While there's actually theatre all 52 weeks of the year in South Florida, the traditional theatre season coincides more or less with tourist season. More or less; even "The Season" doesn't mean as much as it once did in South Florida; Palm Beach still sees a seasonal fluctuation in population, but Fort Lauderdale and Miami simply range from "overcrowded" to "really overcrowded."
"The Season" starts with a trickle of Quebec license plates, and roars into full swing following Thanksgiving, with a crescendo up to Spring Break. And then it starts to get easier to find a parking spot at the Mall, and soon it only takes three cycles to get through a traffic light at rush hour.
But through it all, the show goes on.
"The Season" starts with a trickle of Quebec license plates, and roars into full swing following Thanksgiving, with a crescendo up to Spring Break. And then it starts to get easier to find a parking spot at the Mall, and soon it only takes three cycles to get through a traffic light at rush hour.
But through it all, the show goes on.
SEPTEMBER
9
Rock'n' Roll, Mosaic Theatre, through Oct 4.
30
The Marvelous Wonderettes, Actors' Playhouse, through Nov 1.
OCTOBER
6
Fiddler on the Roof, Broward Center for the Performing Arts, through Oct 18.
In Development, New Theatre, through Nov 8.
15
Love is Love, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, through Oct 25
16
Bubbling Brown Sugar, Broward Stage Door Theatre, through Nov 22.
A Doll's House, Palm Beach DramaWorks, through Nov 29.
21
Two Jews Walk Into A War..., Florida Stage, through Nov 29
27
The Color Purple, Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, through Nov 1.
NOVEMBER
8
The Voysey Inheritance, Caldwell Theatre Company, through Dec 13
10
Fanny Brice: The Real Funny Girl, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, through Nov 22.
GREASE, Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, through Nov 15.
Legally Blonde the Musical, Broward Center for the Performing Arts, through Nov 22
14
The Screwtape Letters, Coral Springs Arts Center, through November 15
19
26 Miles, New Theatre, through Dec 20
Why Torture Is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them, Mosaic Theatre, through Dec 13.
Patrick Combs: Man 1, Bank 0, Kravis Center, through Nov 21.
20
Cantorial,Broward Stage Door Theatre , through January 3.
23
Tales from Lake Wobegon with Garrison Keillor, Kravis Center,
27
Gem of the Ocean, The M Ensemble, through December 20
DECEMBER
1
Lost in Yonkers, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, through Dec 13.
2
Another Night Before Christmas, Actors Playhouse, through Dec 27.
3
Eyecons, Rising Action Theatre, through Dec 22.
700 Sundays with Billy Crystal, Kravis Center, through Dec 6.
4
I Love A Piano, The Crest Theatre, through Dec 6.
8
Rent - The Broadway Tour, The Fillmore Miami Beach, through Dec 13.
9
The Storytelling Ability of a Boy, Florida Stage, through Jan 17, 2010.
11
42nd Street,Broward Stage Door Theatre , through Jan 24.
15
Gotta Get a Gimmick - Burlesque to Broadway, Kravis Center,
17
World of Jewtopia, Coral Springs Center for the Arts, through Dec 20.
18
Copenhagen, Palm Beach DramaWorks, through Jan 31.
21
Chicago, the Musical, Kravis Center, through Dec 23.
23
The Phantom of the Opera, Broward Center for the Performing Arts, through Jan 17, 2010.
26
Farragut North, GableStage, through Jan 24
Forbidden Broadway, Kravis Center, through Dec 31.
30
101 Dalmations: The Musical, Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, through Jan 3
JANUARY
3
Chemical Imbalance: A Jekyll and Jyde Play, Caldwell Theatre Company, through Feb 7
5
South Pacific, Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, through Jan 10.
12
La Cage Aux Folles, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, through Jan 31.
13
The Great American Trailer Park Musical, Actors' Playhouse, through Feb 7
14
Hour of the Tiger, New Theatre, through Feb 14.
20
Sheperd's Pie, Mad Cat Theatre
Lansky, Parker Playhouse, through Jan 24.
21
An Enemy of the People, Kravis Center, through Jan 22
22
Come Blow Your Horn, Broward Stage Door Theatre, through Mar 1
23
As You Like It, Kravis Center, through Jan 24
27
Sins of the Mother, Florida Stage, through March 7.
Girls Night, the Musical, Parker Playhouse, through Jan 31.
29
My Mother's Italian, My Father's Jewish, and I'm in Therapy, Crest Theatre, through Jan 30.
FEBRUARY
2
A Chorus Line, Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, through Jan 7.
