South Florida Theater Calendar 2023

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.

2023

 

March 2-April 2

I want to f*#%king tear you apart
Island City Stage
2304 N. Dixie Highway, Wilton Manors
(954) 928-9800

Samantha and Leo are a team – best friends, roommates, allies against the world – until a new friend enters and upends their co-dependent world.

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March 2- April 2

Damn Yankees
Wick Theatre
7901 North Federal Highway, Boca Raton
(561) 995-2333

With music and lyrics by Jerry Ross and Richard Adler and a book by Abbott and Douglass Wallop, this multiple Tony Award-winning play tells the story of a middle-aged man who sells his soul to the devil to become a baseball player to help his beloved Washington Senators beat the Yankees in the World Series. A modern retelling of the Faust legend set in the 1950s, the score includes “Whatever Lola Wants,” “(You Gotta Have) Heart” and “Two Lost Souls.”

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March 9-April 2

Defacing Michael Jackson
Miami New Drama
The Colony Theater
1040 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach
(305) 674-1040

With this fourth world-premiere from Aurin Squire, we are taken back to the 80’s in a coming of age story, a time when pop-culture icons were otherworldly heroes and a group of kids in Miami’s Opa-Locka are trying to figure out life in the midst of social and racial unrest. Previews until Opening Night March 11.

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March 14-April 2

Oliver!

Maltz Jupiter Theater
1001 East Indiantown Road, Jupiter
(561) 575-2223

The beloved 1960 musical based on Dickens novel had a book, music and lyrics by the late Lionel Bart who could not read or write down music (like Mel Brooks, by the way), but who created one of the most popular musicals to emigrate from London to Broadway up to that point.

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March 16-April 9

Next to Normal
Zoetic Stage and Adrienne Arsht Center present
Carnival Studio Theater – Ziff Ballet Opera House
1300 Biscayne Blvd., Miami
(305) 949-6722

A musical that explores how one suburban household copes with crisis and mental illness. Winner of three 2009 Tony Awards, including Best Musical Score, and the 2010 Pulitzer Prize.

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March 16-April 2

The Odd Couple
(Female Version)
Boca Stage
The Sol Theatre
3333 N Federal Highway, Boca Raton
(561) 447-8829

Neil Simon’s hilarious update of his classic play as Florence and Olive learn that their husbands were a piece of cake compared to each other.

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March 17-April 2, 2023

Plaza Suite
Delray Beach Playhouse
950 NW 9th Street, Delray Beach
561-272-1281

Neil Simon’s three-act comedy about different folks in the same hotel room.

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March 18, 19, and 21, 2023, Arsht Center
April 13 and 15, 2023, Broward Center
Tosca
(305) 949-6722
fgo.org

Simultaneously a political thriller and timeless romance, Puccini’s tale of courage, patriotism, and selfless love in the face of tyranny, set to one of the most beloved scores in all of opera.

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March 21-April 9

Oleanna
Riverside Theater
Waxlax Stage
3250 Riverside Park Dr., Vero Beach
(772) 231-6990

This play explores the escalating power struggle between a haughty professor and the failing student whose charges of sexual harassment threaten his career.

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March 24-April 9

The Golden Girls Gone Wild!
Empire Stage
1140 N. Flagler Dr., Ft. Lauderdale
(954) 678-1496

It’s Dorothy’s birthday and after Sophia hit the jackpot at the casino, she decided to throw her pussycat a surprise birthday bash. Wanting to be sure her daughter had a date to her own party, Sophia has arranged to have a dating game here tonight. Watch out men in the audience because you may become one of the contestants! Sophia invited Dorothy’s ex-boyfriend, Phil, to the party and hilarity ensues as we find out Dorothy isn’t Phil’s only ex here tonight. Will Phil survive the night so he can explain his womanizing ways? If not, the ladies will need your help to solve the crime in this interactive murder mystery spoofing of the classic TV show.

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March 23 – April 16, 2023

Barefoot in the Park
Gulfshore Playhouse
Performance Center
755 8th Avenue, South Naples
info@gulfshoreplayhouse.org
239-261-7529

One of the longest-running plays in Broadway history turned into an iconic film starring Jane Fonda and Robert Redford,  Barefoot in the Park is classic Neil Simon..

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March 24-April 2

Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom
FAU Department of Theater and Dance
Studio II Theatre
777 Glades Road, Boca Raton
(561) 297-6124

In a suburban subdivision with identical houses, parents find their teenagers addicted to an online horror video game. The game setting? A subdivision with identical houses. The goal? Smash through an army of zombies to escape the neighborhood for good.

