Roxy Theatre Group Guys and Dolls with a cast of 70 young people 3/12-28/10



THE ROXY THEATRE GROUP PRESENTS THE MUSICAL FABLE OF BROADWAY, GUYS AND DOLLS
March 12th-March 28th, The Roxy Performing Arts Center
WHAT: The Roxy Theatre Group (RTG), a non-profit arts organization for children, is proud to present the musical fable of Broadway, Guys and Dolls, featuring a cast of 70 youth, ages 10-22 and an orchestra of students from the Greater Miami Youth Symphony (GMYS), a non-profit organization dedicated to training young musicians. Guys and Dolls is a comedic story of love, money, and salvation in New York City.
WHO: The young ensemble is comprised of actors, dancers, singers and musicians representing 32 different schools and colleges in Miami-Dade County.
WHEN: March 12-14, March 19-21 and March 26-28. Fridays & Saturdays, 8:00 p.m. Sundays, March 14 & 21, 7:00p.m. & Sunday, March 28, 3:00p.m. Tickets are $20.
OPENING NIGHT: There will be a cocktail reception and after-show party on Friday, March 12 and tickets are $50. All proceeds benefit RTG’s Student Scholarship Fund.
WHERE: The Roxy Performing Arts Center, 1645 SW 107 Ave. Miami, FL 33165.
GUYS AND DOLLS is based on a story & characters by Damon Runyon with music and lyrics written by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows. Set in post World War II, New York, Guys and Dolls is an oddball, romantic comedy that soars with the spirit of Broadway!
For more information please call 305-226-0030, email SusannePinedo@gmail.com, Pat@SanPedroProductions.com or visit www.RoxyPAC.com.

The Roxy Theatre Group, a non-profit organization, offers classes in drama, voice and dance to children ages 3-17, with year-round programs including an after school care program and a performing arts summer camp.
Photos by: Nora Onate.

Guillermo Calderon Diciembre Teatro en el blanco 2/19-20/10


Guillermo Calderón’s Diciembre
Teatro en el blanco
Friday and Saturday, February 19 – 20, 2010.
8 p.m.
Byron Carlyle Theater
500 71st St., Miami Beach
Tickets for Performance
on Friday, February 19
From the roiling imagination of Chilean writer-director Guillermo Calderón comes this politically charged, haunting drama about a near-future war in the Andes. Peppered with surprising doses of pitch-black comedy, Diciembre takes place in Santiago on Christmas Eve 2014 with the city besieged by Peruvian forces. Young soldier Jorge returns home on a 24-hour leave to celebrate the holiday with his pregnant twin sisters, who each have sharply different views on nationalism and the morality of war. One wants Jorge to defect, the other demands he return to the fight. Jorge, however, has his own take on the matter. Smartly produced by his dynamic Santiago-based company Teatro en el Blanco (“Theater on Target”), Calderón’s play strips away ostentatious theatrical conceit for us to hear clearly the terror knocking at the door. Featuring Paula Zúñiga, Trinidad González and Jorge Becker. Performed in Spanish with English supertitles.

Live Play Readings of 6 short original plays on Love and Romance 2/8/10


Love & Romance are the topics for February’s Live Play Readings of 6 short original plays
Join us on Monday, February 8th at 7pm
2ND MONDAY PLAY READINGS ARE FREE EVENTS
at Arts at St Johns, 4760 Pine Tree Drive, Miami Beach, FL 33140
Barbara Fox coordinates live short play readings at Arts at St Johns for our series of Second Monday Play Readings.
Love & Romance are the topics of February’s six short plays by the following writers:
Dennis Bass – A Test For A Valentine. Allen Provost – Noteworthy.
Barbara Fox – Quickmeet. Marla Schwartz – Peeling Off The Mask.
Jonathan Rose – Internet Dating. Dee Deringer Piquette – Still Crazy.
Readings begin at 7 pm.
This is a free event at Arts at St Johns, 4760 Pine Tree Drive, Miami Beach, FL 33140.
More info: artsatstjohns.com, or call 305-613-2325.

The Telephone Menotti comic opera with Beverly Coulter and Eddie Valdes at Arts at St Johns 2/6/10


Join Us on Saturday, February 6th at 8pm
when Arts at St Johns presents
Gian Carlo Menotti’s comic opera
“THE TELEPHONE”
starring Beverly Coulter and Eddie Valdés
at Arts at St Johns, 4760 Pine Tree Drive, Miami Beach, FL 33140
Performed in English. This Opera will be preceded by a potpourri of duets from
Opera and Zaruela depicting different dilemmas in amorous relationships.
Just in time for Valentine’s Day!
Click here for a sample of “The Telephone” on YouTube.
RESERVE YOUR TICKET NOW and Save $5.
Advance tickets online $15. At the door: $20.
More info: artsatstjohns.com, or call 305-613-2325.

Melt One Community One Play at the Miracle Theatre 2/10-28/10


A must for all cultural arts enthusiasts!

The Leadership Miami Alumni Group selects a community service project each year for “incubation” which is designed to sustain the project and continue its introduction into the community. This year they have selected the community service project “Diversity through the Arts.”

Set against the backdrop of a growing skyline, diminishing affordable housing and the necessary interaction of Miami’s different cultures, Melt tells the story of an African American brother and sister, a Jewish father and son and a Hispanic mother and her son who find their lives intertwining over social and moral issues as seen from the perspective of each culture. The Leadership Miami Alumni Group believes that the “incubation” of this project in a ‘ONE COMMUNITY, ONE PLAY’ event will have a positive impact on the nature of the ongoing community discussion about the diversity of our population.

With today’s economic situation, we are seeing more stress on our community and it is even more important now than ever that we address the problem by easing the tension and bringing our community together in new and artistic ways. The Group will fundraise to donate to the community approximately half of the tickets (2,000) to various relevant groups, such as, community based and civic organizations, high school students, academicians, clergy and members of local fire and police departments to truly make it a ‘ONE COMMUNITY, ONE PLAY’ event. Talkbacks with community leaders about the experiences garnered during and after the play are an essential part of the project and will take place both on stage and via social media.

In order for The Leadership Miami Alumni Group to make this worthwhile project possible we will need our community’s support. If you or you know of someone who would like to get involved either through volunteer efforts, audience development, marketing, or fundraising please let me know.

Tickets can be purchased at www.actorsplayhouse.org and all money raised goes to the South Florida Progress Foundation, a not-for-profit charitable organization 501(c)3.

Please join our Facebook page and contribute to the ongoing discussion about the Play by visiting this link http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?ref=profile&id=5307448#/pages/MELT-One-CommunityOne-Play/211927847720?ref=mf

HELD OVER – SoBe Arts Grand Opening Cabaret 1/22-23/10


All regularly scheduled performances last weekend of the Grand Cabaret extravaganza in the Little Stage Theater @ SoBe Arts were sold out! Two shows have been added by popular demand, Friday, Jan. 22 and Saturday Jan. 23 – 9:00PM (Theater opens at 8:30 for bar and food). Reserved Seating only. If you wanted to see the production but could not get tickets this is your chance. Buy soon to avoid being shut out again.
Tickets for the cabaret this Friday and Saturday are $25 and can be purchsed by calling 305-674-9220, visiting the website www.sobearts.org/cabaret.html or visiting SoBe Institute of the Arts in person weekdays between 12:00-7:00pm at 2100 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach.

Gold Coast Opera Announes Series in Miramar 1/26/10



Miramar Cultural Center presents
Gold Coast Opera 2010 Series
Die Fledermaus
Life looks good to Gabriel von Eisenstein until he, his lovely wife, and their rambunctious maid are caught in a practical joke that exposes all of their secrets! Mistaken identities, royal balls, and too much Champagne create merriment galore.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 . 8pm
Ticket: $40, $45 (Box office fees will apply)
http://browardcenter.org/

Family Friendly Performance Bits ‘N Pieces presents Alice in Wonderland at Art and Culture Center of Hollywood 1/30/10


Bits ‘N Pieces presents:
Alice in Wonderland
Saturday, January 30, 2010, 2 pm
Hollywood Central Performing Arts Center

Our 2010 season of “Family Friendly Performances” kicks off with Bits ‘N Pieces splendiferous musical production of a beloved childrens’ story. Bits ‘N Pieces presents Alice in Wonderland, using giant nine-foot-tall puppets. In their original production of the Lewis Carroll classic, our heroine escapes the boredom of this world and ventures into her dream of another. Bring the whole family, as these bigger-than-life puppets even make adults feel “child-sized!”

Meet the costumed performers after the show and bring your camera!

Click here to purchase tickets or for more information.

Art and Culture Center of Hollywood
1650 Harrison St.
Hollywood, FL 33020
954. 921. 3274
954. 921. 3273 fax
ArtAndCultureCenter.org

Betty Boop “Live” Onstage during Art Deco Weekend in the revived 1937 Little Stage Theater at SoBe Arts 1/15-17/10


Grand Opening Cabaret at SoBe Arts has been selling out – Get your tickets early for next weekend’s shows as we are expecting more of the same. http://sobearts.org/cabaret.html

Starring actors Ivette Viñas, Andres Lefevre, Philip de la Cal & Montserrat Franco and featuring Montserrat Franco as Betty Boop, Andres Lefevre as Cab Calloway’s Ghost. Created & Directed by Carson Kievman. Keyboards, Kiki Sanchez – Clarinet, Paul Gordillo – Tenor Saxophone, Juan Silveira – Trumpet, Osvaldo Fleitas – Drums, Tony Suarez – Bass, James Quinlan – Conductor, Carson Kievman

Little Stage Theater @SoBe Arts is an intimate space that will provide seating for approximately 60 cabaret patrons so sell-outs are anticipated. Click here to purchase tickets. For more information or to reserve seats: events@sobearts.org- (305) 674-9220

Puppets Theater By Bambalina At Prometeo Theater 1/30/10


PUPPETS THEATER BY BAMBALINA
DATE: 01-30-2010
Program to promote Spanish culture
CCEMiami and Prometeo Theatre of the Florida Center for the Literary Artspresent:
KRAFT BY BAMBALINA
Saturday January 30, 8pm
Puppets Theater for the whole family
At Prometeo Theater
300 N.E. Second Avenue, Room 1101
Miami, FL 33132
www.bambalina.es
www.prometeotheatre.com

Kraft
“Trees give us shade, fruit, flowers, medicine, oxygen… and paper. We were asking ourselves where the soul of a tree converted into paper could be hiding. One thing occurred to us: make the folds sing. This gave us some sounds that led us to notes for a primary musical scale, the tone of which, once unfolded, magically rebuilt the rustling of the leaves in the trees, the murmur of waves on the seashore, the crackle of fire or the thunder of a summer storm. No longer can we put off the need for a playful and vital spectacle that will simply deal with our love for things and people. Quite simply, letting us move on, without artifice or ambiguities without great pretensions. And that is what gave rise to Kraft, like a primary idea, like a kid’s thought, by pilling up paper and cardboard for a big game”.

Artistic Team:
Script and stage direction: Jaume Policarpo
Musical direction: Jesús Salvador “Chapi”
Actors: Merce Tienda, Óscar Jareño/Josep Mª Zapater, David Durán/Vicente Arlandis/Jaume Policarpo.

Night at the Opera Carmen with Eurocircle Miami 5/4/10


NIGHT AT THE OPERA: CARMEN
Join us for a delightful evening of music and grand entertainment.

Tuesday, May 4th 2010 at 7pm for meet and greet (details to come), 8pm for the opera.
Ziff Ballet Opera House
Adrienne Arsht Center
1300 Biscayne Blvd.
Miami, FL 33132

Click here and login to your EuroCircle account to sign up!

The promo code for this offer is CARMEN2. To redeem this offer, visit:
http://www.arshtcenter.org/tickets/account/login.aspx
and enter the promo code: CARMEN2 when you log in; you will need to be logged in to view the group special discount.
NOTE: This special offer is only available online for the show/date listed and is not available at the box office window or through the box office call center

This French masterpiece by Georges Bizet has become arguably the most popular opera ever produced turning into a source of inspiration for other composers, film adaptations, television, theater, etc. Chances are you’ll be surprised to recognize many of its melodious passages. Listen to this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXNjqxZ11NQ

Whether this is your first time at the opera or you already happen to be a connoisseur, this opportunity is not to be missed not only because we’ll have the chance to meet and greet for some vin before and during this operatic spectacle but also for the special online discount available for our members (below).

So save the date, and get your tickets the sooner the better since tickets are selling fast.

NOTICE: for those who will be at the Arsht Center before the show to meet and greet, please keep the following number in order to find us in the Lobby, you may either call or text: 561 843 6433

Chinese Golden Dragon Acrobats at Miramar Cultural Center/ArtsPark 1/5/10


Date: Tuesday, 1/5/2010
Time: 7:00 PM
Tickets: $35, $25, $15
Venue: Miramar Cultural Center

This event is located at the:
Miramar Cultural Center/ArtsPark
2400 Civic Center Place
Miramar, Florida 33025

The Golden Dragon Acrobats represent the best of a time honored tradition that began more than twenty-five centuries ago. The Golden Dragons are recognized throughout the United States and abroad as the premiere Chinese acrobatic touring company of today.

The reputation of the company is solidly rooted in a commitment to the highest of production values and an attention to artistic details that is unparalleled in the art form. World renowned impresario Danny Chang and choreographer Angela Chang combine award-winning acrobatics, traditional dance, spectacular costumes, ancient and contemporary music and theatrical techniques to present a show of breathtaking skill and spellbinding beauty

Click here for more information about The Golden Dragon Acrobats

Celebrate the New Year with Salute To Vienna at John S. and James L. Knight Hall 1/2/10

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Saturday, January 2 @ 8 p.m.
John S. and James L. Knight Hall

What a fantastic way to celebrate the New Year with Salute to Vienna as it returns for another sensational performance! Inspired by Vienna’s world-famous New Year’s Concert, Salute to Vienna brings the same splendor, charm and beauty to North America. Fall in love with Vienna’s “Waltz King,” Johann Strauss Jr., in an unforgettable and uplifting, performance of music, song and dance!

Enjoy a brilliant cast of over 75 musicians, European singers and magnificent dancers: a brand new cast and a splendid new program features operetta excerpts, popular waltzes, polkas and marches. Guaranteed to inspire and delight!
What The Nutcracker means to Christmas, “Salute to Vienna” means to the New Year!
Don’t miss this exciting and joyous performance!

FEATURING:
-The Strauss Symphony of Americaâ„¢
-Klaus Arp, conductor (Frankfurt-Vienna)
-Ute Ziemer, soprano (Vienna)
-Thorsteinn Árbjörnsson, tenor (Vienna-Iceland)
-With dancers from: Kiev-Aniko Ballet of Ukraine

BUY TICKETS NOW
or call the box office at 305.949.6722 to purchase your tickets today!

The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County
1300 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, FL 33132

Special Offer for 101 Dalmatians Musical 12/30/09-1/3/10

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December 30 – January 3
Sanford and Dolores Ziff Ballet Opera House

Celebrate the New Year with the family!
Select seats and performances are only $20.10!

