Drink in the incredible vitas of Bolivia in that country’s Oscar submission, enjoy a Belgian piano virtuoso, take in a play largely performed in Arabic, celebrate Broadway and Hollywood with the hits of Barbra Streisand, travel to 1920s Chicago and learn a comedic lesson from Eastern Europe as the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center transports you around the world this April.

The Pembroke Pines Theatre of the Performing Arts (PPTOPA) presents a reimagined production of the classic musical Pippin April 15-30, 2023. With an infectiously unforgettable score from four-time Grammy winner, three-time Oscar winner and musical theatre giant, Stephen Schwartz, the PPTOPA production is set in the Summer of Love 1967, the year Stephen Schwartz wrote the musical while a student at Carnegie Mellon University for the Scotch & Soda Club.

The much-anticipated Festival of the Arts Boca returns to the Mizner Park Amphitheater, 590 Plaza Real in Boca Raton, from March 3 – 12, with a celebration of the arts through performances, lectures, and conversations. 

Miami, FL – February 24, 2023 – Zoetic Stage (@ZoeticStageMIA) and the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County (@arshtcenter) proudly present the world premiere of #GRACED by Vanessa Garcia (@vanessagarciawriter), in collaboration with Abre Camino Collective (@abrecaminocollective). #GRACED runs from May 4-21, 2023 and is part of the Arsht Center’s Theater Up Close series presented by PNC Bank.

Miami – February 23, 2022 – Lincoln Center Theater’s production of Lerner & Loewe’s MY FAIR LADY (@mflontour) will make its anticipated South Florida premiere at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County (@arshtcenter) from March 28 – April 2, 2023. Boasting a score that contains such now-classic songs as “I Could Have Danced All Night,” “Get Me to the Church on Time,” “Wouldn’t It Be Loverly,” “On the Street Where You Live,” “The Rain in Spain,” and “I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face,” MY FAIR LADY tells the story of Eliza Doolittle, a young Cockney flower seller, and Henry Higgins, a linguistics professor who is determined to transform her into his idea of a “proper lady.” But who is really being transformed?

AVENTURA, Fla. (February 19, 2023) –The City of Aventura presents The Beat Goes On Starring Lisa McClowry as Cher on Friday, March 3 at 8 p.m. 

This international touring show features American singer/actress McClowry as the “Goddess of Pop” in her one woman Broadway-style live stage show. The concert features Cher’s hits spanning from the ’60s to now including “I Got You Babe,” “Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves,” “I Found Someone,” “If I Could Turn Back Time,” “Woman’s World,” “Welcome to Burlesque,” “Believe” and ABBA songs from her Dancing Queen album. 

Miami, FL – February 17, 2023 – Zoetic Stage (@ZoeticStageMIA) and the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County (@arshtcenter) are proud to present the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning NEXT TO NORMAL, a deeply moving musical about the effects of mental illness on a suburban family. The musical features an all-local cast and will run in the Arsht Center’s intimate Carnival Studio Theater from March 16-April 9, 2023.

Internationally renowned Uruguayan playwright Sergio Blanco‘s recent work, Tebas Land will have its Miami premiere when South Florida’s own Arca Images brings its production to the Miami-Dace County Auditorium (MDCA) from March 16 through 19. Presented in partnership with MDCA in the original Spanish, with simultaneous English translation. The play is inspired by the famous Greek Oedipus patricidal myth. It tells the story of a contemporary man accused of killing his own father, and his changing relationship with a writer who wants to create his own play-within-a-play about the murder.

Written By: Guillermo Perez

Originally published on artburstmiami.com

For their musical concoctions, the talented mixologists behind Pink Martini keep to the most intoxicating melodies, just the right parts of glee and longing, and always an unfailing beat. Need a taste? Angle up to the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts’ Knight Concert Hall, where America’s biggest little orchestra, with its soul in the symphony hall and its heart in a lounge, will perform on Saturday, Feb. 11.