Actress/singer Sharon Owens transforms herself into Barbara Streisand performing in “The Best Of Barbra, The Tribute” on Saturday, April 15 at Aventura Arts & Cultural Center in Aventura.
The Deborah & Larry D. Silver Center for Jewish Engagement, a program of the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County, will host a concert, called “Echoes of Hope,” featuring the music of composers who survived/endured the Holocaust.
If, as Bright Star supporting character Lucy puts it, the real key to being a good writer is feeling sorry for yourself and drinking vodka, it’s possible that this musical’s writers could’ve used another cocktail or two in the process of this show’s creation. Though said writers are actually a pretty famous pair, consisting of Steve Martin (yes, that Steve Martin) and singer-songwriter Edie Brickell of the New Bohemians, the show ran only a short few months on Broadway in 2016. And, in a sense, it isn’t hard to see why it didn’t quite catch on, though there are plenty of bright spots in this sentimental down-home musical, and especially in Actors’ Playhouse’s megawatt-worthy production.
When a majority of the South Florida community is made up of Latine people, you would think that more stories being presented would reflect that – but unfortunately the opposite tends to be the reality.
If you didn’t know, Slow Burn Theatre Co. is currently putting on their iteration of the classic tale of “Mary Poppins” at the Broward Center’s Amaturo Theater. The musical is a stage adaptation of the original movie, but here in south Florida, the magic feels extra real. South Florida Theater Magazine was present on opening night of Saturday, March 25, to report back that the next generation of theater-goers is well on its way to centerstage.
When a pair of kissing cousins are among the more well adjusted characters in a given play, you should probably know that you’re in some pretty grim territory. While I can imagine some theatregoers being put off by the dark subject matter ofAugust: Osage County, which centers around a suspected suicide and delves into addiction, incest, and multiple instances of adultery, just to name a few, I can think of few other reasons that anyone would be dissatisfied with Palm Beach Dramaworks’ incredibly well-orchestrated production of this consummately entertaining play.
When A’Keyah Dasia Williams took the stage at the recent National Society of Arts and Letters (NSAL) of Florida drama competition, her outstanding performance of three different monologues impressed the esteemed panel of judges.
In a field of nearly 20 competitors, her authenticity and power lit up the theatre, leading her to a first-place win and a trip to the national contest to compete for $15,000.
That might not seem like something that needs to be said but, even the mention of Michael Jackson could lead others to expect some grand musical odyssey through the life of the King of Pop. While it isn’t a play technically about him, the playwright Aurin Squire has put together a coming-of-age journey that uses Michael Jackson as a metaphor. This world premiere play focuses on a group of friends, the main and only members of the Opa-Locka Michael Jackson Fan Club, and their hopeful attempt at creating the perfect mural of their musical idol.
