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Nine photos give a peek at what the new Wick Theatre looked like during its open house Tuesday / Staff photos by Bill Hirschman
Arts Radio Network kicked off its series of live radio play versions of iconic movies with a one-night production of A Star Is Born on Aug. 15 on the stage of the host, The Theatre at Arts G…
Galen Lambert and Charise Castro Smith, two performers with Miami backgrounds, are among the international cast and creative staff involved in Tarell Alvin McCraney's production of Shakespea…
The question nagging Kutumba Theatre Project's The Beebo Brinker Chronicles was what did it want to be? Farce? Drama? Satire? Soap opera? A lampoon of 1950's pulp novels? An homage to 1950's…
The tiny Thinking Cap Theatre, which built its reputation on experimental, provocative and socially-conscious work, plans to double its programming and staffing while retrofitting a new venu…
It's not the slamming doors, Marx Brothers chases or repartee that make Broward Stage Door's farce Moon Over Buffalo an enjoyable afternoon laughing at the foibles of vainglorious creatures…
Proud parents with youngsters who adore being in the spotlight often appreciate tips from others in the field. The Plaza Theatre, a non-profit performing arts venue east of the Lantana area,…
Encouraging trends emerge while poking among the entrails of the new season schedules for South Florida theater. Among them: an emphasis on new and newer works as producers and artistic dire…
o this is just a baker's dozen that I personally rate the most intriguing, promising or unarguably important opportunities to be entertained or moved in the coming 2013-2014 season. But no r…
Teenagers may hold the survival secrets for South Florida theaters to build a crucial new generation of patrons. Students say they seek theater that is relevant, affordable, accessible, less…
The Governor's cabinet gave crucial approval Tuesday to Miami-Dade County, Florida International University and GableStage partnering to reopen the historic Coconut Grove Playhouse as a prof…
Playwright Jessica Farr and director Paul Tei create a fever dream in Mad Cat Theatre Company's Blow Me, depicting a tragic death spiral, relieved by copious droll dancing-at-your-funeral ep…
The state will consider a crucial step in the push to reopen the Coconut Grove Playhouse as a professional theater and educational complex. The Governor's Cabinet has slated approval of a pa…
Palm Beach Dramaworks cancelled its Wednesday performance of the staged concert of Company to adjust to changes required when the New York licensing agent found that characters had been omit…
Shorts Gone Wild is pretty tame stuff for South Florida, but this outing of light comedies with a live-and-let-live LGBT message is more consistently entertaining than some of City Theatre's…
You may long for Palm Beach Dramaworks' staged concert of Company to have one more week of rehearsal just to let it ripen and deepen, but what's on stage remains an unassailably well-crafted…
When actress Patti Gardner suggested that it would only be fair if I was on the receiving end of a Green Room questionnaire, I took refuge in the journalist's centuries-old rationalization :…
As we've said, this is the summer of free staged readings of works in progress and works being considered for future production. There's two more intriguing entries slated for Monday night t…
If anybody dares you to bet your sports car that it won't snow in Miami in August, better go find your pink slip. There's a blizzard inside the Arsht Center nearly every night that'll have y…
Arts Garage is hosting a series of live radio play versions of iconic movies produced on stage by Arts Radio Network. Radio scripts from the 1940s adapting A Star Is Born, It's a Wonderful L…
Theater Shelf, a recurring feature, reviews recently-released books, CDs and DVDs of interest to theater lovers. Some are popular titles like a new Original Cast Recording, others are works …
Mad Cat Theatre Company has a reputation for providing a stage to young artists seeking more adventurous fare. But now, for the second year, it's also putting its money behind its commitmen…
There's no room for missteps at the intimate Theatre at Arts Garage cabaret. In this production of Beyond the Rainbow: Garland at Carnegie Hall everything is up close and very personal in a …
Cut through the South Boston accents and into the fibers of Good People, and you'll find that David Lindsay-Abaire's 2011 Tony nominee is a character study of the finest sort. However, the …
In the wake of shuttered troupes and emerging newcomers, the rising phoenix of the Wick Theatre and Costume Museum in Boca Raton is awash in patrons and professionals' optimism and pessimism…
