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Slow Burn, Maltz & Stage Door Raise Curtain On Next Season

The snow up North notwithstanding, one early sign of winter’s ebb is that theaters in South Florida try to entice the current crop of snowbirds to sign up for their next season by releasing their 2015-2016 schedules including Slow Burn Theatre Company, Maltz Jupiter Theatre and Broward Stage Door.

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Breaking News: The Women’s Theatre Project Closes For Good

The Women’s Theatre Project, the Carbonell-nominated company focused on works by and about women, is closing after 33 productions over 14 years. TWTP won strong support among theatergoers of both sexes, but developed a particular following among lesbians who rarely saw their lives reflected in the region’s theatrical offerings.

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FGO Extends Broward Deadline; Reveals 2015-2016 Season

Florida Grand Opera has extended its deadline two weeks to raise enough money to continue performing next season at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts.

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Complete List of Carbonell Nominations For 2014 Season

Complete List of Carbonell Nominations For 2014 Season

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2014 Carbonell Nominations Reward A Wide Range Of Work

The unusual richness of the 2014 season in South Florida theater is reflected in the 2014 Carbonell Awards nominations released today, ranging from lushly produced mainstream blockbusters to edgy works from modest avant-garde troupes.

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Anonymous Patron To Match Donations Needed To Keep Florida Opera in Broward

An anonymous donor has pledged to match any donation to keep Florida Grand Opera from eliminating Fort Lauderdale performances from its 2015-2016 season, the company announced Monday. But without pledges from other donors by Jan. 31 to be matched, large-scale opera productions would disappear from Broward County

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Breaking News: Florida Grand Opera To Cancel Next Season In Broward Without $400,000

Large-scale opera productions would disappear from Broward County during the 2015-2016 season if area patrons and corporations do not pledge at least $400,000 by the end of this month, the Florida Grand Opera announced late Tuesday afternoon

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News Of Slow Burn, New Theatre And Infinite Abyss

News about a fundraiser for Slow Burn Theatre Company, the semi-annual 1-Acts at New Theatre and the resurrection of Infinite Abyss

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Dana Castellano, Who Bravely Battled Cancer In Public And Online, Succumbs Saturday

Brandishing pink boxing gloves as her totem and a defiant “F*** cancer” as her catchphrase, artist and theater activist Dana Castellano fought valiantly and publicly against the disease that ended her life Saturday. Her battle, waged on Facebook and a crowdsourcing site as well as in her body, galvanized the theater community

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Three Houses To Honor Some Of Plaza Theater’s Tickets

Broward Stage Door, Outre Theatre Company and Slow Burn Theatre Company have agreed to honor some of the tickets sold to patrons of The Plaza Theatre which shuttered late last month in Manalapan.

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