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Rothko tour de force “Red” stands out from Maltz Theatre’s mainstream fare next season

The Maltz Jupiter Theatre announced a 2011-2012 season Thursday marked by the mainstream fare that the Maltz does so well — with one outstanding exception. Sandwiched between Cabaret and Hello Dolly! comes the stunning drama about art and creativity, Red. …

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Fort Lauderdale native nabs starring role in a LaBute Broadway debut

When Heather Jane Rolff was trying to make it in New York City in 2004, she and a friend went to see Neil LaBute’s off-Broadway biting social satire Fat Pig. ‘I remember sitting in that theater bawling my eyes out,” …

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Sanchez play up next at Promethean Theatre

‘ The scrappy Promethean Theatre in Davie is careful not to announce the dates for a new show, let alone a title, until it has the money to bankroll the production show. So, hot off the press: Promethean will hold …

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Donna McKechnie returns to Florida in February

Donna McKechnie, one of Broadway’s most beautiful and talented dancers, brings her one-woman show to South Florida for three performances next month. My Musical Comedy Life, a song and dance memoir she has toured, will play at The PlayGround Theatre …

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Sternhagen to headline New Works Festival

Veteran character actress Frances Sternhagen is returning to Florida Stage next month to headline the fifth annual 1st Stage New Works Festival. Sternhagen is instantly recognizable from scores of roles on stage, in film and on television, most recently playing …

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New Theatre fills slot with one-woman show

With barely enough time for rehearsals, New Theatre in Coral Gables has filled the TBA hole on its schedule for Jan. 28-Feb. 13. Carbonell winner Barbara Sloan will perform in the one-woman comedy High Dive by Leslie Ayvazian, directed by …

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Broward Stage Door announces populist 2011-2012 season

Florida theaters are famous for delaying announcing their next season because of protracted negotiations for rights, jockeying to counter-program other theaters, vying to get the rights to the latest Broadway hit and a dozen other reasons. Not so at Broward …

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1st Stage Festival works announced by Florida Stage

Want to see plays before anyone else? Florida Stage has announced its fifth annual 1st Stage New Works Festival for Feb. 3-6 of staged readings of works-in-progress. In the past, the playwrights have taken the lessons learned from the readings …

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PlayGround Theatre receives $100K Knight award

The PlayGround Theatre in Miami Shores, known for its lush and imaginative productions for children, has received a $100,000 matching grant this week from the John S. And James L. Knight Foundation to help produce the world premiere of a …

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A clean well-lighted space at The Light Box for two companies

At least two theaters will be performing at The Light Box at Goldman Warehouse when Miami’s newest performing arts space opens early next year in the Wynwood Arts District. M Ensemble, which contends it is the oldest continuously operating African-American …

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