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March 24-April 2

Marty’s Back in Town

The Mizner Park Cultural Arts Center
201 Plaza Real (2nd Floor), Boca Raton
(844) 672-2849

A reflection on an immigrant family’s experience as they seize opportunities in pursuit of the “American Dream” in this comedic-drama about the ups and downs of a dysfunctional family and their relationships with each other and with the “black sheep” who is returning home after 10 years.

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March 24-April 9

The Golden Girls Gone Wild!
Empire Stage & Murder Mystery Manhattan
1140 N Flagler Drive, Ft Lauderdale
(954) 678-1496

Written & directed by Keith Dougherty. A hilarious interactive murder mystery based on the hit tv series

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March 25 – April 9

Mary Poppins
Slow Burn Theatre Company
The Broward Center for the Performing Arts
Amaturo Theater
201 SW 5th Avenue, Fort Lauderdale
(954) 468-3280

One of the most popular Disney movies of all time – well, if you have to ask…..

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March 28-April 2

My Fair Lady

Adrienne Arsht Center
Ziff Ballet Opera House
1300 Biscayne Blvd. Miami
(305) 949-6722

This tells the story of Eliza Doolittle, a young Cockney flower seller, and Henry Higgins, a linguistics professor who is determined to transform her into his idea of a “proper lady.” But who is really being transformed?

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March 28-April 9, 2023

Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird
Broadway in Fort Lauderdale
Broward Center for the Performing Arts
201 SW 5th Ave, Fort Lauderdale
(800) 764-0700

Not the version you’ve seen on high school drama stages for a half-century, famed film and television screenwriter Aaron Sorkin has re-adapted the classic Pulitzer Prize-winning masterwork.

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March 29-April 9

Wicked
Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts
701 Okeechobee Boulevard, West Palm Beach
www.kravis.org
(561) 832-7469

If you don’t know what this one is about…….

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March 29-April 16

Bright Star
Actors’ Playhouse
Mainstage
280 Miracle Mile, Coral Gables
(305) 444-9293

Inspired by a true story and featuring the Tony®-nominated score by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, this tells a sweeping tale of love and redemption set against the rich backdrop of the American South in the 1920s and ’40s.

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March 30-April  16

Always, Patsy Cline
Broadway at LPAC
Lauderhill Performing Arts Center
3800 NW 11th Place, Lauderhill
(954) 777-2055

Hardy musical about a woman who corresponded with and became friends with the legendary country singer, featuring many of her famed hits.

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March 31-April 16

August: Osage County
Palm Beach Dramaworks
201 Clematis Street, West Palm Beach
(561) 514-4042 Ext. 2

Tracy Letts’ Pulitzer and Tony-winning epic drama about a large dysfunctional family wrestling with a host of demons.

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April 7-May 14

One More Yesterday
Ronnie Larson at
The Foundry
2306 N. Dixie Highway, Wilton Manors
(954) 826-8790

A new musical, this tells the story of legendary Broadway actress Lydia Taylor who is now 83 and yearns to return to the spotlight. She tells her agent she will literally do anything and she finds herself cast in a no-budget horror film about a vigilante Grandma called “The Vigalanny Granny”. This little film changes her life in huge and countless ways. One More Yesterday is about second chances and the importance of pursuing your dreams no matter your age.

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April 8-23

Refuge
Theatre Lab
Florida Atlantic University
777 Glades Road, Boca Raton
www.fauevents.com
(561) 297-6124

Original music, artistic puppetry, and magical realism allow this bilingual tale to tackle the immigration crisis through a, unique lens. Chronicling the harrowing journey of one young Honduran girl as she crosses the U.S. border into the inhospitable, barren land of Texas, “Refuge” is an exploration of empathy and of America, who we are and who we say we are. First seen in the 2020 New Play Festival, this play with music finally returns to The Lab as part of the National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere program. Previews April 26-27.

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April 11-30

42nd Street
Riverside Theater
On the Stark Main Stage
3250 Riverside Park Dr., Vero Beach
(772) 231-6990

This story has a humble, naïve young actress named Peggy Sawyer, who comes to the big city to audition for a new Broadway musical. Unfortunately, she arrives too late.

