Events: Theater
August Wilson's How I Learned What I Learned
A Miami Premiere.
In this autobiographical tour de force, the late Pulitzer Prize-winner takes audiences on a life-changing voyage from being a young poet in Pittsburgh’s Hill District to his encounters with racism, music, love and transformative friendships. August Wilson’s How I Learned What I Learned charts one man’s journey of self-discovery and what it means to be a black artist in America.
Starring Miami’s own Robert Strain and directed by Carey Brianna Hart. Co-Conceived by Todd Kriedler.
Content warning: When telling his story, August Wilson doesn’t shy away from adult language (including the n-word) and difficult subjects. He frankly and honestly discusses how racism, violence, sexual relationships, and drug use impacted his life.
“Complex and surprisingly funny... a crowd-pleasing 100 minutes in the company of a wonderful writer.”– Pittsburgh Post-Gazett
For tickets, please visit website for more information or reach the box office directly at call.
Location
GableStage at the Biltmore
1200 Anastasia Avenue,
Coral Gables,
FL
33134
(Map)
Sarasota Contemporary Dance
Don't miss "The Cuban Project: My Story, Your Story, Our Story," a heartfelt tribute to the world's largest political exodus of unaccompanied children, Operation Pedro Pan. Created by Leymis Bolanos Wilmott, Artistic Director of Sarasota Contemporary Dance, this captivating performance explores her history as a part of an immigrant Cuban family.
Location
The Moss Center
10950 SW 211th St.,
Miami,
FL
33189
(Map)
Island City Stage Presents Love! Valour! Compassion! by Terrence McNal
Short
Description: Love! Valour! Compassion! - Terrence McNally's most honored and
celebrated play about eight gay friends who spend the holidays over one summer
at one's beautiful hundred-year-old house in upstate New York, kicks off Island
City Stage’s 12th thrilling season. The show runs from October 12 – November
5.
Show more >>
Love! Valour! Compassion! - Terrence McNally's most honored and celebrated play
about eight gay friends who spend the holidays over one summer at one's
beautiful hundred-year-old house in upstate New York, kicks off Island
City Stage’s 12th thrilling season.
The show runs from October 12 – November 5. At a lakeside summer vacation house in
Dutchess County, two hours north of New York City, eight gay friends spend the
three major holiday weekends of one summer together for Memorial Day,
Independence Day, and Labor Day. The house belongs to Gregory, a successful
Broadway choreographer now approaching middle age, who fears he is losing his creativity;
and his twenty-something lover, Bobby, a legal assistant who is blind.
Each of
the guests at their house is connected to Gregory’s work in one way or another
– Arthur and longtime partner Perry are business consultants; John Jeckyll, a
sour Englishman, is a dance accompanist; die-hard musical theater fanatic Buzz
Hauser is a costume designer and the most stereotypically gay man in the group.
Only John's summer lover, Ramon, and John's twin brother James are outside the
circle of friends. But Ramon is outgoing and eventually makes a place for
himself in the group, and James is such a gentle soul that he is quickly
welcomed. Florida-born
Terrence McNally is considered one of the most prolific and highly
lauded playwrights, librettists and screenwriters in the last 50 years. His
decades of works explored human relationships - frequently those of gay men. In
addition to Love! Valour! Compassion!, McNally’s works include Bad
Habits, The Ritz, Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune, Masterclass,
and Mothers and Sons, among many others. McNally’s librettos for Kiss
of the Spider Woman and Ragtime won him Tony Awards in 1993 and 1998,
respectively. Additional credits as a librettist included The Full Monty,
Catch Me if You Can, and The Visit. He was inducted into the
American Theater Hall of Fame in 1996, and he also received the Dramatists
Guild Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011. In 2018, he was inducted into the
American Academy of Arts and Letters, the highest recognition of artistic merit
in the United States. In 2019, he won a Lifetime Achievement Tony award. His
other accolades included an Emmy Award, two Guggenheim Fellowships, a
Rockefeller Grant, four Drama Desk Awards, two Lucille Lortel Awards, two Obie
Awards, and three Hull-Warriner Awards. The
Love! Valour! Compassion!, ensemble cast features theatre veterans Chad
Darnell, Robert Koutras, Bruce Linser, Saul Mendoza, Christoper
Michaels, Matthew Salas, and Michael Scott Ross. Love!
Valour! Compassion! is directed by Michael Leeds and
co-produced by Robert Korn and Alvaro Menendez.
Set sponsor is Glenn
Goldberg and Lighting Sponsor is Scott Bennett. Island
City Stage’s 12th Season will also feature Which Way to the
Stage by Ana Nogueira (Jan. 18 – Feb. 11); Pulp by Patricia
Kane; Music by Amy Warren & Andre Pluess with lyrics by Patricia
Kane (Apr. 11 – May 5); Skintight by Joshua Harmon (May 30 –
Jun. 23) and Die! Mommie Die!by Charles Busch (Aug. 29 –
Sept. 22). Tickets for Love! Valour! Compassion!
start at $40. A Mimosa Sunday performance sponsored by Tedd Davis and Brad
Sterl will be held on October 22 with tickets at $55. The show runs three hours
with two intermissions.
