The Scene for July 20, 2012

This week, there are not only two productions of HAIR, but now there are two productions of Hairspray.  We don't know why.  On a more somber note, The Naked Stage has pushed back it's opening of The Turning of the Screw until July 27, due to an illness in the cast (and not so the director can attend BATMAN:The Dark Knight Rises, no matter what certain gadflies claim).

And don't forget to indulge in A Taste of Summer Theatre.

Here's what's playing on The Scene this weekend...

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opening...

Teatro en Miami Studio opens Smile, through August 19.

Lady Day opens at Broward Stage Door, through August 26.

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you still haven't missed...

Palm Beach DramaWorks' long-awaited production of The Fantasticks is currently the most-reviewed production in South Florida, playing through August 5, 2012

Actors' Playhouse presents Real Men Sing Show Tunes and play with puppets  at The Miracle Theater through August 12, 2012.

The Donkey Show is going full tilt at The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts.

The XXVII International Hispanic Theatre Festival also plays at the Arsht Center.  Never fear; some of it's in English, some is super-titled, and several pieces have no speech at all.

Kutumba Theatre Project presents Baby GirL at Empire Stage through August 5, 2012.

Cabaret Verboten plays at the Theatre at Arts Garage through July 30, 2012.

RACE plays at GableStage through August 5, 2012.

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community/collegiate...

Andrews Living Arts Studio in Fort Lauderdale offers HAIR, through August 5th.

Hairspray plays at the venerable Lake Worth Playhouse through July 29, 2012.  Theatre critic Bill Hirschman said "it was surprisingly good. The most interesting aspects were talented folks who some professional non-Equity houses might want to scout out"

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passing through...

Divorce Party; The Musical returns to The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, through August 19.

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last chance to see...

The Immigrant winds up its run at the Broward Stage Door Theatre on July 22, 2012.

Florida International University offers As The Globe Warms, "A new American soap opera presented in six episodes. An exclusive work-in-progress written and performed by award-winning stand-up novelist Heather Woodbury".  Through July 21.

Florida Atlantic University's summer season consists of Showtune: A Jerry Herman Musical Revue, running in repertory with  Love's Labor's Lost through July 21.

Area Stage in Miami offers HAIR, through July 22.

The Palm Beach Shakespeare Festival offers Twelfth Night at Carlin Park, Friday and Saturday night only. We missed posting it last week because they don't seem to list themselves anywhere.

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for kids...

Fort Lauderdale Childrens' Theatre presents its production of Hairspray at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, through Saturday.

Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theater offers Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, through August 4.