Written By Michelle F. Solomon
Originally published on artburstmaimi.com.
Actors’ Playhouse’s ‘tick, tick . . . BOOM! Has Local Ties To Its Famous Composer
Making Waves! Jazz Fest Pompano Beach Announces 2025 Lineup
Free Music Festival Brings Grammy Winners and Rising Stars to City’s Shore!
Mark your calendars, music lovers! Pompano Beach Arts is thrilled to announce Jazz Fest Pompano Beach will return to the City’s beautiful shore on January 24th and 25th, 2025. This 4th annual festival promises to be bigger and tastier than ever before, featuring a stellar lineup of renowned jazz musicians including Joshua Redman & Gabrielle Cavassa, Judith Hill, Randy Brecker, and Jazz Funk Soul alongside a vibrant new food court with a New Orleans flavor, all directly on the beach stage! This free festival will once again be hosted by Mark Ruffin of Sirius XM’s Real Jazz. There is no charge for General Admission tickets but registration is required. There are a limited number of VIP Seats at $200 for a 2-day pass. Complete details at www.pompanobeacharts.org/jazzfest.
Cynthia Erivo, Cole Escola, Billy Porter, More Join 98th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
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The NBC broadcast is also scheduled to feature performances from the casts of Death Becomes Her, Hell’s Kitchen, and The Outsiders.
Even more talent has been announced for the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, set to air on NBC November 28 beginning at 8:30 AM in all time zones and continuing through noon. Today‘s Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb, and Al Roker will once again host the annual celebration.
‘The Outsider’ Is a Light-Hearted Look at The Showmanship of Politics
However questionable the idea of sitting through a political farce might sound at the moment given the far more frightening farce in our real-life political midst, I was pleasantly surprised by how much fun I found The Outsider. First performed in 2015, this charming play by Paul Slade Smith has, if anything, become even more timely in the nine years since its premiere. For similar reasons, it has also amassed substantial popularity, this year celebrating its 125th production.
‘KING JAMES’ IS A PLAY OF MALE BONDING THROUGH A LOVE OF SPORTS
Many men in the opening night audience were attracted to see “King James”, a two act play by Rajiv Joseph, running now through November 24 at GableStage in Coral Gables, because the title suggested the story would be about basketball superstar Lebron James and about the sport of basketball.
However, the play is neither about the life of James nor about the sport of basketball, but James and basketball loom large in the creation of the friendship between Matt (actor Gregg Weiner) and Shawn (Melvin Huffnagle). The premise of the introduction of Matt and Shawn in 2004 was initiated through Shawn wanting to buy a pair of tickets from Matt to see young rookie Lebron James play for his beloved hometown Cleveland Cavaliers.
SOUTH FLORIDA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CELEBRATES CENTENNIAL OF ‘RHAPSODY IN BLUE’ IN SEASON OPENING CONCERT
South Florida Symphony Orchestra highlights its opening concert in the Icons & Rebels Masterworks season by performing composer Geoge Gershwin’s “Rhapsody In Blue” featuring guest pianist Benjamin Hochman along with two more classical music compositions on November 13 at The Parker in Ft. Lauderdale and on November 16 at New World Center in Miami Beach.
Pigs Do Fly Productions to Present Norm Foster’s ‘The Long Weekend’ November 1 – 24, 2024
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL: Pigs Do Fly Productions will present Canadian Playwright Norm Foster’s The Long Weekend, a comedy of manners filled with numerous plot twists and a hilariously tangled web of truths, deceptions, and surprises. The production will run from November 1 – 24 at Empire Stage in Fort Lauderdale.
Delray Beach Playhouse Dazzles with its First Annual DelLago Awards Gala
This past Thursday night, November 7, was a truly show-stopping one for the Delray Beach Playhouse, as it marked their very first DelLago Awards Gala. Formerly known as the Actors Awards Gala, the theater’s annual awards ceremony, set to spotlight standout performances from this past season, has been renamed in honor of the Playhouse’s long-time Artistic Director and Delray Beach theater legend, Randolph “Randy” DelLago. Over the course of his decades-long career, DelLago directed hundreds of plays and musicals, becoming a beloved member of the Playhouse staff, and the South Florida theater community as a whole. The DelLago Awards keep his memory alive by honoring cast members and shows from the most recent season, and by providing a place to celebrate the art form of theater, the joy that it has granted so many people, and the incredible talents who bring these shows to life.
Broadway’s ‘The Great Gatsby’ Musical Will Open in London in 2025
By Andrew Gans
Originally published on playbill.com.