Anthony Nunziata (Photo Credit: Ó Michael Kushner photography)
MAIN STREET PLAYERS DELIVERS EMOTIONAL, RAW REALITY IN ‘TOPDOG/UNDERDOG’
Written By Christine Dolen
Originally published on artburstmiami.com
The 20th-anniversary production of “Topdog/Underdog” begins previews on Broadway Sept. 27, with an opening set for Oct. 20. TV and movie actors – Corey Hawkins and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II – will play brothers Lincoln and Booth in the revival directed by Tony Award winner Kenny Leon.
Still, you don’t need to travel nearly that far to see a production of the searing, Pulitzer Prize-winning drama by Suzan-Lori Parks.
JOE DIMAGGIO CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL PRESENTS THE 2022/2023 FAMILY FUN SERIES
FORT LAUDERDALE – Delivering the excitement of live theater as children’s favorite storybook characters come to thrilling life on stage, Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital presents the 2022/2023 Family Fun Series in the Amaturo Theater at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts. The Series features: It’s Okay To Be Different, Acoustic Rooster’s Barnyard Boogie, The Tortoise and the Hare: The Next Gen and Stone Soup.
Live Arts Miami and The Adrienne Arsht Center Present Ocean Filibuster
A genre-crashing music theater experience during which the Ocean tells its side of the story through an epic battle of wits and wills, smarts and sass, facts and anthropocentric fiction…
MIAMI, Sept. 22, 2022 –Live Arts Miami and the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County present the Southeast premiere of Ocean Filibuster, a new theater work from Obie Award-winning company PearlDamour. Presented as part of Live Arts Miami’s EcoCultura series of “Performances for the Planet,” the work was originally commissioned by American Repertory Theater in collaboration with the Harvard Center for the Environment. Drawing from myth, stand-up comedy and science, Ocean Filibuster plunges us into the most heated debate of our time. The show opens at 8 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 12, with multiple shows running through Sunday, Nov. 20, at the Adrienne Arsht Center in the Carnival Studio Theater. Tickets are $45 per person and can be purchased at www.liveartsmiami.org.
FAU Theatre Lab’s “Red Riding Hood” Brings This Overdone Story Back to Life
“Comedy is a language I love and one that seemed right for this iconic fairytale.” – Allison Gregory
As the kick-off to the 2022-2023 Theatre Lab season, the playwright Allison Gregory couldn’t be more dead on. When you think of the story of Red Riding Hood, the first thing that comes to mind isn’t typically a comedic whirlwind for all ages – but in this case, it was.
UNIQUE CARPENTERS LEGACY TRIBUTE HAS HUMOR, MUSIC AND A THEATRICAL TWIST IN TWO SOUTH FLORIDA SHOWS THIS WEEK
Written By Marvin Glassman