Events: Theater
Middletown
Through the highs, the lows, and everything in-between, MIDDLETOWN is the ride of your life! Follow the story of two couples - Peg and Tom, and Dotty and Don - as they endure the rollercoaster of life together in this exhilarating and universal depiction of love, life and friendship.
This production stars fan favorites Didi Conn (Grease), Loretta Swit (M*A*S*H), Donny Most (Happy Days) and Adrian Zmed (TJ Hooker). The show is intentionally staged without a set or props, and the actors perform while reading directly from the script, as if though reading the story of their own lives, and ours.
Don’t miss the play that was selected as a 2020 Chicago Tribune Critic’s Pick!
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Actors' Playhouse, together with GFour Productions, producers of Menopause The Musical and the Tony-nominated The Inheritance and Fiddler on the Roof, are proud to kick off the 2021-2022 Mainstage season with a co-production of their new play MIDDLETOWN by Dan Clancy. The cast will star DIDI CONN, known for her portrayal of Frenchy in GREASE; DONNY MOST, who starred as Ralph Malph in HAPPY DAYS; LORETTA SWIT, best known for her portrayal of Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan on M*A*S*H, for which she won two Emmy Awards; and ADRIAN ZMED, best known for his starring roles in the BACHELOR PARTY, GREASE 2 and TV’s T.J. HOOKER. Through the highs, the lows, and everything in-between, MIDDLETOWN® is the ride of your life.
Follow the story of two couples - Peg and Tom, and Dotty and Don - as they endure the rollercoaster of life together in this exhilarating and universal depiction of love, life and friendship. As the New Hope Free Press describes, “Like Love Letters, the ‘play’s the thing,’ as Shakespeare might say. The show has four podiums downstage where the actors stand with scripts before them... For all intents and purposes, this is just the actor telling you their stories with no blocking. This only works if the stories are worth telling and the actors are good enough to tell them. And the answer is a resounding YES!”
Location
Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre
280 Miracle Mile,
Coral Gables,
FL
33134
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The Price
“The Price” was the final play directed by legendary artistic director Joseph Adler before his passing, now new Producing Artistic Director Bari Newport picks up where he left off, using Joe’s notes to bring to life his vision of this classic.
One son abandoned his dreams to support his father. The other didnt. Thirty years later, they reunite to sell their late fathers belongings and are forced to examine their decisions and the price they had to pay.
Starring GableStage acting company members Patti Gardner, Michael McKenzie, George Schiavone, and Gregg Weiner.
Location
GableStage at the Biltmore
1200 Anastasia Avenue,
Coral Gables,
FL
33134
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Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol
'Tis the season to celebrate with a "spirited" holiday classic! Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol is, of course, spun off from Charles Dickens' beloved ghostly tale. But in this marvelous theatrical retelling, the redemption story shifts from mean, old Ebenezer Scrooge to his former business partner, the long-dead, hilariously bitter, chains-rattling ghost, Jacob Marley.
Jacob Marley's miserable afterlife has been stretching on forever when, on Christmas Eve, he earns a chance to change his fate - if he can change the unrepentant Ebenezer Scrooge! Like the desperate apparition he is, Marley drags a terrified Scrooge from his bed into his worst nightmare as the two old frenemies journey into the past, present and future. Tom Mula adapted his own novella based on the familiar story to create his now popular play. Audiences will delight in the surprising twists and turns of the storytelling, and the inspired tour de force of one actor magically transforming into 18 roles. In a production that is intimate and spectacular, Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol is spooky fun and a festive treat that makes for "a splendid and invigorating evening" (The Chicago Tribune).
Location
Adrienne Arsht Center
1300 Biscayne Blvd,
Miami,
FL
33132
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Where Home is By Juraj Kojs
Dec 9, 2021 to Dec 11, 2021 - at 8:00 PM - English
Miami-based musician and avant-garde composer Juraj Kojs premieres his latest work entitled Where Home Is, a dynamic music and multimedia navigational experience through a fictive territory that spans several levels of the MDC Wolfson Parking Garage in downtown Miami.
Inspired by migrants and immigrants, Kojs imagines a country in which participants traverse through physical and conceptual pathways to find their Where Home Is citizenship. Kojs masterfully combines movement, music composition for voices, instruments, and laptops in this dynamic multidisciplinary performance work.
