RONNIE LARSEN PRESENTS IN ASSOCIATION WITH PLAYS OF WILTON (POW) ANNOUNCES ITS NEXT PRODUCTION TO BE A KILLER NEW COMEDY “CLARK GABLE SLEPT HERE”. CREATED BY TWO OF SOUTH FLORIDA’S BIGGEST THEATRICAL SUPERSTARS, WRITTEN BY AND STARRING MICHAEL MCKEEVER, AND DIRECTED BY STUART MELTZER.
Playwright and Screenwriter Nathan Louis Jackson Dies at 44.
Mr. Jackson’s works included Broke-ology, Sticky Traps, and The Last Black Play. Playwright and screenwriter Nathan Louis Jackson passed away August 22 at the age of 44, in a statement provided to Playbill from his family.
Miami Learning Experience School 501 C3 (MLE) is a special education school for students with different learning abilities in South Miami. Founded 47 years ago to address the needs of individuals with Down Syndrome, today it has expanded and covers all exceptionalities. “Foremost, MLE is a school providing the same experiences for their students that students would experience at any school,” said Kevin Grace, Executive Director at MLE. And with any school curriculum, visual arts and music programs are part of their offering.
Fort Lauderdale, FL – The Bank of America Broadway in Fort Lauderdale series and presenting sponsor Nicklaus Children’s Hospital, announced that an all-new tour of the iconic Tony Award®-winning musical ANNIE will play at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts Tuesday, October 10 through Sunday, October 22, 2023. Tickets starting at $40.00* are available at BrowardCenter.org and Ticketmaster.com, by phone at 954.468.0222 or at the Broward Center’s AutoNation Box Office located at 201 SW Fifth Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL. 33312. Orders for groups of ten (10) or more can be purchased by calling 954.660.6307.
South Florida Theatre is undergoing a change… or at least that is what the evolving audience should hope for.
With smaller companies like LakeHouseRanchdotPNG, that change is at its most present. Having just made it to their second season, this small but growing theater company is still making strides in going against the grain that is South Florida theatre. They do this by not only choosing experimental and absurdist plays for their season, but by operating as a playwrights theatre, something you don’t see enough of within the community. All of their work comes from new, exciting, and challenging playwrights – a mission that not only expands the outreach of the community, but in a way might also alienate certain audiences… and maybe that’s okay.
At 26, Area Stage Company of Miami director Giancarlo Rodaz became the youngest director to win a Carbonell Award for creating an immersive theatrical experience in his production of the musical Beauty and the Beast in 2022.
You can always find live theater in South Florida … well, almost always. Major companies tend to follow Broadway’s show calendar, ending their season, at best, in late spring and starting up again in October. Florida summers often showcased smaller venues with obscure or newly hatched productions except for, it would seem, the month of September. When the kids are back at school and parents and grandparents have returned from vacations as well. Where do we go for our live theater fix then?
(West Palm Beach, Fl. – August 21, 2023) – Fortune Feimster: Live Laugh Love! is coming to the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts on Sunday, December 31, 2023. Tickets for the West Palm Beach performance start at $29.50* and go on sale to the public on Friday, August 25 at 10 a.m. online at kravis.org.
AVENTURA, Fla.(August 20, 2023) – With evenings celebrating Israel, the Cuban American experience and the power of rock and roll, the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center offers uplifting and captivating events this September.
(West Palm Beach, FL – August 17, 2023) – STOMP, the international percussion sensation, returns to West Palm Beach at the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts October 27 – 29, 2023. From its beginnings as a street performance in the U.K., STOMP has grown into an international sensation over the past 28 years, having performed in more than 50 countries and in front of more than 26 million people.
