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Slow Burn To Tour Two Shows To Aventura In 2013-14 Season

Slow Burn Theatre Company, the scrappy young Palm Beach County troupe with a reputation for skillfully mounted and thought-provoking musicals, will tour two of its productions next season to the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center.

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Photo Albums From 2012-13 Carbonell Awards

Several folks have posted online photo albums of Monday night’s Theater Prom and the after-party sponsored by the South Florida Theatre League. Let us know if you have more collections you want to share. Check out an album with more …

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Maltz Musicals and GableStage’s Ruined Sweep Carbonell Awards

By Bill Hirschman The vast variety of theater so characteristic of South Florida’s diverse arts scene was underscored Monday night as excellence was honored in at the 37th annual Carbonell Awards. At one end of the spectrum, Ruined, GableStage’s dark …

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Complete List Of 2012-2013 Carbonell Award Winners

The complete list of the winners and nominees of the 2012-2013 Carbonell Awards honoring excellence in South Florida theater.

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Carbonell Coverage To Be Posted About 11 P.M.

We will get a list of winners posted as soon as possible, probably about 11 p.m., followed by a full account of Theater Prom shortly after that. Thank you for your patience.

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Breaking News: Costume World Plans To Open Theater And Museum On Caldwell Site

Broward-based Costume World plans to open a producing theater company along with its museum at the former Caldwell Theatre building in Boca Raton around September, CEO and President Marilynn Wick confirmed Thursday.

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Who’s Afraid Of Edward Albee?

South Florida theater lovers will have a rare chance to hear the wit and wisdom of one of America’s greatest playwrights, Edward Albee, as part of Nova Southeastern University’s free Distinguished Speakers Series at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 4 at …

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Wendy Wasserstein Programs At Palm Beach Dramaworks

Palm Beach Dramaworks’ current Master Playwrights Series ends in April with an examination of playwright Wendy Wasserstein and a reading of her masterwork,The Heidi Chronicles. Since 2007, the ongoing series has selected three playwrights each year and illuminated their work …

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Janet Dacal Steps In For Ailing Actress At In The Heights

The star did become ill at Actors’ Playhouse’s production of In The Heights and a substitute did go on Saturday night with only a few hours rehearsal, but the classic backstage story had several twists. When actress Sarah Amengual became sick this week playing Nina, one of the lead roles, director David Arisco sent out an emergency appeal to Broadway actress Janet Dacal to fly in and fill in the part, said theater spokeswoman Brooke Noble.

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Up & Coming — New Theatre’s Boomfrog & FIU’s New Plays

New Theatre has announced its second entry in its Boomfrog Series of theater works with a bit of an edge and aimed at a younger, diverse audience: Bird in the Hand by Jorge Ignacio Cortiñas slated for March 22-April 7. …

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