RENOVATIONS ARE UNDERWAY TO TRANSFORM LIPS FORT LAUDERDALE INTO AQUAPLEX FORT LAUDERDALE

OAKLAND PARK, Fla.  Lips Fort Lauderdale is dramatically evolving into Aquaplex Fort Lauderdale with several exciting updates that will be unveiled later this year including new interior design elements and stage show enhancements, a new food and beverage menu and a series of show concepts. Lips Fort Lauderdale remains open with five show nights and weekend brunches, while the new ownership team elevates the entire experience. An official name change celebration will be announced soon.

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Adam Lambert and Auli’i Cravalho Are the New Stars of Broadway’s Cabaret

BY LOGAN CULWELL-BLOCK

Originally published on playbill.com.

The immersive revival of the Kander and Ebb musical continues its run at the Kit Kat Club in the August Wilson Theatre.

Adam Lambert and Auli’i Cravalho join Broadway’s Cabaret as The Emcee and Sally Bowles, respectively, September 16, and new production shots offer a first look at the new stars.

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SLOW BURN THEATRE COMPANY WORKS ITS MAGIC ON AUDIENCES AS “THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK” SPELLS BROWARD CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS!

FORT LAUDERDALE – Just in time for Halloween, Slow Burn Theatre Company’s 2024/2025 season, presented by American National Bank and Visit Lauderdale, opens with the South Florida premiere of The Witches of Eastwick on Saturday, October 19 – Sunday November 3 in the Amaturo Theater at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts.

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Silver Palm Award Honorees 2023-2024 Season

SILVER PALM AWARDS ANNOUNCED!

TO BE PRESENTED AT UNION KITCHEN & BAR IN WILTON MANORS ON OCTOBER 21, 2024!

The Silver Palm Awards will be presented at a new venue this year. Union Kitchen & Bar will host the event on Monday, October 21, 2024 at 6:30 p.m., when the recipients of this year’s awards will be honored. The Silver Palm Awards were established in 2008, conceived to celebrate the work of theater artists who live in South Florida.

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“JAZZ AT WOLFSON PRESENTS”: A YEARLONG CELEBRATION OF MUSIC AND COMMUNITY

Written By Jonel Juste

Originally published on artburstmiami.com

Miami-Dade College’s Wolfson Campus will once again bring the sounds of jazz to downtown Miami with the 27th season of its “Jazz at Wolfson Presents” concert series. Running from September 11, 2024, to April 16, 2025, the series features ten free performances, offering a mix of jazz professionals and student musicians.

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Alyssa Milano Is Roxie Hart in Broadway’s ‘Chicago’

BY ANDREW GANS

Originally published on playbill.com.

TV star Alyssa Milano—of Who’s the Boss? and Charmed fame—made her Broadway debut in the Tony-winning revival of Chicago September 16.

Milano stepped into the role of Roxie Hart for a limited engagement through November 10 at the Ambassador Theatre. The evening also welcomed the return of Kimberly Marable, Raymond Bokhour, and NaTasha Yvette Williams to the roles of Velma Kelly, Amos Hart, and Matron “Mama” Morton, respectively.

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Here’s…Vivian! ‘SIDEKICKED’ No More, I Love Lucy Co-Star Vivian Vance (aka Ethel Mertz) Claims the Spotlight at Boca Stage

It ain’t easy being second fiddle. Even for TV’s most famous and beloved “second banana” Ethel Mertz who played Lucille Ball’s frumpy, housecoat-wearing neighbor for nine seasons of “I Love Lucy” and related TV comedies from 1951 through 1965. Everyone loved Vivian Vance’s portrayal of Ethel which won her the first Emmy for Best Supporting Actress in 1953. But when fans begged for her autograph and Vivian signed her real name, they’d ask for a redo as “Ethel.” 

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Seraphic Fire Opens Music History 101 Season with Musical Time Travel

75 minutes of a 1000-year melodic journey from Medieval to Contemporary

Artistic Director Patrick Dupre Quigley and the Seraphic Fire artists perform a crash course on the history of Western music in one lively evening with chorus, period keyboard instruments, and cello. The contrasts and connections between eras will be on full display: the stark simplicity of Medieval chant, the rich polyphony of the Renaissance, the ornate structure of the Baroque, the elegant balance of the Classical, the passionate intensity of the Romantic, and the creative ingenuity of the Contemporary. 

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HELLO, GORGEOUS! HELLO, WEST PALM BEACH!

FUNNY GIRL IS COMING TO THE KRAVIS CENTER JANUARY 28 – FEBRUARY 2, 2025. 
TICKETS ON SALE SEPTEMBER 20

(West Palm Beach, FL) – FUNNY GIRLthe sensational musical comedy revival, is coming to The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts for a limited engagement from January 28 to February 2, 2025Tickets will be available starting on September 20 at 10 a.m.

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PLENTY OF LAUGHS, NOSTALGIA IN ‘GOLDEN GIRLS THE LAUGHS CONTINUE’ AT THE BROWARD CENTER

Whether or not you remember the famous “Golden Girls” situation comedy television series about the everyday antics of four senior women living together in a Miami home, audiences will laugh heartily as five actors team to recreate the nostalgia of the series in “Golden Girls The Laughs Continue” running now through September 29 at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Ft. Lauderdale.

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