Maria Friedman Is Finally Bringing Her Olivier-Winning Performances to Broadway
Maria Friedman is a beloved fixture of the West End stage, with three Olivier Awards (London’s version of the Tony Awards) and a host of world class performances to her name. Over a career spanning more than three decades, she’s played such iconic roles as Dot in Sunday in the Park With George, Mary in Merrily We Roll Along, Fosca in Passion, Sukie in The Witches of Eastwick, Mother in Ragtime, Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd, and Golde in Fiddler on the Roof, among many others.
Broadway Classic is Reimagined for South Florida Audiences on March 14-April 7
Miami, FL – Zoetic Stage (@ZoeticStageMIA) and the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County (@arshtcenter) are proud to present the Tony Award-winning Broadway classic CABARET from March 14-April 7. The Center’s intimate Carnival Studio Theater will be transformed into the gritty Kit-Kat Klub, where audiences will be surrounded by dancers and musicians. CABARET features an all-local cast led by South Florida natives and Carbonell Award winners Lindsey Corey as Sally Bowles and Elijah Word as the Emcee.
SINGER/PIANIST JOE HITE RECREATES BARRY MANILOW MUSIC IN ‘DAYBREAK’ SHOW ON SUNDAY, MARCH 3 AT BOCA BLACK BOX
For the past year, musician Joe Hite has recreated the music of Barry Manilow with his eight piece band in a tribute to the famed singer/songwriter in a show titled “Daybreak:The Music and Passion of Barry Manilow” to be performed on Sunday, March 3 in two shows at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. at the Boca Black Box Center for the Arts in Boca Raton.
Presenting the Soul of Rock ‘n’ Roll
Music historians and lecturers always credit Black gospel, rhythm & blues, along with boogie woogie and jazz, for giving birth to America’s 1950’s rock ‘n’ roll craze – a perennially popular music genre to this day. I’ve attended several such scholarly talks, but getting it with your brain is nothing like feeling it in your gut … and soul. That’s why MEMPHIS, the musical that’s creating a sensation over at Broward’s hottest new musical venue, the Lauderhill Performing Arts Center (LPAC), made me wonder: “Where has this phenomenal show been all my life?”
MAIN STREET PLAYERS’ ‘CHRISTIANA LYSISTRATA’ BLENDS LAUGHS WITH A LETDOWN
Written by Christine Dolen
Originally published on artburstmiami.com.
Aristophanes’ 411 B.C. “Lysistrata,” in which the women of Greek city-states try to end the Peloponnesian War by withholding sex until peace is achieved, is an ancient Greek comedy that endured because of its author’s brilliance and the timeless truth-telling it contains.
‘The Cancellation of Lauren Fein’ Provoking and Fearful
Currently on through an extended run, Palm Beach Dramaworks presents “The Cancellation of Lauren Fein,” a world premiere of a play; a tragedy in a modern era of accountability. Written by Christopher Demos-Brown, this play provides a thought-provoking story of a collegiate professor with privilege being held accountable for her insensitivity. It is a story of stereotypical characters fearing cancel culture, with no rise or break for their transgressions, resulting in tragedy for all.
LAYON GRAY’S ‘THE GIRLS OF SUMMER’ FOCUSES ON A MYSTERY AT M ENSEMBLE
Written by Christine Dolen
Originally published on artburstmiami.com.