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Southern Florida by John Lariviere


2010-2011 Theatre Season in
Southern Florida

| Actors Playhouse | Alliance Theatre Lab | Adrienne Arsht Center For The Performing Arts | Broward Center for the Performing Arts |
| Broward Stage Door Theatre | Caldwell Theatre Company | Empire Stage | Florida Stage | Gablestage |
| Kravis Center For The Performing Arts | Lake Worth Playhouse | Maltz Jupiter Theatre | M Ensemble Company |
| Mosaic Theatre | Naked Stage | New Theatre | Palm Beach Dramaworks | The Promethean Theatre |
| Rising Action Theatre Company | Slow Burn Theatre Company | Tamarac Theatre of Performing Arts |
| The Women's Theatre Project | Zoetic Stage |


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

McKeever's Briefs
By Michael McKeever
August 30, 2010

The Color of Desire
By Nilo Cruz
October 6, 2010 - November 7, 2010

Oliver!
Music & Lyrics by Lionel Bart
Based on book by Charles Dickens
November 17, 2010 - December 26, 2010

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Music & Lyrics by William Finn
Book by Rachel Sheinkin
January 19, 2011 - February 13, 2011

August: Osage County
By Tracy Letts
March 9, 2011 - April 10, 2011

Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps
Adapted by Patrick Barlow
May 11, 2011 - June 5, 2011

ALLIANCE THEATRE LAB
Main Street Playhouse, 6766 Main Street, Miami Lakes, FL 33014
(305) 259-0418

Angel Eaters
By Johnna Adams
March 8, 2010

Orphans
By Lyle Kessler
March 18 - April 4, 2010

Coyote on a Fence
By Bruce Graham
June 10-27, 2010

A Skull in Connemara
By Martin McDonough
November 4-21, 2010


ADRIENNE ARSHT CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
1300 Biscayne Blvd., Miami, FL 33132
305-949-6722

Spring Awakening
Music by Duncan Sheik
Book and lyrics by Steven Sater
May 11- 16, 2010

Dreamgirls
Music by Henry Krieger
Lyrics & Book by Tom Eyen
October 19 - 24, 2010

Beauty and the Beast
Music by Alan Menken, Book by Linda Woolverton
Lyrics by Howard Ashman & Tim Rice
December 28, 2010 - January 2, 2011

Jersey Boys
Book by Marshall Brickman & Rick Elice
Music by Bob Gaudio, Lyrics by Bob Crewe
March 2 - 20, 2011

In The Heights
Music and Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda
Book by Quiara Alegria Hudes
March 29 - April 3, 2011

Hair
Book and Lyrics by James Rado & Gerome Ragni
Music by Galt MacDermot
May 30 - June 5, 2011


BROWARD CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
201 SW Fifth Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312
954-462-0222

Mary Poppins
Music and Lyrics by Robert B. & Richard M.Sherman,
George Stiles and Anthony Drewe
Book by Julian Fellowes
June 9-27, 2010

Young Frankenstein
Music and Lyrics by Mel Brooks
Book by Thomas Meehan and Mel Brooks
October 2 - 17, 2010

Burn The Floor
Conceived by Jason Gilkison
November 16 - 28, 2010

Cats
Music & Lyrics by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Based on work by T.S. Eliot
December 17-19, 2010

Wicked
Music & Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
Book by Winnie Holzman (Based on a novel by Gregory Maguire)
March 30 - April 24, 2011

Mamma Mia!
Book by Catherine Johnson
Based on the songs of ABBA by Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus
July 19-24, 201

Rock of Ages
Book by Chris D'Arienzo
December 28, 2010 - January 9, 2011

Les Miserables
Music by Claude-Michel Schonberg, Lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer
Libretto by Alain Boublil, Based on book by Victor Hugo
January 18 - 30, 2011

West Side Story
Music by Leonard Bernstein, Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by Arthur Laurents
February 15 - 27, 2011

Hair
Book and Lyrics by James Rado & Gerome Ragni
Music by Galt MacDermot
June 7 - 19, 2011


BROWARD STAGE DOOR THEATRE
8036 W. Sample Road, Coral Springs FL 33065
(954) 344-7765

Full Circle
By Arthur Whitelaw and Ed Howard
April 23, 2010 - May 30, 2010

Drowsy Chaperone
Music & Lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison
Book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar
June 11, 2010 - July 25, 2010

Mack & Mabel
Book by Michael Stewart
Music and Lyrics by Jerry Herman
August 20, 2010 - September 26, 2010

Steel Magnolias
By Robert Harling
September 24, 2010 - November 7, 2010

On the Town
Music by Leonard Bernstein
Book and Lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green
October 20, 2010 - December 5, 2010

Snoopy!!!
Music by Larry Grossman, Lyrics by Hal Hackaday
Book by Warren Lockhart, Arthur Whitelaw, Michael Grace
December 3, 2010 - January 16, 2011

Mame
Book by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee
Music and Lyrics by Jerry Herman
December 24, 2010 - February 6, 2011

