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New Briefs: 24 Hour Theatre Project Names Participants; Martinez Directing In Virginia

The All Night Strut The preliminary lineup of masochists has been announced for The Naked Stage’s 24-Hour Theatre Project 2012, currently slated for 8 p.m. Monday, Nov. 12, hosted at GableStage. The sixth annual fundraiser for the tiny company is always …

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Friday UPDATE: State Takes Over Title To Coconut Grove Playhouse; Future Uncertain

The state of Florida will take ownership of the shuttered Coconut Grove Playhouse Friday morning as officials warned a month ago, a state spokeswoman confirmed Thursday afternoon.

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Entrances & Exits This Week / Openings & Closings

Openings and Closings Opening this week: Oct. 4-21 I Am My Own Wife Zoetic Stage at the Adrienne Arsht Center for Performing Arts 1300 Biscayne Blvd., Miami (305) 741-3180 zoeticstage.com Doug Wright’s stunning play that provides a tour de force …

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Quick Hits: Culture Shock Miami Is Back, Carbonells For April fools’, and Amy London Leaving

Students cannot say theater tickets are too expensive. Culture Shock Miami has resumed offering $5 tickets to high school and college students – less than a movie matinee. Starting this week, tickets are available for performances provided by more than …

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Entrances & Exits

Openings and Closings This Week Opening this week: Sept. 28-Oct. 14 Sylvia The Boca Raton Theatre Guild Willow Theatre in Sugar Sand Park 300 South Military Trail, Boca Raton (561) 347-3948 www.brtg.org The comic tale of a middle-aged couple who …

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Ground Up Free Reading Sunday; Joe Adler Feted By New World

Dampened by storms earlier this fall, Ground Up & Rising, is fulfilling its commitment to a series of free outdoor performances at 10 a.m. this Sunday, Sept. 30, with a bare bones reading of John Patrick Shanley’s classic Danny and the Deep Blue Sea at the Miami Beach Botanical Garden, 2000 Convention Center Drive. and His continuing career will be recognized by the New World School of the Arts, which will precede its season opening production of Balm In Gilead on Oct. 5 with a reception/

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Miami’s Zoetic Stage Joins National New Play Network

Zoetic Stage, the loose collective of actors, directors and playwrights, has extended its commitment to new work by joining the National New Play Network as an associate member.

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Peek Behind The Curtain: Season Preview 2012-2013

The 2012-2013 season of South Florida theater promises a continued arc toward more new works and thought-provoking titles ripped fresh off the New York stages, sprinkled with enough perennials and confections to remind us that theater is as much about entertainment as catharsis. Check out our season calendars (click here and here) which document about 250 of the even larger list of offerings.

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News Briefs: Two Late Additions Plus GableStage’s Fundraiser That CostsYou Nothing

Last Minute News: Two Shows M Ensemble Company is launching a new play series this weekend only with Hate! An American Love Story, a one-woman piece written and performed by local actress Christina Alexander and directed by Karen Stephens. No …

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Our Special Series On The Present And Future Of South Florida Theater

Florida Theater On Stage is taking a step back in the brief lull in the season to analyze the present and future of South Florida theater in some depth. We’re celebrating our first anniversary with a special series of three extensive essays this week that we hope will prompt the theater community — artists and audiences alike – to examine crucial questions as the region reaches a crossroads: Who are we? Where do we want to go? What’s standing in our way? How do we prevail?

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