Live theater on stage in South Florida is back.
We try to keep this calendar up to date, but it always will be a good idea to phone or email the company in advance. We advise that you read entries carefully for exactly when and where and how a production is available.
April 4-28
Dangerous Days
Miami New Drama
Colony Theatre
1040 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach,
305.674.1040
boxoffice@miaminewdrama.org
Follow Edna Buchanan, the legendary Miami Herald reporter, as she investigates the police cover-up of Arthur McDuffie’s death. It’s the dawn of 1980. Miami is about to find itself in the national spotlight for all the wrong reasons. A future Pulitzer Prize winning reporter follows up on a tip. Could a police report about a traffic accident actually be a cover-up for a homicide? When Edna Buchanan begins to follow the trail, she can’t possibly know it’s a story that will end in murder, riots and a city on fire.
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Apr. 6–May 4
La boheme
May 2-4
Broward Center for the Performing Arts / Au-Rene Theater
www.fgo.org
They’re starving for everything but love. Rodolfo loves Mimì, Marcello loves Musetta, Colline loves philosophy, Schaunard loves music, and they all love their eccentric Bohemian life in the garrets of Paris’ 19th century Latin Quarter. Starving artists all, this crazy cadre of young friends and lovers live, love, make art, and make their marks as Puccini’s divinely romantic score memorably illustrates the joys, struggles, loves, quarrels, triumphs, and tragedies of the true vie de bohème. Sung in Italian with projected translations in English and Spanish.
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April 10-28
What’s Best for the Children
Heckscher Theatre for Families Production
Theatre Lab
Florida Atlantic University
777 Glades Road, Boca Raton
(561) 297-6124
Whit Forsyth has just been elected the first Black chairman of the State Schoolboard Committee, about to vote on critical measures on public education. But as he readies for his vote, several groups go to extreme measures to influence his decisions. A zany exploration of ideology and the American education system. A World or Rolling World premiere. Previews April 10, 12.
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April 11 – May 5
Pulp
Island City Stage
2304 N. Dixie Hwy. Wilton Manors
954-928-9800
md@islandcitystage.org
July 1956. A hot and humid Chicago. Enter Terry Logan-tough-talking, rebellious, seductive. When she takes up residence at The Well, a club run by women who love women, the trouble really begins. Nominated for four Joseph Jefferson Awards including Best New Work, PULP is a heartfelt, comedic love letter to lesbian pulp fiction and the Barbara Stanwycks of the world.
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April 11-28
Bourbon on the Border
M Ensemble
Sandells River Theater at Audrey M. Edmonson Transit Village
6103 Northwest 7th Avenue Miami, FL 33127
Box Office Phone: 305.705.3218
Howard University students May and Charlie joined hundreds of other Americans in Mississippi in the summer of 1964 for a voter registration drive. Years later, they are still searching for a way back from the damage that was done to them during that long-ago “Freedom Summer.” Written by Pearl Cleage. Starring Jean Hyppolite, Carey Brianna Hart, Dina Lewis, and Charles Reuben. Directed by Andre Gainey.
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April 17-May 12
Family Tree
Ronnie Larsen Presents Plays of Wilton
The Foundry
2306 N. Dixie Highway, Wilton Manors
(954) 826-8790
www.ronnielarsen.com/buy-tix
A gorgeous play about a gay son, Gavin, returning home to deal with a complicated family crisis that grows more complicated as long buried family secrets come to light in this taut 90-minute world premiere. A play by Erin K. Considine. Directed by Margaret Ledford. Starring Lindsey Corey, Brice Linser and Elizabeth Dimon.
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April 19-28
America’s Sexiest Couple
Boca Stage
performing at Delray Beach Playhouse
950 NW 9th Street, Delray Beach
561-272-1281
Two actors, who were ‘America’s Sexiest Couple’ on a popular ‘90s sitcom reunite for the first time in 25 years. They face a lifetime of unresolved issues, longings, resentments, and regrets. Plus, the network wants to reboot the show. Career and personal aspirations collide – professionally and personally, where do they go from here?
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April 26 – May 19
Falsettos
ArtBuzz Theatrics
Empire Stage
1140 N. Flagler Dr.. Ft. Lauderdale
954-678-1496
www.EmpireStage.com
Hilarious, heartbreaking and utterly unique, Falsettos is a contemporary musical about family, relationships, bar mitzvahs, baseball and AIDS. When Marvin leaves his wife Trina and son Jason to be with his lover Whizzer, tempers flare, problems escalate and everyone learns to grow up.
