10 Plays and Musicals Off the Beaten Path High Schools Should Consider
CUBAN CHICKEN SOUP: WHEN THERE’S NO MORE café by Elena Maria Garcia and Stuart Meltzer – World Premiere at Arsht Center
Miami, FL – Zoetic Stage (@ZoeticStageMIA) and the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County (@arshtcenter) are proud to present the world premiere of Elena Garcia and Stuart Meltzer’s CUBAN CHICKEN SOUP: WHEN THERE’S NO MORE CAFÉ from May 2-19. From the creative team that brought behind the hugely successful ¡Fuacata! A Latina’s Guide to Surviving the Universe comes a new one-woman, comedic tour de force starring the incomparable Elena Maria Garcia.
All in the ‘Family Tree’
I love new plays! I really get off on being among the first audience to discover a new playwright or new work without any preconceived notions. To immerse myself in what’s often a very topical subject that its author was passionate enough about to devote huge chunks of his/her life to forming and then doing the really hard work (often on a wing and a prayer) of getting it to the stage.
Nurse Blakes’s New SHOCK ADVISED Comedy Tour Coming to the Kravis Center this December
(West Palm Beach, Fl.) – The Kravis Center for the Performing Arts is thrilled to announce Nurse Blake is bringing his NEW COMEDY TOUR SHOCK ADVISED! to West Palm Beach on Wednesday, December 4, 2024. Tickets for the West Palm Beach performance start at $39.50* and go on sale to the public on Friday, April 26 at 10 a.m. online at kravis.org.
THE CAPPIES AWARDS CELEBRATE HIGH SCHOOL THEATER AT THE BROWARD CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
FORT LAUDERDALE – The Broward Center for the Performing Arts and South Florida Cappies Inc. present the 22nd Annual Cappies Awards celebrating outstanding achievement in high school theater on Tuesday, May 21 at 7 p.m. in the Au-Rene Theater.
The Carbonell Awards to Host 47th Annual Ceremony at the Lauderhill Performing Arts Center on November 11, 2024
(South Florida) – Gary Schweikhart, board president of the Carbonell Awards, South Florida’s Theatre & Arts Honors, today announced that the 47th annual awards ceremony will be held on Monday, November 11 at 7:30 pm at the Lauderhill Performing Arts Center at 3800 NW 11th Place, Lauderhill, FL 33311.
‘What’s Best for the Children’ Tackles Who has the Right to Rewrite History
When Theatre Lab’s producing artistic director Matt Stabile bounds onto the stage, it’s to let us know a lot more than to “silence our cellphones.” The professional resident company of Florida Atlantic University (FAU) that specializes in presenting new work (25 full productions, including 12 world premieres!) is culminating its ninth season with yet another hyper-topical world premiere: WHAT’S BEST FOR THE CHILDREN by Idris Goodwin.
That’ll Be the Day – When ‘The Buddy Holly Story’ Gets You Clappin,’ Stompin’ and Singin’ at the Wick
The Wick Theatre just opened the final show of its 10th annual audience-pleasing season with a foot-stomping, guitar-twanging, highly energetic musical that smacks of the rock ‘n’ roll-driven performance that closed out The Wick’s 2022-2023 theatrical agenda.
Winners of the Second Annual Young Playwright to be Read on Stage April 17
West Palm Beach, Fla. – Palm Beach Dramaworks is delighted to announce that 19 students from five middle schools are the winners of the second annual Young Playwrights 1-Minute Play Contest. Inspired by PBD’s hugely popular Young Playwrights 10-Minute Play Contest for high school students, the 1-Minute Play Contest is open to all Palm Beach County students in grades six through eight and challenges them to tell a complete story in just 60 seconds. The plays will receive a staged reading by professional actors in front of an audience at the Don & Anne Brown Theatre on Wednesday, April 17 at 7pm. Tickets are free, but reservations are required.
The Delray Beach Playhouse Announces its 2024-2025 Season!
Written by Carol Kassie
The Playhouse 2024-2025 Season will feature top-tier performers, classic musicals, comedy, and nostalgia.