4
Blue Door, The M Ensemble, through Feb 28.
9
Tintypes, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, through Feb 28.
10
The 39 Steps, Parker Playhouse, through Feb 28.
Jersey Boys, Kravis Center, through Mar 28.
12
Singin' In The Rain, Broward Stage Door Theatre, through Mar 28.
13
My Son, the Waiter, A Jewish Tragedy, Coral Springs Center for the Arts
18
Romeo & Juliet, Kravis Center, through Mar 21.
19
American Buffalo, Palm Beach DramaWorks, through Apr 4.
Aspects of Webber, Coral Springs Center for the Arts
Cabaret - National Tour, Crest Theatre, through Feb 21.
20
Blasted, GableStage, through March 21
21
TBA, Caldwell Theatre Company, through Mar 28
25
(classic play tba), New Theatre, through Mar 28.
Make Me A Song: The Music of William Finn, Mosaic Theatre, through Mar 21.
MARCH
3
Wicked, Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, through Mar 21
Miss Saigon, Actors' Playhouse, through April 4
4
Love Song, Naked Stage, through March 28.
9
Anything Goes, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, through Mar 28.
10
Jersey Boys, Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, through March 28.
11
The Dumb Waiter, Promethean Theatre, through March 28.
14
The Original Florida Follies, Parker Playhouse,
16
In The Heights, Broward Center for the Performing Arts, through March 28.
17
Hairspray, Coral Springs Center for the Arts
19
Crooked, Area Stage Company
24
Dr. Radio, Florida Stage, through May 2
26
Love, Sex, and the IRS, Broward Stage Door Theatre, through May 9.
30
Mama Mia, Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, through April 4.
APRIL
1
The 12, Broward Center for the Performing Arts
6
The Color Purple, Broward Center for the Performing Arts, through April 18.
8
(world premiere tba), New Theatre, through May 9.
The Trial of One Short-sighted Black Woman vs. Mammy Louise and Safreeta Mae, The M Ensemble, through April 25.
10
Get Back! Beatlemania, Coral Springs Center for the Arts,
Neil Berg's 100 Years of Broadway, Parker Playhouse,
11
The American Plan, Caldwell Theatre Company, through May 16
14
Boeing Boeing, Mosaic Theatre, through May 9.
16
Suds, Broward Stage Door Theatre, through May 23.
17
The Quarrel, GableStage, through May 16
20
The Kosher Cheerleaders, Parker Playhouse, through April 25.
23
Three Tall Women, Palm Beach DramaWorks, through Jun 13.
29
Broadsword, Mad Cat Theatre, through May 9 (at the Arsht Center).
MAY
11
Spring Awakening, Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, through May 16.
12
When The Sun Shone Brighter, Florida Stage, through June 20.
Unreasonable Doubt, Actors' Playhouse, through June 6.
Wow, Phantom is finally coming back! Plus Wicked, Miss Saigon, In the Heights, and Spring Awakening...it will be a good year for theatre in South Florida.
ReplyDeleteThanks for this update!
You're welcome! Keep an eye on this page: several theatres haven't announced their seasons yet, and I'll be adding them to this.
ReplyDeleteWow! Thanks so much! Finally, I have a reason to enjoy living in South FL! This is an AMAZING lineup, we're not usually that lucky. And I've been seeing South FL shows for 12 years.
ReplyDeleteHey Chris. This the latest reply to a post in history.
ReplyDeleteOn January 13th 2008 you wrote a blog
-Coconut Grove Playhouse has a plan - FINALLY
and while that story has long played itself out, I came accross a line that struck me...
"Who does that leave? Barry University? Does Barry even HAVE a theater department anymore?"
As the guy whose job it has been to help resuge Barry's department from it's down years (along with my colleague Hugh Murphy) I just thought you would be interested in knowing that Barry now has a thriving and talented young department. We have 29 majors and another dozen minors, produce 3 to 4 shows a year, including a student directed one-act festival, bring guest artists and playwrights to campus to do about 5workshops a year and take groups of students to about 7 professional productions.
This monday at 7:30 october 5th, in the beautiful Gato art Gallery, Barry University will be hosting a special event honoring playwright Michael Mckeever. Hope you can make it and see for yourself what is happeneing at barry.
The event is free and will consist of reading of 4 short plays (including a world premier reading)-mail me with any questions-jmanzelli@mail.barry.edu
John Manzelli
Hi, John-
ReplyDeleteI've emailed you a response. I'm glad to hear that Barry's putting some effort into its theatre department. It was once a cornerstone of the local theatre scene, and hopefully you'll bring it back to something like its former prominence.