To “unofficially” start its 2024-2025 season, Lake Worth Playhouse is putting on a rendition of Andrew Lloyd Weber’s School of Rock at their historic venue in downtown Lake Worth Beach. For a seasonal community like South Florida, where the more wealth-affluent demographic leaves during the sticky summer, Lake Worth chooses to celebrate the year-round community with their first production of the performance season. Prized for its century-old facility, black box theater, and the showings of excellent indie films, the organization has something for everyone.
I’m one of those people who love being surprised – especially happily so. When ACT ofDavie (our best and only local community theater) promoted their first musical, playing for only two nights, I knew it was too short a run for a review. But then thought: if I’m free, I just might go and enjoy the rare note-taking-free experience.
In 2023, Area Stage Artistic Director Giancarlo Rodaz became the youngest director ever to win the Carbonell Award (at age 26) as the youngest director with “Beauty and the Beast” and created another immersive theatrical experience with his production of the Disney musical “The Little Mermaid”, at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Miami which was highly praised by audiences and critics alike.
Brévo Theatre Presents“Brévo for Broadway” The Third Annual Young, Gifted & Brave – Theatre for Youth Performance Aimed to Inspire Young Actors from Diverse and Underserved Communities.
Broadway Says Goodbye to The Who’s Tommy July 21. Ali Louis Bourzgui, Alison Luff, and Adam Jacobs lead the reimagined revival of the 1993 musical and 1969 album.
If you’re someone who spends a lot of time seeing theatre in South Florida, then you may have already run across the work of actress Elizabeth Price, who is also a proud ensemble member of New City Players. But though the Silver Palm winning and Carbonell nominated performer has no shortage of impressive credits, it’s only in the company’s current production of A Streetcar Named Desire that she’s finally gotten the chance to play her ultimate dream role: the fading southern belle Blanche Dubois.
The Kravis Center for the Performing Arts is thrilled to announce David Spade: Catch Me Inside Tour coming to West Palm Beach on Thursday, October 3, 2024. Tickets for the Kravis Center performance start at $45* and go on sale to the public on Friday, June 21 at 10 a.m. online at kravis.org.
We’re jolted awake, and into an alternate reality as soon as we take our seats at Island City Stage in Wilton Manors. That loud crashing sound (could it be coming from the train tracks on Dixie Highway?). But then there are clangs and whistles and, ah yes, we realize we are here to see New City Players’ (NCP) production of A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE. And while ten minutes remain till showtime, we’re already immersed in the world of 1947 New Orleans’ French Quarter. Where a trio of women sit languidly fanning themselves onstage or burst into jazz songs and dance. Meanwhile, the sporadic rumble of the loud streetcar will continue, along with musical interludes, to punctuate the drama or breaks between scenes.
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! 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.
Jamie Muscato Leads London Carousel Concert July 13. Christine Allado and Rebecca Caine are co-starring in the one-night-only event at Royal Festival Hall.
Jamie Muscato (Heathers, Moulin Rouge! The Musical) stars as Billy Bigelow in a one-night-only London concert of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel at Royal Festival Hall July 13.
