South Florida Symphony Orchestra will perform 18th century composer Austrian Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “Requiem in D Minor” and “Symphony No. 40 in G Minor” in two concerts to take place at 7:30 p.m.on Tuesday, March 11 at New World Center in Miami Beach and on Wednesday, March 12 at The Parker in Ft. Lauderdale.
At 71, comedienne Rita Rudner could easily settle into retirement, especially because she has been headlining over 2,000 shows in Las Vegas at The Venetian for a record twelve plus years to over one million fans.
Arts Ballet of Florida Theatre showcases the famed ballets “Romeo & Juliet” by Russian composer Sergey Prokofiev and “Bolero” by French composer Maurice Ravel as highlights to their upcoming Program III; titled “Dancing Prokofiev and Ravel: A Celebration of Ballet’s Timeless Composers” taking place on Saturday, March 1 at 7:30 p.m.and Sunday, March 2 at 3 p.m. at Aventura Arts & Cultural Center in Aventura.
After debuting on Broadway in 2001, “Mamma Mia” is still showing plenty of excitement with a sold out opening night performance at Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Miami. Written by Benny Anderson and Bjorn Ulvaeus of the Swedish popular music group ABBA, “Mamma Mia” is running until Sunday, February 23.
Family dynamics in the American South and a decaying once beautiful plantation set the stage for the two act drama “Appropriate”, running now through February 23 at GableStage in Coral Gables.
For over a century, The Great American Songbook of musical theater shows was dominated by Jewish songwriters through 2025. Four New York based singers and actors (who are also Jewish) will be recalling how the Jewish composers shined in creating memorable show tunes by singing their famed songs in “L’Chaim: A Toast to the Jewish Legacy of Broadway” to be performed on Wednesday, Feb. 19 and Thursday, Feb. 20 at Aventura Arts & Cultural Center in Aventura, Friday, Feb. 21 at the Rose and Alfred Miniaci Center in Davie and Thursday, Feb. 27 at The Hub at Temple Beth Am in Pinecrest.
South Florida Symphony Orchestra will perform “Don Juan” by Richard Strauss as the featured attraction in addition to three other compositions for their upcoming Valentine’s Day 7:30 p.m. concerts on Wednesday, Feb. 12 at The Parker in Ft. Lauderdale and Saturday, Feb. 15 at New World Center in Miami Beach.
For those who long to learn more about the lives of their favorite popular music icons, two South Florida theaters offer what audiences calls “jukebox musicals” this month with “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical” running at The Wick Theater in Boca Raton through February 16 and “Jersey Boys”” running at Actors Playhouse in Coral Gables through February 23.
No matter who you prefer to be President of the United States, be prepared to laugh heartily at the over the top performances of seven actresses in Selina Fillinger’s comedy “POTUS”, a Zoetic Stage production running now through January 26 at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Miami.
Given so many stories of parental abuse, the film screening of the 2016 film “Look At Us Now, Mother” on Tuesday, Jan. 21 at 1 p.m. is a reminder that the family dynamic can look a lot different than what seems on the surface.
