Theater

The 39th edition of the International Hispanic Theater Festival of Miami concluded its first weekend but there are still three more weekends to go until the closing night Sunday, Sept. 28.

This Tuesday night, the lighter side of the suffrage movement will take center stage at the Hollywood Central Performing Arts Center by the Thinking Cap Theatre to celebrate Women's Equality Day.

For 13 seasons, the repertoire of Island City Stage — Broward's beloved LGBTQ+ theater company — has ranged from deep and thought-provoking to rollicking and just plain fun.

Three friends take off on a two-day mountain trek in a play that resembles a buddy road trip movie. The reason for their adventure? To travel the same path that their friend Rebeca, who passed away, loved so much. They are there in solidarity and as a tribute.

Arca Images is presenting the Miami premiere of “The Passage” directed by Carlos Celdrán and, for the fourth time, the return of a work by the multi-award-winning Miró to the Miami stage.

The City of Miami is considering the sale of the historic Olympia Theater to Sports Leadership and Management (SLAM), a charter school network founded by Pitbull. The theater, which first opened in 1926, was only recently re-opened after five years of maintenance. SLAM plans to use the property as a school auditorium. The sale requires a 4/5 vote of the commission to be approved.

“Fat Ham,” by playwright James Ijames, follows in the tradition of modernizing a Shakespeare play — in this case, “Hamlet.”

The open-air 360-degree theater experience in the Wilton Manors will seat its audience in swivel chairs — allowing them to follow the action as it unfolds across different areas of the Richardson Historic Park & Nature Preserve.

The Broward Center for the Performing Arts and South Florida Cappies Inc. next month will be presenting the 23rd Annual Cappies Awards to recognize achievements in high school theater. The award ceremony will be held Tuesday, May 20, at 7 p.m. in the Au-Rene Theater.

The Glazer Hall for the Performing Arts in Palm Beach is moving toward a year-end opening with the announcement of a recent donation exceeding $15 million.

The Miami Beach-based company says this is the first major theatrical production to tackle the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel — and its impacts.

Christine Dolen, the Miami Herald's theater critic for almost four decades passed away at 74 years old after a progressive lung disease.