My Fair Lady Makes its South Florida Premiere at the Arsht Center on March 28

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?

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Celebrate the Music of the “Goddess Of Pop” With The Beat Goes On Starring Lisa Mcclowry as Cher

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. 

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“Next to Normal” Musical Explores Life with Mental Illness Coming to Arsht Center March 16-April 9

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.

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MIAMI PREMIERE OF “TEBAS LAND” BY ACCLAIMED URUGUAYAN PLAYWRIGHT SERGIO BLANCO

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.

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DRINK IN PINK MARTINI’S MULTI-GENRE MUSIC MIX IN ITS 5TH APPEARANCE AT THE ARSHT

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.

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The Carbonell Awards Seeks College-Bound Applicants for 2023 Jack Zink Memorial Scholarships

(South Florida – February 6, 2023) Gary Schweikhart, board president of the Carbonell Awards, South Florida’s Theatre & Arts Honors, today reminded college-bound high school students that the nonprofit organization is now accepting applications for its 2023 Jack Zink Memorial Student Scholarships. The deadline to apply has been extended to Monday, February 13, 2023. Since 1978, the Carbonell Awards has given out more than $120,000 in scholarships to winning applicants.

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You’re Not Expected to Listen to Overtures: An Interview with Broadway’s David Chase

This post was originally published on Playbill - Features

Written by: Margaret Hall

Whatever happened to overtures? This musical theatre mystery is a hot topic, and Playbill is on a mission to uncover the answers for our readers.

Last week we hammered out how the purpose of the overture has changed throughout Broadway history. This week, Playbill met with celebrated Broadway dance arranger and music supervisor David Chase to get an expert’s perspective.

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THE BROWARD CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS HAS IT ALL THIS FEBRUARY

FORT LAUDERDALE – Broadway blockbusters and family theater, celebrities Antoni Porowski and Tyler Henry, and music icons David Foster and Katharine McPhee, Bobby Weir, Jim Messina, James Taylor and John Mellencamp join Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Samantha Fish, The Young Dubliners, a tribute to Johnny Cash and an evening of student-performed cabaret in an exciting line up this February at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts.

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Tori Amos Returns to West Palm Beach Launching her Ocean to Ocean US Tour at the Kravis Center

(West Palm Beach, Fl.)  Today, trailblazing musician, author and activist Tori Amos announced a US tour this summer to continue celebration of her highly acclaimed 2021 album, Ocean to Ocean.  Tori Amos will launch her Ocean to Ocean US Tour at the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday, June 17, 2023. Tickets for the West Palm Beach performance start at $39* and go on sale to the public on Friday February 3 at 10 a.m. online at kravis.org.

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AILEY II, THE NEXT GENERATION OF DANCE LED BY FRANCESCA HARPER IN HER SECOND SEASON AS ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

MIAMI – January 31, 2023 – The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami Dade County (@arshtcenter) is proud to present AILEY II (@aileyii), the next generation of dance,  for one night only at the Knight Concert Hall on February 25 at 8 p.m. AILEY II is universally renowned for merging the spirit and energy of the country’s finest early-career dance talent with the passion and creative vision of today’s most outstanding emerging choreographers. The critically acclaimed ensemble will inspire audiences with performances of  Andrea Miller’s Psūkhe, William Forsythe’s  Enemy in the Figure  and Francesca Harper’s Freedom Series.

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