For more information and to purchase tickets,
visit www.islandcitystage.org, call (954) 928-9800 or email boxoffice@islandcitystage.org. Follow Island City Stage on Facebook
at facebook.com/IslandCityStageFL and on Instagram at @islandcitystage1.
Location
Island City Stage
2304 N. Dixie Highway,
Wilton Manors,
FL
33305
(Map)
Lobby Hero
Oct 13, 2023 to Oct 29, 2023 - at 8:00 PM - English
Four New Yorkers involved in a murder investigation - a slacker security guard in a Manhattan apartment building, his by-the-book boss, a rookie cop and her macho partner - face moral and ethical dilemmas in this comic drama by the Academy Award-winning screenwriter of Manchester by the Sea. The play explores issues of racism and sexism, and whether it's ever honorable to do the wrong thing for the right reason.
Location
Palm Beach Dramaworks
201 Clematis Street,
West Palm Beach,
FL
33401
(Map)
12 Angry Men
The play explores the deliberations of a jury of a homicide trial in which a dozen jurors decide the fate of a teenager accused of murdering his abusive father. In the beginning, they are nearly unanimous in their verdict.
Location
Pembroke Pines Theatre of the Perfroming Arts
17195 Sheridan Street Pembroke Pines, FL 33331,
Pembroke Pines, FL,
FL
33331
(Map)
Domingos De Vermut Y Potaje by Maui
Sunday, Nov 5, 2023 at 2:00 PM - Spanish
"Es la hora del Vermut" ("It's vermouth time") is an elegant expression and an excellent excuse to provoke a meeting, an inspiration, laughs and easiness, and an unparalleled "whet your appetite." There is no more sublime moment than tasting the bittersweetness of this elixir. Dali, Oprah Winfrey, Frank Sinatra, or your grandfather knew it well. And there is right vermouth without its subsequent aperitif... Lighting stoves, turning off stress, apron on, tools prepared, ladle at hand... Let the ceremony begin!
Location
Miami-Dade County Auditorium
2901 West Flagler St,
Miami,
FL
33135
(Map)
Un Parque en Nuestra Casa de Nilo Cruz
Por primera vez en la Florida y en espanol, Nilo Cruz explora la familia, la fe y la politica en "Un parque en nuestra casa," una historia de asombroso poder poetico. Cinco parientes de una improvisada familia cubana, esperan la llegada de un ruso que vivira con ellos como parte de un programa de intercambio internacional. Cada personaje debe luchar con una vida llena de cambios e incertidumbres, un pais dividido y un futuro incierto, mientras trabaja para cumplir los objetivos de la zafra de "Diez millones de toneladas de azucar" de Castro. A traves de un trasfondo de tristeza y perdida, estos personajes llevan en si mismos una notable fuente de humor, sanacion y fortaleza.
Location
Miami-Dade County Auditorium
2901 West Flagler St,
Miami,
FL
33135
(Map)
La traviata - Miami
The hottest party girl in town is hiding a terrible secret. Violetta Valery is the most sought-after courtesan in Paris. Only the ardent Alfredo sees through her mask of gaiety to the real woman and her well-disguised suffering. But the love that could save her life is threatened by the demands of Alfredo’s furious father, Germont, who insists on a devastating sacrifice to save his own family from disgrace and ruin. Even a heart of gold can shatter under such a strain. From the defiant coloratura flights of “Sempre libera” to the sobbing violins of “Addio del passato,” Alexander Dumas fils’ semi-autobiographical story and Giuseppe Verdi’s timeless score will alternately lift your spirits and break your heart.
Location
Adrienne Arsht Center
1300 Biscayne Blvd,
Miami,
FL
33132
(Map)
La traviata - Fort Lauderdale
The hottest party girl in town is hiding a terrible secret. Violetta Valery is the most sought-after courtesan in Paris. Only the ardent Alfredo sees through her mask of gaiety to the real woman and her well-disguised suffering. But the love that could save her life is threatened by the demands of Alfredo’s furious father, Germont, who insists on a devastating sacrifice to save his own family from disgrace and ruin. Even a heart of gold can shatter under such a strain. From the defiant coloratura flights of “Sempre libera” to the sobbing violins of “Addio del passato,” Alexander Dumas fils’ semi-autobiographical story and Giuseppe Verdi’s timeless score will alternately lift your spirits and break your heart.
Location
Broward Center for the Performing Arts
201 SW 5th Avenue,
Fort Lauderdale,,
FL
33312
(Map)
2023-24 Season: Broadway in Miami
Presented by Bank of America and Florida Theatrical Association.
We're proud to announce Broadway in Miami's thrilling five-show 2023-24 season, which includes two South Florida premieres, one Miami premiere and the highly anticipated return of two blockbuster musicals.