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May 2-19
Cuban Chicken Soup when There’s No More Café
Theater Up Close
Adrienne Arsht Center with Zoetic Stage
1300 Biscayne Blvd. Miami
(305) 949-6722
World Premiere. From the creators of ¡FUACATA! A Latina’s Guide to Surviving the Universe, comes the next chapter in Elena’s life as her world takes unexpected twists and turns
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May 3 – 19
The Lost Virginity Tour
Playing at The Delray Beach Playhouse
950 NW 9th Street
The Delray Beach Playhouse
950 NW 9th Street
Tickets: 561-272-1281
Four women living in an Arizona retirement community, Happy Trails Senior Resort Living, meet weekly for their Happy Trails Baking Club, spending time swapping desserts and recipes. But, when these four friends start swapping stories about their “first time”, one of them bakes up an idea – to take a road trip across the country, revisiting each location where they lost their virginity. Tears, laughter, memories and secrets are all revealed as they each share the details about their first time. Will revisiting the past alter their futures? The Lost Virginity Tour is about friendship, heartache, regrets and first loves.
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May 15-June 9
A Rock Sails By
Actors Playhouse At The Miracle Theater
280 Miracle Mile, Coral Gables
https://www.actorsplayhouse.org
Sean Grennan brings audiences another stellar play filled with humor and heart. Dr. Lynn Cummings, an astrophysicist, tries to bring science and faith into balance while grappling with personal questions, reconnecting with her daughter, and mourning the loss of her husband. When an unidentified object is discovered heading toward Earth, a less-than-reputable online magazine misquotes her, casting doubt on her credibility. Dr. Cummings hopes to witness nothing remarkable and thus save her reputation, but there is no telling what she will discover beyond the stars.
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May 17-19
The Kite Runner
Kravis Center for the Performing Arts
701 Okeechobee Boulevard, West Palm Beach
https://www.kravis.org/events/the-kite-runner/
Based on Khaled Hosseini’s beloved, international best-selling novel, The Kite Runner is a powerful new play that follows one man’s journey to confront his past and find redemption. Told across two decades and two continents, it’s a journey of friendship and forgiveness. Enjoy local musicians before the show. Hot Sauce Moon Quintet: Saturday, May 18. 6:30p.m.-7:45p.m.
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May 17-June 9
Laughs in Spanish
Gable Stage
1200 Anastasia Avenue, Coral Gables
(305) 445-1119
This play offers a light-hearted look at the struggles many Latinas go through to gain entry into cultural and artistic spaces that have historically excluded them.
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May 23- June 15
Daniel’s Husband
Ronnie Larsen Presents Plays Of Wilton
The Foundry, Wilton Manors)
at The Foundry
2306 N. Dixie Highway, Wilton Manors,
Tel: 954-826-8790
https://www.ronnielarsen.com
Michael McKeever’s award-winning play which has played in South Florida and off-Broadway. Mitchell Howard does not believe in gay marriage. His partner Daniel Bixby does. Life does what life does, as these two men learn. the consequences of their points of view. Directed by McKeever.
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May 24-June 9
Trying
Palm Beach Dramaworks
201 Clematis Street, West Palm Beach
(561) 514-4042
In 1967, feisty Sarah Schorr, a 25-year-old from rural Canada, goes to work as secretary for 81-year-old Francis Biddle, the patrician former US Attorney General. The brilliant Biddle is now frail, sometimes befuddled, and always irascible. Inspired by the playwright’s experiences as Biddle’s secretary, the piece is a tender yet unsentimental portrait of two disparate people navigating their vast differences to form a bond of mutual admiration, consideration, and respect.
