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
Nov. 14-26
Funny Girl
Broadway in Fort Lauderdale
Broward Center for the Performing Arts
201 SW 5th Ave, Fort Lauderdale
(800) 764-0700
Featuring one of the greatest musical scores of all time, including classic songs “Don’t Rain On My Parade,” “I’m the Greatest Star,” and “People,” this letter to the theatre is the story of the indomitable Fanny Brice, a girl from the Lower East Side who dreamed of a life on the stage. Everyone told her she’d never be a star, but then something funny happened – she became one of the most beloved performers in history, shining brighter than the brightest lights of Broadway. A South Florida premiere.
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Nov. 15-Dec. 10
The Berlin Diaries
Heckscher Theatre for Families Production
Theatre Lab
Florida Atlantic University
777 Glades Road, Boca Raton
(561) 297-6124
The great-grandfather of Oregon Book Award-winning playwright Andrea Stolowitz kept a journal for his descendants after escaping to New York City in 1939 as a German Jew. Following the complicated lure of genealogy, Stolowitz goes back to Berlin to bring the story of her unknown ancestors out of the archives into the light. The record keeps as many secrets as it shares: How do people become verschollen, lost, like library books? A U.S. or Rolling World premiere. Previews Nov. 15, Nov. 17.
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Nov. 17-Dec. 10
The Thanksgiving Play
Gable Stage
1200 Anastasia Avenue, Coral Gables
(305) 445-1119
The play revolves around four white individuals who attempt to create a politically correct First Thanksgiving play for Native American Heritage Month to be performed in schools. The play explores themes of privilege, historical accuracy, and the challenges faced by the protagonists in navigating these complexities.
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Nov. 30-Dec. 17
La Gringa
Theater Up Close
Adrienne Arsht Center with Zoetic Stage
And a co-presentation with City Theatre
1300 Biscayne Blvd. Miami
(305) 949-6722
A poignant comedy about a young woman’s search for identity.
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Dec. 5-10
Mean Girls
Kravis on Broadway
Kravis Center
701 Okeechobee Boulevard, West Palm Beach
(561) 651-4242
Cady Heron may have grown up on an African savanna, but nothing prepared her for the vicious ways of her strange new home: suburban Illinois.
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Dec. 8-24
The Messenger
Palm Beach Dramaworks
201 Clematis Street, West Palm Beach
(561) 514-4042
A World Premiere. A meditation on the connections between past, present, and future, and on the choice between speaking up and speaking out regardless of the consequences or remaining silent for the sake of self-preservation. Inspired by the life of Hungarian Holocaust survivor Georgia Gabor, the play interweaves her story with that of a young American woman facing racial discrimination in this country in 2020.
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Dec. 12-17
The Book of Mormon
Broadway in Fort Lauderdale
Broward Center for the Performing Arts
201 SW 5th Ave, Fort Lauderdale
(800) 764-0700
Nine-time Tony® Award winner, including Best Musical, Drama Desk, Olivier, Outer Critics Circle and Grammy® Award Winner – Subscriber Choice
This outrageous musical comedy follows the adventures of a mismatched pair of missionaries, sent halfway across the world to spread the Good Word. Contains explicit language.
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Dec. 19-24
Beetlejuice
Kravis on Broadway
Kravis Center
701 Okeechobee Boulevard, West Palm Beach
(561) 651-4242
Based on Tim Burton’s film, this musical tells the story of Lydia Deetz, a strange and unusual teenager whose whole life changes when she meets a recently deceased couple and a demon with a thing for stripes.
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2024
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Jan. 2-7
To Kill a Mockingbird
Kravis on Broadway
Kravis Center
701 Okeechobee Boulevard, West Palm Beach
(561) 651-4242
Adapted from Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning masterwork.
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Jan. 9-21
Hadestown
Broadway in Fort Lauderdale
Broward Center for the Performing Arts
201 SW 5th Ave, Fort Lauderdale
(800) 764-0700
Tony® and Grammy® Award Winning Best Musical
Intertwining two mythic tales – that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of King Hades and his wife Persephone. A Fort Lauderdale premiere.
