(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.
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.
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.
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.
THE SILVER PALM AWARDS PRESENTS THE FINSTROM FOLLIES ON SEPTEMBER 23rd, 2024!
A Fund-Raising Event Benefiting the Silver Palm Awards.
The Finstrom Follies will be presented at Island City Stage in Wilton Manors on Monday, September 23rd at 7PM. The event will include musical numbers and a video presentation, along with a raffle. The evening will culminate with the announcement of this year’s Silver Palm Award honorees.
“We couldn’t be more excited to add a new element to the Silver Palm Awards this year, with this honoree announcement event. Tony Finstrom loved bringing people together to celebrate each other and our amazing community and I can’t imagine a more fun way to kick off awards season!,” says Sandi Stock, Managing Director of the Silver Palm Awards.
Performing at the event will be some of South Florida’s top talent, presenting songs from the previous theater season. Raffle prizes include season tickets to local theaters, dinners at regional restaurants and spa treatments. A video presentation reviewing the History of South Florida Theater written and narrated by legendary South Florida theater critic Christine Dolen will be shown. All of this will lead up to the announcement of the 2024 Silver Palm Honorees. The Silver Palms Awards are presented each year to celebrate outstanding work of theater artists who live in South Florida. The celebration will continue after the presentation with free wine. Tickets to the event are $26 and can be obtained at http://www.silverpalmawards.com.
FORT LAUDERDALE – September is golden at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts for fans of everything from the hit sitcom The Golden Girls to music and comedy greats Herbie Hancock, Ray LaMontagne, the music of Abba, Matteo Lane and more, and of course everyone’s favorite neighborhood Spider-Man™.
West Palm Beach, Florida (August 23, 2024) – Palm Beach Symphony CEO David McClymont has been named to the Marshall E. Rinker Sr. School of Business (RSB) Advisory Board at Palm Beach Atlantic University, a private, Christian university in West Palm Beach.
(West Palm Beach, Fl. – August 21, 2024) – The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts is bringing the best of music and merriment this season including America’s favorite teacher comedian Eddie B. on December 13, the Grammy Award-winning star Patti LaBelle on December 17 and the holiday hit-making a cappella group Straight No Chaser on December 31. Tickets for all shows are on sale Friday, August 16 at 10 a.m.
BOCA RATON, Fla. (August 20, 2024) – Theatre Lab, the professional resident company of Florida Atlantic University, is pleased to announce the opening of the 2024-25 season and celebrate the 10th year of their highly-successful educational outreach program, The Future PAGES (Playwrights, Artists, & Generation of Exciting Storytellers) Project.
A new mural celebrating the “interconnectivity of all people” is now being painted on the south-facing wall of the Cultural Council for Palm Beach County’s headquarters at 601 Lake Ave. in Lake Worth Beach.