Location
MDC Wolfson Parking Garage (Building 7)
500 NE 2nd Ave,
Miami,
FL
33132
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CAP@SRT: Bruce Karp's - The Short and Short of It
1951 Productions LLC in partnership with Fantasy Theatre Factory present "The Short and Short of It" By Bruce Karp!
THE SHORT AND SHORT OF IT will combine several short comedies and dramatic plays that will touch on many facets of human interaction, family dysfunction embracing LGBTQ, social, family, HIV, homelessness, kindness, and friendship themes, and even some Hip Hop. Each play is different in approach and content, but all are meant to be thought-provoking, leaving the audience to think about the way they see the world.
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Sponsors: This program was made possible with the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners, the Broward County Cultural Division, sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Location
Sandrell Rivers Theater
6101 NW 7th Ave Suite 79,
Miami,
FL
33127
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Joe Papp at the Ballroom
Join GableStage this holiday season for a limited engagement production directed by Tony nominee Eleanor Reissa. The World Premiere production is in honor of Joseph Papp who would have been 100 years old this year. A true tribute, Avi Hoffman has been working closely on this production with Joe Papps widow.
Joseph Papp, the greatest American theatre icon of the 20th century gave only one public concert in his entire career. In it, he recounted his Brooklyn Yiddish upbringing, his political struggles, and his reconceiving of the creative process. Hoffman adapts and recreates the 1978 event.
This production is produced by GableStage in alliance with YI Love Jewish.
Location
GableStage at the Biltmore
1200 Anastasia Avenue,
Coral Gables,
FL
33134
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Hairspray
Dec 28, 2021 to Jan 2, 2022 - various times - English
You Can’t Stop the Beat! HAIRSPRAY, Broadway’s Tony Award-winning musical comedy phenomenon that inspired a blockbuster film and live television event, is back on tour! Join 16-year-old Tracy Turnblad in 1960s Baltimore as she sets out to dance her way onto TV’s most popular show. Can a girl with big dreams (and even bigger hair) change the world?
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Featuring a beloved score of hit songs that includes “Welcome to the 60’s,” “Good Morning Baltimore” and “It Takes Two,” and incorporating “Ladies’ Choice” from the musical film adaption, HAIRSPRAY is “fresh, winning and deliriously tuneful!” (The New York Times).
This all-new touring production reunites Broadway’s award-winning creative team, led by director Jack O’Brien and choreographer Jerry Mitchell, to bring HAIRSPRAY to a new generation of theater audiences. Don’t miss this “exhilaratingly funny and warmhearted musical comedy” (The New Yorker).
Location
Adrienne Arsht Center
1300 Biscayne Blvd,
Miami,
FL
33132
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The White Card
Award-winning poet Claudia Rankines first published play, The White Card, poses the essential question: Can American society progress if whiteness remains invisible?
I write to provoke dialogue and to transform how we think about what it means to live and breathe in the world, Claudia Rankine. A Florida Premiere.
Award-winning poet Claudia Rankines first published play, The White Card, poses the essential question: Can American society progress if whiteness remains invisible?
Composed of two scenes, The White Card is a moving and revelatory distillation of racial divisions as experienced in the white spaces of the living room, the art gallery, the theater, and the imagination itself. Director Lydia Fort directs what the Boston Globe calls, a bracing experience that leaves you with plenty to think about!
Location
GableStage at the Biltmore
1200 Anastasia Avenue,
Coral Gables,
FL
33134
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Dear Evan Hansen
Feb 15, 2022 to Feb 20, 2022 - various times - English
WINNER OF SIX 2017 TONY® AWARDS INCLUDING BEST MUSICAL
AND THE 2018 GRAMMY® AWARD FOR BEST MUSICAL THEATER ALBUM.
A letter that was never meant to be seen, a lie that was never meant to be told, a life he never dreamed he could have. Evan Hansen is about to get the one thing he’s always wanted: a chance to finally fit in. DEAR EVAN HANSEN is the deeply personal and profoundly contemporary musical about life and the way we live it.
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DEAR EVAN HANSEN has struck a remarkable chord with audiences and critics everywhere, including The Washington Post, which says DEAR EVAN HANSEN is “one of the most remarkable shows in musical theater history.” The New York Times calls it “a gut-punching, breathtaking knockout of a musical.” And NBC Nightly News declares the musical “an anthem resonating on Broadway and beyond.”
DEAR EVAN HANSEN features a book by Tony Award winner Steven Levenson, a score by Grammy®, Tony® and Academy Award® winners Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (La La Land, The Greatest Showman), and direction by four-time Tony Award nominee Michael Greif (Rent, Next to Normal).
