Performing Arts

Murder for Two at the Actor’s Playhouse in Coral Gables
Wed Jul 17, 2019 - Sun Aug 11, 2019

Mixing classic musical comedy with a dash of Agatha Christie, everyone is a suspect in this house of eccentric characters unfazed by the dead body on the floor. Murder for Two is a hilarious musical murder mystery with a twist; one actor investigates the crime, the other plays all 13 suspects, and they both play the piano! A zany madcap musical mystery, … +

Performing Arts

Puss in Boots at the Actor’s Playhouse in Coral Gables
Sat Jul 6, 2019 - Sat Jul 27, 2019

Everyone’s favorite swashbuckling “Feline in Footwear” shines in this musical retelling of the classic tale by Charles Perrault. Discover how Puss gets his Bodacious Boots and Flashy Fedora, and then join him as he helps the Miller’s youngest son go from rags to riches. Can Puss convince the King that the poor Miller’s son is the Marquis de Carabas? Can he help … +

Performing Arts

37 Postcards at Main Street Players
Fri Apr 26, 2019 - Sun May 19, 2019

After years of traveling abroad, Avery Sutton is happy to return to the comfort of his home in Connecticut. Unfortunately, almost nothing is as he remembered it: the entire house is tilted at a distinct angle; the dog hasn’t been fed in five years; and Avery’s grandmother, who everyone thought was dead, is still alive and kicking. Forced to either accept the … +

Performing Arts

Area Stage Company presents The Wizard of Oz like you’ve never seen it before!
Fri Apr 19, 2019 - Sun Apr 28, 2019

The beloved 1939 film is well known to most and is based on the 1900 book series by L. Frank Baum. This version of the show, first performed in 1987 by the Royal Shakespeare Company in London, England, featured the film’s music by Harold Arlen with lyrics by E.Y. Harburg—including “We’re Off to See the Wizard” and “Follow the Yellow Brick Road”, … +

Announcements

School of Rock at the Arsht Center
Tue Apr 9, 2019 - Sun Apr 14, 2019

Andrew Lloyd Webber, the man who brought rock and romance to Broadway, is back with a new heart-stirring hit. School of Rock is a New York Times Critics’ Pick and “An inspiring jolt of energy, joy and mad skillz!” (Entertainment Weekly). Reuters raves “Andrew Lloyd Webber has broadway rocking again!” Based on the hit film, this hilarious new musical follows Dewey Finn, … +

Performing Arts

Memphis at the Actor’s Playhouse in Coral Gables
Through Sun Apr 7, 2019

Inspired by actual events, Memphis follows the story of Huey Calhoun, a fictitious white radio DJ who was one of the first to play black music in 1950s Memphis, and Felicia, a black club singer who is hoping for her big break. Filled with laughter, soaring emotion, forbidden love, irresistible dancing, rhythm and blues, and roof raising rock ‘n’ roll, this winner … +

Performing Arts

Pardon My French at Main Street Players
Fri Mar 22, 2019 - Sun Mar 24, 2019

“Pardon My French” is an unorthodox French Cabaret Show, in English bien sûr. A one-of-a-kind performance with classic Parisian songs, Gallic humor and just the right amount of jokes that will make you blush. Pardon my French is filled with classic French songs like “C’est magnifique”, “C’est si bon”, “If you go away” and songs from French related movies like “Gigi”, “An … +

Performing Arts

RACE at Main Street Players
Through Sun Mar 17, 2019

Multiple award-winning playwright/director David Mamet tackles America’s most controversial topic in a provocative new tale of sex, guilt, and bold accusations. Two lawyers find themselves defending a wealthy white executive charged with raping a black woman. When a new legal assistant gets involved in the case, the opinions that boil beneath explode to the surface. When David Mamet turns the spotlight on … +

Performing Arts

Viva la Parranda! by Miami New Drama at Colony Theatre
Thu Apr 25, 2019 - Sun May 19, 2019

A village, a dream, a new musical. Bringing passion and color through traditional rhythms and dances, Betsayda Machado and La Parranda El Clavo—her village’s own multi-generational band—invites audiences to discover, indulge, and celebrate the contagious beats of Afro-Venezuelan soul through stories and songs of their real-life struggles and triumphs. The energizing percussion and vocal ensemble presents an engaging repertoire cultivated through centuries of … +

Dance

Broadway’s Legally Blonde – The Musical at SMDCAC
Saturday, March 9 at 3:00PM & 8:00PM

The official national tour of the Broadway show Legally Blonde – The Musical comes to South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center. Fabulously fun and based on the adored movie, Legally Blonde – The Musical follows the transformation of Elle Woods as she tackles stereotypes and scandal in pursuit of her dreams. Action-packed and exploding with memorable songs and dynamic dances – this musical … +

Performing Arts

Teatro Avante’s new play explores the Cuban exile experience at MDCA
From Jan 31 through Feb 3, 2019