A topsy-turvy musical adventure story full of songs, dance, and spectacle! The family-friendly tale concerns Mr. and Mrs. Pongo, a pair of spotted dogs, whose puppies are dog-napped by Cruella de Vil. 101 Dalmatians is a one-of-a-kind show with a surprise ending that will leave everyone cheering!

Led by the creative team of Jerry Zaks (La Cage Aux Folles, Smokey Joe’s Café, “Everybody Loves Raymond”), B.T. McNichol (Spamalot, Billy Elliot, Cabaret) and Dennis DeYoung (founding member of the rock group Styx). 101 DALMATIANS THE MUSICAL will transport audiences to a slightly topsy-turvy, exciting, and altogether fantastic reality that gives grand license for song, dance and spectacle.

View behind-the-scenes video here.

To get your discount,
CLICK HERE
and enter promo code NEWYEAR or use the code when you call our box office at 305.949.6722.

Dine before your performance at Prelude! We will have kid-friendly menu items available.
The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County
1300 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, FL 33132

Get Your Tickets for Wicked Before the General Public

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March 3 – March 21
Sanford and Dolores Ziff Ballet Opera House

Special Offer for Broadway lovers.
Purchase your tickets before they go on sale to the general public on Friday, January 15th.

Back by “Popular” Demand! The New York Times calls WICKED “Broadway’s biggest blockbuster,” and when it first played in Miami in 2007, it broke box office records and sold out in record time!

Long before that girl from Kansas arrives in Munchkinland, two girls meet in the land of Oz. One – born with emerald green skin – is smart, fiery and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very popular. How these two grow to become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch makes for “the most complete and completely satisfying new musical in a long time.” USA Today

Presale: NOW
Public On Sale: Friday, January 15 @ 10 a.m
BUY TICKETS NOW
and enter promo code YELLOWBRICK or use the promo code when you call our box office at 305.949.6722.
The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County
1300 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, FL 33132

Wish You Were Here History of Miami Beach the Musical 10/1-3/10

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“Miami Beach – the Musical”
The 100+ history of Miami Beach & the characters who played a role in this history — seen through the eyes of a photographer and his magical genie!
Oct 1, 2, and 3. Fri. & Sat. 8 pm and Sun. at 3 pm
Arts at St Johns, 4760 Pinetree Drive, Miami Beach 33140
Tickets now on sale ONLINE.

Make a donation of $50 or more for free tickets.

A donations of $250 or higher gives you special treatment!
Opening Night:
* Walk the red carpet along with other VIPS & donors.
* Join famous celebrities, nefarious politicians and sexy starlets in front-row seats!

At the VIP After-Party on Sunday evening, Oct 3:
* Mingle with actors and singers.
* Hobnob with other prominent people.
* Meet “Miami’s in-demand director” David Kingery.
Your name and logo in printed & online publicity.

Tax-deductible donations can be made online:
CLICK HERE!
FOR MORE INFO, contact us at 305-613-2325 or artsatstjohns@bellsouth.net

Artistic Director: David Kingery. Music Director: Chris Lobdell.
Co-Director: Kevin Black. Lyricist: Doug Cureton.
Scriptwriters: David Kingery, David Leddick & Dale Penn.
Music composers: Andrew Sargent and David Cohen.
artsatstjohns@bellsouth.net

Coming OCTOBER 1, 2 and 3, 2010 “The History of Miami Beach – The Musical” is an original production featuring ‘your’ stories of places, times and happenings covering the past 100+ years! This show will offer plenty of opportunities for individuals, performers, organizations and businesses to be part of this show! Please contact us if you have stories about living, working or visiting Miami Beach, particularly in its earlier years!! Mark Your Calendar Now!! OCTOBER 1, 2 and 3, 2010! 305.613.2325
artsatstjohns@bellsouth.net www.artsatstjohns.com

Play Readings of Original Local Short Plays 11/2/09

Mystery
Monday, Nov. 2, 7 pm
PLAY READINGS
Original Short Plays by local authors
Read by local actors

PLAYS WILL INCLUDE:
A Nightmare of a Gift, by Jessica Jardine
Home For the Holidays, by Barbara Fox
Get Out Now or Try Again, by Dennis Bass
The Back Lot Costume Shoppe, by Dee Deringer Piquette
And two more TBA

Meet the authors and actors at a TALK BACK after the readings.

Free and open to the public
INFO: 305-613-2325
LOCATION: St.John’s on the Lake, 4760 Pinetree Drive
Miami Beach 33140
www.artsatstjohns.com
Barbara Fox/Playreading Coordinator
David Kingery/Artistic Director
4760 Pine Tree Drive
Miami Beach, Florida 33140

Opening Weekend of Naked Women Fully Clothed 10/22-23/09

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Starring Sally Bondi, Lela Elam, Jacqueline Laggy, Jude Parry,
Carol Sussman and Alisha Todd

A titillating, provocative and humorous collection of short plays and monologues that reveal and lay bare an array of secrets and revelations. Join us and find out just how much we’re willing to expose during this evening of sweet and snappy shorts!

October 22 – November 15, 2009
Preview on Thursday, October 22nd
Opening Night on Friday, October 23rd
Performance Times:
Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays @ 8pm,
Sundays @ 2pm.

Call 866-811-4111 for tickets by phone or purchase on-line at www.womenstheatreproject.com. You may also click here to order tickets.

Adults – $25. / Students – $15. (limited availability)

Special group rates available! Please call our administrative office for details at 954-462-2334.

Cash, checks and all major credit cards accepted. Reservations are strongly suggested due to limited seating. Please arrive early to the venue. Due to the intimate nature of our theatre, latecomers cannot be seated once the show begins.

Performances are at Sixth Star Studios: 505 NW 1st Ave. Ft. Lauderdale, conveniently located one block west of Andrews Avenue at NW 5th Street in downtown Ft. Lauderdale.

Directions from I-95: Take I-95 and exit Broward Blvd heading east. At Andrews Avenue make a left (north). Go five blocks to 5th Street and make a left (west). Go one block to NW 1st Avenue and make a right (north). Sixth Star Studios will be on your left. Free parking on the street.

Join us for an Opening Weekend After Party
On Friday, October 23rd, an exclusive Opening Weekend After Party will be held at the loft of TWTP Producer, Meredith Lasher. Enjoy an evening of complimentary wine and hors d’oeuvres with the cast, crew and director following the Friday evening performance.

For more information please call our administrative office at
954-462-2334.

Salute To Vienna A New Year Tradition at Adrienne Arsht Center 1/2/10

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Salute to Vienna
New Year’s Tradition at the
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts
Saturday, January 2 @ 8pm
John S. and James L. Knight Concert Hall

What a fantastic way to celebrate the New Year with Salute to Vienna as it returns for another sensational performance! Inspired by Vienna’s world-famous New Year’s Concert, Salute to Vienna brings the same splendor, charm and beauty to North America. Fall in love with Vienna’s “Waltz King,” Johann Strauss Jr., in an unforgettable and uplifting, performance of music, song and dance!
Enjoy a brilliant cast of over 75 musicians, European singers and magnificent dancers: a brand new cast and a splendid new program features operetta excerpts, popular waltzes, polkas and marches. Guaranteed to inspire and delight!
What The Nutcracker means to Christmas, “Salute to Vienna” means to the New Year!
Don’t miss this exciting and joyous performance!

FEATURING:
The Strauss Symphony of Americaâ„¢
Klaus Arp, conductor (Frankfurt-Vienna)
Ute Ziemer, soprano (Vienna)
Thorsteinn Árbjörnsson, tenor (Vienna-Iceland)
With dancers from:Kiev-Aniko Ballet of Ukraine

BUY TICKETS NOW
Or call our box office at 305.949.6722.
The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County
1300 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, FL 33132

Mad Cat Theatre Company free play reading Shepherd’s Pie at The Light Box 10/19/09

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Please Join Us For A Sneak Peak Reading Of
Shepherd’s Pie
By Ivonne Azurdia And Paul Tei
When: October 19th @ 7:00 Pm
Where: The Light Box, 3000 Biscayne Boulevard
With: Erik Fabregat, Todd Allen Durkin, Erin Joy Schmidt, Sofia Citarella, Ivonne Azurdia And Betsy Graver
Please Join Us For Some Fine Irish Beer And Delicacies
Rsvp: Ann Scully, 305.799.2746 Or Ann@Skymar.Com
This benefit reading is free, but donations will be gladly accepted because we need to fill the pot of gold at the end of our rainbow in preparation for the January 20th performance of Shepherd’s Pie presented by Miami Light Project & the South Beach Comedy Festival at the Colony Theater!

The Color Purple Begins October 27 at The Adrienne Arsht Center

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The Color Purple
October 27 – November 1
Ziff Ballet Opera House

It’s a soul-stirring musical based on the classic Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker and the Oscar-nominated film by Steven Spielberg.

It is the unforgettable and inspiring story of a woman named Celie, who triumphs over tremendous odds to find joy in life, and her true inner beauty. Nominated for eleven Tony Awards, THE COLOR PURPLE is a landmark theatrical event. With a joyous GRAMMY-nominated score featuring jazz, gospel and blues, THE COLOR PURPLE is capturing the hearts of young and old, and uniting audiences in a celebration of love.

BUY TICKETS NOW
Or call the box office at 305.949.6722 to purchase your tickets today!

Duelling Divas Free not Cheap Goods at First Presbyterian of Fort Lauderdale 10/4/09

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Duelling Divas: The Battle Begins!
Greetings!
We wanted to personally invite you to our opening season gala event at First Presbyterian of Fort Lauderdale. While there is NO ADMISSION CHARGE, that does NOT mean we are low-brow! We’re funnier, juicier, and, if possible, LOUDER than ever!
Diva on!
La Bouvier & The Baroness
Sunday, October 4 ~ 7:30 PM
First Presbyterian Church
401 SE 15th Avenue
Fort Lauderdale FL
For information: 954-462-6200 x228 or click

A taste of “OUT IN THE TROPICS” at Sleepless Night! featuring BETTY, Adora, Juan Carlos Zaldivar, Miami Gay Men’s Chorus and Drag it Out 11/7/09

A taste of “OUT IN THE TROPICS” at Sleepless Night! featuring BETTY, Adora, Juan Carlos Zaldivar, Miami Gay Men’s Chorus and Drag it Out…
Sat. Nov. 7th 10PM – Midnight at the Colony Theater
Gender-bending, great music, lots of laughs and some powerful takes on history and sexual identity are all part of the upcoming performing arts showcase. The evening will feature the women-led pop-rock group BETTY, whose hilarious and always fresh musical performances and theater work has made them popular world-wide, as well as a great line-up of local GLBT artists. The M.C. for the night will be Adora, South Florida’s infamous gender illusionist known for his spot-on comedy and lip-synching in both English and Spanish. Juan Carlos Zaldivar will appear in his Martí and I, a mixed-media piece that blends video and live performance. Drag It Out will present their female-to-male “drag king” show that is sure to entertain audience members of all persuasions. And finally, the evening will be rounded out with a performance from an ensemble of the always-popular Miami Gay Men’s Chorus.
FREE!
A CO-PRESENTATION WITH City of Miami Beach’s Sleepless Night; Tropical Wave Productions and MiamiARTzine.com

Betty & More at A Taste of Out in the Tropics 11/7/09

BETTY & More at “A Taste of Out in the Tropics”
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Performing Arts Showcase Sleepless Night at Miami Beach’s Colony Theatre, November 7, 2009

Gender-bending, great music, lots of laughs and some powerful takes on history and sexual identity are all part of the upcoming A Taste of Out in the Tropics Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (GLBT) performing arts showcase. It begins at 10:00 pm and continues on past midnight on Saturday, November 7, 2009 at the Colony Theatre, 1040 Lincoln Road. A Taste of Out in the Tropics is part of the annual Sleepless Night event, a vibrant free indoor and outdoor cultural festival spread out over multiple locations throughout Miami Beach on the 13-hour night that marks the end of Daylight Savings Time. A Taste of Out in the Tropics is a presentation of Robert Rosenberg/Tropical Wave Productions, in association with FUNDarte and MiamiARTzine.com, with the support of the City of Miami Beach and other funders.

A Taste of Out in the Tropics’ featured performer is the women-led pop-rock group BETTY, whose hilarious and always fresh musical performances and theater work has made them popular worldwide. They are well known for their music for the groundbreaking Showtime lesbian series The L Word, including the racy theme song, as well as their Off-Broadway show BETTY Rules. Lily Tomlin has said they are “so joyously captivating, you’ll ovulate” and Gloria Steinem has commented that they “sing with heart, humor….and attitude.” BETTY will perform a full concert to close the evening.

A great line-up of local GLBT artists will open A Taste of Out in the Tropics with brief sets from 10:00 to 11:30 pm. The M.C. for the night will be Adora, South Florida’s infamous gender illusionist known for his spot-on comedy and lip-synching in both English and Spanish. Juan Carlos Zaldivar will appear in his Martí and I, a mixed-media piece that blends video and live performance. Drag It Out will present their female-to-male “drag king” show that is sure to entertain audience members of all persuasions. And finally, the evening will be rounded out with a performance from an ensemble of the always-popular Miami Gay Men’s Chorus.

A Taste of Out in the Tropics is a preview of what will be South Florida’s first full-fledged gay contemporary performing arts festival, Out in the Tropics, coming to Miami in July 2010. The festival will present award-winning, cutting-edge GLBT performing artists from around the country who address broad gender and social issues, for an extended weekend of shows and other events. “We are so excited to launch this new Out in the Tropics project by participating in Sleepless Night this year, “ says Out in the Tropics Artistic Director Robert Rosenberg. “Our intent is to create a gay and lesbian signature event that can have both a local and national profile while exposing South Florida audiences to new and exciting work that rarely if ever gets presented in the region.”

Admission to A Taste of Out in the Tropics is free, with no reservations required, as is the case for all Sleepless Night events. For more information visit www.fundarte.us and www.sleeplessnight.org or contact robert@tropicalwavemiami.com.

Robert Rosenberg, whose Tropical Wave Productions is presenting A Taste of Out in the Tropics, is the Emmy Award-winning filmmaker of the classic gay documentary “Before Stonewall;” was the Founding Director of the Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival; and has worked in many capacities in presenting live performance in South Florida. A Taste of Out in the Tropics is presented in association with FUNDarte, a multidisciplinary non-profit organization dedicated to producing, presenting, and promoting music, theater, dance, film and visual arts that speak to Miami’s diverse cultures, with a special emphasis on artists from Latin America, the Caribbean and Spain; and MiamiARTzine.com, a biweekly online magazine that showcases the diverse events and activities of South Florida’s cultural organizations and individual artists.

A Taste of Out in the Tropics project and organizational support comes in part from the City of Miami Beach Cultural Affairs Program, Cultural Arts Council; Glassworks Multimedia; Mega TV; the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Mayor and Board of County Commissioners; and the Southern Arts Federation (SAF) in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and Florida Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Arts Council.