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April 13-30

Cry Old Kingdom
New City Players
Performing at Island City Stage,
2304 N. Dixie Highway, Wilton Manors
(954) 376-6114

Haiti, 1964. Francois “Papa Doc” Duvalier’s repressive regime has forced once-successful artist Edwin into hiding, turning him into a walking ghost. When Edwin finds a young man building a boat to escape to America, and persuades him to pose for a painting, he finally feels alive again. But with cries for revolution resounding through the nation and the regime’s death squads on the prowl, no one’s life is safe. Sometimes trying to dream and survive forces impossible choices.

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April 14-16

Tuesdays with Morrie
Delray Beach Playhouse
950 NW 9th Street, Delray Beach
561-272-1281

An old man, a young man, and life’s greatest lessons.

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April 14-23

Sweat
FAU Department of Theater and Dance
Marleen Forkas Studio 1 Theatre
777 Glades Road, Boca Raton
(561) 297-6124

The 2018 Pulitzer Prize-winning play examines the collision of race, class, family, friendship at a pivotal moment in America.  A group of friends in Reading, Pennsylvania have spent their lives sharing secrets and laughs on the factory floor.

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April 14 – 30

Newsies
Lake Worth Playhouse
713 Lake Ave, Lake Worth
561-586-6410

Set in turn-of-the-century New York City, Newsies is the rousing tale of Jack Kelly, a charismatic newsboy, and leader of a band of teenaged “newsies.” When titans of publishing raise distribution prices at the newsboys’ expense, Jack rallies newsies from across the city to strike against the unfair conditions and fight for what’s right! Based on the 1992 motion picture and inspired by a true story, Newsies features a Tony Award-winning score by Alan Menken

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April 14-May 14

El Huracán

Gable Stage
1200 Anastasia Avenue, Coral Gables
(305) 445-1119

As Hurricane Andrew threatens Miami, a mother and daughter ready themselves for the storm, but Abuela takes shelter in a world of memory, music, and magic. A Florida Premiere, inspired by Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Preview April 14

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April 14-May 7

Tru
Empire Stage & Baran-Bookman Prods
1140 N Flagler Drive, Ft Lauderdale
(954) 678-1496

Jay Presson Allen’s acclaimed one man Broadway play about the scandalous life of celebrated writer Truman Capote. Directed by Andy Rogow.

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April 15-30

Pippin
Pembroke Pines Theater of the Performing Arts (PPTOPA)
Susan B. Katz Theatre at the River of Grass Arts Park
17195 Sheridan St., Pembroke Pines
https://www.pptopa.com/

The Stephen Schwartz musical made famous by Bob Fosse’s choreography.

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April 21-May 14

Sweat
Main Street Players
6812 Main Street, Miami Lakes
(305) 558-3737

This tells the story of a group of friends who have spent their lives sharing drinks, secrets and laughs while working together on the factory floor. Layoffs and picket lines begin to chip away at their mutual trust. Winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

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April 20-May 14

Million Dollar Quartet
Wick Theatre
7901 North Federal Highway, Boca Raton,
boxoffice@theWick.org
(561) 995-2333

This Tony Award-nominated musical is set on December 4, 1956, when fate brought Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley together at Sun Records in Memphis for what would be one of the greatest jam sessions ever. A poignant and funny tale, based on a real-life event, this early-rock concert in a play is full of great music and heart. Featuring almost two dozen songs, including “Blue Suede Shoes,” “Folsom City Blues,” “Who Do You Love?” and “Great Balls of Fire.”

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April 26 – 30

Ain’t Too Proud –The Life And Times Of The Temptations
Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts
701 Okeechobee Boulevard, West Palm Beach
www.kravis.org
(561) 832-7469

The electrifying Broadway musical that follows The Temptations’ extraordinary journey from the streets of Detroit to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. It’s a story of brotherhood, family, loyalty, and betrayal during a decade of civil unrest in America. Set to the beat of the group’s treasured hits, including “My Girl,” “Just My Imagination,” “Get Ready,” and “Papa Was a Rolling Stone.

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April 27 – May 14

Morning After Grace by Carey Crim
Gulfshore Playhouse
Performance Center
755 8th Avenue, South Naples
info@gulfshoreplayhouse.org
239-261-7529

A comedy about three retirees who get a new lease on life.

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April 28-May 14, 2023

Noises Off
Delray Beach Playhouse
950 NW 9th Street, Delray Beach
561-272-1281

A hilarious three-act farce about the mounting of a play.

