theater

Miami Theater Center Redefines Itself With "Inanna and the Huluppu Tree"

Neil de la Flor — Mon, 13 May 2013 12:46:00 +0000

The Miami Theater Center is growing. IFrom the annual contemporary performance SandBox Series to being the new home for Mad Cat Theater Company, MTC has redefined itself as a vibrant center of culture in sleepy Miami Shores.

New Broward Center Lounge Offers Taste Of High Life

Christine DiMattei — Fri, 10 May 2013 18:39:04 +0000

At the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, it's intermission during a production of "War Horse."

Eric Chirinsky stands at the bar of the Broward Center's new lounge Club Level, drink in hand, watching the Miami Heat battle the Chicago Bulls on a flat-screen TV.

"I just figured I'd check it out and see how our home team was doing tonight," he says.

But his wife, Katarina, isn't focused on pro basketball right now. She's sitting alone, enjoying a plate of hors d'oeuvres and a glass of bubbly.

Stiltsville Documentary, Artistic Director Joe Adler of Gablestage, Maestro Giancarlo Guerrero

Ed Bell and Paul Leary — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:00:00 +0000

'Tweet Seats' In Theaters Spark Battle Between Technology And Tradition

Christine DiMattei — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 11:14:00 +0000

On stage at the Kravis Center, Palm Beach Opera is performing Rossini's Cenerentola, the Italian version of Cinderella. In the second to last row of the house, 27-year-old Jennifer Pfaff's thumbs are going a mile a minute on her smartphone:

Fate Of Arts Garage In Delray Beach To Be Decided On Feb. 12: Organization Asking For Public Support

Tricia Woolfenden — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 20:00:00 +0000

Artists and art lovers in Delray Beach are waiting with bated breath for the Delray Beach City Commission's decision on what will happen to the space currently occupied by Arts Garage.

Why Is Maltz Jupiter Theatre Flourishing While Other South Florida Theaters Shutter Their Doors?

Tricia Woolfenden — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:00:00 +0000

Andrew Kato, producing artistic director for Maltz Jupiter Theatre, would never criticize another South Florida theater company, especially for following its artistic vision.

South Florida Actor Tackles 30 Characters in One Play

Christine DiMattei — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:29:05 +0000

After actor Tom Wahl first read the script for “I Am My Own Wife,” he had to lie down.

“It was a little overwhelming,” Wahl says. “But from the first page, I was just blown away by the story.”

Doug Wright’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play revolves around the life of Charlotte Von Mahlsdorf, a Berlin transvestite, who survived first the Nazis and then the Communists -- as a woman.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgCEhxKvBAc

Music, Theater Now Parked at Delray Beach 'Arts Garage'

Christine DiMattei — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 04:00:00 +0000

On any given weekend, you might walk by The Old School Square parking garage in Delray Beach and hear the sounds of jazz or blues or classical music wafting from the ground floor.

It’s an innovative venue known as the 'Arts Garage' and, yes, the rest of the building is actually devoted to cradling cars.

But the ground floor is where all the action is.

No vehicles there, no take-a-ticket machines, no yellow lines, no parking attendants to be seen, mostly live music in a 5500 square foot garage.

A Midsummer Night's Disco Comes To Miami

Christine DiMattei — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 10:36:42 +0000

The disco craze that took the world by storm nearly 40 years ago was born in New York City, right?

Maybe not.

A theatrical experience celebrating 1970's disco comes to the Adrienne Arsht Center tonight. And while it’s hundreds of miles away from the streets John Travolta struts down in “Saturday Night Fever,” it turns out Miami played a major role in the disco craze.