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Southern Florida by John Lariviere


2008-2009 Theatre Season in
Southern Florida

| Actors Playhouse | Broward Stage Door Theatre | Cultural Trust of the Palm Beaches | Florida Stage |
| Gablestage | The Inside Out Theatre | Lake Worth Playhouse | Maltz Jupiter Theatre | M Ensemble Company |
| Mosaic Theatre | New Theatre | The New Vista Theatre | Palm Beach Dramaworks | The Promethean Theatre |
| Rising Action Theatre Company | Sol Theatre Project | Tamarac Theatre of Performing Arts |


ACTORS PLAYHOUSE
280 Miracle Mile, Coral Gables FL 33134
(305) 444-9293

1776
Music and Lyrics by Sherman Edwards
Book by Peter Stone
October - November 2008  

Guttenberg! -  the Musical
By Scott Brown and Anthony King
December 2008 - January 2009  

Miami Bombshells - The Musical
By Jeanette Hopkins
January 2009 - February 2009  

Les Miserables
By Claude-Michel Schonberg, Alain Boublil and Herbert Kretzmer
March 2009 - April 2009  

Havana Bourgeois
By Carlos Lacamara
May 2009 - June 2009  

Married Alive
Music by Leah Okimoto
Book and lyrics by  Sean Grennan
July 2008 - August 2009


BROWARD STAGE DOOR THEATRE
8036 W. Sample Road, Coral Springs FL 33065
(954) 344-7765
and Stage Door's 26th Street Theatre
1444 N.E. 26th Street, Wilton Manors, FL 33305
(954) 344-7765

Convertible Girl
By Danny Simon
August 15 - October 12, 2008

Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?
Music and lyrics by James Quinn and Alaric Jans
August 29 - October 5, 2008

Smokey Joe's Cafe
The Songs of Leiber and Stoller
October 24 - November 23, 2008

Lucky Stiff
Book & Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
Music by Stephen Flaherty
October 25 - December 7, 2008

Cats
Music by Andrew Llyod Webber
December 12, 2008 - January 18, 2009

Showtune
The Music of Jerry Herman
December 26, 2008 - February 15, 2009

Sugar
Book by Peter Stone
Music by Jule Styne and lyrics by Bob Merrill
February 13 - March 29, 2009

A Little Night Music
Music by Steven Sondheim
Book by Hugh Wheeler
April 17 - May 24, 2009


CULTURAL TRUST OF THE PALM BEACHES
The New Grand Marquee at the Cultural Campus
2175 Wellington Green Dr., Wellington, FL 33414
800-5143849


TBA


FLORIDA STAGE
262 S. Ocean Blvd, Manalapan FL 33462
(561) 585-3433

Dirty Business
By William Mastrosimone
October 22 - November 30, 2008

Mezzulah, 1946
By Michele Lowe
December 10, 2008 - January 18, 2009

Cagney!
By Peter Colley
January 28 - March 8, 2009

The Bridegroom Of Blowing Rock
By Catherine Trieshmann
March 25 - May 3, 2009

Yankee Tavern
By Steven Dietz
May 13 - June 21, 2009


GABLESTAGE
1220 Anastasia Avenue Coral Gables FL 33134
(305) 446-1116

November
By David Mamet
October 18, 2008 - November 16, 2008

Adding Machine
Music by Joshua Schmidt
Book by Jason Loewith and Joshua Schmidt
December 27, 2008 - February 1, 2009

Defiance
By John Patrick Shanley
February 21, 2009 - March 22, 2009

No Child
By Nilaja Sun
April 18, 2009 - May 24, 2009

The New Century
By Paul Rudnick
June 20, 2009 - July 19, 2009

Lewd And Lascivious
By Michael McKeever
August 15, 2009 - September 13, 2009


THE INSIDE OUT THEATRE
The Museum of Art, One East Las Olas Blvd., Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301
(954) 385-3060

TBA


LAKE WORTH PLAYHOUSE
713 Lake Avenue, Lake Worth, FL 33460
(561) 586-6410

Hair
Book and Lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado
Music by Galt MacDermot
July 18 - August 9, 2008

Big River
Music and Lyrics by Roger Miller
Book by William Hauptman
Adapted from the novel by Mark Twain
October 2008

