261 stories from South Florida Theater
Cirque du Soleil's 'Twas the Night Before…, presented as part of the Kravis on Broadway series, arrives with all the trimmings one expects from a holiday spectacle. It is festive, colorful…
When it comes to that all-American artform of "the musical," you can't go wrong by visiting or revisiting a blockbuster show from its heyday of the 1940s and 1950s. So when one happens to be…
Although known largely for her comic roles, actress Jeni Hacker conveys anger, laughter and sadness as the quirky mother "Anne" in playwright Florian Zeller's one act drama with comic overto…
From the moment I set foot on Florida Atlantic University's campus, I knew Monday, November 17 was going to be an unforgettable night. After all, for one glittering evening, the University T…
What happens when you get a group of our most talented local divas together in a musical that's notorious for skewering the very genre that made their name? You get a mind-blowing explosion …
Lake Worth Playhouse's production of Thornton Wilder's Our Town leans into the melancholy that makes the play endure. It is not sad in a showy or theatrical way. Instead, it captures the qui…
One thing is for certain: Kimberly Akimbo is unlike any musical you've ever seen before. Family secrets, vibrant (and, sometimes, quite possibly toxic) personalities, anagrams, and check fra…
Puppet shows for adults, anyone? You bet! Just ask Broward Center for the Performing Arts whose Au-Rene Theater has been taken over by puppets of late. And not just any puppets " realistic-l…
Anthony Nunziata, the popular Brooklyn-born, Nashville-based singer-songwriter and frequent performer at clubs throughout Palm Beach County and South Florida, has released a new Christmas al…
If there was ever a musical that managed to be both gut-busting and heartbreaking in the same breath, Kimberly Akimbo is it. Now playing at the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach, this Tony Aw…
Pompano Player's matinee production of Steel Magnolias on Saturday, November 8, was poignant and witty, with plenty of southern charm. Before researching Robert Harling's play, several thoug…
On Halloween night, a perfectly spooky occasion for a family of delightful misfits, South Florida Theater caught the opening performance of The Addams Family at the Kravis Center. It was a t…
When the producing artistic director of one of the premiere new play destinations in the country can't get a new play he'd read years back out of his head " we can be assured it's going to b…
After sold-out performances and encore shows at the Lake Worth Playhouse this summer, acclaimed playwright, director, and actress Rashida Costa brings her powerful stage dr…
Adult contemporary singer Melissa Manchester, known for her popular hit songs "Come in From The Rain", "Don't Cry Out Loud", "Midnight Blue" , "Through The Eyes Of Love" and "You Should Hear…
Miami Music Project is proud to announce its participation in the 2025 Give Miami Day, one of the nation's largest annual giving campaigns. Building on strong community support and measurabl…
When he was a young man living in Germany, singer Kerst J. Lehmann thought his career would be as a pro soccer player rather than in music. However, when Lehmann moved to America, he became …
Actresses Emily Van Vliet Perea, Kimberly Dorren Burns and Laura Turnbull all shine as the lead characters (Percy, Shelby and Hannah respectfully) in the two act musical "The Spitfire Grill"…
First I must extend my deepest gratitude and admiration to Florida Atlantic University Department of Theatre and Dance and its generous donors (including presenting sponsors Florida-Israel I…
Actor Mark H. Dold reinvented himself as 19 different people in the one-act comedy "Harry Clarke" at Gablestage that is mostly funny, but with dramatic overtones. Playwright David Cale's…
The Kravis Center for the Performing Arts opened its 2025"2026 Broadway season on Tuesday, October 21, with The Wiz, a spirited revival of the beloved 1975 musical that reimagines The Wizard…
The natural order of popular theater tends to follow this formula: Find a best-selling book, turn it into a hit film, then get a top lyricist and composer to create the score for a smash Bro…
Since performing the music of The Carpenters with her seven member "Top of the World" band in 2017, singer Debbie Taylor of Coral Springs has been so popular that she sold out each of her an…
Wrapping up its opening weekend at the Arsht Center in Miami, Miami City Ballet's Peck: Miami in Motion offers an evening devoted entirely to the work of Justin Peck, one of the most visible…
Would you kill for a hit? With my mom, South Florida Theater's own wonderful Mindy Leaf Does art imitate life, or does life imitate art? That eternal question slinks across the boards in…