Performing Arts

January 19, 2012. 8:00 p.m. Momix, the acclaimed troupe of contemporary dancer-illusionists under the direction of Moses Pendleton (founding member of Pilobolus), presents the riveting beauty of nature on stage with Botanica.

From January 16 through February 10, 2013. Other Desert Cities is the funny and searing play by Jon Robin Baitz, the creator of TV’s Brothers & Sisters that received universal acclaim in its recent Broadway debut. In Other Desert Cities, Brooke Wyeth, a once promising novelist, returns home after a six year absence to celebrate Christmas in Palm Springs with her parents, … +

“Inventively astonishing, riotous and marvelous.” (New York Post) Based on the movie by Alfred Hitchcock, The 39 Steps, is Broadway’s longest running comedy. source

January 14 through 18, 2013. Tigertail Productions continues its SpeakOut project for LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered and Questioning) teens with a weeklong residency with nationally recognized Washington, DC-based, Filipino-American spoken word pioneer Regie Cabico. Scheduled for the week are school and community workshops, a poetry slam for LGBTQ youth and a reading for a general audience. All events are free and … +

Through December 30, 2012. The Last Five Years is a contemporary song-cycle musical that explores a five-year relationship between Jamie Wellerstein, a rising novelist, and Cathy Hiatt, a struggling actress.

December 19, 2012. 8:30 / 9:30 / 10:30 p.m. CASK is a site-specific show, which premiered at the 6th Street Container Alternative Art Space on October 26th. CASK brings new life to Edgar Allen Poe’s classic: The cask of amontillado. The 20 minute, site-specific performance is a fusion of dance, theatre, music, and visual arts.

December 21 through 23, 2012. New Theatre is presenting its Miami 1-Acts Festival (M1A) Winter Session on December 21 through 23. Due to its big success at is inaugural kick off this past summer, the fundraiser, intended as an annual event, will now be a bi-annual event. Inspired by New Theatre’s mission of producing “new works that speak to and about a … +

S’Wonderful – An Evening of Gershwin at the Waterfront Playhouse in Key West. source

Louise O. Gerrits Theater. From December 20 through 22, 2012. Ten graduating seniors from New World School of the Arts’ College Theater Program present One-Person Shows as their B.F.A. Senior Project. Writing, acting and producing their own 20-30 minute piece requires “verve and an abundance of creativity and self-reliance” stated David Kwiat, coordinator of the project at NWSA.

December 15, 2012. 7:00 p.m. Dance Now! Miami and Little Haiti Cultural Center support the work of local choreographers by presenting an evening of new work and works-in-progress in a theatre environment. Dr. Celeste Fraser Delgado, arts critics and associate professor of English and Humanities at Barry University will lead a discussion on process in dance making between the audience and the … +

Colony Theatre. November 30 and December 1, 2012. 8:00 p.m. Miami Dade College’s (MDC) MDC Live Arts presents the internationally acclaimed Rennie Harris Puremovement (RHPM) dance company as it celebrates its 20th anniversary of pure, contagious stage magic.

From January 3 through 20, 2013. How do you get a cat to stop spraying while simultaneously using theater to end existential loneliness and racism? This frequently asked question is tackled by Kristina Wong in her hilarious play Cat Lady, directed by Paul Tei, which will open Mad Cat Theatre Company’s 13th season.

December 1st, 2012. 7:00 p.m. Karen Peterson and Dancers and the Board of Directors invite you to an evening of fun, food and performance that features senior dance company members and the new KPD Interns. The event will be held on Saturday, December 1st, 2012 at the company’s home, Excello Dance Space, in the Falls Industrial Area.

From November 16 through 18, 2012. The New World School of the Arts dance division offers the South Florida community an exhilarating 3-day World Dance Celebration showcase. Along with dancers from the University of Florida, the concert highlights more than fifty-five college and high school dancers performing to the beat of live drums and recorded music and features choreographic works from contemporary … +

From December 9 through 23, 2012. Beginning with a gala event on Sunday, December 9th at 7:00 p.m., the Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida will once again journey to the Land of the Sweets, as their dancers perform the traditional annual audience favorite, The Nutcracker. This holiday ‘chestnut’ depicts the tale of a young girl, Clara, on Christmas Eve and the adventure … +

Through January 6, 2013. ORCHID is Miami’s newest theatrical pop-up entertainment experience, a cocktail of song, dance, glamour, burlesque & aerial acrobatics, performed in a vintage Cabaret tent set in The Pleasure Garden in Miami’s Design District.

From November 2 through 18, 2012. This play tells the story of a man who struggles to maintain the balance between his art and a regular family life. Set in an alternate reality, A Man Puts On A Play follows Antonio Amadeo and his company as they frantically race against the clock to put up a show before the crowds arrive on … +

November 17, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. and November 18, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. Dance NOW! Miami kicks off its thirteenth season of entertaining, inspiring and educating with Fall For Dance NOW! from its home at the Little Haiti Cultural Center. The concert will feature the world premiere of Diego Salterini’s “Oceanica”, an underwater journey through dance.

October 20, 2012. 8:00 p.m. Compagnie de Danse Jean-René Delsoin, Haiti’s acclaimed dance company under the direction of Jean René Delsoin, performs choreography that captures Haiti now-raw and refined, spiritual and powerful.

From October 12 through 28, 2012. New Theatre ignites the mainstage with the sizzling award winning comedy, Educating Rita by Willy Russell. A brash and free spirited hairdresser Rita enrolls at the local university and turns her boozy and burnt-out professor’s life upside down. Educating Rita originally premiered in London in 1980 and this updated version of the play is currently enjoying … +

From October 10 through November 4, 2012. Prepare ye for Actors’ Playhouse’s 25th Anniversary as the company kicks off its celebratory 2012-2013 Season with the hit Broadway musical Godspell. Based on The Gospel According to St. Matthew, Godspell remains one of the most popular rock musicals of all time.