Actress/comedienne Vicki Lawrence, beloved for decades for portraying television’s “Mama Thelma Harpe”’, first on “The Carol Burnett Show” and later in the television situation comedy “Mama’s Family” will be bringing both herself and ‘Mama’ live on stage in “Vicki Lawrence and Mama: A Two Person Show’ on Wednesday, January 10 at 8 pm at The Parker in Ft. Lauderdale.
Arts Ballet of Florida celebrates the company’s 26th season with performances of “The Nutcracker” beginning December 8 through December 10 at Aventura Arts and Cultural Center in Aventura.
ABT will continue to perform “The Nutcracker” with three more shows from December 15-17 at Parker Playhouse in Ft. Lauderdale.
The story of Thanksgiving has often been told without references to the contributions of Native Americans in American history. Playwright Larisssa FastHorse has created a satirical exploration of Thanksgiving in her one act 90 minute comedy “The Thanksgiving Play”, running now through December 10 at GabeStage in Coral Gables.
Miami native Katarina McCrimmon dazzled the opening night audience attending “Funny Girl” at the Broward Center of the Performing Arts in Ft. Lauderdale with her singing, dancing and comic skills in her portrayal of early 20th century vaudeville star Fanny Brice.
“Menopause the Musical 2:Cruising Through the Change”, the sequel to the 2001 hit “Menopause the Musical” will be performed from November 7-12 at Aventura Arts and Cultural Center in Aventura after finishing a seen day run at the Rose and Alfred Miniaci Performing Arts Center in Davie.
Singer Monica Mancini will headline a roster of artists who will perform the music of the late composer Henry Mancini, who would have turned 100 in 2024, on Friday, November 3 at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Miami. The concert will debut the 2023-24 Jazz Roots Series at the Knight Concert Hall at the Arsht Center.
Famed Pulitzer Prize playwright August Wilson (1945-2005) shared his experiences growing up as a young Black poet in his native Pittsburgh in the one man play “How I Learned What I Learned”, running now through October 22 in the South Florida premiere of the play at GableStage in Coral Gables.
At 26, Area Stage Company of Miami director Giancarlo Rodaz became the youngest director to win a Carbonell Award for creating an immersive theatrical experience in his production of the musical Beauty and the Beast in 2022.
Since the biblical story of Adam and Eve, differences between men and women have been personified in many plays, as South Floridians have seen in recent years with the numerous performances of playwright Rob Becker’s “Defending the Caveman” for many decades.
Many comedians, including actor/comedian Peter Fogel, will tell you that the funniest things that make people laugh are the absurd realities that happen to all of us every day. The veteran 62-year-old Fogel from Delray Beach has struck gold with his recollection of his life as a Jewish middle-aged bachelor who has yet to marry in his one man play “Til Death Do Us Part…You First,” to be performed August 12 at 8 pm at ArtServe in Fort Lauderdale.