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Jan. 11-28
A Chorus Line
Lauderhill Performing Arts Center
3800 N. 11th Place, Lauderhill
(954) 777-2055
The first show in our Broadway series – demonstrating the spirit and tension of a Broadway chorus audition.
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Jan. 11-28
Wicked Child
Theater Up Close
Adrienne Arsht Center with Zoetic Stage
1300 Biscayne Blvd. Miami
(305) 949-6722
World Premiere. A play about whether political belief can destroy familial bonds, and how much we owe to our community.
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Jan. 12-Feb. 4
Old Wicked Songs
Gable Stage
1200 Anastasia Avenue, Coral Gables
(305) 445-1119
This is the story of Stephen Hoffman, a brilliant American piano prodigy desperate to regain his waning creative spark. He travels to Vienna, where he studies under the forced tutelage of an old and eccentric vocal professor.
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Jan. 19-28
Boeing Boeingl
Boca Stage
Delray Beach Playhouse
950 NW 9th Street, Delray Beach
561-272-1281
This 1960s French farce features a self-styled Parisian lothario, Bernard, who has Italian, German, and American fiancées, each a beautiful airline hostess with frequent ‘layovers’. He keeps “one up, one down, and one pending” until unexpected schedule changes bring all three to Paris, and to Bernard’s apartment, at the same time. By Marc Camoletti; Translated by Beverly Cross and Francis Evans; Directed by Keith Garsson.
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Jan. 31-Feb. 18
Rooted
Heckscher Theatre for Families Production
Theatre Lab
Florida Atlantic University
777 Glades Road, Boca Raton
(561) 297-6124
Emery and her sister, Hazel, have never ventured out of their tiny town in upstate New York for all their 60-some years. This is “A-ok” with Emery, who would very happily spend the rest of her days alone, in her homemade treehouse in her beloved tree, Mabel, blogging about her experiments on the consciousness of plants. But when she becomes an unexpected internet sensation and crowds start congregating beneath Mabel believing she’s their savior, Hazel sees an opportunity for profit and escape for the first time in her life. A Florida premiere. Previews Jan. 31, Feb. 2
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Feb. 1-11
Constellations
Black Box Series
Lake Worth Playhouse
713 Lake Ave, Lake Worth
866-811-4111
A romantic journey that begins with a simple encounter between a man and a woman. But what happens next defies the boundaries of the world we think we know—delving into the infinite possibilities of their relationship and raising questions about the difference between choice and destiny. Adult language and content.
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Feb. 2-18
The Cancellation of Lauren Fein
Palm Beach Dramaworks
201 Clematis Street, West Palm Beach
(561) 514-4042
A World Premiere. Lauren Fein and her wife, Paola Munoz, are professors at a prestigious American university. They live with Dylan, their 16-year-old African American foster son whom they’ve cared for since he was a baby. When Professor Fein’s actions run afoul of the university’s “diversity, equity, and inclusion” policies, her groundbreaking research, her career, and her family are all put in jeopardy.
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Feb. 16-March 23
Lysistrata by Aristophanes
Main Street Players
6812 Main Street, Miami Lakes
(305) 558-3737
An ancient Greek comedy by Aristophanes, adapted by Vinecia Coleman; a comic account of a woman’s extraordinary mission to end a war between Greek city states.
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Jan. 2-7
To Kill a Mockingbird
Kravis on Broadway
Kravis Center
701 Okeechobee Boulevard, West Palm Beach
(561) 651-4242
Adapted from Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning masterwork.
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Feb. 22-March 10
Boeing Boeing
MNM Theater Company and Boca Stage
The Sol Theatre
3333 N Federal Highway, Boca Raton
(561) 300-0152
This 1960’s farce, which was revived on Broadway in 2008, features self-styled lothario Bernard, who has three fiancés, each a beautiful airline hostess with frequent “layovers.” He keeps “one up, one down and one pending” until unexpected schedule changes bring all three to Paris and Bernard’s apartment at the same time. Preview Feb. 22
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March 5-17
Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Broadway in Fort Lauderdale
Broward Center for the Performing Arts
201 SW 5th Ave, Fort Lauderdale
(800) 764-0700
Pop the champagne, Moulin Rouge! The Musical is the winner of 10 Tony® Awards including Best Musical, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award Winner
Enter a world of splendor and romance, of eye-popping excess, of glitz, grandeur, and glory! It’s a theatrical celebration of Truth, Beauty, Freedom, and – above all – Love. It’s more than a musical – it is a state of mind. A South Florida premiere.