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April 29, 30 and May 2, 2023, Arsht Center
May 18 and 20, 2023, at the Broward Center

The Barber of Seville by Rossini
(305) 949-6722
fgo.org

most beloved rascal, the barber Figaro, helps young Count Almaviva woo and win the lovely Rosina as Rossini’s intricate and infectious melodies lead a merry chase through the madcap comedy

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May 2-7

Mean Girls
Broadway in Fort Lauderdale
Broward Center for the Performing Arts
201 SW 5th Ave, Fort Lauderdale
(800) 764-0700

Capturing the vibe of the movie, this musical has the advantage of a script by the film’s Tina Fey. Cady grew up in Africa, but nothing prepared her for the vicious ways of her strange new home: suburban Illinois. Soon, this naïve newbie falls prey to a trio of lionized frenemies led by the charming but ruthless Regina George. But when Cady devises a plan to end Regina’s reign, she learns the hard way that you can’t cross a Queen Bee without getting stung.

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May 4-21

We Will Rock You
Lauderhill Performing Arts Center
3800 NW 11th Place
www.lpacfl.com/

A jukebox musical based on the songs of British rock band Queen with a book by Ben Elton. The musical tells the story of a group of Bohemians who struggle to restore the free exchange of thought and fashion, and live music in a distant future where everyone dresses, thinks and acts the same. Musical instruments and composers are forbidden, and rock music is all but unknown.

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May 4-21

Graced
Zoetic Stage and Adrienne Arsht Center
In collaboration with Abre Camino Collective
1300 Biscayne Blvd., Miami
(305) 949-6722

Catherine is searching for something authentic as she embarks on a “Lewis-and-Clark-esque” trip across America sponsored by Monteverde Moonshine with her new lover and colleague, Lewis. As Catherine travels, she comes to more questions than answers about “the real America,” her own identity and what authenticity even means anymore. This production includes mature content and strong language. Preview May 4. World Premiere.

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May 4-28

Create Dangerously
Miami New Drama
The Colony Theater
1040 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach
(305) 674-1040

Based on the work of Haitian-American novelist, Edwidge Danticat. this is an exploratory journey through an immigrant artist’s mind; moving between memory and fiction, recollection and contemplation, joy and despair. This piece has been in development since winning the first ever Knight Foundation Knight New Works Challenge in 2017. Previews through Opening Night May 6.

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May 5-7

Short Play Festival
Curtain Call Playhouse
The Willow Theatre at Sugar Sand Park
300 S. Military Trail, Boca Raton
(561) 347-3948

This third series brings a new selection of short plays brought to you by Florida’s finest playwrights. Eight new plays selected. Why see one play when you can see eight in the same amount of time!

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May 5-14

Closer

Lake Worth Playhouse
713 Lake Ave, Lake Worth
(561) 586-6410

Four lives intertwine over the course of four and a half years in this stinging look at modern love and betrayal. Twelve scenes chronicle the love affairs, rivalries, seductions, and betrayals of four characters in a spare, intense style., where the quartet of strangers meet, fall in love, and become caught up in a web of sexual desire and betrayal. Won the Olivier award for Best New Play as well as a Tony Award after premiering on Broadway.

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May 9-14

Ain’t Too Proud: The Life And Times Of The Temptations

Adrienne Arsht Center
Ziff Ballet Opera House
1300 Biscayne Blvd. Miami
(305) 949-6722

Nominated for 12 Tony® Awards and the winner of the 2019 Tony Award for Best Choreography, Ain’t Too Proud tells the thrilling story of brotherhood, family, loyalty and betrayal, as the group’s personal and political conflicts threatened to tear them apart during a decade of civil unrest in America.

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May 12-28

Disenchanted
MNM Theater Company
Rinker Playhouse at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts
701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach
(561) 832-7469

Poisoned apples. Glass slippers. Who needs ’em?! Not Snow White and her posse of disenchanted princesses in this ‘musical comedy for grownups’ that’s anything but Grimm. A South Florida premiere.

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May 11-28

Two Trains Running
M Ensemble Company
Sandrell Rivers Theater
6103 NW 7th Ave., Miami
www.themensemble.com

Part of August Wilson’s ten-play series,iIn 1968 amidst the civil rights movement, Memphis Lee’s restaurant is set to be demolished by the city. While he fights to be paid a fair price for his property, his employees and regulars search for work, love, and justice as their neighborhood changes around them

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May 12-28

Casa Valentina
Empire Stage
1140 N Flagler Drive, Ft Lauderdale
(954) 678-1496

Harvey Fierstein’s play tells the story of men who spend weekends at a resort in the Catskill mountains, dressed as women..