Leading Ladies
By Ken Ludwig
November - December 2008

Nunsense
By Dan Goggin
January - February 2009

The Crucible
By Arthur Miller
February - March 2009

Always ... Patsy Cline
By Ted Swindley
April 2009


MALTZ JUPITER THEATRE
1001 E. Indiantown Rd., Jupiter FL 33020
(561) 575-2223

Noises Off
By Michael Frayn
November  11-23, 2008    

Sleuth
By Anthony Shaffer
December 2-14, 2008  

Barnum
By Cy Coleman
January 6-25, 2009  

Beehive - The 60's Musical
February 3-22, 2009  

Evita
By Andrew Lloyd Webber
March 17 - April 5, 2009  

MALTZ CONCERT SERIES:  
Johnny Maestro & The Brooklyn Bridge: October 24, 2008
Capitol Steps: December 31, 2008
George Winston : February 9, 2009
Celtic Tenors : February 15-16, 2009


M ENSEMBLE COMPANY
12320 W. Dixie Highway, North Miami FL 33168
(305) 895-8955


TBA


MOSAIC THEATRE
12220 W. Broward Blvd, Plantation FL 33325
(954) 577-8243

Radio Golf
By August Wilson
September 11 - October 5, 2008

The Seafarer 
By Conor McPherson
November 20 - December 14, 2008

A Life In The Theater
By David Mamet
February 26 - March 22, 2009

In Darfur
By Winter Miller
April 16 - May 3, 2009

In A Dark, Dark House
By Neil LaBute
May 28 - June 21, 2009


NEW THEATRE
4120 Laguna Street, Coral Gables FL 33146
(305) 443-5909

As You Like It
By William Shakespeare
August 14 - September 14, 2008  

The Rant
By Andrew Case
September 25 - October 26, 2008  

The Gates of Choice
By Michelle Rosenfarb
November 13 - December 14, 2008  

Kissing
By Robert Caisley
January 15  - February 15, 2009  

The Glass Menagerie
By Tennessee Williams
February 26 - March 29, 2009  

Mauritius
By Theresa Rebeck
April 16 - May 17, 2009


THE NEW VISTA THEATRE
Miniaci Performing Arts Center at Nova Southeastern University 3100 Ray Ferraro Jr. Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33314 and
West Boca Performing Arts Theater at West Boca Raton Community High School 12811 Glades Road, Boca Raton, FL 33498
(888) 284-4633

Enter Laughing: The Musical
(Based on Carl Reiner's semi-autobiographical novel)
Book by Joseph Stein 
Music and lyrics by Stan Daniels
November 20 - December 7, 2008

The Producers
By Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan
January 15 - February 8, 2009

The Shop On Main Street
Book and Lyrics by Bernard Shapiro
Music by David Nagy
April 30 - May 17, 2009


PALM BEACH DRAMAWORKS
322 Banyan Blvd, West Palm Beach FL 33401
(561) 514-4042

A Moon For The Misbegotten
By Eugene O'Neill
October 17 - November 30, 2008

The Chairs
By Ionesco
December 19, 2008 - February 1, 2009

The Weir
By Conor McPherson
February 20 - April 5, 2009 

Peter And Jerry
By Edward Albee
April 24, 2009 - June 14, 2009


THE PROMETHEAN THEATRE
4 Mailman Hollywood Theatre at Mailman Hollywood Center 3301 College Ave., Ft. Lauderdale
(786) 317-7580

Still The River Runs
By Barton Bishop
October 17 - November 2, 2008

Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol
By Tom Mula
December 12 -  December 21, 2008

A Report On The Banality Of Love
By Mario Diamant
January 9, 2009 - January 25, 2009

Kimberly Akimbo
By David Lindsay-Abaire
March 27 - April 12, 2009

Cannibal! The Musical, Live on Stage
By Trey Parker Summer 2009


RISING ACTION THEATRE COMPANY
1831 NE 59th Ct., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308
For tickets, call (954) 815-8826

The Sisters Rosensweig
By Wendy Wasserstein
June 19 - August 3, 2008

Some Men
By Terrence Mcnally
September 24 - November 2, 2008

The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told
By Paul Rudnick
December 3, 2008 - January 18, 2009


SOL THEATRE PROJECT
1143 NE Flagler Drive, Fort Lauderdale
(954) 525-6555

Why We Have A Body
By Claire Chafee
June 13 - August 9, 2008  

Blowing Whistles
By Matthew Todd
August 1 - August 31, 2008


TAMARAC THEATRE OF PERFORMING ARTS
7143 Pine Island Road, Tamarac, FL 33321
(954) 726-7898, (954) 942-9578

Musical of Musicals
By Eric Rockwell and Joanne Bogart
October 18, 2008 - November 9, 2008

Join The Club
By Dorothy Willis
January 17, 2009 - February 8, 2009

Ruthless
By Marvin Laird and Joe Paley
March 14, 2009 - April 5, 2009

Lucid Moments
By David Bernstein
May 2, 2009 - May 24, 2009

Meshuggah Nuns
By Dan Goggins
June 6, 2009 - June 28, 2009



-- John Lariviere

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