Carbonell Awards Names NEW CITY PLAYERS as Winner of First Jan McArt Award for Small Theatre
How To Get $45 Tickets to Mamma Mia! on Broadway
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Written by: Margaret Hall
How To Get $45 Tickets to Mamma Mia! on Broadway! The international hit, which features the songs of ABBA, will again play the Winter Garden Theatre beginning August 2.
INTIMATE JUNGLE SETTING CAPTURES SUCCESS OF ‘TARZAN THE STAGE MUSICAL’ AT AREA STAGE IN SOUTH MIAMI
The imaginative mind of Area Stage Artistic Director Giancarlo Rodaz continues to thrill audiences as the stage captures the sights and sounds of an African jungle in the Area Stage production of the two-act musical “Tarzan: The Stage Musical”, running now through August 10 in South Miami.
As was the case with Rodaz’s company staging the musicals “Annie”, “Beauty and the Beast” “Oliver” and “The Little Mermaid”” over the years, the unforgettable memories audiences take away from Rodaz’s productions is the feeling you are part of the world of the stage setting, In “Tarzan The Stage Musical” you can feel and hear the jumping, thumping and aerial dynamics of the gorillas and Tarzan moving and leaping in so many scenes.
Lake Worth Lets Its ‘HAIR’ Hang Loose & Free
You can tell it’s the Age of Aquarius by the sounds currently emanating from Lake Worth Playhouse. With the “unofficial” opening of their 2025-2026 season, the community theater has decided to take down their buns and ponytails while picking up joints and tabs with Hair. A musical set in the times of burgeoning counterculture, the production embraces a different way of life; one more familiar with the arts and aesthetics, one desperately needed now.
CORDONE & KILGORE RECREATE MEMORABLE VEGAS PERFORMERS AT AVENTURA CENTER ON JULY 26
Singers Natalie Cordone and Shawn Kilgore team to perform the classic hit songs of famed Las Vegas entertainers in the cabaret show “Vegas Baby: Hits of the Headliners” on Saturday, July 26 at 8 p.m. at Aventura Arts & Cultural Center in Aventura.
The duo will be performing songs in tribute to the major performers who dominated Las Vegas venues such as the Caesars Palace, Las Vegas Hilton and MGM, such as Cher, Neil Diamond, Celine Dion, Elton John, Tom Jones, Barry Manilow, Wayne Newton, Dolly Parton, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, among others.
In a Neil Simon Summer, PPTOPA’s ‘PLAZA SUITE’ Proves Simon’s Couples Comedies Can Still Make Us Laugh
In June, I reviewed FAU’s Festival Rep’s delightful production of Neil Simon’s rarely produced 1988 couples farce, Rumors. And now, in July, I have the privilege of reviewing Pembroke Pines Theatre of Performing Arts (PPTOPA)’s excellent presentation of Simon’s 1968 megahit, PLAZA SUITE, whose rather recent (2022) Broadway revival was enthusiastically received by both audiences and critics. That one starred real-life superstar couple Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker. Of course, back in the day, many of us watched the 1971 film headlined by Walter Matthau with Maureen Stapleton, Barbara Harris and Lee Grant. Though Simon served as screenwriter, he wasn’t all that happy with the results.
A Star-Studded Summer Night: Delray Beach Playhouse’s Second Annual DelLago Awards Gala
The evening of Saturday, July 19, was cause for celebration at the Delray Beach Playhouse! The special occasion? None other than the Playhouse’s Second Annual DelLago Awards Gala. Originally known as the Actors’ Awards Gala, the theater’s annual awards ceremony, set to spotlight standout performances from this 2024-25 season, has been renamed in honor of the Playhouse’s long-time Artistic Director and Delray Beach theater legend, Randolph “Randy” DelLago. Throughout his long, illustrious career, DelLago directed hundreds of plays and musicals, becoming a beloved member not only of the Playhouse staff, but also 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.
KUTUMBA THEATRE PROJECT presents Spy for Spy
Kutumba Theatre Project is “coming out” of hibernation! After several successful sold out shows in South Florida and NYC, Kutumba is hitting the stage again with the EAST COAST PREMIERE of Spy for Spy, by Kieron Barry, directed by Kim Ehly, Artistic Director and Founder of Kutumba Theatre Project.
Strong Black Women, Past & Present, Fight for Their Rights in ‘CONFEDERATES’ – a Powerful Regional Premiere by New City Players
“History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes” is a maxim I’ve been hearing far too often. We live in a world that’s blasting headfirst toward what many see as a sci-fi future … yet also appears to be falling off a societal cliff into our troubling past. The “rhymes” of warning are coming at us at lightning speed – but how many of our populace care about poetry, rhyming or not? How many study history, read essays, think deeply about editorials by distinguished academics and politicos?
New City Players presents the Regional Premiere of the Daringly Unpredictable Comedy Confederates