WHAT: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender performance showcase featuring BETTY
WHEN: Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 10:00 pm
WHERE: Colony Theatre, 1040 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach
TICKETS: Free admission as part of the City of Miami Beach’s Sleepless Night event
INFO: Visit www.fundarte.us and www.sleeplessnight.org
High-resolution images and video are available upon request –
– Performers and presenters are available for advance interviews –
– More about BETTY at www.hellobetty.com –
– More about other artists at –
www.adoramiami.com
www.zaldivar.info
www.dragitout.org
www.miamigaychorus.org

Save $10 on tickets to see The Harder They Come at the Adrienne Arsht Center 9/6/09

Save $10 on tickets to see The Harder They Come-LIVE! A jammin’ reggae musical based on the 70’s Jimmy Cliff Film on Sunday, September 6 at 2pm OR 8pm.
The Harder They Come
Ziff Ballet Opera House
A hard-driving, irresistible musical celebration! Young singer Ivan Martin heads to Kingston with dreams of becoming a reggae star, but a corrupt and drug-fueled music industry drives him into a fast and furious life as Jamaica’s most-wanted outlaw and most-celebrated underground star. Accompanied by a killer band of outstanding reggae musicians, the cast performs all the classic songs from the film soundtrack, including “By The Rivers of Babylon,” the title song, and the unforgettable global phenomenon, “You Can Get It If You Really Want.”
To redeem this offer, visit http://www.arshtcenter.org/tickets/account/login.aspx
and log in using the following discount code to receive the discount for the performance listed above: DANCEHALL
This special offer is only available online for the shows listed and is not available at the box office window or through the box office call center. If you have trouble accessing the online discount, please call Group Sales at 786-468-2358.

Broadway Actors camp performance Beauty and the Beast Jr 8/14/09

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Come check out a musical theater show being performed this weekend by members of our Broadway Actors summer camp:
Beauty and the Beast Jr.
Broadway Actors
Friday, August 14, 2009, 5 pm
Hollywood Central Performing Arts Center, US-1 and Monroe Street
Based on the Academy Award winning animated feature, the stage version of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast includes all of the wonderful songs from the film, written by Alan Menken and the late Howard Ashman, plus new songs written especially for the Broadway version by Mr. Menken and Tim Rice.
The audiences will be transported to a lovely French provincial town where the beautiful Belle lives with her father – a dotty inventor. When her father doesn’t return from a trip to the local fair, Belle rushes off to find him. To her dismay, she discovers he is being held captive in an old castle by a horrible beast. She trades her freedom for his and the “tale as old as time” begins. How Belle tames the unfortunate Beast and his ultimate transformation into a handsome prince continues to enthrall audiences.
Tickets are $7 for adults and $4 for children under 12-years-old. Tickets can be purchased at the box office 1 hour prior to the show. Performances take place at Hollywood Central Performing Arts Center, US-1 and Monroe Street (1770 Monroe Street). Click here for more information.
Join us for the last session of our Summer Arts Camp, Specialty Week-Session 2: Summer Hurrah. Click here for more information.
Art and Culture Center of Hollywood
1650 Harrison St.
Hollywood, FL 33020
954. 921. 3274
ArtAndCultureCenter.org

Broadway Actors camp performances at Art and Culture Center of Hollywood 7/24-25/09

Come check out two musical theater shows being performed this weeked by members of our Broadway Actors and Broadway Actors Advanced summer camps:
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Cinderella and Rockerfella
Broadway Actors
Friday, July 24, 2009, 5 pm
Hollywood Central Performing Arts Center, US-1 and Monroe Street
A modern, panto-style reworking of the classic tale, including all the traditional characters: downtrodden Cinderella, Rockerfella (formerly known as Prince Charming!), Buttons, the Ugly Sisters, and the Fairy Godmother, with a selection of additional characters, from music managers and paparazzi, to good and bad fairies – all placed in a world of fame and celebrity.
With fresh and relevant things to say about fame, fortune and how true love will win in the end, it has a wonderfully comical script, fabulous songs and plenty of opportunity for audience participation.

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Thoroughly Modern Millie
Broadway Actors Advanced
Saturday, July 25, 2009, 2 pm
Hollywood Central Performing Arts Center, US-1 and Monroe Street
Taking place in New York City in 1922, Thoroughly Modern Millie tells the story of young Millie Dillmount, who has just moved to the city in search of a new life for herself. It’s a New York full of intrigue and jazz – a time when women were entering the workforce and the rules of love and social behavior were changing forever.
Based on the popular movie, the stage version of Thoroughly Modern Millie includes a full score of new songs and bright dance numbers. Filled with frisky flappers, dashing leading men and a dragon-lady of a villainess audiences will love to hate, Thoroughly Modern Millie is a perfectly constructed evening of madcap merriment.

Tickets are $7 for adults and $4 for children under 12-years-old. Tickets can be purchased at the box office 1 hour prior to the show. Performances take place at Hollywood Central Performing Arts Center, US-1 and Monroe Street (1770 Monroe Street). Cick here for more information.

Limited slots are still open in the remaining sessions of Summer Camp, including Broadway Actors, Young Artists Advanced, and Young Artists/Young Actors. Click here for more information.

1st Annual Talent Quest Miami Finals at Colony Theatre 7/25/09

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Don’t Miss the 1st Annual Talent Quest Miami FINALS!!
Saturday, July 25, 8 pm at Colony Theatre
Presented by the Arts at St. Johns
Miami’s newest talent competition, featuring 12 hot finalists – singers, dancers, musicians, rappers, comedians, one cirque act, & a contortionist! The contestants hail from Cutler Bay to Miami Lakes, from Miami Beach to Hialeah.
OUR CELEBRITY JUDGES
Diva Elaine Lancaster, Concert producer Roger Abramson and MiamiArtZine Editor Mary Damiano
YOU can help with the judging! Join the audience & our celebrity judges in picking the best talent & deciding who wins the $500 grand prize and other great prizes!
Plus, a special performance by Elaine Lancaster
Actor/Director Tom Colucci Talent Quest Moderator/Host
ASJ’s Artistic Director David Kingery created & directed Talent Quest Miami
FINALS: Sat., July 25, 8pm – COLONY THEATER – $20 Tix
1040 Lincoln Road on South Beach
Join us for the AfterParty at Lucky Strike Lanes
1691 Michigan, South Beach
Buy $20 Tickets Online for the Finals www.artsatstjohns.com
(tickets also available at the Colony box office or online at ticketmaster.com)
For more info: 786-525-9983
BizBuzzTour.com will be filming during the show. The taped performance of the Finals will be aired online after the show on the BizBuzzTour website on July 30 @ 8:00 p.m. The Finals will remain available on demand for future viewing.
Niso Corp (Controller on Demand) is the official ballot counter for the Final Judging at the Colony Theater in South Beach.
MISSION: To present arts and culture programming that builds community, encourages dialogue about social issues, & provides transformation through the arts. Socially Responsible Arts!

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
BOARD PRESIDENT: Julie Weaver, D.O, Writer
VICE PRESIDENT: Bernie Mickley, retired, Vietnam Vet
SECRETARY/TREASURER: Sylvia Ospina, Lawyer, Realtor
BOARD MEMBERS:
Rev. Melissa Pisco, Pastor, St. John’s United Methodist Church
Carol Haefner, President, Avery Glass & Mirror, North Miami, FL
A.J. Khaw, M.D., UM Pediatric Mobile Clinic, Jazz Musician
Susan Hamilton, Dancer, Pilates instructor

STAFF
FOUNDING DIRECTOR: Dr. Carol Hoffman-Guzman, 305-613-2325 artsatstjohns@bellsouth.net
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: David Kingery, 786-525-9983 sobesinger@aol.com
LIGHTING, SOUND: Ken Whiting
STAGE MANAGEMENT: Charmille Walters
Sponsors of Arts at St. Johns events
Arts at St. Johns programs are funded through grants from City of Miami Beach, Cultural Affairs Program; Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs (the Cultural Affairs Council, the Mayor & Miami-Dade County Board of Commissioners); State of Florida Division of Cultural Affairs (National Endowment for the Arts); The Miami Salon Group; Dade Community Foundation; and Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce Pillars.

Fuerza Bruta breaks house record for longest-running show at the Adrienne Arsht Center – Extension to 8/9/09

With the addition of a second extension, FUERZA BRUTA has broken the house record for the longest-running show at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County. This will be the final extension as the show is scheduled to open in Mexico in September and must close in Miami on August 9.

To celebrate the success of the run, a special FUERZA BRUTA Party Pack promotion is being offered. The package includes a $40 discount on four tickets plus four sets of special, FUERZA BRUTA merchandise valued at $128. Details are available at www.fuerzabrutamiami.com and press release is attached.

FUERZA BRUTA Extends Run to August 9th by Popular Demand
FINAL WEEKS!! SHOW MUST CLOSE AUG 9th

International Smash Hit FUERZA BRUTA Sets House Record For
Longest-Running Theatrical Performance At The Adrienne Arsht Center

Special Limited Edition Fuerza Bruta Party Pack DISCOUNT
Offered in Celebration of a Successful Run

With the addition of a second extension, FUERZA BRUTA has broken the house record for the longest-running show at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County. This will be the final extension as the show is scheduled to open in Mexico in September and must close in Miami on August 9.

To celebrate the success of the run, a special FUERZA BRUTA Party Pack promotion is being offered. The package includes a $40 discount on four tickets plus four sets of special, Fuerza Bruta merchandise valued at $128. Details are available at www.fuerzabrutamiami.com.

“We are thrilled to extend our run and have Fuerza Bruta break the house record at the Adrienne Arsht Center,” said Michael Cohl Chairman of S2BN Entertainment, the Miami-based entertainment company that is producing the show. “There has been an incredible response.”

“The buzz surrounding Fuerza Bruta is infectious,” said M. John Richard, president and CEO of the Adrienne Arsht Center. “Miami has embraced this exhilarating production with tremendous fervor, making it one of the highest-grossing shows in the Center’s three-year history. Thanks to our partnership with S2BN Entertainment and Ozono Productions, more than 25,000 people will have enjoyed the thrill of Fuerza Bruta for the first time!.”

Before coming to Miami, FUERZA BRUTA’s touring company played major cities worldwide including New York, Buenos Aires, Lisbon, London, Cordoba, Bogota, Edinburgh, Berlin, Mexico, and Sao Paulo to high critical acclaim. Fuerza Bruta also has a company in New York that is currently performing their second blockbuster year.

Free from the confines of spoken language and conventional theater, FUERZA BRUTA has become the “go-to” theatrical experience for edgy non-stop entertainment.

SHOW TIMES & TICKET PRICES
Performances are Tuesdays through Sundays at 7:30 p.m.; and Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 and 10 p.m. Single ticket prices are $63.75 and $73.75 including a $3.75 facility fee.

Tickets can be purchased through the Adrienne Arsht Center box office at 305.949.6722 or online at www.arshtcenter.org. Groups of 15 or more, please contact 786.468.2326.

For more information and video clips please visit www.fuerzabruta.net.

ABOUT FUERZA BRUTA
FUERZA BRUTA is an event where worlds collide and reality takes a back seat. This heart-pounding theatrical experience takes place completely on the Lynn Wolfson stage and begins the moment audiences walk in through the Center’s loading dock (dubbed the “Media Dock”) into the G-Lounge – a hip urban space, alive with heart-pounding club music directed by Miami’s best DJs, multimedia art installations created by local artists, and a signature Barton G. food and beverage experience.

At show time, audiences are ushered onto the main stage where they are engulfed in a 360 degree spectacle featuring mind-blowing visual effects just inches above the audience that must be seen to be believed – a man running full throttle on a giant treadmill, bursting through a series of moving walls; performers suspended in mid-air surrounded by a vast sea of mylar; and gorgeous women twisting ethereally in a lucite pool above the audience. Argentinean creative genius Diqui James, one of the creators of the smash hit show De La Guarda, created original scenes and magnificent customized staging exclusively for the Miami engagement.

As the performance winds down, the visual and aural party continues in the G-Lounge. The pre- and post-party lounge is open to the general public.

FUERZA BRUTA premiered in Buenos Aires in 2005 and has been seen in Lisbon (2006), London (2006), Buenos Aires (2006), Bogota (2007) and at the prestigious Edinburgh Fringe Festival (2007), where it earned critical praise and was honored with the Bank of Scotland Herald Angel award for “the biggest and best show on the Fringe – the must see event of 2007” (The Herald). In October 2007, FUERZA BRUTA debuted at New York City’s Daryl Roth Theatre where De La Guarda had played a smashing six-year off-Broadway run. The New York engagement has attracted unprecedented national media attention and quickly extended its run due to overwhelming demand.

Celebrity followers of James’ De La Guarda included Leonardo DiCaprio, Justin Timberlake, Madonna, Cameron Diaz, Sting, Britney Spears, Harrison Ford, Tyra Banks, Robert DeNiro, Catherine Zeta Jones, Sandra Bullock, Lucy Liu, Demi Moore and Drew Barrymore among others.

Celebrities who have visited the NYC or Miami production of Fuerza Bruta include, Lil Wayne, Jessica Alba, Fergie, Beyonce, Rachel McAdams, Jude Law, John Legend, Tyra Banks, Shakira, Alexis Bledel, Amber Tamblyn, Kelly Rowland, Michelle Williams and Serena Williams.

FUERZA BRUTA was created by Diqui James (De La Guarda Co-founder/Co-creator); Gaby Kerpel (De La Guarda Composer/Musical Director); Alejandro Garcia (De La Guarda Technical Director) and Fabio Daquila (De La Guarda Production Supervisor).

For more information, photos, music, video clips, media reviews and more please visit www.fuerzabruta.net.

FUERZA BRUTA is presented in Miami by the Adrienne Arsht Center, S2BN Entertainment and Ozono Productions. The Miami production is sponsored in part by the Opera Suites and Marina. The Miami New Times is the official media sponsor of the Miami production.

Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County is made possible by the public support of the Miami-Dade County Mayor and the Board of County Commissioners, the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, and the Miami-Dade County Tourist Development Council. Education & Outreach is funded in part by The Children’s Trust. The Adrienne Arsht Center also receives generous support from private and corporate contributions to the Performing Arts Center Foundation of Greater Miami Inc. through its Visionary Society Membership Program and Major Gifts Program; City of Miami Omni Community Redevelopment Agency; American Express Company; Arison Arts Foundation; Dade Community Foundation; ExxonMobil Inter-America Inc.; Funding Arts Network; Southern Arts Federation; The MAP-Fund, a program of Creative Capital, supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation; The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts; the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Arts Council; the National Endowment for the Arts; and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

Fuerza Bruta Announces the Dine + Play Promotion

FUERZA BRUTA, the hottest show in Miami, sizzles by combining culture and cuisine with the Dine + Play promo. Book reservations at several of Miami’s top dining destinations including Smith & Wollensky, Fratelli Lyon, Michael’s Genuine, Sra. Martinez and 660 at The Angler’s, in the month of July any Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evening for a special prix-fix, $47/ person menu and enjoy the spectacular performance before or after for $53 ($10.75 off the regular ticket price).
List of participating restaurants is below and for an updated list please visit www.FuerzaBrutaMiami.com. Dine + Play offers locals an amazing night out for $100 per person.
660 Mediterranean Kitchen – 786.594.5888
Badrutt’s Place – 305.415.0070
Cafe Sambal at Mandarin Oriental Miami – 305..913-8358
Emeril’s at Loews Miami Beach Hotel – 305.695.4550
Fratelli Lyon -305.572.2901
Gotham Steakhouse – 877.669.5007
Indigo at the Intercontinental Hotel – 305.577.1000
Meat Market – 305.532.0088
Michy’s – 305.759.2001
Quattro – 305.531.4833
Red Steakhouse – 305.534.3688
Scarpetta – 877.669.5007
Smith + Wollensky – 305.673.1717
Sra. Martinez – 305.573.5474

Palm Beach Shakespeare by the Sea in Jupiter 7/16-19, 23-26/09

{This is a great day trip out of town. We have been going to this for a few years now, ever since we ran into it on accident. The park is right by the ocean and very pretty. Go for a day and hang out, get out of the city, and see some of The Bard. Highly recommended.}

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Palm Beach Shakespeare by the Sea at Carlin Park in Jupiter
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
July 16-19, 23-26
Free admission
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Some Kind of Wonderful from the creaters of Cagney at Florida Stage 7/10-8/30/09

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From the brilliant creaters of CAGNEY!
An evening of music that will melt your heart lift your soul, and make you laugh and sing outloud!
A sizzling evening of top-of-the-chart music from 1960-65. Sinatra, Streisand, The Beatles, The Supremes, Connie Francis, The Four Seasons, Wilson Pickett and more.
Audiences are standing and cheering!
From now – August 30th.
Call (561) 585.3433
or visit http://www.floridastage.org
Florida Stage – The nations largest professional theatre producing
exclucively new American Theatre.
Located in the Plaza Del Mar, corner of A1A & Ocean Ave., Manalapan
(across from The Ritz Carlton Palm Beach)

Miami Lyric Opera presents Marina: A Spanish Opera in Three Acts 7/30-8/1/09

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Miami Lyric Opera presents Marina: A Spanish Opera in Three Acts
July 30th and August 1st, 2009. 8:00 p.m.
Dates: Thursday, July 30th and Saturday, August 1st, 2009. 8:00 p.m.
Location: Colony Theater. 1040 Lincoln Road. Miami Beach, FL 33139.
Admission: $30

Miami Lyric Opera presents Marina, a Spanish opera in three acts set to music by composer Emilio Pascual Arrieta and lyrics by Francisco Camprodon, under the artistic direction of Raffaele Cardone. The cast will include Beverly Coulter, Maruchi Urquiaga, Aurelio Gabaldon, Hugo Marcos, Lilo del Campo, Diego Baner, Ismael Gonzalez and other fine artists. Alfredo Munar will conduct the MLO Orchestra and Pablo Hernandez will be Chorusmaster.
Marina, the orphaned daughter of a merchant captain, awaits the return of Jorge, the man who took her in after her father’s death. She is in love with him, but as he is older and her guardian, she has never dared tell him the truth. Upon Jorge’s returning from a trip, Pascual loses no time in telling him that he intends to get married, who responded that he has had the same thought, so why don’t they marry on the same day? Pascual names Marina, to Jorge’s shock and consternation. Marina is equally hurt that Jorge apparently wants to marry someone else.
One day Pascual intercepts a sailor bringing a letter from Marina’s father that wrote before dying asking Alberto to give to her. The letter included her father’s declaration of eternal love and that leaps Pasqual to the obvious conclusion, denounces Marina bluntly, breaks off the engagement and cursing rushes away. Jorge appears, and soon understands Pascual’s mistake and the innocent identity of the letter writer. When he hints he will be leaving tomorrow, Marina can no longer avoid telling him the identity of the man she really loves, and they admit their love for one another.
Emilio Pascual Arrieta (1821 – 1894) was born in Puente la Reina, Navarre, and died in Madrid. His Italian training led him, under the favour of the Queen Isabel II, to concentrate on operatic writing; and though he later composed zarzuelas he remained less committed to the renascent art form than his contemporaries such as Francisco Asenjo Barbieri, continuing to write in an essentially Italianate style throughout his life. The 1887, through-sung and rewritten opera version of his zarzuela, Marina, is one of the most popular lyric stage work in the Spanish repertoire.
Miami Lyric Opera
305.297.3619
miamilyricopera@bellsouth.net
www.miamilyricopera.org

For more information about local openings and events, please visit www.miamiartguide.com

The Harder they Come makes US premiere in Miami 8/29-9/13/09

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This Summer’s Biggest Reggae Event
The Harder They Come
Premiere In The United States at The Adrienne Arsht Center For The Performing Arts Of Miami-Dade County direct from London’s West End, the musical based on the 1970’s cult film that transformed reggae music and singer Jimmy Cliff into international sensations.
Begins August 29
Ziff Ballet Opera House
Come see the reggae event of the year! In this hard-driving, irresistible musical celebration, young singer Ivan Martin heads to Kingston with dreams of becoming a reggae star, but a corrupt and drug-fueled music industry drives him into a fast and furious life as Jamaica’s most-wanted outlaw and most-celebrated underground star.

Accompanied by a killer band of outstanding reggae musicians, the cast performs all the classic songs from the film soundtrack, including “By The Rivers of Babylon,” the title song, and the unforgettable global phenomenon, “You Can Get It If You Really Want.”

BUY TICKETS NOW
or call the box office at 305.949.6722 to purchase your tickets today!
Tickets: $50 & $95
August 29 – September 13
John S. and James L. Knight Concert Hall

The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County is proud to present, for the first time in the United States, the internationally acclaimed hit musical THE HARDER THEY COME, opening August 29 in the John S. and James L. Knight Concert. Direct from London’s West End, THE HARDER THEY COME will offer audiences a peek into the journey of an aspiring reggae star as depicted in the 1972 international breakthrough film that caused a reggae music explosion heard around the world.

Hailed by Time Out as “a real thrill…the band is tight, the clothes are right – it’s a sure-fire smash hit,” THE HARDER THEY COME features a cast of 16 Jamaican-born performers and tells the story of young singer Ivanhoe Martin (played by Rolan Bell) as he arrives in Kingston, Jamaica with dreams of becoming a reggae star. A corrupt and drug-fueled music industry drives him into a fast and furious life as Jamaica’s most-wanted outlaw and most-celebrated underground star. Reggae music star and pioneer Jimmy Cliff starred in the ‘70s film of the same title, which catapulted the island’s signature sound into a globally recognized and respected genre, turning Jimmy Cliff and reggae music in general, into an international sensation. “With top-class acting, singing and dancing, [this] superb production faithfully distils not just the movie’s music and characters, but also, somehow its soul” (The Standard).

“The Harder They Come made music history, introducing the world, and the United States in particular, to reggae music. Miami, in the summer of 2009, will be long remembered as the epicenter of cultural history as we host the U.S. premiere of this hit musical at the Adrienne Arsht Center,” said Adrienne Arsht Center President and CEO, M. John Richard. “With three international stage productions to enjoy this summer, including the return of last summer’s smash-hit Celia: The Life and Music of Celia Cruz and the visual spectacular Fuerza Bruta, South Florida has a world of entertainment options that reflect the diversity of our resident community.”

Accompanied by a killer band of outstanding reggae musicians, the cast performs all the classic songs from the film soundtrack, including “By the Rivers of Babylon,” the title song, and the unforgettable global phenomenon, “You Can Get It If You Really Want.”

The film of THE HARDER THEY COME was written, produced and directed by the late Perry Henzell. Perry also wrote the book for the musical, which was originally produced by Theatre Royal Stratford East and UK Arts. The West End production, which comes to Miami is directed by Kerry Michael and Dawn Reid and produced by Jan Ryan and Robert Fox.

THE HARDER THEY COME is sponsored in part by Heineken USA Incorporated.

TICKETS
Tickets for THE HARDER THEY COME are on sale now. Single ticket prices range from $50 and $95 and can be purchased through the Adrienne Arsht Center box office at 305.949.6722 or online at www.arshtcenter.org. For information on group sales, please call 786.468.2326.

Tony ‘N Tina Come to Mansion Miami Beach 7/10-11/09

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Tony ‘N Tina Come to Mansion Miami Beach

Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding is the original interactive theatre event. Created in 1988 by Artificial Intelligence, the show opened in New York City and is still running today. TNT has played every major city in America including current productions in New York City, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Chicago and now Miami.

The glamour of South Beach is just the place to see Tony and Tina get hitched. The Latin flavor of Miami permeates the production with Italian and Cuban family members coming together with the audience. At Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding you will be attending the ceremony, mingling with relatives and friends, eating, drinking and dancing to the soulful Carribean beat of the bilingual DJs Donny and Dee Dee Dulce. The evening includes a champagne toast, an International buffet, and of course, a slice of wedding cake.

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Fuerza Bruta extends run date till August 2 and offers celebratory ticket promotion 6/30-7/5/09

{If you missed the earlier review and photos, Soul Of Miami HIGHLY recommends this show. But wear sneakers, not heels!}

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$10 DISCOUNT* FOR FUERZA BRUTA
Through July 5!

FUERZA BRUTA will be in Miami until August 2! In celebration of the show’s extension, FUERZA BRUTA has created a special promotion that includes a $10 discount on tickets, autographed merchandise drawing and a nightly meet and greet with the cast in the G-Lounge.

To get your discounted tickets,
CLICK HERE and enter promo code FREEDOM.

In response to the overwhelming audience reaction to FUERZA BRUTA, the show will extend through August 2 at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County. As a thank you to all those who have helped make the performance a success, FUERZA BRUTA has created a special promotion that includes a $10 discount on tickets, autographed merchandise drawing and a nightly meet and greet with the cast in the G Lounge. This exciting and value-driven promotion is only available through July 5.
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FUERZA BRUTA SHOW EXTENSION PROMOTION
$10 discount on tickets
Nightly meet and greet with the cast in G Lounge after the performance
Drawing for autographed merchandise
Featured Cocktail: The Nitro – Red, White and Blue American flag creation
This promotion is valid June 30- July 5 (please note there is no show on July 4.) Promotion code: FREEDOM

SHOW TIMES AND TICKET PRICES
Performances are Tuesdays through Sundays at 7:30 p.m.; and Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 and 10 p.m. Single ticket prices are $63.75 and $73.75 including a $3.75 facility fee. Tickets can be purchased through the Adrienne Arsht Center box office at 305.949.6722 or online at www.arshtcenter.org. Groups of 15 or more, please contact 786.468.2326. For more information and video clips please visit www.fuerzabruta.net.

Once Upon a Mattress at Hollywood Central Performing Arts Center 6/27/09

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Once Upon a Mattress
Broadway Actors Advanced
Saturday, June 27, 2009, 2 pm
Hollywood Central Performing Arts Center, US-1 and Monroe Street
If you thought you knew the story of The Princess and the Pea, you may be in for a walloping surprise! This rollicking spin on the familiar tale of royal courtship and comeuppance provides for some side-splitting shenanigans! Chances are, you’ll never look at fairy tales quite the same way again!
Performances take place at Hollywood Central Performing Arts Center, US-1 and Monroe Street (1770 Monroe Street). Tickets are $7 for adults and $4 for children under 12-years-old. Tickets can be purchased at the box office 1 hour prior to the show.
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Disney’s High School Musical 2 On Stage at Hollywood Central Performing Arts Center 6/26/09

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Disney’s High School Musical 2: On Stage!
Broadway Actors
Friday, June 26, 2009, 5 pm
Hollywood Central Performing Arts Center, US-1 and Monroe Street
Disney Channel’s smash hit movie musical comes to life on stage! It’s the last day of junior year, and the East High gang can’t wait to get the summer started. Things have been smooth sailing for Troy and Gabriella since their star turn in Juliet and Romeo, but Sharpay vows to win Troy’s heart this summer – by any means necessary. With all of the Wildcats desperate for cash, Troy gets a surprise phone call that work has arrived! The celebration is cut short when not only Troy, but the entire Wildcats gang, shows up for duty at the Lava Springs Country Club owned by the family of Sharpay and Ryan Evans. Sharpay’s world and Sharpay’s rules. Tyro has to deal with a lot of decisions. Will he give up the Wild cats and Gabriella to rise to the top?
Performances take place at Hollywood Central Performing Arts Center, US-1 and Monroe Street (1770 Monroe Street). Tickets are $7 for adults and $4 for children under 12-years-old. Tickets can be purchased at the box office 1 hour prior to the show.
ArtAndCultureCenter.org

Fuerza Bruta new block of tickets just released plus $20 rush tickets

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The first week of shows sold-out, so we’ve made 50 additional tickets available for each remaining performance – order your tickets today before they sell out too!

Also! $20 “Rush Tickets” now available by lottery!
We’ve set aside 20 “rush tickets” for each show, on sale for just $20 each! For a chance to purchase these specially priced tickets, you must enter the “rush ticket lottery” starting 60 minutes before each show. At a half-hour before show time, the names of the 10 people eligible to purchase “rush tickets” for that performance will be drawn at random.
“Rush tickets” are available in person only at the box office and must be purchased with cash.

Visit www.fuerzabrutamiami.com for behind-the-scenes video, the latest twitter posts, and more!

FUERZA BRUTA is now playing on the Lynn Wolfson Stage at the Ziff Ballet Opera House. Show runs through July 5, 2009.

Order tickets online.

Live theatre in French at the Alliance Francaise Miami_jouee en francais 6/15,18-20/09

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Le jeu de l’amour et du hasard (Admission by donation)
Pièce de théâtre en français de Marivaux présentée par la Troupe de théâtre amateur de l’Alliance Francaise sous la direction de Yoshvani Medina.
Distribution : INTERPRETATION
Sophie Videment-Dupuy
(Silvia en alternance avec Diane Alexandre )
Diane Alexandre
(Silvia en alternance avec Sophie Videment-Dupuy )
Corine Timon (Lisette)
Philippe (Dorante)
Anne Claude Medal (Arlequin)
Jean Paul Guis (Orgon)
Lucille Rich (Mario en alternance avec Greer Celestin)
Greer Celestin (Mario en alternance avec Lucille Rich)
Jinglin(Sissy) ZHOU (Un Valet)
MUSIQUE
Jean Paul Guis (Clarinette)
COMMUNICATION & MACKETING Jinglin(Sissy) ZHOU (Affiche Et Website) Elise GODIER (Flyer)
SON, LUMIERE ET REGISEUR Elise GODIER
MISE EN SCENE ET SCENOGRAPHIE
Yoshvani Medina
Synopsis
Dans cette piece en prose de 1730, la Marquise Silvia, fille de Orgon, est promise à Dorante, un noble prétendant. Cependant Silvia n’est pas disposée à se marier. C’est pourquoi celle-ci décide, avant les épousailles de l’observer en se faisant passer pour sa propre servante, Lisette. Mais, jeu du hasard (avant celui de l’amour), le gentilhomme a eu de son côté la même idée, et prend alors la place d’Arlequin, son valet qui, lui, devra se faire passer pour le futur époux…
Le metteur en scene :
Yoshvani Medina, (Cuba-France) est diplômé du Conservatoire d’Art Dramatique de Paris. Il a mis en scène dans le circuit des Scènes Nationales françaises : « Roméo & Juliette », (Shakespeare) ; « Chacun sa vérité », (Pirandello) ; « L’amant », (Pinter) ; « La dispute », (Marivaux) ; « Les monologues du vagin », (Ensler), et bien d’autres. Il a participé a différents festivals en Europe, aux Etats-Unis et en Amérique Latine (Avignon, Limoges, Sibiu, La Havane). Ses pièces ont été mises en scène et/ou en espace au Théâtre du Rond Point des Champs-Élysées, à La Cartoucherie de Vincennes (Paris), à La Vinya (Barcelone), à La Bellone (Bruxelles), à Atlanta Lyric Theater (USA), à Gran Teatro de La Habana (Cuba). Actuellement, il dirige la troupe de théâtre de l’Alliance Française de Miami.