Plaza Suite
By Neil Simon
February 4, 2011 - March 20, 2011

Light In The Piazza
Lyrics and Music by Adam Guettel
Book by Craig Lucas
February 25, 2011 - April 10, 2011

The Music Man
Book, Music and Lyrics by Meredith Wilson
April 29, 2011 - June 19, 2011


CALDWELL THEATRE COMPANY
7901 N Federal Hwy, Boca Raton FL 33487
(561) 241-7432

Secret Order
By Bob Clyman
July 7 - August 1, 2010

The Comfort of Darkness
By Joel Gross
August 11 - September 5, 2010

You're Gonna Hear From Me
Avery Sommers
September 25, 2010

Follies (In Concert)
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by James Goldman
October 1-3, 2010

Vices: A Love Story
Music by Michael Heitzman, Ilene Reid, Everett Bradley &Susan Draus
Story by Michael Heitzman & Ilene Reidq
November 7 - December 12, 2010

Becky Shaw
By Gina Gionfriddo
January 2 - February 6, 2011

TBA
February 20 - March 27, 2011

In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)
By Sarah Ruhl
April 10 - May 15, 2011

SPECIAL EVENTS

TBA

Storyteller Series

From Dublin with Love
By Niall De Burca : Irish Storyteller
November 20, 2010

Tales of Now and Zen
By Motoko: Japanese Storyteller
January 24, 2011

The African American Experience
By Bobby Norfolk: African-American Storyteller
February 28, 2011

United States of Andy
By Andy Offutt Irwin: U.S. Storyteller
March 21, 2011

I Dream of Cuba
By Antonio Sacre: Cuban Storyteller
April 25, 2011


EMPIRE STAGE
1140 N Flagler Drive, Ft Lauderdale
(954) 678-1496

He's Coming Up The Stairs!
By Garet Scott
July 22 - August 15, 2010


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

At their new location:
The Rinker Playhouse of the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts
701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach, FL 33401
(561) 585-3433

Low Down Dirty Blues
By Randall Mylar and Dan Wheetman
July 15, 2010 - September 5, 2010

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Cane
By Andrew Rosendorf
October 27 - November 28, 2010

Goldie, Max & Milk
By Karen Hartman
December 15, 2010 - January 16, 2011

Ghost-Writer
by Michael Hollinger
March 2 - April 3, 2011

The Cha-Cha of a Camel Spider
By Carter W. Lewis
May 4 - June 5, 2011


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

Fifty Words
By Michael Weller
August 14 - September 12, 2010

A Behanding in Spokane
By Martin McDonagh
October 23 - November 21, 2010

A Round-Heeled Woman: My Late-Life Adventures in Sex and Romance
By Jane Prowse, Adapted from the book by Jane Juska
December 30, 2010 - January 30, 2011

Superior Donuts
By Tracy Letts
February 26 - March 27, 2011

In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)
By Sarah Ruhl
April 30 - May 29, 2011

Masked
By Ilan Hatsor
July 2–31, 2011

The Brothers Size
By Tarell Alvin McCraney
August 27 – September 25, 2011  


KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach, FL 33401
561-651-4320

Dreamgirls
Music by Henry Krieger
Lyrics & Book by Tom Eyen
November 23 - 28, 2010

Beauty and the Beast
Music by Alan Menken, Book by Linda Woolverton
Lyrics by Howard Ashman & Tim Rice
January 4 - 9, 2011

Young Frankenstein
Music & Lyrics by Mel Brooks
Book by Thomas Meehan & Mel Brooks
February 1 - 6, 2011

West Side Story
Music by Leonard Bernstein, Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by Arthur Laurents
March 8 - 13, 2011

The Color Purple
Music & Lyrics by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis and Stephen Bray
Book by Marsha Norman
May 10 - 15, 2011


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

Rent
Music & Lyrics by Jonathan Larson
July 9-31, 2010

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)
By Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield
September 2-11, 2010

Guys and Dolls
Music & Lyrics by Frank Loesser
Book by Jo Swerling & Abe Burrows
October 8-24, 2010

Steel Magnolias
By Robert Harling
November 19 - December 5, 2010

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Music & Lyrics by David Yazbek
Book by Jeffrey Lane
January 21 - February 6, 2011

Biloxi Blues
By Neil Simon March 4 - 20, 2011


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

Twelve Angry Men
By Reginald Rose
November 2-14, 2010

Academy
By John Mercurio
December 7-19, 2010

The Sound of Music
By Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
January 11-30, 2011

Jolson At The Winter Garden
February 22 - March 13, 2011

Crazy For You
Book by Ken Ludwig
Music and Lyrics by George and Ira Gershwin
March 29 - April 17, 2011

Limited Engagements:

