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Elena Maria Garcia Receives Carbonell’s Hindman Award

Elena Maria Garcia, the actress-educator-playwright-director whose unique exuberance has enhanced scores of comedies and dramas across the region, has received the Carbonell’s Bill Hindman Award recognizing “onstage career achievement by performing artists based in South Florida.”  

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Ali Tallman Receives Inaugural Christine Dolen Carbonell Award

Ali Tallman, resident dramaturg at GableStage, has been named the first recipient of the Carbonell Awards’ Christine Dolen Award honoring the outstanding debut of a Carbonell-eligible performer, playwright, producer, director or designer.

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Miami-Dade Students Honored For Theater By Arshties

More than 130 students from 17 Miami-Dade high schools took center stage at the Adrienne Arsht for the inaugural Arshties Showcase. Top honors were awarded across 12 categories recognizing excellence in musical theater performance, music, dance, design, stage management and student achievement.

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Nothing/No One Is Who/What They Seem in World Premiere of Dramaworks’ Vineland Place

Sometimes theater is just meant to entertain, to seduce, to lure. The world premiere of Vineland Place at Palm Beach Dramaworks has no profound message, but it offers an intriguing psychological thriller-mystery akin to Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers.

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Gulfshore’s Beautiful Charts Carole King’s Having Courage To Follow Your Own Path.

Gulfshore Playhouse’s Beautiful isn’t only a celebration of Carole King’s music but of much of the pop music of that era. It’s also the story of finding your own voice and having the courage to follow your own creative path.

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My Take On: More Reviews of New York City Plays & Musicals

OUR REVIEWS OF SCHMIGDOON, THE LOST BOYS, SEAGULL: TRUE STORY, TWO STRANGERS (CARRY A CAKE ACROSS NEW YORK), FALLEN WOMEN, MONTE CRISTO, THE RECEPTIONIST

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FPTA Statewide Pro Auditions May 16-18 at FAU Boca Raton

Florida’s largest in-person audition for both Equity and non-Equity performers is set for May 16-18 in Boca Raton. The annual event by the Florida Professional Theatres Association hosts several casting representatives from theaters across the state.  

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Odds Are Riverside’s 9 To 5 Musical Will Delight Film’s Fans

Fans of the movie 9 to 5 will be delighted by 9 to 5: The Musical, playing through May 10 at the Riverside Theatre, The characters you remember and the premise of three working women coping with their domineering boss are the same, with changes made for the musical story to flow better.

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Developing New Works In Two Festivals: Theatre Lab’s Owl & New City Players’ Lauder Made

Theater lovers in South Florida are about to experience double the pleasure with two festivals of new work this month. The Second Annual Owl New Play Festival in Boca Raton kicks off on April 11 and runs for two weeks, while Short Plays: Lauder Made Volume II in Ft. Lauderdale begins at the end of the month and runs for four days.

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West Boca Theatre Company’s Dear Jack, Dear Louise Finds Romance Between the Lines

Dear Jack, Dear Louise, a dramatic comedy now playing at the West Boca Theatre Company, is the kind of show that makes you wish your Greatest Generation relatives were still alive because you know how much they’d love it.

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