Monthly Archives: September 2011

News Briefs: Funny Thing Won’t Move, Sirois & Della Ventura Show to NYC, McArt Holds Finstrom Reading

  By Bill Hirschman Variations on a Theme The Harvest One Act Play Festival, sponsored by the Variations Theatre Group in New York City, has accepted two plays each from local actor/playwrights and close friends Mark Della Ventura and David …

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South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center holds gala opening Saturday

The gleaming South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center holds its grand opening in Cutler Bay Oct. 1 and 2 with both free and ticket-only performances of music, dance and visual art.

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More Photos South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center

More photos of the new center, all by Robin Hill.

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Nan Barnett’s Essay on the Death of Florida Stage and the Personal Fallout

Nan Barnett, managing director of Florida Stage, has written a stunning essay for American Voices New Play Institute, revealing both the devastating and transformative effect the closure had on her life as well as the first extensive insider’s account of how it occurred.

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Funny Thing is Mildly Amusing Show at Stage Door

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, the wonderful 1960’s musical sex farce set in ancient Rome, gets a less than stunning retread at the Broward Stage Door Theatre in Coral Springs.

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New Briefs about Mosaic, Actors’ Playhouse, Chaz Mena, Fla. Follies, PB Theatre Guild, David Goldyn

Mosaic has a reading Tuesday, Chaz Mena has one-man show, Florida Follies does a good turn, David Goldyn bows out, Actors’ Playhouse has a sale, Palm Beach Theatre Guild gets new blood

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Talking in the Green Room With: Dan Kelley

Welcome to a regular, if intermittent feature: Irreverent, lighthearted question & answer sessions with some of South Florida’s best known professionals .  In this edition, we talk with Dan Kelley (currently starring in  and directing A Funny Thing Happened on …

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South Florida Theater League’s Annual Festival Kicks Off Next Month

By Bill Hirschman Free theater tickets, a gala party, a marathon fund raiser, a panel discussion and open-mike storytelling are the major events in the South Florida Theater League’s sixth annual festival that takes place over three weeks in October. …

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Talking in the Green Room With: Dan Kelley

We find talk with Dan Kelley (currently starring in and directing A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at Broward Stage Door) who reveals what he says to a friend who’s appearing in a dog.

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Two of Best Plays Yearbook’s Best Plays Are Heading To South Florida

After the Revolution and The Motherf**ker with the Hat, two of the plays slated to open in South Florida this season, are among the works that will be featured in the prestigious yearbook, The Best Plays of 2010-2011.

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