The Scene for January 3, 2015

Yes, the calendar has rolled into another year, and the theater season is steaming along at full bore.  (Did we mix a metaphor there?  Too much eggnogg.  That’s our story and we’re sticking to it)

 
There is a brief lull for the holidays – there were and are shows playing, but it’s been a little slower.  That changes over the next couple of weeks, with the national tour of The Lion King and the local production of Fully Committed settling into the Broward Center for the Performing Arts for the month of January, and regional productions of La Cage Aux Folles, The Wiz, and Bonnie and Clyde all coming to South Florida stages in January.

 

Here's what's playing on South Florida stages this weekend:  

 

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opening...

 

The Playgroup LLC opens its production of Little Piggies at Empire Stage, through January 18.

 

The Fringe Theater of Key West presents Arthur Miller’s The Price at the Garret and the Mel Fisher Maritime Museum through January 11.  (And that’s a terrible name for a venue.

 

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you still haven't missed...

   

Broward Stage Door Theatre presents Five Guys Named Moe, through January 18.

 
The Palm Beach Dramaworks production of Israel Horovitz’ My Old Lady has been extended through January 11, 2015.

   

If you happen to venture down to Key West – and why shouldn’t you? – be sure to stop in to see Noises Off at The Waterfront Playhouse, through January 10, 2015.

  

And as long as you’re there, double up and see The Last Night of Ballyhoo at The Red Barn Theatre, through January 17.

 

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coming and going...

   

Guys and Dolls plays tonight only at the South Miami Dade Cultural Arts Center January 3rd only

 

Forbidden Broadway: Alive and Kicking graces the Aventura Arts and Cultural Center January 3rd.

 

The Wick Theatre present The Rat Pack Is back, through Sunday.

 

The Delray Beach Center for the Arts (aka The Crest Theatre) presents Steve Solomon’s Cannoli, Latkes, & Guilt! The Therapy Continues  through Sunday.

 

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last chance to see...

Stars of David: Story to Song winds up its premiere run at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts on Sunday, January 4, 2015.  But it will be playing Miami and West Palm Beach in a few weeks, so if you’ve missed it because of the holiday crush, you still have a chance.

 

The national tour of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast winds up its brief run at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts this Sunday, January 4, 2015.

     

Old Jews Telling Jokes plays at the Broward Stage Door Theatre through January 4, 2014.