Fuerza Bruta arrives in Miami headlining the Adrienne Arsht Center’s 2009 Summer Season 6/9/09 – 7/5/09

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Fuerza Bruta
NOW PLAYING
Lynn Wolfson Stage
at the Ziff Ballet Opera House

“A dazzling blend of erotic, hypnotic, aquatic.” – New York Post

“A sexy, heart-pounding fantasy. Not many shows can boast that they deliver something you’ve never seen before. This one does.” – New York Daily News

LOOK UP — and experience a non-stop collision of dynamic music, jaw-dropping acrobatics, visceral emotion, and kinetic aerial imagery that resembles nothing less than a mash up between aerial theater and a late-night dance party!

From the creators of the smash-hit De La Guarda, Fuerza Bruta will transform the Lynn Wolfson Stage into an alternate universe with flying dancers, pumping beats, engaging dream sequences and a multidimensional swimming pool above the heads of the audience. The visuals are spectacular! The effects are stunning!

Add to your experience – party before and after the show (Drinks and food available!) in the G-Lounge by Barton G.!

See fuerzabrutamiami.com for videos, music and more!

Having Already Wowed Audiences In New York, London, Argentina, Colombia And Brazil, The Mind-Blowing Smash Hit Fuerza Bruta arrives in Miami headlining the Adrienne Arsht Center’s 2009 Summer Season

Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami- Dade County is thrilled to announce the Miami premiere of the international hit Fuerza Bruta, a non-stop collision of dynamic music, visceral emotion, and kinetic aerial imagery that resembles nothing less than a fantastic mash-up between aerial theater and a late-night dance party.

Beginning June 9, the Lynn Wolfson Stage inside of the Adrienne Arsht Center’s Sanford and Dolores Ziff Ballet Opera House will be transformed into an alternate universe with flying dancers, pumping beats, engaging dream sequences and a multidimensional swimming pool above the heads of the audience.

Fuerza Bruta opens officially on June 11, with preview performances June 9 and 10, and will be on stage for a limited 4-week engagement.

“More than 130,000 people enjoyed a performance at the Center last summer. With the presentation of Fuerza Bruta beginning in June, the Adrienne Arsht Center brings to Miami a show that will rock South Florida – a cutting-edge performance that has been a hit all over the world,” said M. John Richard, president and CEO of the Adrienne Arsht Center.

Breaking free from the confines of spoken language and theatrical convention, Fuerza Bruta is an event where worlds collide and reality takes a back seat. This heart-pounding theatrical experience takes place completely on the Lynn Wolfson stage and begins the moment audiences walk in through the Center’s loading dock (dubbed the “Media Dock”) into the Fuerza Bruta lounge – a hip urban space alive with heart-pounding club music directed by Miami’s best DJs, multimedia art installations created by local artists, and a signature Barton G. restaurant inspired by the show.

At show time, audiences are ushered onto the main stage where they are engulfed in a 360 degree spectacle featuring mind-blowing visual effects just inches above the audience that must be seen to be believed – a man running full throttle on a giant treadmill, bursting through a series of moving walls; performers suspended in mid-air surrounded by a vast sea of mylar; and gorgeous women twisting ethereally in a lucite pool above the audience. Argentinean creative genius Diqui James, one of the creators of the smash hit show De La Guarda, created the original scenes and magnificent customized staging exclusively for the Miami engagement.

As the performance winds down, the visual and aural party continues in the Fuerza Bruta lounge. The pre- and post-party lounge is open to the general public.

“The audience experience will be unlike any other presentation at the Adrienne Arsht Center. From the unique entrance through the loading dock and onstage experience to the interactive pre- and after-party components, Fuerza Bruta will be the talk of the town this summer,” continued Richard.

Fuerza Bruta has a company in New York that is currently performing their second blockbuster year, as well as a touring company that has played major cities worldwide including New York, Buenos Aires, Lisbon, London, Cordoba, Bogota, Edinburgh, Berlin, Mexico, and Sao Paulo to high critical acclaim.

Fuerza Bruta premiered in Buenos Aires in 2005 and has been seen in Lisbon (2006), London (2006), Buenos Aires (2006), Bogota (2007) and at the prestigious Edinburgh Fringe Festival (2007), where it earned critical praise and was honored with the Bank of Scotland Herald Angel award for “the biggest and best show on the Fringe – the must see event of 2007” (The Herald). In October 2007, Fuerza Bruta debuted at New York City’s Daryl Roth Theatre where De La Guarda had played a smashing six-year off-Broadway run. The New York engagement is attracting national media attention and quickly extended its run due to overwhelming demand. Celebrity followers include Leonardo DiCaprio, Justin Timberlake, Madonna, Cameron Diaz, Sting, Britney Spears, Harrison Ford, Tyra Banks, Robert DeNiro, Catherine Zeta Jones, Sandra Bullock, Lucy Liu, Demi Moore, and Drew Barrymore, among others.

Fuerza Bruta was created by Diqui James (De La Guarda Co-founder/Co- creator); Gaby Kerpel (De La Guarda Composer/Musical Director); Alejandro Garcia (De La Guarda Technical Director) and Fabio Daquila (De La Guarda Production Supervisor).

Fuerza Bruta is presented in Miami by the Adrienne Arsht Center, S2BN Entertainment and Ozono Productions. The Miami production is sponsored by Opera Tower and the Riviera South Beach Hotel, part of South Beach Group Hotel collection. The Miami New Times is the official media sponsor of the Miami production.

Show Times & Ticket Prices Performances are Tuesdays through Sundays at 7:30 p.m.; and Fridays and Saturdays at 10 p.m. Single ticket prices are $63.75 and $73.75 including a $3.75 facility fee.

Tickets for Fuerza Bruta are now on pre-sale for Arsht Center members. To become a member today, please call 305.949.6722. Tickets are on public sale.

Regular-priced tickets can also be purchased through the Adrienne Arsht Center box office at 305.949.6722 or online at www.arshtcenter.org. Groups of 15 or more, please contact 786.468.2326.

Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County is made possible by the public support of the Miami-Dade County Mayor and the Board of County Commissioners, the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, and the Miami-Dade County Tourist Development Council. Education & Outreach is funded in part by The Children’s Trust. The Adrienne Arsht Center also receives generous support from private and corporate contributions to the Performing Arts Center Foundation of Greater Miami through its Membership Program; City of Miami Omni Community Redevelopment Agency; American Express; Dade Community Foundation; The MAP-Fund, a program of Creative Capital, supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation; The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts; the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs; the Florida Arts Council; the National Endowment for the Arts; and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

County Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County is Miami-Dade County’s largest ever public/private-sector partnership, comprised of an $150 million private capital campaign conducted by the Performing Arts Center Foundation and public funding drawn primarily from the County’s Convention Development Tax revenues, as well as the City of Miami Omni Redevelopment District Community Redevelopment Agency. Greatly enhancing the artistic and educational opportunities in South Florida, the Adrienne Arsht Center will have significant and long-term economic benefits for the city and the region.

The Adrienne Arsht Center, designed by the world-renowned architect Cesar Pelli of Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, includes the 2,400-seat Sanford and Dolores Ziff Ballet Opera House, the 2,200-seat Knight Concert Hall, a 200-seat black box Carnival Studio Theater, the Peacock Education Center, a restored Art Deco Tower, and the Parker and Vann Thomson Plaza for the Arts, which unites the Center buildings across Biscayne Boulevard, providing a magnificent setting for outdoor entertainment and informal gatherings. The key members of the design team include theater planning and design consultant Joshua Dachs of Fisher Dachs Associates, Inc. and acoustician Russell Johnson of ARTEC, Inc., both of whom worked of the project since its inception. The Adrienne Arsht Center is a Miami venue not only for its four resident companies (Florida Grand Opera, Miami City Ballet, and New World Symphony), but also for many smaller South Florida arts organizations that will perform in its theaters on a regular basis, as well as for the finest popular and classical performances from around the world. With state-of-the-art performance facilities in Miami for the first time, the Adrienne Arsht Center offers South Florida audiences the best and most diverse theater, music, and dance – with a dedication to entertain, challenge and educate all segments of the community. For more information, visit www.arshtcenter.org.

About S2BN Entertainment: S2BN Entertainment is a diversified international family show and event entertainment company specializing in the acquisition, development and production of high caliber touring exhibitions, unique live music tours and events, theatrical performances, and consumer and multimedia product offerings. Our experienced management team executes activities across all types of global venues – from stadiums to theaters. S2BN Entertainment delivers solid profitability while providing extraordinary experiences for our clients and our customers.

Summer Shorts ticket contest

Summer Shorts is giving away a pair of tickets to one of the three shows’ opening day performances.

To enter the contest,  send an email to artsexaminer@gmail.com by Wednesday, May 27 at 5 p.m. and explain in 150 words or less why you deserve two tickets to see one of the Summer Shorts. The most creative or inspiring answers will win the pair of tickets for their chosen show. Include in your email which Shorts you would like to see. Parking fee is not included. Enter to win a pair of tickets for one of the following shows. More info can be found at the Miami Theatre Examiner page.

Thursday, May 28, 8 p.m.- Signature Shorts
Friday, May 29, 10 p.m.- undershorts
Sunday May 31. 1 p.m.- Shorts 4 Kids
Sunday, May 31, 3 p.m.- Signature Shorts

iami Lyric Opera presents Caballeria Rusticana and Suor Angelica 5/28, 30/09

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Miami Lyric Opera presents Caballeria Rusticana and Suor Angelica
May 28th and 30th, 2009. 8:00 p.m.

Dates: Thursday, May 28th and Saturday, May 30th, 2009. 8:00 p.m.

Location: Colony Theater. 1040 Lincoln Road. Miami Beach, FL 33139

Admission: $30
“Hanno ammazzatu compare Turiddu” (Turiddu has been killed). With this dramatic phrase, concludes the story of popular chivalry tradition in the old Sicily of the 19th Century. Love, jealousy and infidelity create the drama that ends in a death among friends. The story of Giovanni Vega attracted Mascagni theatrical intuition to create one of the most popular opera of the Italian repertoire, Cavalleria Rusticana (Rustic Chivalry).
Come and listen to the most beautiful and dramatic melodies with its famous “Intermezzo” great arias and duets and the choral with popular mystic songs that villagers sing to nature and Holiness.
The selection of a dual opera program with Cavalleria and Suor Angelica will provide our public with two extraordinary works from Mascagni and Puccini very close to the hearts of the opera lovers. Traditionally I Pagliacci combines with Cavalleria on the same performance but we felt that Suor Angelica would add freshness and emotion to a dramatic evening experience.
Meet some of the Cavalleria’s Artists
Veronica Murua (Santuzza). Young Mexican Soprano who makes her first appearance with MLO. She has performed the role in Mexico with great success.
Francesco Valpa (Turiddu). Francesco is an Italian tenor well remembered by our public for his remarkable performance of the same role in 2004 receiving enthusiastic reviews by the Miami Herald. He also sung with MLO La Boheme as the poet Rodolfo with great success.
Kevin Misslich (Alfio). Mr. Misslich makes his debut with MLO in the role of Alfio. He is a talented baritone having performed in different opera houses around the nation.
For May 28th performance tickets, CLICK HERE
For May 30th performance tickets, CLICK HERE
Miami Lyric Opera
305.297.3619
miamilyricopera@bellsouth.net
www.miamilyricopera.org
For more information about local openings and events, please visit www.miamiartguide.com

The Reggae Event of the Season – The Harder They Come 8/29/09

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The Harder They Come
Begins August 29
Knight Concert Hall

Come see the reggae event of the year! In this hard-driving, irresistible musical celebration, young singer Ivan Martin heads to Kingston with dreams of becoming a reggae star, but a corrupt and drug-fueled music industry drives him into a fast and furious life as Jamaica’s most-wanted outlaw and most-celebrated underground star.

Accompanied by a killer band of outstanding reggae musicians, the cast performs all the classic songs from the film soundtrack, including “By The Rivers of Babylon,” the title song, and the unforgettable global phenomenon, “You Can Get It If You Really Want.”

BUY TICKETS NOW
or call the box office at 305.949.6722.
The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County
1300 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, Fl. 33132

Sofia Vergara in Chicago at Adrienne Arsht Center 5/26-31/09

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Chicago
May 26 – May 31
Ziff Ballet Opera House

“Chicago has no peer on Broadway in matters of wit, style and sheer musical riches,” says Variety. It’s a razzle-dazzle tabloid tale that has won six Tony Awards®, two Olivier Awards, a Grammy and thousands of standing ovations throughout its record-breaking run in New York and around the world. See the show, live on stage, that sparked the Oscar-winning movie!

JUST ANNOUNCED!
Sofia Vergara, one of the hottest Latina stars of stage, film and TV, will star in the Miami engagement of CHICAGO! Read her letter to her fans here!

As one of the most beloved personalities of the Latino entertainment world, Vergara will bring major heat as ‘Matron Mamma Morton’ in this award-winning musical. Vergara is featured in the current box office smash Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes to Jail and her credits also include the female lead in the film Four Brothers, directed by John Singleton, and starring Mark Wahlberg; Chasing Papi, opposite Eduardo Verástegui; and the steamy 2008 telenovela “Fuego en la sangre.” Her TV guest appearances include “Entourage,” “Eve,” ‘Baywatch,” “Punk’d,” and numerous talk shows including, “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” “Don Francisco presenta,” “Late Night with Conan O’Brien,” “Despierta America,” and “Last Call with Carson Daly.”

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A special offer from Florida Grand Opera and CCE Miami Madama Butterfly 5/9/09

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A Special Event for the Cultural Center of Spain
Saturday, May 9th at 8pm.
Sanford & Dolores Ziff Opera House
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts
In honor of the Spanish Consulate in Miami, Florida Grand Opera has a special offer to see Puccini’s Madama Butterfly. When you buy your tickets with the code CCE you’ll receive a 50% discount. Experience this emotionally charged drama overflowing with some of grand opera’s greatest music performed by a world renowned cast. Don’t miss Florida Grand Opera’s spectacular season finale, with this special offer for one night only …more info click here
Call for best available seats M-F 10 AM – 4 PM at 1-800-741-1010 or select-your-seat on-line today with the special code CCE at www.fgo.org

Courtest of CCE Miami

Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy Opens Next Week 5/12-17/09

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Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy
May 12 – May 17
Ziff Ballet Opera House
Direct from Broadway! Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy has been “wowing” audiences. This show is the “grandest circus spectacle east of Vegas!” says New York Magazine. With stunning athleticism and explosive imagination, an international cast of soaring aerialists, spine-bending contortionists, acrobats, jugglers, and musicians create a breathtaking and exotic universe.

