Theater Up Close returns with ‘The Pillowman’

 Miami, FL – September 10, 2024 – The Adrienne Arsht Center (@arshtcenter) and Zoetic Stage (@zoeticstagemia) are proud to kick off the 2024-2025 Theater Up Close season with Martin McDonagh’s haunting dark comedy THE PILLOWMAN. After wildly successful productions of Frankenstein in 2021 and Dracula in 2018, the Miami-based theater company returns to the horror genre with this thought-provoking drama that blends horror, comedy and psychological tension. Audiences will experience the drama up close and in the round in the Carnival Studio Theater.

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Live on the Plaza Returns at Adrienne Arsht Center!

Miami, FL – September 9, 2024 – The Adrienne Arsht Center (@arshtcenter) is proud to announce the return of the Arsht’s outdoor concert series, LIVE ON THE PLAZA, for the 2024-2025 season. LIVE ON THE PLAZA features intimate concerts starring South Florida-based artists, outside and under the stars in the Arsht’s Thomson Plaza for the Arts. New this season, the series features three festival-style weekends celebrating rock, Caribbean and soul music, as well as a themed Tango Night on November 15.

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The Wick Theatre Brings Iconic “Groucho” to Boca Raton Stage

Boca Raton, FL – The Wick Theatre is thrilled to announce that Groucho will be the 11th season-opening production. This hilarious and fast-paced one-man show stars the award-winning actor Frank Ferrante and will run from October 10th to November 3rd, 2024. Single tickets are on sale, with prices from $65 to $89. Learn more at available at www.thewick.org or by calling the box office at 561-995-2333.

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The Carbonell Awards Welcome Four New Judges for 2024-2025 Theatre Season

(South Florida – September 4, 2024) The Carbonell Awards, South Florida’s most highly coveted recognition of theatrical production and performance excellence, today announced four new judges. They will bring the total number of Carbonell judges to 46, including 18 in Broward County, 11 in Miami-Dade, and 17 in Palm Beach County. Collectively, they will see and evaluate nearly 100 different productions at more than 30 professional theaters. The current theater season runs between September 1, 2024, and August 31, 2025.

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‘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.

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The House of Poe’s Horrors at Pompano Beach Cultural Center

A Haunting Experience at the Pompano Beach Cultural Center

Get ready to be transported into the chilling world of Edgar Allan Poe as Pompano Beach Arts presents The House of Poe’s Horrors. This immersive haunted house experience will bring the author’s dark and twisted tales to life, offering guests a thrilling adventure filled with jump scares, surprises, and unforgettable memories. The Pompano Beach Cultural Center will be transformed into a mesmerizing maze of themed zones each inspired by a classic Poe story. From the eerie “Oval Portrait” to the terrifying “Pit and the Pendulum,” guests will encounter a variety of chilling scenes and encounters. The experience will run October 24-26, from 6-9pm. Each 30-minute experience is limited to 40 people at a time, tickets are $13 per person at www.pompanobeacharts.org.

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EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC MAKING WAVES AT MIAMI’S EDGE ZONES

Written By Josie Gulliksen

Originally published on artburstmiami.com

Miami has been home to plenty of experimental sound events but Juraj Kojš, the founder of the Foundation for Emerging Technologies and Arts (FETA) and an assistant professor of Professional Practice at University of Miami School of Music, always strives to bring more of them here.

As an experimental music performer himself, that was his goal behind hosting the upcoming Soundweaving Experimental Electronic Music Show on Aug. 31 at Edge Zones.

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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.

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