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City Theatre Fights Government Funding Cuts With Imaginatively Rethought Summer Shorts
South Florida arts organizations are struggling with government funding cuts. A prime example is how City Theatre iis scaling back with a good-natured thumb-your-nose attitude that acknowledges, even embraces the sparing steps that have been taken in their 29th annual Summer Shorts festival.
Dramaworks’ Hayes & Beryl To Receive Carbonell’s Highest George Abbott Award
The Carbonell Awards recognizing excellence will bestow its highest honor, the George Abbott Outstanding Achievement in the Arts, to two of the founders of Palm Beach Dramaworks, married couple William Hayes and Sue Ellen Beryl.
Scores of Theater and Journalism Students Reap Cappies Awards
Hundreds upon hundreds of students from Broward and Palm Beach counties cheered loudly enough to rattle the auditorium May 20 at the 23rd awards gala recognizing achievements in theater and journalism by their classmates from 28 public and private schools in the South Florida Cappies program.
South Florida Cappies Lists All Nominees
The Florida Cappies Inc. have announced the nominees from 28 Broward and Palm Beach schools recognition excellence Tuesday, May 20 at 7 p.m. in the Au-Rene Theater at the4 Broward Center for the Performing Arts.\.
2025 Remy Awards Recognize Service to SoFla Theater
The 2025 Remy Awards recognizing outstanding service of theater professionals who work behind the scenes and in the theater community have been announced by the of the South Florida Theatre League.
47th Carbonells Reward Broad Array — Dramas Yes, But Especially Lighter Pieces
South Florida’s huge array of theatrical offerings – from musicals drawn from kid-friendly material to adult dramas based in the region’s various ethnicities – were recognized Monday night in a diverse celebration at the 49th annual Carbonell Awards.
With New Categories ’23-24 Silver Palms Awards Announced
By Bill Hirschman Outstanding dialect coaching, outstanding special effects, outstanding intimacy direction. Unlike the Tony Awards, the Oscars or even South Florida’s Carbonells, the Silver Palms Awards announced this week honors in categories beyond traditional facets of local theater awards …
Diversity Is A Goal Reflected In Carbonell Awards Nominee List
The announcement of the 47th Carbonell Awards nominees today seemed to further the organization’s desire to recognize and celebrate the continuing diversity of South Florida theater. The list released today encompasses 120 nominees in 20 competitive categories plus special awards for the Nov. 11 gala..
Carbonell Awards Revise Judging/ Scoring System
By Bill Hirschman // Rules how Carbonell Awards are judged were revised this week in response to concerns from theaters and community volunteers about the need to fine-tune the complex mathematics of the results.
Proof That Florida Students Love Theater: Complete ’23-24 Cappies Nominations
Nominees for the 22nd Cappies Awards recognizes the scores and scores of students in Broward and Palm Beach counties committed to theater as performers, artists and critics — and their outstanding work. On May 21, the gala program honors more than 200 students in more than 30 productions at 26 schools at a gala at the Broward Center .