Announcing the 2024-2025 Theater Up Close Season! Zoetic Stage and City Theatre Return

The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County (@arshtcenter) is proud to announce its lineup for the 2024-2025 THEATER UP CLOSE season, created in collaboration with local theater companies Zoetic Stage (@ZoeticStageMIA) and City Theatre (@CityTheatreMIA). This season’s Theater Up Close series returns to the Carnival Studio Theater with five extraordinary productions that put audiences in the middle of the action, including three regional premieres and a beloved Tony Award-winning musical.

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High Notes for FALSETTOS, Now Playing at Empire Stage (Review)

Multi-accomplished South Florida actor/director/producer … and on, Larry Buzzeo, fresh from his successful inaugural season as founder and artistic director of ArtBuzz Theatrics at Empire Stage, is returning to our beloved Flagler Village blackbox with the sung-through musical, FALSETTOS. You heard right: This far too seldom produced, full-scale William Finn (music and lyrics) and James Lapine (book with Finn) musical that was nominated for seven and won two Tony Awards (for Best Musical and Best Score) in 1992 – and was then nominated for Best Revival in 2016 – has finally arrived! ArtBuzz and Empire Stage are presenting “Falsettos” in Fort Lauderdale from April 26 through May 19. 

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A Newly Old Swan Lake

To close out its 2023/34 season, Miami City Ballet is showing an age-old classic in “Swan Lake,” but with a twist poised to delight all patrons and audience-goers. When you hear the ballet being called a classic, it’s true. It’s been shown on stages around the world since the 1800s, and slowly but surely have things changed. Imagine the popular Disney fairy tales and how they are a more appropriate version of the Grimm fairy tales, usually with the same name, but some often overlooked darkness, maybe even rough edges. Well, this current production of “Swan Lake” is a version that could have been lost to time.

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Arts Center Management Announces the 2025 Broadway at LPAC Season Lineup

Written by: Carol Kassie

The popular Lauderhill Performing Arts Center Series kicks off its blockbuster three-show season in January 2025.

ACM Theatricals, a division of Arts Center Management, will once again partner with the City of Lauderhill to produce the Broadway at LPAC Series at the Lauderhill Performing Arts Center.   The 2025 lineup will feature the musicals 9 to 5, Legally Blonde, and Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific. Subscriptions are on sale beginning May 1. Single tickets will go on sale September 1!

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SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE LIVE IN CONCERT

Building on the success of sold out shows worldwide, a new 50+ city U.S. tour will kick off the next chapter of the Oscar®-winning Spider-Verse saga. The highly anticipated sequel Spider-Man™: Across the Spider-Verse Live in Concert will land in West Palm Beach at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts on Thursday, September 5 at 7 p.m.  For the complete tour schedule visit spiderverseinconcert.comView the tour announcement video here.

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Pompano Beach Arts Celebrates Haitian Heritage With Dance, Music and Art

Pompano Beach Arts Celebrates Haitian Heritage Month. Festive Events Celebrate the Vibrant Culture and Distinct Art of Haiti The month of May is nationally recognized as Haitian Heritage Month, and Pompano Beach Arts proudly honors the artistic influence of the beautiful Caribbean nation with some very special events, held at various venues throughout the city. Spanning everything from visual art through dance and music, there is something for everyone to enjoy. Learn more at www.pompanobeacharts.org.

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