Location
Adrienne Arsht Center
1300 Biscayne Blvd,
Miami,
FL
33132
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Me Before You
A book by Atlanta-based playwright Janece Shaffer, Me Before You is a World Premiere featuring music by Grammy Award Winner Kristian Bush of the country-rock band Suglarland. Join us for a new musical that explores how the politics of a nation can impact the politics of a marriage.
Me Before You presents Roz and Raye, a couple who has survived 20 years of marriage and can’t believe they still like each other. But the inescapable shock waves of the Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh hearing have hit them hard and suddenly the two are asking questions of each other they never have before.
Location
GableStage at the Biltmore
1200 Anastasia Avenue,
Coral Gables,
FL
33134
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The Real James Bond was Dominican
Feb 25, 2022 & Feb 26, 2022 - at 8:00 PM - English
What happens when a James Bond-obsessed Dominican boy in Queens (who won’t go anywhere without his nerf gun), finds out that the real James Bond was Dominican? This is a true story about Porfirio Rubirosa, Ian Fleming’s inspiration for Bond and a young Dominican actor-to-be, whose discovery of “Rubi” shakes his very foundation. Written and performed by Christopher Rivas.
Teens and young adults ages 13-22 can buy tickets for $5 with Culture Shock Miami. With the purchase of one $5 ticket for someone within the age range, a second $5 ticket can be purchased for an individual of any age to join them. Visit www.cultureshockmiami.com for tickets and details on this offer.
Recommended for 18 and up.
Location
Miami-Dade County Auditorium
2901 West Flagler St,
Miami,
FL
33135
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Anastasia
Mar 22, 2022 to Mar 27, 2022 - various times - English
Inspired by the beloved films, the romantic and adventure-filled new musical ANASTASIA is on a journey to Miami at last!
From the Tony Award® - winning creators of the Broadway classic Ragtime, this dazzling show transports us from the twilight of the Russian Empire to the euphoria of Paris in the 1920s, as a brave young woman sets out to discover the mystery of her past. Pursued by a ruthless Soviet officer determined to silence her, Anya enlists the aid of a dashing con man and a lovable ex-aristocrat. Together, they embark on an epic adventure to help her find home, love and family.
ANASTASIA features a book by celebrated playwright Terrence McNally, a lush new score by Stephen Flaherty (music) and Lynn Ahrens (lyrics) and direction by Tony Award ® winner Darko Tresnjak.
Location
Adrienne Arsht Center
1300 Biscayne Blvd,
Miami,
FL
33132
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Boca
A Florida Premiere guaranteeing laughs and coming straight to us from a sold-out run at Barrington Stage Company in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
Celebrate our very own Sunshine State by traveling north to Boca Raton, where the lawns and residents are perfectly maintained. Directed by Barrington Stage Artistic Director Julie Boyd, this not-to-be-missed comedy follows a group of retirees who between golf, bridge and Botox can be found bickering, gossiping, and living it up like they’re teenagers again.
Location
GableStage at the Biltmore
1200 Anastasia Avenue,
Coral Gables,
FL
33134
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Jesus Christ Superstar
May 31, 2022 to Jun 5, 2022 - various times - English
Jesus Christ Superstar is an iconic musical phenomenon with a world-wide fan base. In celebration of its 50th Anniversary, a new mesmerizing production comes to North America. Originally staged by London’s Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre and helmed by the acclaimed director Timothy Sheader (Crazy for You, Into the Woods) and award-winning choreographer Drew McOnie (King Kong, Strictly Ballroom), this production won the 2017 Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival garnering unprecedented reviews and accolades. Appealing to both theater audiences and concert music fans, this production pays tribute to the historic 1971 Billboard Album of the Year while creating a modern, theatrical world that is uniquely fresh and inspiring.
With music and lyrics by Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony winners Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, Jesus Christ Superstar is set against the backdrop of an extraordinary series of events during the final weeks in the life of Jesus Christ as seen through the eyes of Judas. Reflecting the rock roots that defined a generation, the legendary score includes ‘I Don’t Know How to Love Him’, ‘Gethsemane’ and ‘Superstar’.
Location
Adrienne Arsht Center
1300 Biscayne Blvd,
Miami,
FL
33132
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Fade
Lucia is understandably nervous. Its day one at her first TV writing job. As a Hispanic novelist, she may actually be the diversity hire shes heard whispers about. Uncertain whether she can make a place for herself in cutthroat Hollywood, she feels less alone when she meets Abel, the Latino janitor. They form a bond and share stories, but it turns out that their friendship is not what Abel expects in this witty dramatic comedy about class, integrity, and culture.
Location
GableStage at the Biltmore
1200 Anastasia Avenue,
Coral Gables,
FL
33134
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