Performing Arts

From Jun 3rd through 27th, 2010. On the barren, diamond-diving coast of South Africa, Johan and Thami, an ex-cop and a gardener from starkly contrasting backgrounds,

Hollywood producers have done the subject of Iraq and the War on Terrorism to death over the past years.

Sometimes progress is made by revering the past When Pedro Pablo Peña dreams, he dreams big. It is not just his own dance company that he wants in Miami, it must be ballet; and not just ballet but specifically classical ballet. Peña wants entire programs performed to the rigorous, traditional standards taught in the Cuban School of Ballet, and he wants a … +

May 20th, 21st, 22nd, 2010. 7:30 p.m.May 23rd, 2010 2:00 p.m. High school students from New World School of the Arts Dance program will present their spring concert featuring a vast number of stirring choreographies, including Battlefield, an intense piece set to music by Les Tambours du Bronx by NWSA alum and Alvin Ailey Dance Company Artistic Director designate Robert Battle.

The Waterfront Playhouse. May 19th, 2010 – May 26th, 2010. 8:00 p.m. This year’s series will feature staged readings of three original scripts from Key’s playwrights. “Going Again” by Bob Bowersox and “Fortune Cookie” by Mike Tomes will appear May 19th and “Poof” by Josh Kaplan will appear May 26th. Audience feedback to playwright, director and cast after each reading is desired.

May 8th, 8:00 p.m. – May 9th, 7:00 p.m.,  2010 In a year which has meant cuts and reductions for almost every arts organization, Miami’s Dance Now! Ensemble was no exception. “We slashed our weeks of work with the dancers from 24 to 13 this year.” Says Co-Director Hannah Baumgarten. “It was a heartbreaking decision, but we told our dancers the news … +

From Apr 14th through May 23rd, 2010. Count Carlo Gozzi’s beloved comedy for children, The Love of Three Oranges returns to the stage to delight audiences of all ages at The PlayGround Theatre in Miami Shores.

Saturday, May 1st, 2010. 8:00 p.m. Ballet Flamenco La Rosa, an international Flamenco company based in Miami, is pleased to announce the world premiere of La Dama Macbeth, a flamenco Ballet inspired by the great Shakespearian Tragedy Macbeth.

From Apr 15th through May 9th, 2010. Dying City, Pulitzer Prize Finalist of 2008, is a powerful thriller and a gripping, psychological drama.

The Dance Now! Ensemble, celebrating its 10th anniversary season, presented in collaboration with the Bass Museum, its most recent site-specific work, “Ekphrasis: Art From Art.”  Ekphrasis – a Greek term which co-director Diego Salterini enthusiastically described to me

Apr 9th and 10th, 2010. 8:30 p.m. Tigertail continues its 30th Anniversary Season with Ölelés, by the award-winning dancers from Barcelona, Spain, at the Colony Theatre.

April 10th, 2010. 9:00 a.m. Broward Cultural Division, Broward College, and ArtServe invite musicians, dancers, actors, performing artists, and creative entrepreneurs to a full-day workshop with one of the leading voices on arts careers and entrepreneurship training – David Cutler.

Through April 4th, 2010. Equus by Tony winning playwright Peter Shaffer comes to New Theatre after its successful 2008 Broadway run. It is the primal and electric story about a 17 year old stable boy and the psychiatrist who seeks to understand the sexual and religious mystery which led the boy to commit an unspeakable and unbelievable act.

From Jan 9th through May 1st, 2010. Momentum Dance Company presents a series of children’s concerts in Coral Gables, Miami Beach, Hollywood, and throughout Miami-Dade in 2010. Under the leadership of founder and Artistic Director Delma Iles, Momentum is nationally recognized for its outstanding children’s programs.

Mar 26th and 27th, 2010. 8:00 p.m. Long renowned as a transformational force in American dance, the venerable Joffrey Ballet makes its debut at the Sanford and Dolores Ziff Ballet Opera House of the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County on Friday, March 26th at 8:00 p.m., followed by a second performance on Saturday, March 27th also at … +

Through Mar 19th, 2010. This Broadway smash-hit musical is directed by artistic director Danny Weathers, with musical direction by Michael Fauss, choreography by Penny Leto and features a cast of twenty and a four-piece band.

From March 11th through 13th, 2010. Miami Light Project, Centro Cultural Español and FUNDarte are presenting The Closest Farthest Away (La Entranable Lejania) at The Byron Carlyle Theatre in Miami Beach. The Closest Farthest Away is a unique multi-media theater piece created by filmmakers, theater artists, and musicians from the U.S. and Cuba.

From Feb 17th through Mar 14th, 2010. One of The PlayGround Theatre’s successes, Pulitzer Prize winner Nilo Cruz’ adaptation of Nobel Prize winner Gabriel García Márquez’ A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings returns to the stage to entertain young audiences from February 17th through March 14th, 2010. Artistic Director Stephanie Ansin again directs A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings, and … +

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Composition Notebook. Feb 26th and 27th, 2010. 8:00 p.m. On Friday night, February 26th at 8:00 pm, Fly Away Balloon Theatre Company will debut their production Composition Notebook at The Islander Resort’s Conference Center in Islamorada, FL.

From Feb 26th through 28th, 2010. A new drag musical spoof and tribute to “The Golden Girls,” currently a hot-ticket item in Los Angeles, will have its East Coast premiere this February at the Colony Theatre on Lincoln Road.