Concerts & Presentations

Broward On Broadway. From Feb 16th through Mar 9th, 2008. Seymour, a nerdy skid-row floral assistant at Mushnik's Flower Shop, becomes an overnight sensation when he discovers an exotic plant with a mysterious craving for fresh blood. Soon "Audrey II" (named in honor of his secret love, the beautiful Audrey) grows into an ill-tempered, foul-mouthed, R&B-singing, carnivore who offers him fame and … +

Tigertail Productions. Mar 14th and 15th, 2008. 8:30 p.m.As part of its 2007/2008 season, Tigertail Productions brings Susan Marshall and Company to town for the Miami premiere of Cloudless, her Bessie-Award winning evening-length dance piece at Miami Beach’s Colony Theatre. Cloudless is an eclectic collection of 18 intimate pieces (short-form narratives), ranging in length from 30 seconds to 5 minutes. A master … +

Story of a Soldier. From Mar 8th and Mar 9th, 2008.Project Copernicus and Ground Up and Rising announced their upcoming performances "Story of a Soldier," a concert experience melding classical music and theatre. Project Copernicus’ stirring musical performances will be complemented by compelling theatrical interpretations from Ground Up and Rising. "Story of a Soldier" will be performed at 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, … +

New Faces, New Work. March 4th, 2008. 7:00 p.m.The play Our Lady of Allapattah by Christopher Demos-Brown will have a free play reading on Tuesday, March 4, 2008 at the New Theatre venue located at 4120 Laguna Street in Coral Gables. Directed by Kate Katcher, Our Lady of Allapattah features Lela Elam, Clint Hooper, Joel Kolker, Don Striano, and Patrick Manley. Local … +

Church of the Palms. March 2nd, 2008. 4:00 p.m.An Die Musik Concert Series presents Schubertiade, a recreation of a musical gathering in Schubert's time, by a six-member ensemble, all music faculty members from Southern College in Lakeland, Florida. The concert will take place at the Church of the Palms, located at 1960 North Swinton Avenue in Delray Beach. The concert series, "An … +

Arsht Center for the Performing Arts. May 5th, 2008. 8:30 p.m.Noa, Israel's leading international concert and recording artist, sings her popular repertory of Hebrew and English songs at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts to mark the 60th anniversary of the State of Israel. Noa’s inimitable music is a winning blend of jazz, classical, rock, and ‘60s folk, distinctively flavored … +

Two Performances. March 5th and Mar 9th, 2008. Karen Peterson and Dancers presents two special performances this March. Seventy-five students bring their own special abilities together in a collaborative, creative dance performance. The first performance will present ESE Dance Students at Biscayne Academy and will be hosted at 2785 NE 183rd Street in Aventura on March 5th at 10:30 a.m. The second … +

Temple Israel Arts. March 2nd, 2008. 3:00 p.m.Sheba is a vocal and instrumental chamber ensemble comprised of four young Jewish and/or Israeli music students from The Juilliard School and Manhattan School of Music in New York City. Sheba presents a program designed to make classical music available to the entire community by introducing Jewish classical composers, pairing Jewish composers with well known … +

Presented by FUNDarte. March 15th, 2008. 8:00 p.m.FUNDarte in conjunction with the Miami Dade Auditorium presents Brazilian singer, Denise de Kalafe for one night only on Saturday, March 15th at 8:00 p.m. in the Miami Dade County Auditorium, located at 2901 W. Flagler Street in Miami.

