Performers

October 14th, 2009. 1:15 p.m. New World School of the Arts (NWSA) will kick-off the second year of its lecture series, Make Art Work, with award-winning playwright and director Nilo Cruz. A Cuban-American, Mr. Cruz received the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play Anna in the Tropics. Cruz is the first Hispanic to receive this honor. The lecture takes place … +

Arsht Center. From Apr 16th through 19th, 2009.   Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County co-presents Alvin Ailey® American Dance Theater’s 50th Anniversary celebration during their historic visit to the Sanford and Dolores Ziff Ballet Opera House from April 16th through 19th, 2009. The world-renowned dance company has embarked on a 50-city global tour to share with audiences the beauty, power, … +

Miami Light Project. July 3rd, 2008.  Miami Light Project presents the culminating performance featuring the talented teens who have been taking part in our its annual. P.A.T.H. (Preserving, Archiving and Teaching Hip-Hop) summer camp.  For four weeks, teenagers from all over Miami-Dade County have had the opportunity to learn and experience Hip Hop from experts in the field.

Arsht Center. From Jul 24th through Aug 17th, 2008.  A cross between Cirque du Soleil and Blue Man Group, this entertainment phenomenon created by Slava, the original Cirque's clown genius, is an awesome theatrical experience and a profoundly moving spectacle full of wondrous images, delightful comedy, haunting music and snow – lots and lots of snow.

Arsht Center for the Performing Arts. March 16th, 2008. 7:00 p.m.Martin Short, one of our era’s true musical-comedy stars, makes his Miami debut at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in a musical evening at the John S. and James L. Knight Concert Hall. Accompanied by a five-piece band, Short will sing and dance his way through Broadway show tunes … +

Young Performers. October 21st, 2007. 2:00 p.m. The dancers from New World School of the Arts, accompanied by the school's Concert Choir take their rhythms to the community of Kings Point, in Tamarac, Florida for a one-day performance at the Palace Theater. With 48 dancers, the performance features a Caribbean piece by choreographer Peter Landon, a modern choreography by Uri Sands, Paul … +

The Bugchasers. From Oct 25th through Oct 27th, 2007. 8:00 p.m. Having received rave reviews last season for his dance-theater drama Kitchen Monkey, Miami-based artist Octavio Campos premieres his newest work The Bugchasers at Carnival Center for the Performing Arts from October 25th through 27th, 2007. Sensual and violent yet hilarious, The Bugchasers is a dance-theater meditation on sex, lies, and death-wish … +

Miami Museum of Science. Just the Funny, Miami’s home for improv and sketch comedy, rolls in the laughter every Saturday night at Miami Museum of Science. Just the Funny takes audience input and creates live comedy sketches on the spot during each ninety minute performance, which keeps audiences rolling down the aisles in laughter. The actors find themselves in a variety of … +