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MAIN STREET PLAYERS DELIVERS EMOTIONAL, RAW REALITY IN ‘TOPDOG/UNDERDOG’

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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.

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JOE DIMAGGIO CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL PRESENTS THE 2022/2023 FAMILY FUN SERIES

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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. 

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Live Arts Miami and The Adrienne Arsht Center Present Ocean Filibuster

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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. 

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FAU Theatre Lab’s “Red Riding Hood” Brings This Overdone Story Back to Life

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“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.  

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UNIQUE CARPENTERS LEGACY TRIBUTE HAS HUMOR, MUSIC AND A THEATRICAL TWIST IN TWO SOUTH FLORIDA SHOWS THIS WEEK

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Written By Marvin Glassman

The musical duo of Karen and Richard Carpenter and their band has captured the hearts of their fans from 1970-83 with 25 plus hit songs until the untimely death of Karen Carpenter from anorexia nervosa in 1983.

Over the past 20 years, many tribute bands featuring a Karen sound alike singer have come to South Florida to perform, including a Karen Carpenter- like singer from Miami.

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KAREN PETERSON AND DANCERS RETURNS TO MIAMI WITH THE 4th ANNUAL FORWARD MOTION PHYSICALLY INTEGRATED DANCE FESTIVAL & CONFERENCE ON OCTOBER 27-29

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Fourth Annual Event Features Florida Premieres Including Georgia’s Full Radius Dance and a new work by Guggenheim Fellow Victoria Marks for Karen Peterson and Dancers…

MIAMI (September 8, 2022) — After a successful national tour, the acclaimed Miami-based dance pioneers, Karen Peterson and Dancers (KPD) welcome back their fourth annual Forward Motion Physically Integrated Dance Festival & Conference (FM4) taking place in Miami from October 27-29, 2022. This three-day event features Full Radius Dance, esteemed choreographer Victoria Marks and KPD themselves in a full program including performance premieres, panel discussions and educational workshops. 

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ISLAND CITY STAGE’S BEHIND THE RED CURTAIN COMMUNITY FORUM SERIES RETURNS FOR 11TH SEASON WITH “SECRETS OF A BEAUTY QUEEN: NO TEA, NO SHADE” ON SEPTEMBER 28

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Produced in Conjunction with The Miss Florida F.I. Pageant, This Special Event Will Precede the Opening of Pageant in October…

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (September 14, 2022) – Island City Stage, creating quality professional theatrical experiences focused on the LGBT+ community for a universal audience, has announced its 11th South Florida Season, and with it, the return of its popular Behind the Red Curtain community forum series. On September 28, from 6 – 7:30 p.m., the theater company, together with the Miss Florida F.I. (Florida Impersonator) Pageant, will present “Secrets of a Beauty Queen: No Tea, No Shade,” an entertaining, insightful and sometimes outrageous peek into the world of drag beauty pageants. This program will set the celebratory mood for Island City Stage’s October 20 opening of the glittering, grandiose and glorious comedy Pageant.

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THE BROWARD CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS RAISES THE CURTAIN ON A NEW ARTS SEASON THIS OCTOBER

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FORT LAUDERDALE – The Broward Center for the Performing Arts scares up unforgettable excitement this October with the ill-fated wives of Henry the VIII, an alien plant with a taste for blood, Halloweentown’s pumpkin king and an All Abilities Class Halloween Dance Party along with nights of heart-pounding rock and roll, laugh-out-loud comedy and family-friendly theater.

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