Five-show subscription packages start at $205. Subscribe or renew today!
Location
Adrienne Arsht Center
1300 Biscayne Blvd,
Miami,
FL
33132
(Map)
The Messenger (World Premiere)
A meditation on the connections between past, present, and future, and on the choice between speaking up and speaking out regardless of the consequences or remaining silent for the sake of self-preservation. Inspired by the life of Hungarian Holocaust survivor Georgia Gabor, the play interweaves her story with that of a young American woman facing racial discrimination in this country in 2020.
Location
Palm Beach Dramaworks
201 Clematis Street,
West Palm Beach,
FL
33401
(Map)
I pagliacci - Miami
Canio's not clowning around. His beautiful wife Nedda longs to be free of his clumsy embraces, of her life as a traveling actor, and from the advances of the vile Tonio. When Canio catches her with her lover Silvio, only the start of the troupe’s performance can stay his hand - but not for long. Leoncavallo’s gritty and gorgeous score, based on a true incident witnessed by his policeman father, culminates in one of the most famous and tragic tenor arias of all time: "Vesti la giubba," the original "Tears of a Clown."
Location
Adrienne Arsht Center
1300 Biscayne Blvd,
Miami,
FL
33132
(Map)
The Cancellation of Lauren Fein (World Premiere)
Lauren Fein and her wife, Paola Munoz, are professors at a prestigious American university. They live with Dylan, their 16-year-old African American foster son whom they've cared for since he was a baby. When Professor Fein's actions run afoul of the university's "diversity, equity, and inclusion" policies, her groundbreaking research, her career, and her family are all put in jeopardy.
Location
Palm Beach Dramaworks
201 Clematis Street,
West Palm Beach,
FL
33401
(Map)
I pagliacci - Fort Lauderdale
Canio's not clowning around. His beautiful wife Nedda longs to be free of his clumsy embraces, of her life as a traveling actor, and from the advances of the vile Tonio. When Canio catches her with her lover Silvio, only the start of the troupe’s performance can stay his hand - but not for long. Leoncavallo’s gritty and gorgeous score, based on a true incident witnessed by his policeman father, culminates in one of the most famous and tragic tenor arias of all time: "Vesti la giubba," the original "Tears of a Clown."
Location
Broward Center for the Performing Arts
201 SW 5th Avenue,
Fort Lauderdale,,
FL
33312
(Map)
Death of a Salesman
This Pulitzer Prize-winning, groundbreaking play changed American theatre in the person of its everyman tragic hero, Willy Loman, a dime a dozen, disappointed, disillusioned, and delusional traveling salesman with a skewed vision of the American Dream. All he wanted, the playwright wrote in his memoir, was "to count" Or as Willy's wife, Linda, implores, "Attention must be paid"
Location
Palm Beach Dramaworks
201 Clematis Street,
West Palm Beach,
FL
33401
(Map)
La boheme - Miami
They're starving for everything but love. Rodolfo loves Mimi, Marco loves Musetta, Colline loves philosophy, Schaunard loves music, and they all love their eccentric bohemian life in the garrets of Paris' 19th century Latin Quarter. Starving artists all, this crazy cadre of young friends bear their poverty with laughter and grace, until it devastates them with unspeakable tragedy. With beloved favorites like "Che gelida manina, "Quando m'en vo'," and "Donde lieta usci," Puccini's divinely romantic score memorably illustrates the joys, struggles, loves, quarrels, triumphs, and tragedies of six friends and lovers as they embody the true vie de boheme.
Location
Adrienne Arsht Center
1300 Biscayne Blvd,
Miami,
FL
33132
(Map)
La boheme - Fort Lauderdale
They're starving for everything but love. Rodolfo loves Mimi, Marco loves Musetta, Colline loves philosophy, Schaunard loves music, and they all love their eccentric bohemian life in the garrets of Paris' 19th century Latin Quarter. Starving artists all, this crazy cadre of young friends bear their poverty with laughter and grace, until it devastates them with unspeakable tragedy. With beloved favorites like "Che gelida manina, "Quando m'en vo'," and "Donde lieta usci," Puccini's divinely romantic score memorably illustrates the joys, struggles, loves, quarrels, triumphs, and tragedies of six friends and lovers as they embody the true vie de boheme.
Location
Broward Center for the Performing Arts
201 SW 5th Avenue,
Fort Lauderdale,,
FL
33312
(Map)
Trying
In 1967, feisty Sarah Schorr, a 25-year-old from rural Canada, goes to work as secretary for 81-year-old Francis Biddle, the patrician former US Attorney General. The brilliant Biddle is now frail, sometimes befuddled, and always irascible. Inspired by the playwright's experiences as Biddle's secretary, the piece is a tender yet unsentimental portrait of two disparate people navigating their vast differences to form a bond of mutual admiration, consideration, and respect.
Location
Palm Beach Dramaworks
201 Clematis Street,
West Palm Beach,
FL
33401
(Map)