Miami-Dade County Auditorium and Teatro Avante present En Ningún Lugar del Mundo (Nowhere in the World) by playwright Abel González Melo. The dramatic comedy explores the relations between Cubans from two shores, and poses the question: Do visible borders define one’s homeland? Exile breaks up families, and years of separation produce the mirage of a reunion. After a long forced exile, Ángel returns to … +

Performing Arts

Area Stage Company presents Disney’s The Little Mermaid like you’ve never seen it before!
Fri Jan 18, 2019 - Sun Feb 3, 2019

Area Stage Company adds a charming, fishy fairy-tale to its already wildly successful Mainstage Season. The Coral Gables-based theatre will open Disney’s The Little Mermaid in January, presenting the well-known story as a seaside circus spectacular. Following the immense success, and critical acclaim, of his Shrek The Musical and She Kills Monsters earlier this year, Giancarlo Rodaz will direct as well as … +

Performing Arts

FAKE by Miami New Drama at Colony Theatre
Thu Jan 24, 2019 - Sun Feb 17, 2019

Amidst cut-throat competition at a renowned auction house, Camila has just been promoted as the head of the Latin American Art Department when she is presented with one of her great-aunt Amelia Pelaez’s paintings as a last minute inclusion. The authenticity of the painting is questionable, Camila’s dedication to her great Aunt is not, forcing Camila to decide between her own burgeoning … +

Performing Arts

City Theatre’s Winter Shorts at the Arsht Center
Sun Dec 23, 2018 - Sun Dec 23, 2018

This festive version of Summer Shorts: America’s Short Play Festival features a jolly program of short plays and musicals, each a complete work 8-10 minutes long! Treat yourself, your friends and family to an evening of theater filled with hilarity, both naughty and nice. Penned by the country’s best playwrights and performed by a company of South Florida theater all-stars, City Theatre’s … +

Announcements

Area Stage Company presents The Ballad of Janis Matthews and the Dodo Scouts
Through September 30th, 2018

Area Stage Company in Coral Gables presents The Ballad of Janis Matthews and the Dodo Scouts, a world premiere musical written, directed, and designed by ASC’s own Giancarlo Rodaz, with music by Rachel Dean. This folk rock, coming-of-age musical story follows Janis Matthews, a young girl living in 1960’s Colorado. During the course of a summer, she is set on a rollicking … +

Performing Arts

The King and I at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts
Sun Dec 2, 2018

Two worlds collide in this “breathtaking and exquisite” (The New York Times) musical, based on the 2015 Tony Award®-winning Lincoln Center Theater production. One of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s finest works, THE KING AND I boasts a score that features such beloved classics as “Getting To Know You,” “I Whistle a Happy Tune,” “Hello Young Lovers,” “Shall We Dance” and “Something Wonderful.” Set … +

Performing Arts

Nilo Cruz’s Exquisita Agonía performs at MDCA
Nov 16 through 18, 2018

Miami-Dade County Auditorium and ARCA Images present Exquisita Agonía, (Exquisite Agony), by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Nilo Cruz, a story of love and loss, grief and romantic obsession. When opera singer Millie’s husband Lorenzo, a famous classical musician, dies in a car crash, her grief leads her to a doctor’s office, in a desperate search for the recipient of her husband’s heart. Millie … +

Performing Arts

The Kravis Center for the Performing Arts: HELLO DOLLY!
Tue Dec 11, 2018 - Sun Dec 16, 2018

Tony Award®-winning Broadway legend Betty Buckley stars in HELLO, DOLLY! – the universally acclaimed smash that NPR calls “the best show of the year!” Winner of four Tony Awards including Best Musical Revival, director Jerry Zaks’ “gorgeous” new production (Vogue) is “making people crazy happy!” (The Washington Post). Breaking box office records week after week and receiving thunderous raves on Broadway, this HELLO, DOLLY! pays tribute to … +

Performing Arts

GableStage presents ACTUALLY by Anna Ziegler
Sat Nov 24, 2018 - Sun Dec 23, 2018

A precocious and fiercely competitive actress, her father – a famous playwright – and a wickedly intense evening combine as they deliberate whether to read the reviews of her off-Broadway debut…and things unravel from there. This critically acclaimed play – in turns dark, funny probing – pulls the audience into the middle of a deeply complicated relationship and sheds light on the … +

Dance

Miramar Cultural Center Theater presents Mystic India
Friday Oct 19 2018 8:00 PM

Back by popular demand, don’t miss Mystic India: The World Tour. Come witness as they delight your senses with a Bollywood Dance Spectacular full with renowned acrobats, brilliant dancers, breathtaking stunts, opulent costumes, and stunning visual effects.  Add to your experience by joining MCC before the show for The Mystic Lounge with Indian cuisine. This show is not appropriate for children 4 … +