‘CUBAN CHICKEN SOUP’ HILARIOUS LOOK AT MIAMI LATINA/JEWISH CULTURE
Peter Pan Flies By Miami (Review)
How did we get here? As we rapidly approach the intermission season, the limbo space between one performing arts season to the next, institutions in South Florida are wrapping up their efforts, while some are showcasing their penultimate selection of talent. One venue with a firecracker of a musical play is Miami’s Arsht Center and “Peter Pan.” Only on stage for one week, this new adaptation of the classic 1941 play offers contemporary outlooks to dated and harmful portrayals of women and Indigenous cultures.
High Notes for FALSETTOS, Now Playing at Empire Stage (Review)
Multi-accomplished South Florida actor/director/producer … and on, Larry Buzzeo, fresh from his successful inaugural season as founder and artistic director of ArtBuzz Theatrics at Empire Stage, is returning to our beloved Flagler Village blackbox with the sung-through musical, FALSETTOS. You heard right: This far too seldom produced, full-scale William Finn (music and lyrics) and James Lapine (book with Finn) musical that was nominated for seven and won two Tony Awards (for Best Musical and Best Score) in 1992 – and was then nominated for Best Revival in 2016 – has finally arrived! ArtBuzz and Empire Stage are presenting “Falsettos” in Fort Lauderdale from April 26 through May 19.
SOUTH FLORIDA SYMPHONY SALUTES ‘THE BEATLES’ WITH ORCHESTRA AUGMENTING THEIR HIT SONGS
South Florida Symphony Orchestra pays tribute to the 60th anniversary of The Beatles first performance in America in 1964 with a “Classical Mystery Tour” concert of 24 Beatles hit songs augmented with the sounds of the symphony orchestra on Saturday, May 11 at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Ft. Lauderdale.
A Newly Old Swan Lake
To close out its 2023/34 season, Miami City Ballet is showing an age-old classic in “Swan Lake,” but with a twist poised to delight all patrons and audience-goers. When you hear the ballet being called a classic, it’s true. It’s been shown on stages around the world since the 1800s, and slowly but surely have things changed. Imagine the popular Disney fairy tales and how they are a more appropriate version of the Grimm fairy tales, usually with the same name, but some often overlooked darkness, maybe even rough edges. Well, this current production of “Swan Lake” is a version that could have been lost to time.
Arts Center Management Announces the 2025 Broadway at LPAC Season Lineup
Written by: Carol Kassie
The popular Lauderhill Performing Arts Center Series kicks off its blockbuster three-show season in January 2025.
ACM Theatricals, a division of Arts Center Management, will once again partner with the City of Lauderhill to produce the Broadway at LPAC Series at the Lauderhill Performing Arts Center. The 2025 lineup will feature the musicals 9 to 5, Legally Blonde, and Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific. Subscriptions are on sale beginning May 1. Single tickets will go on sale September 1!
All in the ‘Family Tree’
I love new plays! I really get off on being among the first audience to discover a new playwright or new work without any preconceived notions. To immerse myself in what’s often a very topical subject that its author was passionate enough about to devote huge chunks of his/her life to forming and then doing the really hard work (often on a wing and a prayer) of getting it to the stage.
‘What’s Best for the Children’ Tackles Who has the Right to Rewrite History
When Theatre Lab’s producing artistic director Matt Stabile bounds onto the stage, it’s to let us know a lot more than to “silence our cellphones.” The professional resident company of Florida Atlantic University (FAU) that specializes in presenting new work (25 full productions, including 12 world premieres!) is culminating its ninth season with yet another hyper-topical world premiere: WHAT’S BEST FOR THE CHILDREN by Idris Goodwin.
That’ll Be the Day – When ‘The Buddy Holly Story’ Gets You Clappin,’ Stompin’ and Singin’ at the Wick
The Wick Theatre just opened the final show of its 10th annual audience-pleasing season with a foot-stomping, guitar-twanging, highly energetic musical that smacks of the rock ‘n’ roll-driven performance that closed out The Wick’s 2022-2023 theatrical agenda.
Hellooooo, Fort Lauderdale—Mrs. Doubtfire Has Arrived!