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May 30 – June 23
Skintight
Island City Stage
2304 N. Dixie Hwy. Wilton Manors
954-928-9800
md@islandcitystage.org
Reeling from her ex-husband’s engagement to a much younger woman, Jodi Isaac turns to her famous fashion-designer dad for support. Instead, she finds him wrapped up in his West Village townhouse with Trey. Who’s twenty. And not necessarily gay. But probably an adult film star. At least, according to Jodi’s son. Who’s also twenty. And definitely gay. Joshua Harmon (Bad Jews, Significant Other) brings neurotic family drama to the forefront as father and daughter contend with the age-old questions of how to age gracefully in a world obsessed with youth and where love fits into it all
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June 8-23
The Spongebob Musical
Slow Burn Theatre Company
Broward Center for the Performing Arts
201 Southwest 5th Avenue , Fort Lauderdale
954.462.0222
Adapted from the iconic Nickelodeon series! SpongeBob, Patrick, Sandy, Squidward and all of Bikini Bottom face total annihilation—until a most unexpected hero rises to take center stage. The stakes are higher than ever in this dynamic stage musical, as SpongeBob and all of Bikini Bottom face the total annihilation of their undersea world. Chaos erupts. Lives hang in the balance. And just when all hope seems lost, a most unexpected hero rises up and takes center stage. The power of optimism really can save the world!
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June 11-16
Clue
Broadway in Fort Lauderdale
Broward Center for the Performing Arts
201 SW 5th Ave, Fort Lauderdale
(800) 764-0700
Subscriber Choice
Murder and blackmail are on the menu when six mysterious guests assemble at Boddy Manor for a night they’ll never forget! Was it Mrs. Peacock in the study with the knife? Or was it Colonel Mustard in the library with the wrench? Based on the cult 1985 Paramount movie and inspired by the classic Hasbro board game. A South Florida premiere.
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June 25 – 30
Mamma Mia!
Dreyfoos Hall
Kravis Center
701 Okeechobee Boulevard, West Palm Beach
(561) 651-4242
A mother. A daughter. 3 possible dads. And a trip down the aisle! Set on a Greek island paradise where the sun always shines, a tale of love, friendship, and identity is beautifully told through the hits of ABBA. On the eve of her wedding, a daughter’s quest to discover the father she’s never known brings three men from her mother’s past back to the island they last visited decades ago. For nearly 25 years, people all around the world have fallen in love with the characters, the story, and the music that make Mamma Mia! the ultimate feel-good show.
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July 11- August 4
A Streetcar Named Desire
New City Players
Performing at Island City Stage
2304 N. Dixie Hwy. Wilton Manors
Tickets 954.376.6114
boxoffice@newcityplayers.org
The classic Tennessee Williams.
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August 4 –20
Oleanna
Empire Stage
1140 N Flagler Drive, Ft Lauderdale
www.empirestage.com
David Mamet’s riveting two-character play about a professor and a student in a tense relationshp.
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August 29 – September 22
Die! Mommie Die!
Island City Stage
2304 N. Dixie Hwy. Wilton Manors
954-928-9800
md@islandcitystage.org
Charles Busch’s comic melodrama evokes the 1960s “Grande Dame Guignol” films that featured aging stars such as Bette Davis, Joan Crawford and Lana Turner. Ex-pop singer Angela Arden is trapped in a hateful marriage with film producer Sol Sussman. Desperate to find happiness with her younger lover, an out-of-work TV actor named Tony Parker, Angela murders her husband with the aid of a poisoned suppository. In a plot that reflects Greek tragedy as well as Hollywood kitsch, her children slip her some LSD, provoking a wild acid trip in which many secrets are revealed.
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Oct. 27-Nov. 24
Anything Goes
Gulfshore Playhouse
Moran Mainstage
2640 Golden Gate Parkway, Naples
The musical comedy classic
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Nov. 10-Dec. 15
Every Brilliant Thing
Gulfsore Playhouse
Struthers Studio
2640 Golden Gate Parkway, Naples
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Jan. 12-Feb. 2
Dial M For Murder
Gulfshore Playhouse
Moran Mainstage
2640 Golden Gate Parkway, Naples
Adapted version of the classic murder mystery
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Jan. 26-March 2
The Lehman Trilogy
Gulfshore Playhouse
Struthers Studio
2640 Golden Gate Parkway, Naples
This is the epic sized generation story of a family and a company that changed the world …told with three actors portraying all the family members across the decades.
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Feb. 23-March 16
Noises Off
Gulfshore Playhouse
Moran Mainstage
2640 Golden Gate Parkway, Naples
The hilarious three-act comedy in and about and through theater.
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March 16-April 19, 2025
Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill
Gulfshore Playhouse
Struthers Studio
2640 Golden Gate Parkway, Naples
The revue of Billie Holiday’s life and music.
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April 6-May 4, 2025
Sweet Charity
Gulfshore Playhouse
Moran Mainstage
2640 Golden Gate Parkway, Naples
The Neil Simon-Dorothy Fields -Cy Coleman classic.
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