Though it’s not uncommon to hear a work of art be described as one that “sheds light” on a particular subject, playwright Vanessa Garcia is taking the metaphor to a new level with the upcoming world premiere of 1000 Miles, a unique piece that will see its world premiere this weekend as a pioneering co-production by New City Players and Abre Camino Collective.
Ask playwright Aurin Squire how the Louis Armstrong musical “A Wonderful World” went from a dream to a reality and he’ll tell you it began with a quick lunch meeting on Lincoln Road and then a “very long lunch” at a steakhouse with an ocean view on Miami Beach.
Rachel Bloom’s Death, Let Me Do My Show, Sara Porkalob’s Dragon Mama, More in Williamstown Theatre Festival Summer Season. The upcoming season marks the festival’s return to fully staged productions.
The song “Woman Is” from the new musical Lempicka contains some evocative lyrics: “Woman is speed, green, shattered / Woman is powerful.” That anthem is sung by the title character, Tamara de Lempicka, who is describing her lover and muse, Rafaela. As the woman who plays Rafaela, it’s been a delight for Amber Iman to internalize the adoration expressed in that song. “To know that that song is being sung about me, it’s like, ‘Whoa, look at me! I’m out here being a love interest!’” she exclaims with a laugh. “It just feels like a gift.”
Pompano Beach Arts is very proud to be hosting the world-premiere experience Intersection: Painting and Music on April 28, 2024 at 7 pm at the Pompano Beach Cultural Center. The event will showcase the debut of an abstract new collaboration between internationally lauded opera star Amy Shoremount-Obra, renowned musicians pianist Bradley Moore, violinist Eric Silberger, violinist Mann-Wen Lo and award-winning visual artist Serena Bocchino. The enchanting evening will also include outstanding recital performances by the musical artists featuring the works of Obradors, Rachmaninoff, and Wagner. The event’s signature drinks, The Canvas Cosmo and Harmonious Hibiscus Fizz, along with a full array of beverages, will be available for purchase. Tickets are $20, learn more at www.pompanobeacharts.org.
Miami – The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County (@arshtcenter) and Broadway Across America (@bwayamerica) are proud to continue the 2023-2024 Broadway in Miami series with the anticipated return of HAMILTON (@hamiltonmusical) for a limited engagement from March 13-24, 2024.
Maria Friedman is a beloved fixture of the West End stage, with three Olivier Awards (London’s version of the Tony Awards) and a host of world class performances to her name. Over a career spanning more than three decades, she’s played such iconic roles as Dot in Sunday in the Park With George, Mary in Merrily We Roll Along, Fosca in Passion, Sukie in The Witches of Eastwick, Mother in Ragtime, Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd, and Golde in Fiddler on the Roof, among many others.
Miami, FL – Zoetic Stage (@ZoeticStageMIA) and the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County (@arshtcenter) are proud to present the Tony Award-winning Broadway classic CABARET from March 14-April 7. The Center’s intimate Carnival Studio Theater will be transformed into the gritty Kit-Kat Klub, where audiences will be surrounded by dancers and musicians. CABARET features an all-local cast led by South Florida natives and Carbonell Award winners Lindsey Corey as Sally Bowles and Elijah Word as the Emcee.
For the past year, musician Joe Hite has recreated the music of Barry Manilow with his eight piece band in a tribute to the famed singer/songwriter in a show titled “Daybreak:The Music and Passion of Barry Manilow” to be performed on Sunday, March 3 in two shows at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. at the Boca Black Box Center for the Arts in Boca Raton.
Music historians and lecturers always credit Black gospel, rhythm & blues, along with boogie woogie and jazz, for giving birth to America’s 1950’s rock ‘n’ roll craze – a perennially popular music genre to this day. I’ve attended several such scholarly talks, but getting it with your brain is nothing like feeling it in your gut … and soul. That’s why MEMPHIS, the musical that’s creating a sensation over at Broward’s hottest new musical venue, the Lauderhill Performing Arts Center (LPAC), made me wonder: “Where has this phenomenal show been all my life?”