Arsht Center for the Performing Arts. From Mar 25th through Apr 13th, 2008. Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County and Broadway Across America-Miami bring to Miami the premiere of Forbidden Broadway, a funny roast of Broadway musicals. Forbidden Broadway features outrageous costumes, hilarious songs and stellar performances celebrating Broadway’s favorite shows and brightest stars. This limited engagement of … +

The Sorrows of Young Werther. From Feb 8th through Mar 1st, 2008. The Jesus Quintero Studio brings to life an original adaptation of J. W. Von Goethe's novel The Sorrows of Young Werther using a combination of multi-media to delve audiences in the question of when love becomes an obsession. The production premiers in an unconventional facility located at 1415 NE 129 … +

MOCA North Miami. January 29th, 2008. 7:30 p.m. The Museum of Contemporary Art hosts The Cleveland Orchestra Chamber Players for a performance on January 29th,  at 7:30 pm. Co-presented with The Cleveland Orchestra, this program is part of "Music at MOCA", the museum’s on-going series of performances produced in collaboration with other cultural organizations in Miami.

Miami City Ballet. From Jan 11th through Jan 27th, 2008. The stage is a dark and mysterious ballroom where thirty-four dancers waltz among each other in flowing romantic tutus to the climactic music of Ravel. La Valse, a neo-romantic ballet, choreographed by Balanchine in 1951, contains a mood of disturbed happiness and impending doom, a thematic element of Ravel’s scores thought to … +

Miami City Ballet. From Jan 11th through Jan 27th, 2008. Following the workings of her Sinatra-inspired duo, and in the wake of her investigation of the methods of turn-of-the-century exhibition / ballroom dancing for the movie Ragtime, renowned choreographer Twyla Tharp created her Nine Sinatra Songs. Each one of the songs she has chosen – seven duets and two recapitulation dances – … +

Carnival Center for the Performing Arts. From Jan 25th through Jan 26th, 2008. 8:00 p.m. What becomes a female-to-male transgendered performer from Atlanta the most? Apparently an evening of comedy, contradictions, aerial acrobatics and multimedia storytelling, that’s what. Scott Turner Schofield, named a “Young Trans Hero of 2006” by The Advocate magazine, brings his new autobiographical show, Becoming a Man in 127 … +

Carnival Center for the Performing Arts. From Jan 25th through Jan 26th, 2008. 8:00 p.m. Franz Welser-Möst leads a program featuring one of the most popular symphonies of all-time, Dvorák’s stirring Ninth, nicknamed “From the New World.” Written in 1893 during Dvorák’s years as a visiting teacher in New York City, this symphony was really a musical postcard to his Old World … +

Carnival Center for the Performing Arts. January 12th, 2008. 7:00 p.m. Brazilian singer Luciana Souza reinterprets the Bossa Nova of her homeland for 21st century music lovers. In The New Bossa Nova, the three-time Grammy Award nominee puts her soft and sexy spin on songs by Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, Sting, Randy Newman, and Brian Wilson. She offers us singing with that … +

Kristina Wong. January 16th, 2008. 8:00 p.m. As part of the South Beach Comedy Festival, Miami Light Project presents the Florida premiere of the social commentary of Kristina Wong on Wednesday, January 16th, 2008 at the Colony Theater on Lincoln Road.                                                   

Annual Global Cuba Festival. January 13th, 2008. Miami Light Project and Fundarte present the Latin Jazz trio Overproof as the kick off concert for the 1st Annual Global Cuba Festival at Spiegelworld Miami Beach. Overproof is a Latin-jazz based power trio who have recently released their debut recording on the Japanese EWE label and Spanish SONIFOLK label, entitled "3 Guys Walk Into … +

The Genova and Dimitrov Piano Duo. December 8th, 2007. 3:00 p.m. The Holiday season is in full swing and ArtSouth is serving up a special gift for visitors. On Second Saturday, December 8th in the Sanctuary, the center will be presenting a special concert as part of our Dranoff International Two Piano Foundation’s Student Art Competition. Bulgarian piano artists Aglika Genova and … +

Miami Beach Cinematheque. November 18th, 2007. 8:00 p.m. Miami Beach Cinematheque is presenting a premiere performance by the newly formed performance group Homo Sapiens, conceived, written, and performed by David Rohn, with choreography and direction created in collaboration with performers Danilo de la Torre (aka Adora), Fernande Q, Geraldine and Juicy P with the audio design by Miguel Prem and photography by … +