After my first two shows back on the beat happened to be a pair of relatively light-hearted musicals, it was something of a relief to be taken on a deep dive back into the waters of moral and psychological complexity at Theatre Lab’s Overactive Letdown, a promising new play from the equally promising Miami playwright Gina Montet.
Not every theatrical troupe can handle the bold presentments, sexualized nuances and provocative, cutting-edge themes characteristic of a Tennessee Williams play.
After around a month out of town, the first show I hit now that I’ve finally landed back in good old South Florida was the Pembroke Pines Theatre Of Performing Arts’ production of Something Rotten, which is nowhere near as distasteful as its name implies.This 2015 musical is one that I don’t think has been seen too often in the area, if indeed at all, making it a worthier excursion for the curious than PPTOPA’s last pick, which was the more well-traveled Cabaret.
A couple of familiar stars from ‘70s and ‘80s TV comedy series bring their talents to Pompano Beach this weekend for two stage performances of James Graham Bronson’s whimsical play, Willie & Esther.
Imagine a car wash where no cars are washed. Where carwash mechanics as dynamics for drama! CARABOOM is an unexpected spectacle of silliness and physical poetry following the trials and triumphs of the Caraboom Family. Foam cannons, bubble machines and human water fountains immerse participants and passengers in a splash filled adventure!
The national tour of Frozen has officially arrived to South Florida! South Florida Theater Magazine is at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts where Frozen will be performing shows from March 9 to March 20. Make sure to grab some tickets at www.frozenthemusical.com/tickets for a truly spectacular show.
Many so-called “oldies” shows that come crammed with nostalgic songs from the 1950s and ‘60s, but which offer little diversity otherwise, run a pretty tight gamut – from “so-so” to “just OK.”
The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County (@arshtcenter) is presenting Grammy-winning Cuban jazz legends CHUCHO VALDÉS (@chuchovaldesmusic) and PAQUITO D’RIVERA (@paquitodrivera), live in concert for one night only on June 18, 2022. The history of the close friendship and shared musical adventures between Valdés and D’Rivera goes back 60 years – but in recent decades, their paths rarely crossed. Chucho and Paquito are now making up for lost time with a new album, I Missed You Too, and a world tour.
Movie mogul and author Oliver Stone is one of four writers scheduled to appear Saturday, March 12, at Florida Atlantic University’s fifth Palm Beach Book Festival. The event takes place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the University Theatre, 777 Glades Road on the Boca Raton campus.
Attorney-turned-author and playwright Norman Shabel, a resident of Morristown, N.J. who resides more than half the year in Aventura, South Florida, has spent a half-century as a trial and class action lawyer.