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May 13-14

Short Play Festival
Charlotte J. Burrie Civic Center
2669 N. Federal Hwy., Pompano Beach

954-786-5566

This third series brings a new selection of short plays brought to you by Florida’s finest playwrights. Eight new plays selected. Why see one play when you can see eight in the same amount of time!

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May 17-June 4

Proof
Actors’ Playhouse
Mainstage
280 Miracle Mile, Coral Gables
(305) 444-9293

This is a story of passion, genius, and family bonds combining elements of mystery and surprise with old-fashioned storytelling. This winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama will receive its first professional production in Miami in over 20 years.

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May 18-June 18

Tracy Jones
Island City Stage
2304 N. Dixie Highway, Wilton Manors
(954) 928-9800

Tracy Jones has rented out the party room of the Jones Street Bar and Grill for a gathering of women named Tracy Jones. An hour-plus after the scheduled start time, she is pacing an empty room while sucking down Diet Coke as if her life depended on it. She is waiting for the other Tracy Joneses to arrive.

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May 19-June 4

The Producers
Entr’acte Theatrix
The Willow Theatre at Sugar Sand Park
300 S. Military Trail, Boca Raton
(561) 347-3948

Mel Brooks’ musical comedy won a record-setting 12 Tony Awards in 2001, including Best Musical – the most in the awards’ history. The plot is simple: Failed producer Max Bialystock and his reluctant accountant Leo Bloom cook up a plot to convince a group of ‘little old ladies’ to invest two million dollars in a horrendously offensive Third Reich-themed musical, which they know will be a sure-fire flop.

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May 20

Short Play Festival
Curtain Call Playhouse
Sunrise Civic Center Theatre
10610 W. Oakland Park Blvd., Sunrise
(954) 747-4646

This third series brings a new selection of short plays brought to you by Florida’s finest playwrights. Eight new plays selected. Why see one play when you can see eight in the same amount of time!

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May 20-21

Couples Therapy
Pompano Beach Cultural Center
50 W. Atlantic Blvd., Pompano Beach
(954) 545-7800

This show will strengthen or destroy your relationship. Either way, you’re welcome! Couples Therapy is a show unlike any others (I know you’ve heard that before but we mean it).  It is a unique and clever combination of theater and stand-up comedy that is as funny as it is insightful.

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May 26-June 4

Jesus Christ SuperstarEntr’acte Theatrix
The Willow Theatre at Sugar Sand Park
300 S. Military Trail, Boca Raton
(561) 347-3948

The story, told entirely through song, focuses on the personal conflicts between Jesus, his disciples, the people of Israel, and the leadership of Rome.

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May 26-June 11

Topdog/Underdog
Palm Beach Dramaworks
201 Clematis Street, West Palm Beach
(561) 514-4042 Ext. 2

Suzan-Lori Parks’ Pulitzer-acclaimed scorching drama about two African-American brothers alternately supporting and disparaging each other as they look back at their troubled past and look ahead to an uncertain future.

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May 28

The Victory Dolls
Pompano Beach Cultural Center
50 W. Atlantic Blvd., Pompano Beach
(954) 545-7800

The Victory Dolls are a group of women with enormous musical talents and a unique, nostalgic style who have combined a vintage look and choreography with lively, original musical arrangements. It’s an All-American show when The Victory Dolls hit the stage, complete with a modern-day twist on your favorite songs, that dazzles in three-part harmony!

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May 30-June 18

Honky Tonk Angels
Riverside Theater
On the Stark Main Stage
3250 Riverside Park Dr., Vero Beach
(772) 231-6990

Three women leading dull and thankless lives decide to cut loose from hubby, boss and daddy, and board a bus headed for Nashville to pursue their dream of becoming country singers.

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Summer 2023

The Wiz
Pembroke Pines Theater of the Performing Arts (PPTOPA)
Susan B. Katz Theatre at the River of Grass Arts Park
17195 Sheridan St., Pembroke Pines

The tuneful African-American take on that Oz book.

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June 9-July 1

Native Gardens

Gable Stage
1200 Anastasia Avenue, Coral Gables
(305) 445-1119

In this comedy of good intentions and bad manners, cultures and gardens clash, turning well-intentioned neighbors into feuding enemies. Pablo, a rising attorney, and doctoral candidate Tania, his very pregnant wife, have just purchased a home next to Frank and Virginia, a well-established D.C. couple with a prize-worthy English garden. Preview June 9

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June 9-10

One Funny Mother
Delray Beach Playhouse
950 NW 9th S

treet, Delray Beach
561-272-1281

Ever gone un-showered for days? Fought with your husband over who works harder…or had a kid pee on you? This show about Motherhood will make you realize you’re not crazy….motherhood is!

