Friday, January 30, 2015

The Scene for January 30, 2015

There were a lot of reviews out this week, because a lot of shows opened last week.  Heck, a lot of shows are opening this week, too.
 
What’s really heartening is that among the standards like Cabaret and La Cage Aux Folles, we also have the opportunity to see rarely produced musicals like Ragtime and Bonnie & Clyde.  And there is plenty of new work to be seen, as well as some classics of American theater.
 
And we mustn’t forget the boon that is MicroTheatre Miami; 7 short plays offered Wednesdays through Sundays – you can see one, or see them all.  And we’ve just learned that Tanya Bravo will be playing in one of the micro-plays; A Foot Apart, by Brian Cohen.
 
No, we’re not New York or Chicago, but we have an exceptionally vibrant theatre community, and the work you can see here is the absolute equal of anything you’ll see there.
 
Here's what's playing on South Florida stages this weekend:  
 

opening...

  
Actors’ Playhouse opens its production of Ragtime at the Miracle Theater, through February 22.
 
Palm Beach DramaWorks opens Les Liaisons Dangereuse this weekend, through March 1, 2015.
 
Parade Productions runs a relationship backwards from divorce to marriage in Undo, playing at the Mizner Park Cultural Arts Center, through March 1.
 
Island City Stage opens Octopus at Empire Stage, through March 1, 2015.
 
New Theatre opens its production of the classic courtroom drama Twelve Angry Men at the South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center.
 

you still haven't missed...

 
Slow Burn Theatre’s production of Bonnie & Clyde opens at the West Boca Performing Arts Theater, through February 1.
 
DreamCatcher Theatre presents Into The Woods at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts through February 15.
  
GableStage presents its production of Tarell Alvin McCraney’s  Choir Boy through February 22.
 
The M Ensemble presents The Gift Horse at the South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center through February 8.
 
The Broward Stage Door presents its production of  Cabaret  through March 15.
    
 The Theatre at Arts Garage offers I and You through February 8, 2015.
 
La Cage Aux Folles plays at The Wick Theatre through February 15, 2015. 
   

coming and going...

  
The national tour of Flashdance blasts through The Kravis Center this weekend.
 
The Capitol Steps brings their political satire to the Aventura Arts and Cultural Center this weekend only.
 
     

last chance to see...

 
The Maltz Jupiter Theatre’s stunning production of The Wiz ends its run this Sunday, February 1.
  
Disney’s The Lion King winds up its run in the Au-Rene Theater at The Broward Center for the Performing Arts on Sunday, February 1, 2015. 
 
On a smaller scale,  Fully Committed plays its final performance in the intimate Abdo New River Room at The Broward Center for the Performing Arts  this Sunday, February 1, 2015.
 
The zany Potted Potter has been presenting all 7 Harry Potter books in 70 minutes in the Amaturo Theater at The Broward Center for the Performing Arts, but you can only catch it and join in a quick game of Quidditch (no, really) through this Sunday, February 1, 2015.
   

community and conservatory...

 
Broward College Fine Arts Theater presents One Noble Journey: A Box Marked Freedom on Saturday, January 31 only.
 
Lake Worth Playhouse offers South Pacific through February 1, 2015.
 
The Lake Worth Playhouse presents Orphans plays at the Stonzek Studio Theatre Friday through February 1.
 
The Curtain Call Playhouse opens Annie Get Your Gun at the Willow Theatre in Sugar Sand Par, through February 1.
 

for kids...

 
Actors’ Playhouse at The Miracle Theater presents Alice in Wonderland through March 19, 2015.
 
Sol Children’s Theatre Troupe presents The Princess and the Pea through January 31.

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