Zero Hour
By Jim Brochu
October 14-24, 2010

The Capitol Steps
Revue
December 31, 2010 - January 1, 2011

Chris MacDonald’s Memories of Elvis
Chris MacDonald
January 16, 2011

One Man Star Wars Trilogy
Charles Ross
February 5, 2011

Defending the Caveman
By Rob Becker
February 9 - 10, 2011

Barrage
A High-Octane Fiddle-Fest
February 11, 2011

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
Adaptation of novel by Judy Blume
February 12, 2011

A Tribute to Louis Armstrong
February 13, 2011

Jay and The Americans
Presented by Juke Box Series
February 14, 2011

The Second City
Comedy Troupe
February 28, 2011

The Celtic Tenors
March 16 - 17, 2011

Tina Sloan-McPhersons' Changing Shoes
Tina Sloan and Joe Plummer
March 20, 2011


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

TBA By Tom Stolz
February 4-21, 2010


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

Completely Hollywood
By The Reduced Shakespeare Company
September 9 - October 3, 2010

Collected Stories
By Donald Margulies
November 11 - December 5, 2010

The Irish Curse
By Martin Casella
February 10 - March 6, 2011

Dusk Rings A Bell
By Stephen Belber
March 31 - April 24, 2011

Ages Of The Moon
By Sam Shepard
June 2-26, 2011


NAKED STAGE
Pelican Theatre of Barry University, 11300 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL 33161
(866) 811-4111

No Exit
By Jean-Paul Sartre
October 29 - November 21, 2010


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

The Tempest
By William Shakespeare
September 2-19, 2010

Jack Goes Boating
By Bob Glaudini
October 8-31, 2010

FIZZ
By Rogelio Martinez
November 19 - December 12, 2010

TBA
January 28 - February 20, 2011

The Radiant
By Shirley Lauro
March 25 - April 17, 2011

A Streetcar Named Desire
By Tennessee Williams
May 20 - June 12, 2011


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

Candida
By George Bernard Shaw
October 8, 2010 - November 21, 2010

Freud's Last Session
By Mark St. Germain
December 17, 2010 - February 6, 2011

Dinner With Friends
By Donald Margulies
February 25, 2011 - March 17, 2011

The Beauty Queen Of Leenane
By Martin McDonagh
May 6, 2011 - June 19, 2011


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

Evil Dead The Musical
Book & Lyrics by George Reinblatt
Music by Frank Cipolla, Christopher Bond, Melissa Morris, George Reinblatt
Additional Lyrics by Chistopher Bond & Additional Music by Rob Daleman
August 20, 2010 - September 12, 2010


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

Sordid Lives
By Del Shores
January 15 - February 21, 2010

Reefer Madness
Book & Lyrics by Kevin Murphy
Music by Dan Studney
March 4 - April 21, 2010

The Sum of Us
By David Stevens
April 22 - May 30, 2010

Escorts - The Docu-Musical
Book & Lyrics by David Leddick
Music by Andrew Sargent
June 2-6, 2010

Mother/Son
By Jeffrey Solomon
June 10 - 27, 2010

Lea DeLaria
July 30-31, 2010

Judy AND Liza Live! at the Manor
Tommy Femia & Ricky Skye
August 26-28, 2010

The Boys In The Band
By Mart Crowley
November 2010


SLOW BURN THEATRE COMPANY
West Boca Performing Arts Theatre (on the campus of West Boca High School)
12811 West Glades Rd. Boca Raton
(954) 323-7884

The Rocky Horror Show
By Richard O'Brien
October 13-30, 2010

Kiss of The Spider Woman
Music by John Kander and Fred Ebb
Book by Terrence McNally
January 27 - February 6, 2011

Blood Brothers
By Willy Russell
April 21 - May 1, 2011


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

Guys and Dolls
Music & Lyrics by Frank Loesser
Book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows
October 16 - November 7, 2010

I Hate Hamlet
By Paul Rudnick
November 27 - December 19, 2010

They're Playing Our Song
Book by Neil Simon
Music by Marvin Hamlisch and Lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager
January 8-30, 2011

Laughter On The 23rd Floor
By Neil Simon
February 19 - March 15, 2011

Annie
Music by Charles Strouse and Lyrics by Martin Charnin
Book by Thomas Meehan
April 9 - May 1, 2011


THE WOMEN'S THEATRE PROJECT
E. Las Olas Blvd, #31, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301
(954)-462-2334

The Year of Magical Thinking
By Joan Didion
February 18 - March 14, 2010

Going To See The Elephant
By Karen Hensel and Elana Kent
April 22 - May 16, 2010

Girl Play
June 25-27, 2010

Wicked Sisters
By Alma De Groen
August 5-29, 2010

TBA
October 14 - November 7, 2010


ZOETIC STAGE
7545 SW 54th Court, Miami, FL 33143, 954-235-6208

South Beach Babylon
By Michael McKeever
TBA

Stunning
By David Adjmi
TBA

Wrongful Death
By Christopher Demos-Brown
TBA

Diagram of a Paper Airplane
By Carlos Murillo
TBA



-- John Lariviere

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