“Parlez-vous français ?” Cabaret-Concert by French Artist Frederic STROUCK 5/1/09

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“Parlez-vous français ?”
Cabaret-Concert by French Artist Frederic STROUCK
The incredible adventure of a French teacher who decided to go and live his american dream. The evolution of his teenage point of view make him face today’s US reality … The tone is very humoristic and the show is based on a recital of French tunes that became worldwide hits (My way, Beyond the sea, What now my love, where do I begin, …)

General Admission: $15 / $10 for members

Frédéric Strouck’s career has been far from typical. After studying science and armed with a passion for lighting design, he began by studying cinema in view of becoming a director of photography. Simultaneously, he taught himself the piano and started composing his first songs. Increasingly interested by the relationship between music and dramatic art and the use of music in film and opera, the works of composers including Stephen Sondheim and Claude-Michel Schönberg inevitably led him to what was to become a passion for musical theatre.

Encouraged by a friend and never having considered himself as a singer, Frédéric auditioned for the 1996 production of FAME, played the part of Nick Piazza and went on to perform in shows including: PIAF JE T’AIME, HAIR, the German production of LES MISERABLES and spent five years with Jerome Savary’s company at the Opera Comique. During this time, he continued his career as a composer, writing various jingles and theme-tunes and in 2000, was commissioned by Pascal Pistone to orchestrate his contemporary musical PETER. With co-author Grégory Blot-Rudolph, he began to write and their first musical LES 7 PECHES CAPTEAUX based on a concept of song parodies in a super-market, was performed at the Gymnase Marie Bell theatre, Paris in May 2004. Following interest from television companies, Frédéric and Gregory were soon invited to adapt the show into what became SOAPERETTE, a series of short musical programs that were to invent a new kind of “fictional-variety” show! Directed by Gilles Amado, the series was aired on FOX-Life, NRJ12 and PLUG-RTL in 2007 and 2008. Working as actor, author and musical director on the show not only furthered Frédéric’s already multi-facetted career but also led to him being asked to direct Marie Orlandi’s performance as Piaf at the Olympia Theatre, Paris in July 2007.

Frédéric Strouck a un parcours artistique assez alambiqué. Après des études scientifiques, passionné par la lumière, il s’engage dans des études de cinéma dans le but de devenir directeur de la photographie. En parallèle, presque par bravade, il se met au piano et commence, en autodidacte, à composer ses premières chansons. Extrêmement intéressé par les rapports qu’entretiennent la musique et la dramaturgie, il va s’orienter vers les musiques qui sont au service d’une intrigue et les intrigues qui servent la musique (l’opéra, la musique de films,…) C’est assez naturellement qu’il découvre l’univers de la comédie musicale anglo-saxonne pour lequel il aura une attirance démesurée : associant la richesse d’univers musicaux des plus hétéroclites à une certaine forme d’emphase et un fort rapport à l’intrigue, il reçoit comme un éléctro-choc l’écoute des spectacles de Stephen Sondheim ou de Claude-Michel Schönberg. Poussé par une amie, il se décide, alors qu’il ne se considère pas comme un chanteur, à passer une audition pour le spectacle ” Fame ” en 1996, il sera engagé pour le rôle de Nick Piazza et enchainera alors en tant qu’interprète des spectacles comme ” Piaf, je t’aime “, ” Hair “, ” Les Misérables ” (en Allemagne), puis intégrera la troupe de Jérôme Savary à l’Opéra Comique pendant 5 ans. En parallèle, il poursuit son parcours de compositeur en écrivant quelques génériques et jingles pour la radio et se met à l’orchestration symphonique sur la commande d’arrangements de Pascal Pistone et de sa comédie musicale contemporaine ” Peter ” en 2000. Il se lance alors dans l’écriture et c’est avec son co-auteur complice Grégory Blot-Rudolph qu’il accouche du spectacle musical ” Les 7 Péchés Capitaux ” qui sera joué au théâtre du Gymnase Marie Bell à paris en Mai 2004. Le concept du spectacle qui repose sur la contextualisation de parodies de chanson dans une intrigue sous forme de huis clos dans un supermarché intéresse alors la télévision. Avec Grégory, il adapte le concept de leur pièce pour créer ” Soaperette “. Ce programme court musical qui invente la ” variété-fiction ” sera réalisé par Gilles Amado et diffusé courant 2007/2008 sur les chaines FOX-Life, NRJ12, et PLUG-RTL. Cette expérience multiplie encore ses casquettes en le faisant travailler en tant qu’auteur, interprète, mais lui demande également de gérer l’artistique et la direction musicale. On lui propose alors de diriger Marie Orlandi dans son interprétation de Piaf sur la scène de l’Olympia en Juillet 2007.

More information at http://www.myspace.com/fredericstrouck

The Hate U Gave: The Tupac Shakur Story 5/1-2/09

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Directed by Arturo Fernandez
Written by & Starring Meshaun Labrone

From Carbonell nominated and critically acclaimed South Florida actor / playwright Meshaun Labrone comes The Hate U Gave: The Tupac Shakur Story, an incendiary journey into the mind of Tupac through the playwright’s eyes. The intensity unfolds inside the mind of a man imprisoned by his past, society, self, reality, and regret, as he fights to wrestle away freedom from the enemies that lie within. His adversaries are reflections from his thoughts, each character representative of the demons that haunted his life, mind, and soul until his death.

Venue: The Byron Carlyle Theater*
Dates: May 1st – 2nd, 2009
Where: 500 71 Street, Miami Beach, FL 33141
Time: Friday & Saturday: 8:00 pm
Admission: VIP Seating: $40.00
General: $25.00
Seniors, Students & Military: $20.00
Reservation: BoxOffice@groundupandrising.org
Or call 305-867-4194
Purchase Tickets Online

Fatal Attraction Geisha Style – Madama Butterfly Opens 4/25/09

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The gripping true story of a young geisha, seduced and abandoned by a U.S. Navy Lieutenant.

For him, it was a passing pleasure. For her, it meant a lifetime of love and devotion. Family, fortune and honor–poor Butterfly forsakes them all, for the officer who was no gentleman. Watch Michael Douglas tell Glen Close about the impact Madama Butterfly made on his life in the movie Fatal Attraction, and then close that window and click here to purchase your seats because TICKETS ARE GOING FAST. And if that is not enough to convince you click here and experience Butterfly’s moving and unforgettable aria, Un bel di (One Fine Day) . Remember, there are projected titles in English and Spanish at every performance, so you can enjoy and understand every emotionally charged moment.
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts
April 25 at 7 PM
April 29, May 1, 2, 5, 8 & 9 at 8 PM
May 3 at 2 PM
Broward Center for the Performing Arts
May 14 & 16 at 8 PM
ORDER TODAY for best seats. Select your own seat on line at fgo.org, or call the box office, M-F 10 AM – 4 PM, 1-800-741-1010.

Mad Cat Theatre Company presents BroadSword 4/10/09-5/2/09

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Mad Cat Theatre Company presents BroadSword a new play by Marco Ramirez
April 10th – May 2nd 2009
Thursdays-Saturdays 8pm
The Light Box
3000 Biscayne Blvd #100, Miami, Fl 33137
Admission is $25; Students are $10 with valid I.D.
Cash or Check only
Call (305) 576-6377 for reservations and info.
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Mad Cat Theatre Company returns for its second production of its ninth season with BroadSword, a new play by Marco Ramirez. BroadSword is a play with heavy metal. 16 years ago, the heavy metal band BroadSword, from Rahway, New Jersey, unexpectedly broke up and the 4 members went their separate ways. Now the mysterious disappearance of their lead guitarist, Richie Gomez, reunites the original band members along with the band’s biggest groupie and some creepy old guy to figure out what the hell happened to Richie.

Directed by Paul Tei, BroadSword stars Mad Cat company members Erik Fabregat, Paul Tei, Scott Genn, Sofia Citarella with guest actor George Schiavone and the return of former company member Gregg Weiner.

-SPECIAL OPENING NIGHT CELEBRATION-
FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 2009

Celebrate the opening of BroadSword with food, libations, and a meet and greet with the cast with your purchase of a $40 Opening Night Ticket to the show. Event begins at 7:00 p.m. Show begins at 8:00 p.m. To purchase tickets with a credit card for Opening Night ONLY call Miami Light at 305.576.4350.

An Evening of Rumi’s Poetry with Music and Sacred Whirling 4/4/09

April 4, Sat. 8pm
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Jelaluddin Rumi, a 13th century mystical poet, has been America’s best-selling poet for many years.
His books have sold more than a million copies in the U.S. Rumi’s universal legacy – through his personal life, writings, and practices – is to live in peace, to serve the highest calling, to celebrate diversity, and to love all.

Hear the poetry of Rumi, dramatically spoken live by Peter Rogen in English and Amir Vahab in Farsi, accompanied by three wonderful Sufi musicians: Arsalaan playing the nay flute and harp, Osiris on frame drum and other percussions, and Amir on nay flute, tanbour, and drums. The music of the nay flute and tanbour is improvised (“taksim”) in the authentic Turkish and Persian styles. The musicians may also provide spontaneous Sufi chanting to accompany some of the poems.

EVENT INFO:
LOCATION: 4760 Pine Tree Drive, Miami Beach, 33140
COST: $20 adults & $15 seniors/students/online
Click here, scroll down to Rumi Night to purchase tickets

JOHN WATERS at the Lincoln Theater Miami Beach 5/1/09


Friday, May 1st 8pm

“An Evening with John Waters”
This Filthy World – Dirty & Filthier

The Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival & Edison Farrow are proud to present an evening with the iconic, irreverent, and deliciously twisted John Waters!

The man who brought us Hairspray, Pink Flamingos, and made Divine a cult-icon will take to the stage of the Lincoln Theater on South Beach for one-night only, in his first South Florida stage appearance in over a decade!

John Waters’ one-man show is a “vaudeville” act that celebrates the film career and obsessive tastes of the man William Burroughs once called “The Pope of Trash.” Focusing in on Waters’ early negative artistic influences and his fascination with true crime, exploitation films, fashion lunacy, and the extremes of the contemporary art world, this joyously devious monologue elevates all that is trashy in life into a call to arms to “filth followers” everywhere.

VIP TICKETS
VIP ticket holders will receive reserved prime seating in the orchestra pit, as well as admittance to a private Meet & Greet reception with John Waters. Tickets are limited and will sell out!

Lincoln Theater
541 Lincoln Road
Miami Beach
305.674.1040

www.MGLFF.com

VIP Tickets: $125
Lower-level tickets: $45
Balcony tickets: $35

BUY TICKETS HERE

Delicious Comedy, a Howling Success at The Marriage of Figaro 3/21-28/09


Sexy Servants
A Philandering Count
& A Frisky Teen

Cupid has his hands full getting this wedding party to the church on time!

The Count makes sexual advances to the maid, who is engaged to the valet, who is pursued by an older woman, who is annoyed by a hormonal teen, who is obsessed with the boss’s wife…are you with me so far???? Buy your tickets today for this delicious, bodacious and bawdy comedy!

Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts
March 21, 22, 24, 25, 27 & 28

Broward Center for the Performing Arts
April 2 & 4

Call the Box Office at 1-800-741-1010 or Select-Your-Seat at www.fgo.org

Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida presents Fairy Doll 3/14-15/09


Dance Now! Ensemble would like you to know about the upcoming concert by our friends at Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida.

Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida
Vladimir Issaev, Artistic Director
Presents The World Premiere
Fairy Doll
Music by Josef Bayer

March 7 & 8
Broward Center for the Performing Arts
Tickets: 954-462-0222
www.browardcenter.org

March 14 & 15
Julius Littman North Miami Beach Performing Arts Theater
Tickets: 1-800-494-8497
www.boxofficetickets.com

www.artsballettheatre.org
305-935-3232

Erotic Charged Dance from Montreal Marie Chouinard at the Colony Theatre 3/13-14/09

CompagnieMarie Chouinard
The Rite of Spring and Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Florida Premieres

DATE & TIME Friday & Saturday March 13 & 14, 2009 8:30 pm

TICKETS $50 VIP ticket, priority entrance and seating
$25 General Admission
$20 Students/Seniors w/ ID

Marie Chouinard is a choreographer who cannot be mistaken for anyone else. Her Montreal-based company has received worldwide acclaim for its angular, startling and moving dance works. This weekend they make a triumphal return to Miami with two outstanding pieces that showcase Chouinard’s unique and distinctive style. In The Rite of Spring, working with Stravinsky’s music, Chouinard, through sensual, almost primal choreography, mines the intimate mysterious depths of each of her dancers. The totem-like costumes that echo the animal world in its violence and beauty add to the dance’s vivid effect. A short solo work, Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, preceeds The Rite of Spring.
Now a fixture on the world’s major stages and at international festivals, Compagnie Marie Chouinard has its roots in Chouinard’s solo work, which began back in 1978. Her over fifty productions, action-performances, vocal works, installations and films earned her a reputation for daring originality. She refined her lifelong interest in formal research and the human body, going on to form her own dance company in 1990. Through her choreography Chouinard has explored the “poetics of the body” in immediate, intelligible and ever-surprising ways.

This performance includes nudity.

Miami Light Project & Adrienne Arsht Center present Here & Now: 2009 featuring 2 world premieres Rosie Herrera and Alexey Puig Taran 3/5-7/09

Miami Light Project & the Adrienne Arsht Center present Here & Now: 2009 as part of the Miami Made Festival of New Work featuring 2 world premieres by Rosie Herrera and Alexey Puig Taran
March 5-7, 2009, 7:30pm
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Carnival Studio Theater
1300 Biscayne Blvd, Miami, FL
Tickets: $20.00
Here & Now yields an annual bounty of innovative, eye-opening new works; up-close-and-personal world premieres in the Carnival Studio Theater featuring some of Miami’s most promising emerging artists!

Alexey Puig Taran – Symbol
From aerial dance and video-art to music, words and improvisation, Guggenheim dance fellow Alexey Puig Taran’s Symbol explores the boundaries of poetry where color, beauty, desire, and faith incorporate us into the cosmic order. Dancers fly, suspended from the ceiling as rain washes down on them in a vivid display of athletic grace.

Rosie Herrera – Various Stages of Drowning: A Cabaret
Choreographer Rosie Herrera recreates dream states through dance, theater, cabaret, opera and surrealism using water as a metaphor for the unconscious. Featuring a cast of 14 dancers, singers, bakers and drag queens and 10 birthday cakes that take you on a vivid journey through dreams and drowning.

