CHANI LISBON SHARES FUNNY JOKES ON GROWING UP AS AN ORTHODOX JEW IN TWO SOUTH FLORIDA FUNDRAISERS THIS MONTH
LOXEN’s ‘The Play That Goes Wrong’ is a Madcap Marvel of Malfunctioning Mayhem and Insanity!
Imagine theater’s longest-running show ever, Agatha Christie’s “The Mousetrap,” turned inside out and upside down into a nonstop laugh riot of bumbling incompetence by a hapless yet determined amateur troupe known for choosing their plays based on their member numbers. But even then things don’t exactly work out. Earlier Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society productions came with revised titles such as “Two Sisters,” “The Lion and the Wardrobe,” “Cat,” and “James and the Peach.”
‘Mean Girls’ Kyle Selig Joins Broadway’s ‘Water for Elephants’ September 3
BY MARGARET HALL
Originally published on playbill.com.
Kyle Selig, who created the role of Aaron Samuels in Broadway’s Mean Girls and also played Elder Price in The Book of Mormon, steps into the role of Jacob Jankowski in the Tony-nominated musical beginning September 3 at the Imperial Theatre. Selig succeeds Grant Gustin, who played his final performance September 1.
Area Stage Presents ‘LAS MARCAS DEL MAR (SEAMARKS)’
Area Stage proudly presents the Spanish World Premiere of Las Marcas Del Mar (Seamarks) by Gardner McKay, translated by Maria Banda-Rodaz and Constanza Espejo. The Los Angeles Drama Critics’ Circle Best Play Award winner, Las Marcas Del Mar (Seamarks), first captured the attention of Maria Banda-Rodaz back in 1993, when the play enjoyed the South East premiere and won a few Carbonell Awards, including Best Director. This production will take place at Area Stage’s Black Box Theatre in Sunset Place and will run from September 19th through the 29th, 2024.
Absurdism Hits Close to Home In an Arresting ‘Have You Seen Boomer’
If you’re in the market for a thought-provoking new play that’s as effortlessly entertaining as formally innovative, then you’d be much remiss to skip Miami company LakeHouseRanchPNG’s premiere of playwright Robert Kerr’s Have You Seen Boomer. This crisp and compelling piece follows the evolution and devolution of the romantic relationship between its only two characters, a woman named Jess and a man named Mark. As is immediately apparent thanks in part to sparse but effective set design from Indy Sulliero, we meet the two as they are moving in together, on day 1 of their new lives in a new apartment.
You’ll Die Laughing at Island City Stage’s ‘DIE, MOMMIE, DIE!’
What better way to top off a blockbuster 12th season than for Island City Stage (ICS) to gift us with Charles Busch’s notoriously famous and hilarious camp comedy DIE, MOMMIE, DIE! Playing now through September 22. The fabulously productive drag icon, and award-winning actor/director/novelist and cabaret performer, first played the leading role in his own killer melodrama comedy that skewers “Grande Dame Guignol” horror films of the 1960s (featuring aging stars like Bette Davis, Joan Crawford and Lana Turner) and Hollywood in general. Busch’s stage production proved so popular, it too was made into a film, with Busch starring and winning a Best Performance Award at the Sundance Film Festival.
‘SWEET 15: MY QUINCEANERA’ HILARIOUS LOOK AT MIAMI LATINA CULTURE
For audiences that are looking for a comic look at Miami Latina families and their traditions, you will laugh heartily at the two act comedy “Sweet 15”, written by screenwriter Rick Najera and directed by Jesus Quintero. The play is running now on Saturdays and Sundays only through September 22 at The Hub at Temple Beth Am in Pinecrest.
ACTORS GIVE THRILLING MUSICAL PERFORMANCES IN “RIDE THE CYCLONE’
Audiences will be thrilled with the musical and comic talents of eight actors who command the stage in the True Mirage Theater production of “Ride The Cyclone”, a one act musical written in 2008 by Canadian playwrights Brooke Maxwell and Jacob Richardson, running now through August 18th at Main Street Players in Miami Lakes.
Unique New Musical ‘A SHONDA’ Explodes with Passion, Pathos and Joy
There are big, no HUGE things happening on a little strip of Dixie Highway in Wilton Manors. The excitement, quality and professionalism of two neighboring black box theaters – Island City Stage and The Foundry – just keeps on growing. New City Players’ sold-out sensation, “A Streetcar Named Desire,” recently closed at Island City. Meanwhile, Sunday, August 11, was supposed to be closing day for POW!’s (Plays of Wilton) world premiere of A SHONDA: The Musical at The Foundry. But that’s been extended through September 1, having played to sold-out crowds for weeks.
ACTORS’ PLAYHOUSE’S ‘HUNDRED DAYS’ IS THE THEATRICAL EPITOME OF BRAT SUMMER
