, May 22 at 6 p.m. at ATJC in Aventura.
Italy has been the focal point of the world over the last few weeks with the death of Pope ancis and the election of American Pope Leo.XIV. Although not planned with the Papacy in mind, audiences that wish to learn more about Italy will enjoy the Dance Now Program this weekend featuring the world premiere of ‘Terra Mia/My Land’, choreographed by Dance Now Miami co-founder Diego Salterini to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the company.
When Symphony of the Americas new musical director Luke Frazier was hired recently by the orchestra, he stated that there will be more innovative programs and that the orchestra will reach out to new audiences in South Florida.
Playwright Norman Shabel, a retired attorney known more for his dramatic plays and novels, has a flair for comedy. His one act play “Are The Lights Still On In Paris?”, written in 2006 and first performed in Philadelphia in 2007, is concluding its three-performance run on Thursday, May 8 at 7 p.m. in the Jewish Cultural Arts (JCAT) production at the Michael-Ann Russell Jewish Community Center in North Miami Beach.
Thousands of fans of ‘Beetlejuice’ came to the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Miami on opening night dressed in attire resembling their favorite characters from the comic horror 1988 “Beetlejuice” film to rejoice in a two act musical version of the cult film. They left dazzled because of the impressive work of the cast, costume and scenic designer and the quality of the music.
Aventura Turnberry Jewish Center in Aventura will be leading a number of South Florida organizations celebrating Israel Day (in Hebrew Yom Haatzmaut) in grand style on Thursday, May 1 at 6:30 p.m. with a concert starring Argentinian singer Tali Lubie along with dinner and a meet and greet with Lubie.
Temple Israel of Greater Miami Cantor Rachelle Nelson will showcase the best of Jewish liturgical music and Broadway songs in her upcoming 90 minute concert titled “A Legacy in Melody and Song” on Sunday, April 27 at 4 pm in the sanctuary. The concert will feature, along with Nelson, more than 20 cantors, opera singers and soloists who will join Nelson for what will be her final concert at Temple Israel.