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March 8-10
New Play Festival
Theatre Lab
Florida Atlantic University
777 Glades Road, Boca Raton
(561) 297-6124
The New Play Festivals continues its tradition of providing opportunities for emerging and established playwrights to showcase their work. Each reading is accompanied by a post-show discussion and an opportunity to interact with the playwrights themselves, where they will discuss the process, inspiration and plans for future development.
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March 12-17
Tina – The Tina Turner Musical
Kravis on Broadway
Kravis Center
701 Okeechobee Boulevard, West Palm Beach
(561) 651-4242
The inspiring journey of a woman who broke barriers and became the Queen of Rock n’ Roll.
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March 14-24
Belleville
Black Box Series
Lake Worth Playhouse
713 Lake Ave, Lake Worth
866-811-4111
Young Americans Zack and Abby have the perfect ex-pat life in Paris: a funky bohemian apartment in up-and-coming Belleville; a stable marriage; and Zack’s noble mission to fight pediatric AIDS. But when Abby finds Zack at home one afternoon when he’s supposed to be at work, the questions and answers that follow shake the foundation of their seemingly beautiful life. Adult language and content.
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March 14-April 7
Caberet
Theater Up Close
Adrienne Arsht Center with Zoetic Stage
1300 Biscayne Blvd. Miami
(305) 949-6722
The Tony Award-winning Broadway classic returns to South Florida!
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March 15-April 14
The Lehman Trilogy
Gable Stage
1200 Anastasia Avenue, Coral Gables
(305) 445-1119
This is the story of a family and a company that changed the world …
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March 22-April 3
The Taming of the Shrew
Thinking Cap Theater
The Broward Center for The Performing Arts
201 SW 5th Ave, Fort Lauderdale
(954) 610-7263
This comedy epitomizes the age-old battle of the sexes in the tumultuous courtship of the characters Katherina and Petruchio.
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March 26-31
Six
Kravis on Broadway
Kravis Center
701 Okeechobee Boulevard, West Palm Beach
(561) 651-4242
This new original musical goes from Tudor Queens to Pop Icons, as the SIX wives of Henry VIII take the microphone to remix five hundred years of historical heartbreak into a euphoric celebration of 21st century girl power!
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March 28-April 14
America’s Sexiest Couple
MNM Theater Company and Boca Stage
The Sol Theatre
3333 N Federal Highway, Boca Raton
(561) 300-0152
In the 1990s, Susan and Craig were sitcom stars hailed as America’s Sexiest Couple, but as they reunite years later they face a lifetime of unresolved issues, longings and regrets. With rumors of a reboot of their old series in the news, can they move on from the past? Preview March 28.
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March 29-April 14
Death of a Salesman
Palm Beach Dramaworks
201 Clematis Street, West Palm Beach
(561) 514-4042
This Pulitzer Prize-winning, groundbreaking play changed American theatre in the person of its everyman tragic hero, Willy Loman, a dime a dozen, disappointed, disillusioned, and delusional traveling salesman with a skewed vision of the American Dream. All he wanted, the playwright wrote in his memoir, was “to count.” Or as Willy’s wife, Linda, implores, “Attention must be paid.”
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April 9-21
Mrs. Doubtfire
Broadway in Fort Lauderdale
Broward Center for the Performing Arts
201 SW 5th Ave, Fort Lauderdale
(800) 764-0700
Outer Critics Circle Award Winner
Everyone’s favorite Scottish nanny is headed to Fort Lauderdale in an internationally acclaimed new hit musical. Mrs. Doubtfire tells the hysterical and heartfelt story of an out-of-work actor who will do anything for his kids. A South Florida premiere.
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April 10-21
Hamilton
Kravis on Broadway
Kravis Center
701 Okeechobee Boulevard, West Palm Beach
(561) 651-4242
The story of American founding father Alexander Hamilton then, told by America now.
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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 19-28
America’s Sexiest Couple
Boca Stage
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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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 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 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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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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