What is there to say about Dear Evan Hansen? Probably, not a lot that hasn’t already been said somewhere on the internet, considering both the show’s popularity and the intensity of the discourse that has surrounded it. After premiering on Broadway in 2016, the show won six of the nine Tony Awards that it was nominated for, including Best Musical, but has since suffered somewhat of a backlash after a widely critically panned movie version cast somewhat of a different light on its source.
Marilyn Monroe was clearly one of the most famous, yet least understood film stars in Hollywood history. The rationale – if there is one – for her untimely death in August 1962 has never been explained with certainty, only repackaged in books, films and conspiracy theories that continue to swirl 59 years later.
The Veterans and Homefront Voices group has partnered with The Victory Dolls to sponsor multiple events honoring Veterans and their Homefront voices throughout the year. This past Tuesday on the 80th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor, Veterans, The Victory Dolls, and more joined for the event held at the Mizner Park Cultural Center in Boca Raton.
MNM Theatre Company will partner with North End Theater Company, the production division of Arts Center Management (ACM), a multi-platform theatre management company, to produce the Broadway at LPAC series at the Lauderhill Performing Arts Center. ACM recently signed a long-term contract to produce the series for the City of Lauderhill. The three-show 2022 season will feature the hit musicals Grease, Sister Act and Guys and Dolls.
From Gigi to Puccini and American classics, the winter arts season at Lynn University will feature fan favorites and critically acclaimed productions. Tickets are available online.The season kicked off with performances of Chicago and the university’s annual Gingerbread Holiday Concert.
HAIRSPRAY (@hairsprayontour), Broadway’s Tony Award-winning musical comedy phenomenon, will be presented at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County (@arshtcenter) from December 28, 2021 – January 2, 2022. The new touring production, helmed by Jack O’Brien and Jerry Mitchell, will star Andrew Levitt aka Nina West (from “RuPaul’s Drag Race”)as Edna Turnblad, Niki Metcalf as Tracy Turnblad and Toneisha Harris (from NBC’s “The Voice”) as Motormouth Maybelle with Billy Dawson as Corny Collins, Will Savarese as Link Larkin, Emery Henderson as Penny Pingleton, Brandon G. Stalling as Seaweed J. Stubbs, Kaelee Albritton as Amber Von Tussle and Addison Garner as Velma Von Tussle.
III Points, Club Space & The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County Present BJÖRK ORCHESTRAL Conducted by Bjarni Frímann Bjarnason. A rare and intimate performance featuring Björk and a 32-piece orchestra performing original acoustic arrangements of her work TWO NIGHTS ONLY! February 13 and 16, 2022 at 8 p.m.
If your holiday spirit is a tad low, there’s a show in town that can truly perk up your seasonal sensibilities. Legendary entertainer Marilyn Maye and co-star Nicolas King are headlining “A Winter Spectacular” through Dec. 19 at Boca Raton’s Wick Theatre.
The People Downstairs, which is playing at Dramaworks until this December 19, isn’t the first play about theHolocaust I’ve come across in my reviewing days, nor even the first I’ve come across this season.
