JAY WHITE CAPTURES NEIL DIAMOND LOOK AND SOUND AT PARKER PLAYHOUSE CONCERT ON FEBRUARY 23
Five years ago, singer/songwriter Neil Diamond gave a sold-out concert at FLA Live Arena in Sunrise in honor of his 50th anniversary as a recording artist in 2017. Less than a year later, the then 77-year-old Diamond announced, to the dismay of his fans, that he will no longer tour after he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.
“Next to Normal” Musical Explores Life with Mental Illness Coming to Arsht Center March 16-April 9
Miami, FL – February 17, 2023 – Zoetic Stage (@ZoeticStageMIA) and the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County (@arshtcenter) are proud to present the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning NEXT TO NORMAL, a deeply moving musical about the effects of mental illness on a suburban family. The musical features an all-local cast and will run in the Arsht Center’s intimate Carnival Studio Theater from March 16-April 9, 2023.
Why Giancarlo Rodaz’s “Beauty And The Beast” Just Might Be the Start of a Theatre Renaissance
To say that Area Stage Company’s immersive reimagining of Beauty and The Beast took the South Florida theatre world by storm may be a bit of an understatement. Along with earning rave reviews across the board and picking up several major awards including a Silver Palm and 4 Carbonells, the show sold out the entirety of its six week run last August. Demand for tickets remained high enough at the show’s close to warrant its current return engagement, which has also been selling out the majority of its performances.
STRONG FAMILY DRAMA “THE RIVER NIGER” FLOWS AT M ENSEMBLE
Written By Christine Dolen
Originally published on artburstmiami.com
Miami’s venerable M Ensemble Company was founded in 1971, the year before Joseph A. Walker’s “The River Niger” had its off-Broadway premiere. That first production by the Negro Ensemble Company won a best play Obie Award, transferred to Broadway in 1973, then captured the best play Tony Award in 1974.
MIAMI PREMIERE OF “TEBAS LAND” BY ACCLAIMED URUGUAYAN PLAYWRIGHT SERGIO BLANCO
Internationally renowned Uruguayan playwright Sergio Blanco‘s recent work, Tebas Land will have its Miami premiere when South Florida’s own Arca Images brings its production to the Miami-Dace County Auditorium (MDCA) from March 16 through 19. Presented in partnership with MDCA in the original Spanish, with simultaneous English translation. The play is inspired by the famous Greek Oedipus patricidal myth. It tells the story of a contemporary man accused of killing his own father, and his changing relationship with a writer who wants to create his own play-within-a-play about the murder.
Boca Stage Offers a Hilarious Take on Divorce, “Grand Horizons,” Playing Through Feb. 26
Playwright Bess Wohl made it to Broadway in 2019 with a play festooned with systematic observations and offbeat family reactions to an elderly couple’s desire to divorce after a half-century of marriage.
Called Grand Horizons – named after the independent living community that senior citizens Nancy (Lourelene Snedeker) and her husband, Bill (Michael Gioia) call home — the show is a cauldron of complexities that mixes laughable situations with sharp one-liners, family interactions that often go awry and plenty of self-examination by all parties concerned with their parents’ proposed demutualization.
Two Theatrical Staycations in “Escape To Margaritaville” and “Honeymoon In Vegas”
Though it’s been a while since I attempted to address two shows in the space of one review, the fact that both Actor’s Playhouse’s Escape To Margaritaville and Slow Burn Theatre Company’s Honeymoon In Vegas revolve around the exotic destinations referred to in their titles seemed to suggest an almost too-obvious angle for comparing these distinct theatrical staycations.
DRINK IN PINK MARTINI’S MULTI-GENRE MUSIC MIX IN ITS 5TH APPEARANCE AT THE ARSHT
Written By: Guillermo Perez
Originally published on artburstmiami.com