JAZZ FEST: HEIRS OF LATIN MUSIC’S GREAT MASTERS BRING MAMBO NIGHT TO MIAMI BEACH
Originally published on artburstmiami.com.
Written By Fernando Gonzalez
The 2023 South Beach Jazz Festival promises a compelling sampler of styles and talent, from established veterans to future stars. The annual event takes place for three days beginning Jan. 5 through Jan. 8 in several Miami Beach locations and will showcase artists such as pianist Monty Alexander, percussionist Sammy Figueroa, and vocalist Wendy Pedersen.
‘American Rhapsody’ World Premiere at the Arsht Center on January 12-29, 2023
Miami, FL – December 28, 2022 – 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 AMERICAN RHAPSODY, an epic yet intimate exploration of the evolution of one family throughout the last half of the 20th century into the turbulence of today and well beyond. Written by five-time Carbonell Award winner and Miami-based playwright Michael McKeever, the play continues the Arsht Center’s Theater Up Close series for the 2022-2023 season.
BROADWAY’S RECORD-BREAKING, TONY AWARD-WINNING MUSICAL SMASH ‘CHICAGO’ CELEBRATES 25 RAZZLE DAZZLE YEARS!
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – The Bank of America Broadway in Fort Lauderdale series, presenting sponsor Nicklaus Children’s Hospital and Apex Touring has announced that tickets for CHICAGO go on sale to the public on Friday, December 16 at 10:00 AM. Tickets 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. Ticket prices start at $35.00*. Tickets will be available for performances February 14 – February 19, 2023.
MEMORABLE NEW YEAR’S EVE GALA AT WICK THEATER FOR BOTH ERICH BERGEN AND AUDIENCE
The upcoming New Year’s Eve gala show at the Wick Theater in Boca Raton is highly unusual for both the gala’s performer, actor/singer Erich Bergen, as well as the audience.
Bergen, born and raised in New York City, will be celebrating his 37th birthday at the gala, a fundraiser for the Wick Theater, performing the songs of the singers and songwriters he and his parents remember, such as Frank Sinatra, Peter Allen, Michael Jackson, Barry Manilow, George Michael as well as the more contemporary Harry Styles, among others.
Tony, Grammy and Emmy Award Winner Rachel Bay Jones Kicks Off the 2023 Aventura Broadway Concert Series
AVENTURA, Fla. (December 23, 2022) – Presented by the City of Aventura, the 2023 Aventura Broadway Concert Series begins on a high note with Rachel Bay Jones Sunday, January 15 at 7 p.m.
With an intimate, soaring voice that creates an incredibly dynamic evening, Jones is best known for originating the role of “Heidi Hansen” in the original Broadway cast of Dear Evan Hansen for which she received Tony, Emmy, Grammy and Lucille Lortel Awards as well as a Drama League Nomination.
INTIMACY DIRECTION – AN ESSENTIAL PART OF PERFORMANCE ART
This is just the beginning of an ongoing conversation.
Theatre is an art that cannot exist without intimacy – and that word has a whole spectrum of life that goes beyond just physical touch between two people. With the development of intimacy direction, actors and creators are not only given more room to explore, but an intimacy director can help tell a story in a way that maybe they had never even considered outside the very obvious route.
A Light-Hearted Fight For The Chance to Dance in “Footloose”
Slow Burn Theatre Company’s latest foray into high quality musical theatre is with a production of Footloose. This 1998 musical was based on the well-known 1984 film, which achieved popular success despite being dismissed by many of the time’s major critics as, for instance, “trashy teenage cheese.”
Holidays With Your Family Stress You Out? “Family Tree” Offers a Solution
“Family Tree” subverts the genre by portraying a family as dysfunctional as it is loving. The second showing of the play’s world premiere was held on Dec. 11 at Arts Garage in Delray Beach. The audience was confronted with their own biases in a story that playwright and director Danielle Trzcinski says was modeled after her own family.
Crooner Anthony Nunziata to Celebrate ‘My Italian Broadway Christmas’ with Famed Fellow Vocalists at the Studio on Friday
Dubbed “America’s new romantic singing sensation,” Brooklyn-born, Nashville-based tenor Anthony Nunziata is kicking off the upcoming holiday weekend with ‘My Italian Broadway Christmas’ Friday, Dec. 23 at 7 p.m. at The Studio in Mizner Park, 201 W. Plaza Real in Boca Raton.
The powerhouse performer and Carnegie Hall headliner whose vocal style has been compared to Michael Bublé, Andrea Bocelli and Michael Bolton will serenade the audience with his soaring tenor voice, singing timeless songs from his Italian, Broadway and holiday repertoires, including soul-stirring renditions of “O Holy Night,” “O Sole Mio,” “Somewhere,” “Funniculi, Funnicula,” “The Christmas Song” and other classics.