ISLAND CITY STAGE OPENS 12TH SEASON WITH BROADWAY’S TONY AWARD WINNER LOVE! VALOUR! COMPASSION! ON OCTOBER 12

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (September 8, 2023) – Love! Valour! Compassion! – Terrence McNally‘s most honored and celebrated play about eight gay friends who spend the holidays over one summer at one’s beautiful hundred-year-old house in upstate New York, kicks off Island City Stage’s 12th thrilling season. The show runs from October 12 – November 5.

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The Carbonell Awards Names Elizabeth Dashiell as Carbonell Coordinator & Welcomes Five New Judges for 2023-2024 Theater Season

(South Florida – September 5, 2023) Gary Schweikhart, board president of the Carbonell Awards, South Florida’s most highly coveted recognition of theatrical and performance excellence, today announced that Elizabeth Dashiell has joined the nonprofit organization as Carbonell Coordinator for the 2023-2024 season.

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FAU Presents Chita Rivera

BOCA RATON, Fla.  – Florida Atlantic University’s Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, in collaboration with the Palm Beach Book Festival,  presents “An Evening with Chita Rivera” on Tuesday, Nov,. 14 at 5 p.m. in the University Theatre on FAU’s Boca Raton campus at 777 Glades Road. Tickets include a copy of Rivera’s book “Chita: A Memoir.” There will also be a VIP opportunity at 4 p.m. These tickets include a signed copy of the book and a photo with Rivera. Rivera will not be signing books at the event. Tickets are available at fauevents.com or by calling 561-297-6124.

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ISLAND CITY STAGE’S THRILL ME: THE MUSICAL TRUE CRIME TALE, PREMIERED TO A SOLD-OUT WEEKEND CROWD

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Island City Stage’s Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story with book, music and lyrics by Stephen Dolginoff, premiered to a sold-out weekend audience. The captivating musical true crime tale that recounts the chilling story of the legendary duo who committed one of the most infamous and heinous crimes of the 20th century closes out Island City Stage’s 11th South Florida Season.

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‘ANNIE THE MUSICAL’ AT THE BROWARD CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS OCTOBER 10 – 22, 2023

Fort Lauderdale, FL – The Bank of America Broadway in Fort Lauderdale series and presenting sponsor Nicklaus Children’s Hospital, announced that an all-new tour of the iconic Tony Award®-winning musical ANNIE will play at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts Tuesday, October 10 through Sunday, October 22, 2023.  Tickets starting at $40.00* are available at BrowardCenter.org and Ticketmaster.com, by phone at 954.468.0222 or at the Broward Center’s AutoNation Box Office located at 201 SW Fifth Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL. 33312. Orders for groups of ten (10) or more can be purchased by calling 954.660.6307.

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Back to School Fun for Theater Lovers

You can always find live theater in South Florida … well, almost always. Major companies tend to follow Broadway’s show calendar, ending their season, at best, in late spring and starting up again in October. Florida summers often showcased smaller venues with obscure or newly hatched productions except for, it would seem, the month of September. When the kids are back at school and parents and grandparents have returned from vacations as well. Where do we go for our live theater fix then?

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