The Cleveland Orchestra performs Peter and the Wolf/Pedro y el Lobo 4/4/09

The Cleveland Orchestra performs Peter and the Wolf/Pedro y el Lobo

Latin Grammy Award winner, flutist, and Miami resident Nestor Torres will join The Cleveland Orchestra in Miami for April concerts as the narrator of a bilingual performance of Peter and the Wolf/Pedro y el Lobo, a favorite of the classical music repertoire that introduces young people to the orchestra.
A Family Concert open to the public will be held on Saturday, April 4, 2009, at 2:00 p.m. in the John S. and James L. Knight Concert Hall at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County. Cleveland Orchestra Assistant Conductor Tito Muñoz will lead the program, and Nestor Torres will provide both Spanish and English narration for this concert, which includes works by Mozart, Cimarosa, Dvořák, and Delecluse, in addition to Peter and the Wolf/Pedro y el Lobo.
Mr. Torres and Cleveland Orchestra Assistant Principal Flute Marisela Sager will perform the third movement from the Concerto in G major for Two Flutes by Domenico Cimarosa.
This concert is preceded by the Adrienne Arsht Center’s Family Fest, a free, event-filled day at the Arsht Center beginning at 11:30 a.m.
The same program will be performed at Education Concerts for public elementary school students in partnership with the Miami-Dade County Public Schools on Thursday, April 2, at 10:00 a.m. and noon, at the Arsht Center.
In Peter and the Wolf/Pedro y el Lobo, each character in Prokofiev’s musical story about an adventurous little boy is represented by the distinctive sound of a different musical instrument or group of instruments.
Teachers at participating schools will receive related curriculum materials including CDs, teacher guides, and student newspapers to help them prepare students for the concert.
The Education and Family Concerts are presented during the third week of the Orchestra’s 2009 Miami Residency, which also includes Cleveland Orchestra subscription concerts on Friday, April 3, and Saturday, April 4, at 8 p.m. at the Arsht Center.
Family Fest at the Adrienne Arsht Center,
Saturday, April 4, 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM (FREE!)

Just prior to the April 4 Cleveland Orchestra Family Concert, families will have the opportunity to See! Touch! Learn! Discover! the Performing Arts with Family Fest at the Adrienne Arsht Center when the Parker and Vann Thomson Plaza becomes Miami’s most exciting interactive arts playground. Hands-on, free, fun learning activities for children include crafts, face-painting, storytelling, and movement and theater classes, as well as outdoor performances.

Biographical Information
Tito Muñoz is in his second season as an assistant conductor of The Cleveland Orchestra/League of American Orchestras Conducting Fellow. An alumnus of the National Conducting Institute, Mr. Muñoz has also conducted the National Symphony Orchestra and Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. He is a native of New York City.
Marisela Sager joined The Cleveland Orchestra as assistant principal flute in 2005. Born in Vista, California, she holds a bachelor of music degree from San Diego State University and a master of music degree from Rice University. For the 2004-05 season, Ms. Sager served as assistant principal flute of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. She has appeared as soloist with Miami’s New World Symphony.
Born in Puerto Rico, flutist Nestor Torres studied at the Mannes School of Music and the New England Conservatory. He has won the Latin Grammy award in the Pop instrumental category and his most recent album, Nouveau Latino, was nominated for a 2009 Grammy for Best Latin Jazz Album, instrumental or vocal. Mr. Torres has been honored for his commitment to youth, education (including music education), and cultural exchanges.
Images of Mr. Muñoz, Ms. Sager, and Mr. Torres are available upon request. More information about The Cleveland Orchestra’s Miami Residency is available at www.clevelandorchestramiami.com.
The Cleveland Orchestra’s Miami series is presented by the Musical Arts Association of Miami and the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County.

Concert Tickets
A very limited number of reserved Family Concert tickets are available for $27.25 and $17.25 (Orchestra Main/First Tier.) As part of the Adrienne Arsht Center’s Family Fest FREE general admission tickets may be reserved beginning March 7, online at arshtcenter.org, or by calling the box office at 305-949-6722. Cleveland Orchestra patrons will have the first chance to reserve general admission tickets and beginning March 6 the public will be able to reserve.
For tickets to the Family Concert or for subscriptions to Cleveland Orchestra concerts, call the Arsht Center Box Office at (305) 949-6722 or order online at www.arshtcenter.org.
A limited number of tickets for the weekday Education Concerts (April 2) are available for purchase to independent, parochial, and private schools, as well as home- schooled students. Visit www.clevelandorchestramiami.com after February 23 and click on “Education & Community” for the Education Concert Reservation Form for non-public schools.
Music lovers interested in Cleveland Orchestra performances in Miami can be added to the priority mailing list by emailing miami@clevelandorchestra.com, calling (305) 372-7747, or subscribing to the email list at www.clevelandorchestramiami.com.

Miami Light Project & Adrienne Arsht Center present Here & Now: 2009 3/5-7/09

Florida International Magazine says “Miami Light Project has been grooming future stars for years” and this year is no different as we continue our ground-breaking commissioning/presenting partnership with the Arsht Center. Here & Now yields an annual bounty of innovative, eye-opening new works; up-close-and-personal world premieres in the Studio Theater featuring some of Miami’s most promising emerging artists.

Elizabeth Doud & Jennylin Duany

Sipping Fury From a Tea Cup
Choreography, photographic studies of insects and the animal world, and an originally crafted musical sound-scape explore the mystery of the recent disappearance of bee colonies known as the Colony Collapse Disorder. Elizabeth Doud & Jennylin Duany direct a stage wide traffic jam of remote controlled cars and invite you to a very unique tea party in Sipping Fury From A Tea Cup.

Rosie Herrera

Various Stages of Drowning: A Cabaret
Choreographer Rosie Herrera recreates dream states through dance, theater, cabaret, opera and surrealism using water as a metaphor for the unconscious. Featuring a cast of 14 dancers, singers, bakers and drag queens and 10 birthday cakes that take you on a vivid journey through dreams and drowning.

Alexey Puig Taran

Symbol
From aerial dance and video-art to music, words and improvisation, Guggenheim dance fellow Alexey Puig Taran’s Symbol explores the boundaries of poetry where color, beauty, desire, and faith incorporate us into the cosmic order. Dancers fly, suspended from the ceiling as rain washes down on them in a vivid display of athletic grace.

Miami Light Project & Adrienne Arsht Center
present
Here & Now: 2009
featuring new works by
Elizabeth Doud & Jennylin Duany, Rosie Herrera and Alexey Puig Taran
March 5-7, 2009, 7:30pm
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Carnival Studio Theater
1300 Biscayne Blvd, Miami, FL
Tickets: $20.00
Miami Light Project’s Here & Now program is one of the 31 inaugural grant recipients of the The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Knight Arts Partnership Program.

Since 1999, 65 South Florida based artists have been commissioned for Here & Now. Over 30 of these artists have gone on to perform in 14 states and 15 countries for an estimated world wide audience of over 20,000! Join us again this year as South Florida artists continue to leave an indelible mark on the South Florida Cultural landscape!

Tigertail presents the return of Marie Chouinard Dance Company Colony Theatre 3/13-14/09

CompagnieMarie Chouinard
The Rite of Spring and Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Florida Premieres

DATE & TIME
Friday & Saturday
March 13 & 14, 2009
8:30 pm

TICKETS
$50 VIP ticket, priority entrance and seating
$25 General Admission
$20 Students/Seniors w/ ID

LOCATION
Colony Theatre
1040 Lincoln Road
Miami Beach, FL

Marie Chouinard is a choreographer who cannot be mistaken for anyone else. Her Montreal-based company has received worldwide acclaim for its angular, startling and moving dance works. This weekend they make a triumphal return to Miami with two outstanding pieces that showcase Chouinard’s unique and distinctive style. In The Rite of Spring, working with Stravinsky’s music, Chouinard, through sensual, almost primal choreography, mines the intimate mysterious depths of each of her dancers. The totem-like costumes that echo the animal world in its violence and beauty add to the dance’s vivid effect. A short solo work, Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, preceeds The Rite of Spring.
Now a fixture on the world’s major stages and at international festivals, Compagnie Marie Chouinard has its roots in Chouinard’s solo work, which began back in 1978. Her over fifty productions, action-performances, vocal works, installations and films earned her a reputation for daring originality. She refined her lifelong interest in formal research and the human body, going on to form her own dance company in 1990. Through her choreography Chouinard has explored the “poetics of the body” in immediate, intelligible and ever-surprising ways.

This performance includes nudity.
“Marie Chouinard’s Rite of Spring is, in short, a masterpiece.”
– Pittsburgh Tribune Review

For more information and a video preview, go to Tigertail’s Marie Chouinard event page.

More on Compagnie Marie Chouinard at the company’s website and YouTube.

Sensuous, Melodious and Visually spectacular Lakme Opens 2/21/09

Heady Love Meets Crushing Despair

Cultures collide, generations are at war and lovers fall irresistibly, helplessly and hopelessly in love. Lakmé, set in the jungles of Southern India, is more colorful than Bollywood and more emotional than Slumdog Millionaire, while featuring some of the most visually stunning sets and costumes ever to be seen on the grand opera stage. You know the music, you’ve heard it countless times in movies and TV commercials…click here and listen to the haunting and exotic melodies…and if Valentine’s Day chocolates and roses didn’t get you the results you were looking for…this opera will put the “grrrrrrr” into the romance you’ve been waiting for!
Adrienne Arsht Center, Miami
Feb. 21 (7 PM),Feb. 22 (2 PM), Feb. 24, 25, 27, 28 (8 PM)
Broward Center, Ft. Lauderdale
Mar 5 & 7 (8 PM)
Select your own seats on line at fgo.org or call our Ticket Hot Line M-F, 10 AM – 4 PM, at 1-800-741-1010…but get your tickets today!
See You There!

The Evolution of Broadway 2/21-22/09

The Evolution of Broadway
Feb. 21 & 22, Sat. 8 pm, Sun., 3 pm
A wonderful new musical revue by ASJ’s Artistic Director David Kingery

The Broadway Musical is a true American art form!

Broadway has captivated audiences for over a century, with cutting-edge plots, music and lyrics that mirror our multi-faceted society.

Join David & his talented troupe of singers, dancers & actors on this journey that celebrates the riches of Broadway — past & present.

Where: Arts at St. Johns, 4760 Pinetree Drive,
Miami Beach, FL 33140
TIX: $20 adults, $15 online/seniors/students
Buy tickets online at www.artsatstjohns.com
Phone: 305-613-2325
We thank The Miami Salon Group for its generous grant for this program. Thanks also to the City of Miami Beach Cultural Affairs Program and the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs for their support.

Arts at St. Johns presents a new Broadway revue about the birth and blossoming of the American musical since its inception over 100 years ago. The Broadway musical, a true American art form, often mirrors society – at its best and worst. Thousands of shows have been created — with endless plots, subjects, styles, settings and genres. The Broadway musical evolved alongside American culture- and sometimes paved the way.

Recently, numerous Broadway shows have closed in New York due to the new economic crisis – ticket sales are low and audiences are dwindling. Will Broadway survive? We believe it absolutely will!

In the late 1800’s, the format of the Broadway musical originated in New York City through a collaboration of talented theater actors, vaudeville performers and burlesque dancers, led by the lavish producer Florenz Ziegfeld. The first popular shows were written by great American composers such as the Gershwins, Irving Berlin, and Jerome Kern and were campy, fun, and poetic, with plots, songs, flashy costumes and at times, risqué subject matter.

The stock-market crash of 1929 and the ensuing Great Depression profoundly affected Broadway theater, causing the number of productions to decline dramatically. But writers and performers never gave up their passion and love of Musical Theater.

Paradoxically, the period after the Depression was quite creative and spawned THE GOLDEN AGE OF BROADWAY, starting in the early 40’s with classic greats such as Oklahoma, The Sound of Music, The King and I, Hello Dolly and My Fair Lady. Composers such as Rodgers and Hammerstein, Lerner and Lowe, Kander and Ebb, and Jerry Herman churned out Broadway blockbusters. These shows also created huge stars including Julie Andrews, Ethel Merman, Carol Channing, George M. Cohan, and Rex Harrison.

Musicals have explored almost every subject and classic tale imaginable, covering diverse topics such as cultural differences, war, young love, murder, royalty, poverty, racism, religion and other controversial issues. Broadway has also recognized and paid tribute to many diverse ethnicities and cultures, with shows such as West Side Story, Miss Saigon, The Lion King, Brigadoon and the classic of Porgy n Bess.

The music, politics and the media of 60’s and 70’s changed America – and Broadway shows. Rock music, dominating the radio waves, also infiltrated the stage. The musicals Jesus Christ Superstar, Grease, and Bye Bye Birdie rocked the house. The first rock musical was HAIR- filled with hippies, afros and even full nudity.

Today, ASJ’s artistic director, David Kingery, has crafted this lively new production, The Evolution of Broadway, as a testament to the creativity of this genre. The production will also cover modern musicals including the styles of Andrew Lloyd Weber, Steven Sondheim and Steven Schwartz, paying tributes to shows like Cats, Sweeney Todd, Evita, Phantom of the Opera, and Wicked.

Broadway has survived and mirrored two world wars, various political upheavals, the Great Depression and now faces another economic downfall. However, we know that this American art form is strong and resilient – Broadway will persevere!!!

Miami Contemporary Dance Company presents Miami-Italia International 2/20-21/09

Miami-Italia International
Friday & Saturday, February 20 & 21 at 8 p.m.

From the comically edgy and ethereal to the precisely executed and zany, Miami Contemporary Dance Company presents two new world premieres in Miami-Italia International. The performance features the works of two award winning choreographers, Ray Sullivan of Miami Contemporary Dance Company and Paolo Mohovich of Balleto dell’ Esperia. The evening opens with the world premiere of Mohovich’s “Strange News From Another Star”. Taking chances, Mohovich plays between unison phrases and frenetic abandonment with a masterful focus on the structural and artistic integrity of the piece. The second half of the evening features the world premiere of “Nonna’s Pasta Dances.” The piece is based on the childhood experiences of Ray Sullivan and the time he spent with his italian grandmother when she prepared holiday feasts and family dinners. Sullivan takes these memories and introduces us to crazy, over the top characters and zany, off- the-wall dances. The result is a comedic tribute to all things Italian-American! For more information about Miami Contemporary Dance Company, call 305-865-6232. Tickets are $20, $25, $35 and limited Student and Senior tickets for $15 and can be purchased at the Colony Box Office or through Ticketmaster.
miaitalmcdc
Colony Theater
1040 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach
305-674-1040 (Box Office)

The Evolution of Broadway, with David Kingery 2/21-22/09

The Evolution of Broadway
Feb. 21 & 22, Sat. 8 pm, Sun., 3 pm
An incredible new musical revue by ASJ’s Artistic Director David Kingery

The Broadway Musical is a true American art form!

Broadway has captivated audiences for over a century, with cutting-edge plots, music and lyrics that mirror our multi-faceted society.

Join David & his talented troupe of singers, dancers & actors on this historic, entertaining journey that celebrates the riches of Broadway — past & present.
Our great cast includes David Kingery, Kristen Fox, Ray Yanez, Nydia Noreiga, Jesse Carlo, Melissa Youngblood, Kelly Roberts and Carl Lauderman.
Where: Arts at St. Johns, 4760 Pinetree Drive
Miami Beach, FL 33140
TIX: $20 adults, $15 online/seniors/students
Buy tickets online at www.artsatstjohns.com

Phone: 305-613-2325

Pure Imagination LIVE at Sweat Records 2/7/09

the sixth exciting installment of Pure Imagination LIVE at Sweat Records!! It’s one of the most unique, FREE nights of titillating entertainment in town so mark your calendars and make it out!!

