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.
Founded in 1935, the non-profit will wind down operations this fall. After 88 years of passionate service in support of the Metropolitan Opera, the nonprofit Metropolitan Opera Guild will cease to exist in its current form this fall, citing increasing financial pressures. The news was announced by the New York Times.
Everything’s coming up musicals nowadays … and no subject is taboo. Almost feels like the more outrageous the premise, the more likely it is to become a huge hit. Take joyfully murderous “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” or Mel Brooks’ Nazi-themed comedy, “The Producers,” featuring “Springtime for Hitler in Germany” as examples. A few weeks ago, even the universally beloved Star Trek brand has seen fit to choreograph an entire episode as a musical. (Check out S2 E9 “Subspace Rhapsody” of the “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” series on Paramount+. I consider it both thematically and choreographically out of this world!) In this episode, original musical numbers are weaponized to save the known universe – but not before presenting one of the best and briefest explanations for the art form, i.e., a song reveals the singer’s deepest, true emotions.
The Pompano Beach Cultural Center has an eclectic lineup planned for the 2023-2024 season! From Branford Marsalis headlining Jazz Fest to Violectric bringing a Tim Burton themed musical event to town, we have selected the best events to keep your eye on this year!
Perhaps the fact that I find myself genuinely conflicted as I try to assess David Mamet’s Oleanna is actually something of a mark in its favor. After all, as opposed to the many perfunctory crowd-pleasers that do little to challenge convention, this script offers plenty of food for thought, ensuring an intellectually stimulating experience for practically all audience members regardless of what they come away thinking about the work.
