Theaters

Through December 30, 2012. The Last Five Years is a contemporary song-cycle musical that explores a five-year relationship between Jamie Wellerstein, a rising novelist, and Cathy Hiatt, a struggling actress.

December 21 through 23, 2012. New Theatre is presenting its Miami 1-Acts Festival (M1A) Winter Session on December 21 through 23. Due to its big success at is inaugural kick off this past summer, the fundraiser, intended as an annual event, will now be a bi-annual event. Inspired by New Theatre’s mission of producing “new works that speak to and about a … +

S’Wonderful – An Evening of Gershwin at the Waterfront Playhouse in Key West. source

From January 3 through 20, 2013. How do you get a cat to stop spraying while simultaneously using theater to end existential loneliness and racism? This frequently asked question is tackled by Kristina Wong in her hilarious play Cat Lady, directed by Paul Tei, which will open Mad Cat Theatre Company’s 13th season.

From November 2 through 18, 2012. This play tells the story of a man who struggles to maintain the balance between his art and a regular family life. Set in an alternate reality, A Man Puts On A Play follows Antonio Amadeo and his company as they frantically race against the clock to put up a show before the crowds arrive on … +

From October 12 through 28, 2012. New Theatre ignites the mainstage with the sizzling award winning comedy, Educating Rita by Willy Russell. A brash and free spirited hairdresser Rita enrolls at the local university and turns her boozy and burnt-out professor’s life upside down. Educating Rita originally premiered in London in 1980 and this updated version of the play is currently enjoying … +

From October 10 through November 4, 2012. Prepare ye for Actors’ Playhouse’s 25th Anniversary as the company kicks off its celebratory 2012-2013 Season with the hit Broadway musical Godspell. Based on The Gospel According to St. Matthew, Godspell remains one of the most popular rock musicals of all time.

From September 21, 2012 through May 16, 2013. Now in its second year, the Miami Beach Stage Door is the resident theatre company at the historic Byron Carlyle Theatre. Having undergone a $1.7 million renovation, it is the gem of North Beach. An Impressive yet intimate performance theatre, it has been described as the perfect venue in which to enjoy a show!

From July 20 through August 5, 2012. The Naked Stage is delighted to present The Turn of the Screw by Jeffrey Hatcher from the story by Henry James. Based on the provocative tale of suspense, horror and repressed sexuality, this adaptation of The Turn of the Screw gives the famous story yet another turn of its own.

Actors’ Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre. From July 11 through August 12, 2012. Actors’ Playhouse finishes the season with the world premiere of Real Men Sing Show Tunes…and play with puppets, with book, music and lyrics by Paul Louis and Nick Santa Maria. A song-filled comedy for mature audiences, about real men behaving like real men, this manly musical revue will hit … +

Presented by Miami Light Project. From July 26 through August 12, 2012. Wrapping up Mad Cat Theatre Company’s 12th season, is yet another World Premiere, this time a play written by Jessica Farr and Paul Tei. The Hamlet Dog and Pony Show is a deconstruction of Shakespeare’s tragedy, “Hamlet”.

Naked Stage. From June 8 through 24, 2012. New Theatre is currently presenting its last play of the season, “A Bicycle Country” by Pulitzer Prize award winning playwright Nilo Cruz running through June 24th. This stirring portrait of three Cuban exiles and their harrowing journey across the Caribbean Sea examines the universal themes of freedom and oppression, hope and survival.

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Hamlet, Prince of Cuba at the South Miami Cultural Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center When it comes to Shakespeare’s Hamlet, productions and adaptations abound, but Michael Donald Edwards, Artistic Director of Sarasota’s Asolo Repertory Theatre has the distinction of creating the first Cuban Hamlet. Edwards’ adaptation made its Miami debut with English and Spanish productions the second weekend of May at the South … +

From May 24 through June 2, 2012. Prometeo Theatre, the theatrical component of The Center for Literature and Theatre @ Miami Dade College, will once again shine the spotlight on its students with the production of “A puerta cerrada” (No Exit) at the end of May.

A World Premiere Mystery from the writer of the Emmy-winning TV series Monk and White Collar. What happens when you trade houses with total strangers and … source

From May 5 through June 3, 2012. Sarah and James, a photojournalist and a foreign correspondent, have been together for nine years and share a passion for documenting the realities of war. When her battlefield injuries force them to return home to New York, they find their future together threatened by the prospect of a more conventional life.

Through April 8, 2012. Following a successful revival and tour in the United Kingdom, Actors’ Playhouse is presenting it’s own revival of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, the award-winning hit that brought home eight Carbonell Awards for the company in 2000.

From March 23 through April 8, 2012. New Theatre’s World Premiere of Property Line, by local Carbonell nominated playwright Juan C. Sanchez, stars Florida International University Alumnus Evelyn Perez, New World School of the Arts & Barry University Professor Scott Douglas Wilson, retired City of Miami police Lt. Bill Schwartz,

From March 16 through April 8th, 2012. The Alliance Theatre Lab of Miami is presenting the World Premiere of “Off Center of Nowhere” by Resident Playwright and Ensemble Member David Michael Sirois.

H-I-L-A-R-I-O-U-S! This jubilant musical is about a group of quirky prepubescent overachievers who are pitted against each other in the spelling challenge of a … source