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June 10-25

Disney’s Newsies
Slow Burn Theatre Company
The Broward Center for the Performing Arts
Amaturo Theater
201 SW 5th Avenue, Fort Lauderdale
(954) 468-3280

This Disney film turned Tony-winning Broadway hit features major dance numbers.

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June 13-25

Beetlejuice
Broadway in Fort Lauderdale
Broward Center for the Performing Arts
201 SW 5th Ave, Fort Lauderdale
(800) 764-0700

Don’t say it three times or Tim Burton’s devilish demon and two dead newbies will sing to you along with a pack of unusual colleagues serenading a strange teenager, Lydia.

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July 5-16

Little Montgomery
New City Players
Performing at Island City Stage,
2304 N. Dixie Highway, Wilton Manors
(954) 376-6114

Megan and Kimmy are 14 years old, best friends, and currently planning to commit grand larceny against country music star Rick Montgomery at his concert tonight. As they put their plan into play, songs will be sung, secrets will be revealed, and teenage girls will find out how difficult it is to exact revenge. This was originally performed at the beginning of the pandemic as a podcast series.

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July 6-23

Bourbon at the Border

M Ensemble Company
Sandrell Rivers Theater
6103 NW 7th Ave., Miami
www.themensemble.com

Pearl Cleage’s play: When May and Charlie joined hundreds of other Americans who went to Mississippi in the summer of 1964 for a massive voter registration drive, they had no idea their lives were about to change forever. As students at Howard University, their campus activism had been met with calls to their parents and threats of expulsion. The stakes in Mississippi were a lot higher. White supremacists, outraged at the challenge to their segregated way of life, responded with violence that left three civil rights workers dead and many wounded. Years later, May and Charlie are still searching for a way back from the damage that was done to them during that long ago “Freedom Summer.” It puts a human face on the unknown soldiers of the civil rights movement by refusing to romanticize them even as it honors their specific sacrifices and the price they paid.

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July 19-Aug. 6

Defending the Cavewoman
Actors’ Playhouse
Mainstage
280 Miracle Mile, Coral Gables
(305) 444-9293

This is a tongue-in-cheek, affectionate look at the quirks, foibles and idiosyncrasies of both men and women, from the modern Female perspective. A United States premiere of a wild one-woman comedy about two completely different creatures desperately trying to co-exist on one tiny plant…sharing one bathroom!

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July 21-Aug. 13

Exilios
Main Street Players
6812 Main Street, Miami Lakes
(305) 558-3737

Based on real events, My Uncle,  The Exile tells the story of Evaristro, a Cuban exile who has decided to return to his homeland after being banished for homosexuality during the Mariel boatlift in 1980. This play will be performed in Spanish.

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Aug. 3-Sept. 3

Springfield Pride*
Island City Stage
2304 N. Dixie Highway, Wilton Manors
(954) 928-9800

A new play about the divisions within the LGBTQ+ community and the growing ethnic, race, gender, gender and generational divide. A world premiere. (*Title subject to change.)

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Aug. 11-27

Grease
Delray Beach Playhouse
950 NW 9th Street
Delray Beach,
delraybeachplayhouse.com
561-272-1281

The rollicking rock ‘n roll musical that is both an homage to the idealism and the music of the 50s, and a satirical look at teenagers’ universal and age-old desire to be provocative and rebellious

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Sept. 22-Oct. 15

Lysistrata
Main Street Players
6812 Main Street, Miami Lakes
(305) 558-3737

This ancient comedy was first presented in 411 B.C. It follows the efforts of Lysistrata, an Athenian woman, to persuade other women to join together in a strike against the men of Greece, denying them sex until they’ve put down their arms and end the disastrous wars between Athens and Sparta.  Written by Aristophanes; adaptation by Vinecia Coleman.

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October 27-Nov. 19
Morning After Grace
Pigs Do Fly Productions
Empire Stage
1140 N Flagler Dr, Fort Lauderdale

Set in a nearby Florida retirement community, this unconventional new comedy tackles love, loss, and coming to terms with growing old. After hooking up at a funeral, Angus and Abigail find themselves waking up the next morning wrapped in sheets on Angus’ sofa. Abigail thinks she may finally be ready to take another chance on love, but Angus has a few issues to work through first. Enter neighbor Ollie. Nothing is as it seems with this trio.

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