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Full List of 2016 Carbonell Awards Nominations
The complete list of 2016 Carbonell nominations/finalists including a breakdown by county, theater and production.
Breaking News: Arts Garage Cancels Theater Season — Will Try To Revive Next Season
The multi-disciplinary Arts Garage has cancelled the rest of its theater season as it rethinks the logistics and finances that have lost money, said its new CEO Marjorie Waldo on Monday afternoon. Waldo and the venue’s board of directors pledged to reexamine the theater’s business model with the goal of resuming productions next season in Delray Beach.
Breaking News: Plans For Coconut Grove Playhouse Saves Some Of Existing Building
A specific plan finally has been unveiled by county officials and consultants for a new 300-seat theater on the site of the legendary Coconut Grove Playhouse – a plan which preserves some of the 1926 structure that has been deteriorating since it shuttered ten years ago
UPDATED: Charlie Cinnamon, Who Transformed The Region’s Culture, Died Thursday
Charlie Cinnamon, the beloved dean of South Florida publicity agents whose work over a half-century helped transform the region’s cultural landscape and national profile, died Thursday morning, according to colleague Charlotte Vermaak.
Maltz Kicks Off $30 Million Campaign To Expand Facility Including Second Stage
The Maltz Jupiter Theatre on Monday publically kicked off a five-year campaign to raise $25 million to $30 million for a massive construction expansion to enable it to expand its offerings. The project’s headline facet would create a second smaller theater where more risky plays and new works can be produced.
UPDATED FRIDAY AFTERNOON Hurricane-Related Closing, Postponements At Theaters
No one knows what effect Matthew will have on performances this weekend or even next weekend because of damage to buildings, power outages, road passability and the status of cast and crew members. Check this page, plus our Twitter and Facebook pages, for regularly updated list of cancellations
Amadeos To Leave Florida; Plans Scrapped for New Naked Stage Venue
Antonio and Katherine Amadeo, who separately and together championed cutting edge work through their Naked Stage company and who helped unite the local artistic community with their 24-Hour Theatre Project, plan to leave the state. Their departure ends their plans to open a new venue in West Palm Beach focused on exciting younger audiences about theater as an entertainment option.
Free Show Monday Of Snips Of Censored Plays & Musicals
What do Cabaret, Chicago, Fun Home, Almost Maine and Angels in America have in common? Somebody somewhere has banned their production at some point. To push back, Zoetic Stage and the Dramatists’ Guild Legal Defense Fund with the Adrienne Arsht Center is producing a free staged reading of Banned Together: A Censorship Cabaret at 7 p.m. Monday at the Carnival Studio Theater at the Arsht Center.
No Such Thing As Dog Days Of Summer In SoFla Theater
For anyone who still thinks that theater disappears in South Florida during the summer, take a moment to absorb the schedule for the rest of the month – eleven openings plus six shows still running and this isn’t all of it.