To read more about it, check out this awesome Miami Herald article that came out on Sunday: Poetic Absurdities: WVUM’s Matt Gajewski upholds a storytelling tradition… and the New Times Crossfade Blog too!!

http://vangloria.net/pureimagination/

Dances in the Key of Love with The Dance Now! Ensemble 2/7-8/09

Dances in the Key of Love – Feb. 7th & 8th

The Dance Now! Ensemble ushers in Valentine’s Day with Dances in the Key of Love, February 7th and 8th. Through lush and expressive choreography, directors, Hannah Baumgarten and Diego Salterini, celebrate love in its various forms. From friendship to romantic love and heartbreak, the art form of dance tells the story of the heart. Dances in the Key of Love is a moving evening of dance theater, appropriate for all ages.

Tickets: $25 general; $20 advance; $15 students/seniors; group rates available
Tickets available at: Box Office 305-867-4194 or Ticketmaster
For more information:
www.dancenowmiami.org
info@dancenowmiami.org
305-975-8489

Peter, Peter & Potter at the Arsht 1/25/09

PETER, PETER AND POTTER!

Gold Coast Theatre Company celebrates two famous children’s classics –Peter & the Wolf and Peter Pan- and weaves them into a story told by the hilarious professors of a famous English school of sorcery- Pigwarts!

peter

A tribute to childhood heroes showcasing comedy, magic and mime with an international cast
DYLAN ACE, GRACIELA BINAGHI, PETER KISILUK, LELA LOMBARDO, JUDE PARRY

Sunday, January 25 at 2pm & 7pm at the Arsht Center, 1300 Biscayne Blvd, Miami FL 33132
Box Office: 305 949 6722 or ArshtCenter.org

Saturday, January 31 at 7pm, Sunday, February 1 at 3pm, Broward Center, 201 SW 5 Av, Ft Laud
Box Office: 954 462 0222 or BrowardCenter.org

Tickets are $20 for adults, $10 for children under 14

Please contact us for further information! 305 538 5500
Or email us at goldcoast-panto@hotmail.com

Bring the kids! Don’t have any? Borrow some! You will enjoy the experience even more!
We hope to see YOUR smiling face at “PETER, PETER & POTTER”!

Coco Peru at the Colony Theater 1/11/09

9 Days until Coco Peru at the Colony Theater! Tickets Selling Fast!

Sunday, January 11th 7pm
“An Evening with Coco Peru”
Special appearance by the Miami Gay Men’s Chorus
On Sunday January 11th, Coco Peru will be making a South Florida stop as she performs her stand up comedy show at the Colony Theater on Lincoln Road for one show only!
Coco has appeared in such films as Trick, Too Wong Foo, Girls Will Be Girls, and on TV in Will and Grace, Arrested Development, Twins, New York Undercover, Rude Awakening, Boy Meets Boy. Special guests the Miami Gay Men’s Chorus will also be performing.
Check out her website at: www.MissCoco.com
Colony Theater
1040 Lincoln Road
Miami Beach
305.674.1040
Tickets Selling Fast!
All tickets are only $25.
You can buy tickets (without any fees) at the Colony Theater, or on-line at www.ticketmaster.com

Duelling Divas The Battle Begins at Colony Theatre 1/3-4/09

Colony Theater 1040 Lincoln Road Miami, FL

Our sincere apologies to the opera purists… Two professional opera singers decided that the world needed a good fat laugh! Big egos, along with big wigs, gorgeous voices, and ridiculous characters…audiences from college kids to older opera buffs adore this show and schtick. From the hallowed stage of Carnegie Hall, these hilarious ladies will tickle your funny bone as they combine “serious” operatic music with completely slapstick humor.

And remember, “it ain’t over till…” Well, you know.

“WHO KNEW OPERA COULD BE SO MUCH FUN?” Howard Cohen, Miami Herald July 11, 2008 “The Sopranos was never quite like this: “Baroness Vladka von Loudenstimme has had a long career on the opera stage but for how much longer is anyone’s guess. She’s still got the pipes but she likes to soak them in booze whenever she can — as in during every performance. So she hires the younger Southern belle Gwendoline Josephine Bellevoix Bouvier, who fancies herself French and cultured but who grew up in Boar Tush, La., to sing for the audience so she can sprint off stage for a nip. “One pianist named Paige Turner, 18 costumes, a horned helmet, spear, light saber and a lotta Puccini later, the diva duet becomes a duel. The aim is laughter. That’s the premise of Duelling Divas, a comedic entree into the world of grand opera.”

“A SMASH HIT!” WPBF-TV News 25 “An inspired stand-out in operatic theatre.” Ocala Magazine “See how high art and high camp combine!” Miami New Times

Tickets on Ticketmaster: $35, $22.50, $10

Divas on Youtube
http://www.duellingdivas.com/

Miss Twinkleton’s Schools For Sensitive Boys Presents The Nutcracker: Men In Tights! 12/19-21/08

Miss Twinkleton’s Schools For Sensitive Boys Presents The Nutcracker: Men In Tights!
Friday, December 19, Saturday, December 20, 8:00 p.m.; Sunday, December 21, 3:00 p.m.
The Colony Theatre, 1040 Lincoln Road
305.674.1040 www.miamigaychorus.org
Tickets: $30, $25, $20, $15
The Miami Gay Men’s Chorus December Concert will be packed with the kind of humor and irreverence (with some sprinkles of nostalgia and sensitivity) you’ve grown to love from this All Volunteer Chorus.

Benefit dinner celebrates collaboration between Miami City Ballet and The Cleveland Orchestra 1/29/09

See The Music, Hear The Dancing Performance and Benefit Dinner January 29, 2009 at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County Knight Foundation Arts Partnership Grant Provides Funding for the Program

On January 29, 2009 Miami City Ballet and The Cleveland Orchestra will join forces to launch an unprecedented multi-year collaboration. It begins with a one-night-only performance, See The Music, Hear The Dancing, at the Adrienne Arsht Center, Ziff Ballet Opera House in Miami. The program features two ballets by George Balanchine: Symphony in Three Movements set to music by Igor Stravinsky and Symphony in C with music by Georges Bizet.

To celebrate this collaboration, an elegant benefit dinner will be held immediately after the performance, on-stage at the Adrienne Arsht Center’s Knight Concert Hall, which is the venue directly across from the Ziff Ballet Opera House. The event proceeds will go to benefit both organizations. Tickets for the performance and dinner are $1,000 and can be purchased by contacting Rebecca Interian at (305) 929- 7000, ext. 1445. Tables are also available for purchase. Cocktail attire is suggested.

Approximately 300 distinguished artists and guests of both organizations are expected to attend including the Artistic Director of Miami City Ballet Edward Villella and the Music Director of The Cleveland Orchestra Franz Welser-Möst.

The event is chaired by Jan R. Lewis and Dr. Margaret Eidson. The host committee includes: Adrienne Arsht, Ana Codina Barlick & Robert Barlick, Jr., Audre & Don Carlin, Lora & Fred Drasner, Dr. Margaret & Mike Eidson, Hector Fortun, Marvin Ross Friedman & Adrienne bon Haes, Pamela Garrison & R. Kirk Landon, Jan R. & Dan Lewis, Frances Sevilla-Sacasa, Penny & Roe Stamps, and Janet & Richard Yulman.

The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is the presenting sponsor and has awarded the project a grant from the Knight Foundation Arts Partnership, a five-year $40 million initiative to transform the South Florida arts. The effort includes endowment grants to leading arts institutions, plus a community-wide contest to fund the best arts ideas.

Knight Foundation promotes journalism excellence worldwide and invests in the vitality of communities in the United States where the Knight brothers once owned newspapers. Knight Foundation invests in ideas and projects that can lead to transformational change.

CALENDAR LISTING:
Thursday, January 29, 2009, at 7:30p.m.
See The Music, Hear The Dancing Miami City Ballet/The Cleveland Orchestra Performance and Benefit Ziff Ballet Opera House, The Adrienne Arsht Center
Juan Francisco La Manna, conductor
TCHAIKOVSKY “Polacca” from The Sleeping Beauty
STRAVINSKY Symphony in Three Movements
MENDELSSOHN The Hebrides Overture (“Fingal’s Cave”), Opus 26
BIZET Symphony No. 1 in C Major
Choreography by George Balanchine
The Presenting Sponsor for See the Music, Hear the Dancing is The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Performance Tickets: $19-$175 – Call (305) 949-6722, or (305) 929-7010.
Order online at www.arshtcenter.org or www.miamicityballet.org.
For Benefit Tickets, please call Rebecca Interian at (305) 929-7000, ext. 1445.
All proceeds from See The Music, Hear the Dancing will benefit Miami City Ballet and The Cleveland Orchestra
Venue Information:
1300 Biscayne Blvd. Miami
Miami City Ballet Box Office phone: (305) 929-7010
Adrienne Arsht Center Box Office phone: (305) 949-6722

The Chat Noir Club welcomes DJ Anthony Attalla at Dream 12/15/08

MONDAY
December 15, 2008
The hottest party in Miami just got hotter as this week, The Chat Noir Club welcomes DJ Anthony Attalla. The talented DJ/Producer brings his skills back to Miami for his last show in South Florida for 2008.
Two parts circus, One part Burlesque, a pinch of class, and a dash of trash – – Don’t miss The Chat Noir Club.

Doors open 10 pm. Show starts at 11pm.
Admission: $20
Table Reservations: 305.674.4444

www.DreamMia.com

MacBeth Free Flamingo Park Miami Beach 1/9-11/09

Friday, Saturday, Sunday, January 9 – 10 – 11, 7:00 p.m.
Flamingo Park, Meridian Avenue + 12 Street
Shakespeare’s MACBETH
Produced by Shakespeare Miami

All performances are free no tickets required

Friday, January 9, Opening Night, 7:00pm performance

Saturday, January 10, 7:00 pm Performance

Sunday,  January 11, 7:00 pm Performance

Do… Bring a blanket or low beach chairs. There is no “seating” at Shakespeare in the Park. An extra blanket comes in handy because sometimes it gets a little nippy.

Do… Bring a picnic.   Pick up a dinner ‘to go’ from a local Restaurant or have your neighborhood market make up a gourmet picnic for you!

Do… Bring the family.  Our shows are perfect for kids 8 and up. This production is a little more for older children.  There is realistic violence in this play including Swordfights, verbal abuse and of course, Macbeth loses his head in the end. There is a lot of blood and there are scary witches, too, so it is not a good show for toddlers.

Do… Bring some cash or a check to throw in the donation basket! All funds go to our education programs

Don’t … Bring tall chairs unless you plan to sit towards the back of the field.

Don’t …Bring Dogs.  With picnics and people sitting on the ground, dogs tend to annoy other patrons in the park.

Don’t… Go back stage to visit friends or family members No one is permitted backstage without a staff ID.

Do… Find an usher to send flowers or notes back stage, the actors appreciate it.

Disney’s Beauty and the Beast 12/13-14/08

Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast”
Saturday & Sunday, December 13 & 14 at 7 p.m.

Broadway Musical Theatre presents the magic of Broadway in the Disney Classic “Beauty and the Beast.” This might be one of the sweetest introductions to the world of live theater you could give your child. The fairy tale story of lovely Belle who falls for the ugly Beast offers a lesson on the nature of true love. Throw in a magical castle full of dancing tableware, a snotty candlestick and a very maternal teapot, and you’ve got an enchanting story that kids and grownups alike can love. Tickets are $25 and $20.

Ransom Everglades Theater
3575 Main Highway, Coconut Grove
786-223-9663

Dance Now! Ensemble presents Celebration of Light 12/13-14/08

Dance Now! Ensemble presents: Celebration of Light
Saturday, December 13, 8:00 p.m.; Sunday, December 14, 3:00 p.m.
Colony Theatre, 1040 Lincoln Road

305-975-8489 www.dancenowmiami.org
$25 general; $20 advanced; $15 students/seniors
Inspired by the common theme present in many of the winter holidays, the Dance Now! Ensemble presents three world premieres, including “Following the Light”, a reflection on light, both in its literal and metaphorical significance.

All 37 Shakespeare Plays in Just 97 Minutes! 11/26/08-1/18/09

All 37 Shakespeare Plays in Just 97 Minutes!

All 37 Plays in Just 97 Minutes of Pure Hilarity!

London’s longest-running comedy – the show that has kept American audiences laughing for years! The Reduced Shakespeare Company© in The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) premieres in Miami at the Adrienne Arsht Center’s Carnival Studio Theater!

Imagine Shakespeare meets “Saturday Night Live” in an irreverent, fast-paced romp! Praised by the Los Angeles Times as “wildly funny” and by the Montreal Gazette as “the funniest show you are likely to see in your entire lifetime!”

NBC’s “Today’s Show” says, “If you like Shakespeare, you’ll like this show. If you hate Shakespeare, you’ll LOVE this show!”

http://www.arshtcenter.org/

See the Latin Side of Miami City Ballet 11/22/08

MCB’s Upper Room Members: Join us on Saturday, November 22 for a
pre-performance Bacardi reception, latin-inspired Open Barre performance,
and after party at Aero Bar (across the street from our Miami Beach Studio Theater).
Click here to order online or call (305) 929-7010

To see photos from MCB’s Upper Room’s last event at The Setai, click here

To join MCB’s Upper Room (free membership), contact Rebecca Interian at
305.929.7000 x 1408 or e-mail rinterian@miamicityballet.org
http://www.miamicityballet.org/tickets.php

Miami City Ballet
Ophelia & Juan Js Roca Center
2200 Liberty Avenue
Miami Beach, Miami
33139

Miami City Ballet and The Cleveland Orchestra – See the Music, Hear the Dancing 1/29/09


Also coming up at Miami City Ballet:
Open Barre Dance Series – See the Latin Side of MCB: 11/21-22 at MCB Studio Theater
George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker –
12/14-16 at Broward Center, 12/19-21 & 23 at Adrienne Arsht Center.
Click here to order online or call (305) 929-7010.

Miami City Ballet
Ophelia & Juan Js Roca Center
2200 Liberty Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33139
www.miamicityballet.org

Party with Miami City Ballet Dancers on 10/18/08

Miami City Ballet’s Upper Room
Upper Room After Party at the Setai
Saturday, October 18
7:00 PM – 12:30 AM

Adrienne Arsht Center, 1300 Biscayne Blvd., Miami
The Setai, 2001 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach
price: $29-$95
rsvp/contact: rinterian@miamicityballet.org or call (305) 929-7010

MCB’s Upper Room is celebrating the opening weekend of Program I in serious style. Mix and mingle with Miami City Ballet’s trendsetting group of art-savvy young professionals.

7pm: Cocktails & pre-performance talk
8pm: Super Human Performance of Twyla Tharp’s In The Upper Room, alongside George Balanchine’s Swan Lake Act II and The Four Temperaments
11pm: Get groovin and start sippin the complimentary “Upper Room” cocktails by VEEV at The Setai


Miami City Ballet

Free Night of Theater 10/16/08

Free Night of Theater
Thursday October 16

Theatres stretching from West Palm Beach to Coral Gables will be opening up their doors for a Free Night of Theater next week with performances ranging from large scale musicals to American classics to world premieres. The Theatre League is coordinating the event in South Florida with the following theatres participating: Actors’ Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre, GableStage; The Jesus Quintero Studio; Mosaic Theatre; The Promethean Theatre; Shakespeare Miami; and The Women’s Theatre Project. This ongoing project, established in 2003, resulted in some 80% attendees last year being first-time theatregoers!

Various Theatres in South Florida
954-577-0778 (Andie Arthur)