The Scene for July 24, 2009

The summer is racing past: I thought the season was busy, but I haven't stopped, and neither has the rest of South Florida.

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openings:

Viva Bourgeois at Mad Cat Theatre Company in Miami opens Friday. See what this Gen-X company does with Moliere; it will be worth the trip.

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still playing:

Private Lives at Palm Beach DramaWorks , runs through August 16th.

Knish Alley plays at the Stage Door Theatre through August 30th, 2009.

Married ALIVE! plays at the Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theater through Aug 16.

Vices: A Love Story sizzles at the Caldwell Theatre, and runs through August 2.

Still Jewish After All These Years: A Life in Theatre is being performed by its creator, Avi Hoffman, as the little theatre in Santaluces High School in Boynton Beach. It's his last-ditch attempt to raise money to save his troubled company, the New Vista Theatre. The tickets are modestly priced at $20. Call 561-482-4144. It plays through August 2.

Some Kind of Wonderful! at Florida Stage plays through August 30.

I Left My Heart...A Tribute to Tony Bennett, at Broward Stage Door, June 12 - Aug 2.

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passing through:

Verve Central Productions presents Still Untitled at the Rising Action Theatre this weekend. It's an original work by Matt May, based on the memoirs of his friend Terrance Olear. Fittingly, May directs Olear in this production. Read more about it on MiamiArtzine.com.

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last chance to see:
Palm Beach Shakespeare Festival presents A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Seabreaze Amphitheater in Jupiter's Carlin Park. Admission is free, but it is outdoors, and weather can play a factor.

The 24th International Hispanic Theatre Festival, presented by Teatro Avante at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts. It runs through July 26th. (In Spanish, some shows have subtitles: see website for details)

Ground Up And Rising's wandering production of On An Average Day is set close this weekend at ArtSouth in Homestead. You don't get much more South in South Florida.

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for kids:

Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre presents Stuart Little through August 1, 2009. Peak behind the scenes at The Playground.