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Breaking News: Nan Barnett Named Exec Director At National New Play Network

Nancy Barnett, former managing director of Florida Stage which focused on mounting new plays, has been named executive director of the National New Play Network, a leading champion in developing new works among non-profit theaters. She takes the post in May.

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Tickets for The 37th Carbonell Awards Are Now On Sale

If you ever wanted to see local theater actors up close, out of stage makeup and dressed to the nines, tens and several other figures, tickets are now on sale to the 37th annual Carbonell Awards ceremony slated for Monday evening of April Fools’ Day.

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Maltz Plans $2.5 Million Expansion With More Seats, Bigger Lobby, More Restrooms

The Maltz Jupiter Theatre plans a massive $2.5 million renovation that will include adding VIP seating, building a more elaborate lobby with 12-foot ceilings, expanding the building itself to the east, adding restrooms and other amenities.

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Knight Arts Challenge Grant Deadline Set For March 4

About a week and a half is left to apply for the Knight Arts Challenge, which awards major grants for “cultural projects that engage and enrich Greater Miami,” meaning Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and/or Monroe counties. The deadline is before …

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(Staged) Reading Is Fundamental

The psychological thriller I Know What I Am and I Am Not What You Call Me will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, at the Adrienne Arsht Peacock Education Center, 1300 Biscayne Boulevard, in Miami. The play by …

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Made In Miami Art Bows At Miami Made Festival Next Week

Anyone who thinks South Florida theater is a staid traditional art form aimed solely at senior citizens will have their expectations exploded and their definitions rewritten next week with the cutting edge series of free youth-oriented programs in the fifth Miami Made Festival.

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Palm Beach Dramaworks and Area Stage Company Extend Runs

It’s rare that Florida theaters extend their shows, particularly since most have another production  cued up and ready to open. But overwhelming demand has prompted two extensions. Palm Beach Dramaworks’ acclaimed production of  A Raisin in the Sun has been …

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Once, Evita, Queen, Warhorse Headline Bway Across America At Arsht Center In Miami

Once, the dark horse that won the best musical Tony Award last Spring, will make its South Florida bow a year from now as one of the notable national tours appearing in the 2013-14 Broadway Across America season at the Arsht Center for the Performing Arts. Also notable in the lineup will be Warhorse, which will close the current season in Broward, as well as the recent revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s Evita.

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Breaking News: Delray Beach Commissioners Delay Sale Of Arts Garage Property

The Delray City Commission voted unanimously Tuesday to postpone selling the Arts Garage’s home base for two months, giving the venue a reprieve from relocating or even closing. Faced with an overflow crowd of arts patrons ready to speak at a public hearing, a box with 1,800 petition signatures and a lose-lose choice, Mayor Thomas Carney proposed delaying action until April 16 – suggesting that two parties interested in buying the property are willing to explore a compromise.

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Fort Lauderdale Broadway Across America 2013-14 Offers The Book Of Mormon

The Book of Mormon, Broadway’s biggest hit musical since The Producers, is the headlining entry in the 2013-2014 season of national tours announced Sunday by Broadway Across America – Fort Lauderdale.

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