Performing Arts

From Oct 16 through Nov 20, 2011. After the Revolution is the story of the brilliant, promising Emma Joseph who proudly carries the torch of her family’s Marxist tradition, devoting her life to the memory of her grandfather, much revered for refusing to “name names” during the McCarthy hearings.

From Nov 2011 through May 2012. The PlayGround Theatre has lined up an exciting eighth season for all ages announcing the return of three critically acclaimed productions from the theatre’s repertoire to highlight the 2011-2012 season. Opening with The Red Thread, the season will continue with Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, and A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings.

From Nov 10 through 27, 2011. The Alliance Theatre Lab is closing its 2011 Season with Kenneth Lonergan’s critically acclaimed play Lobby Hero. This Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Off-Broadway Play nominee tells the story of Jeff, a luckless young security guard trying to get his life together after being thrown out of the navy.

From Oct 26 through Nov 9, 2011. A major milestone in the life of New World School of the Arts, the Dance for the Community dance series is part of the young arts institution’s 25th Anniversary celebration. “The South Florida community has played an integral role in the growth and achievements of NWSA – and what better way to demonstrate our gratitude … +

From Oct 14 through 30, 2011. New Theatre continues it’s “family” theme season with the National New Play Network’s Rolling World Premiere of Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them, running October 14 through 30, 2011. This timely and controversial work examines the lives of two all but abandoned teens having to create a makeshift family and its values while getting through … +

Colony Theatre. Oct 29 & 30, 2011. 8:00 p.m. & 3:00 p.m. Breathtaking visuals accompany Dance Now! Miami’s stunning dancers and poetic choreography in this season’s “Random Patterns of Falling Leaves” danced to the haunting music of Arvo Part.

Fall 2011. After 20 successful seasons, Miami Dade College’s (MDC) premier performing arts series, Cultura del Lobo, has changed its name to MDC Live! Performing Arts Series. When the series was inaugurated in 1991, it was limited to the Wolfson Campus (hence the name – a Spanish twist on Wolfson – “Lobo”) and served as a platform for progressive, mostly Latin American … +

Miami’s Mad Cat Theatre Company is currently running its last show of the season, So My Grandmother Died, Blah Blah Blah, and it’s a real crowd-pleaser. Daringly blending a motley assortment of off-the-wall characters with a script that’s both emotionally deep and gut-wrenchingly funny, writer-director Paul Tei has yet again brought some new and wacky life to the city’s theater scene. If … +

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Sept 17, 18, 23 and 25, 2011. 8:00 p.m. Ground Up and Rising is presenting the play “True West”, written by Sam Shepard, directed by Arturo Fernandez, and starring Collin Carmouze, Curtis Belz, and Claudio Pinto at the St. John’s On The Lake on Miami Beach.

Oct 2, 2011. 4:00 and 7:00 p.m. WNET/Thirteen, New York’s PBS station, puts the spotlight on one of America’s finest dance companies, Miami’s own Miami City Ballet in the new television program Great Performances: Miami City Ballet Dances Balanchine & Tharp.The screenings will take place at the Miami City Ballet Studios, located at the Ophelia & Juan Js. Roca Center.

A Homage to Gustav Klimt’s 150th AnniversaryOct 1, 2 and 9, 2011. Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida begins its season with the ballet Harlequinade and the premiere of a piece celebrating painter Gustav Klimt’s 150th Anniversary.

From Sept 3 through Oct 2, 2011. GableStage at the Biltmore is presenting the Florida Premiere of “The Brothers Size”, a play written and directed by Miami’s own Tarell Alvin McCraney starring Teo Castellanos, Ryan George and Sheaun McKinney. Set in the Louisiana bayous, the play explores the struggles of two brothers who walk the line between law and liberty, locked in … +

From Sept 14, 2011 through Apr 28, 2012. The University of Miami College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Theatre Arts presents its 2011-2012 Season which kicks off on September 14, 2011 with Night Train to Bolina, a play written and directed by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and Miami native Nilo Cruz.   Mr. Cruz will be in residence with the Department of Theatre … +

Mary Lisa Burns. After months of a national search, New World School of the Arts has selected dancer and educator Mary Lisa Burns as its new dean of dance. The seasoned administrator, who comes to NWSA with a wealth of knowledge and experience in the field of dance education administration, will head the high school and college dance programs at NWSA.

Summer 2011. NWSA Theater alumni have once again been acclaimed by the New Times for their exceptional contribution to theater in our community.

The city of Miami is no stranger to Cuban heritage – and that’s an understatement, to say the least – the home of The Freedom Tower in downtown Miami, the famous Calle Ocho and Viernes Culturales, and what Miamian doesn’t enjoy a cortadito after lunch? Yes, these are staples of the Cuban community of South Florida, but Choreographer and Artistic Director Pedro … +

Jul 14, 2011. 8:00 p.m. A group of performers and musicians from Archbishop Curley Notre Dame High School’s ‘Summer Knights Performing Arts Camp” will present “Bye Bye Birdie” on Thursday, July 14, 2011 at 8:00 p.m. at 4949 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami 33137, 305.751.8367, www.acnd.net.

From Jul 15 through Aug 14, 2011. Actors’ Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre closes the successful 2010-2011 season with the world premiere of See Jane Run!, a new musical by Maribeth Graham and Dana P. Rowe.