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Auditions for Parade Productions' upcoming production of Donald Margulies' Brooklyn Boy will be held at The Studio At Mizner Park Cultural Arts Center 201 Plaza Real (2nd floor) Boca Raton FL. Monday, October 17th from 4pm to 6pm. APPOINTMENTS NECESSARY

Mosaic Theatre, the award-winning professional Equity theatre at American Heritage launches its Eleventh Anniversary Season with Michael Weller's critically acclaimed drama Side Effects (September 15 - October 9), a provocative companion piece to Fifty Words by the author of Loose Ends and Moonchildren. Side Effects is 'one of the best plays of the year,' raves the Times Square Chronicle, 'a play that is a must see!'

In this examination of marginalized people battling to have their voices heard: a white teenager dreams of being a black gangsta rapper; a wheelchair-bound kid explains how his mother smoked crack during pregnancy; a pale-skinned Bronx street vendor enrages a policeman who can't figure out what race he is; and a young Puerto Rican man on crutches rhapsodizes about his dancing talent.

One of the world's most loved musicals MAMMA MIA!, based on music by ABBA, will run for eight performances, October 25-30, at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach. Carolyn and Richard Sloane are sponsoring this presentation of MAMMA MIA! at the Kravis Center, which is currently 'Celebrating 20 Years of Artistic Excellence and Commitment to the Community.'

SOUTH FLORIDA PREMIERE!! TWO VERSIONS OF THE SAME HILARIOUS PLAY!! (GAY VERSION & STRAIGHT VERSION) SEE BOTH!! The male answer to 'The Vagina Monologues' It's time for the penis to have a voice!

Orlando Shakespeare Theater in Partnership with UCF begins its 2011-2012 Signature Series with Oscar Wilde's THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, a rousing escapade of romance, mistaken identities and comic twists, playing at the John and Rita Lowndes Shakespeare Center from September 14 - October 9, 2011.

The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County announced its 2011-2012 Box Office Opening, with more than 20 jazz, Broadway, theater, dance, classical music and pops concert performances going on sale for the first time to the general public, beginning at 12 noon on Sunday, September 18, 2011. Plus, FOR ONE DAY ONLY, all handling fees will be waived in celebration of the box office opening event, which features the first opportunity to buy single tickets to world-class performers and award-winning shows slated for the Arsht Center's 11-12 season, including Shrek the Musical, Twyla Tharp's Come Fly Away, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Pilobolus Dance Theatre, Jazz Meets Gershwin, Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Sergio Mendes and many more.

Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County announced six new presentations featuring internationally and nationally-renowned plays, two world premieres and critically-acclaimed artists, many from South Florida, to headline the 2011-2012 THEATER UP CLOSE SEASON in the Arsht Center's intimate Carnival Studio Theater.

On September 15, Louis Armstrong comes back to life at the Orlando Shakespeare Theatre where Dennis Neal stars in the world premiere of Terry Teachout's Satchmo at the Waldorf, a one-man play about the most beloved jazzman of all time. Set at New York's Waldorf Astoria Hotel, where Louis 'Satchmo' Armstrong performed in public for the last time before his death in 1971, Satchmo at the Waldorf is a theatrical tour de force, a play in which the same actor portrays Armstrong and Joe Glaser, the trumpeter's controversial manager. Inspired by their actual words, the play takes a searching look at the complex relationship between the genius from New Orleans who turned jazz into a swinging art form and the hard-nosed, tough-talking ex-gangster from Chicago who made him an international icon.

David Goldyn founded Rising Action Theatre in 2006 with its critically acclaimed and financially successful shows at a dance club in Wilton Manors called Boom. They were Southern Baptist Sissies (which featured orignal board members Harriet Bensman and Vicky Keller) and The Last Hairdresser (which featured original board member Steve Woolett.)

Ground Up & Rising, Inc., a 501(c)3 nonprofit professional theatre and film organization whose programming is intended to widen empathetic sensibilities and promote understanding amongst humankind, announced their upcoming production of 'True West' by Sam Shepard. This Miami Beach production is offered as part of Ground Up & Rising's exciting new program, The 'Zero Point' project, a compelling new initiative that aims to build theatre's future audience through bare-bones, bold presentations of incredible theatre.

For the past sixty years, Charles Schulz's iconic characters - Charlie Brown, Linus, Lucy, Sally, Schroeder, and of course Snoopy - have captivated and delighted both children and adults with their poignant, truthful, and joyful antics. Celebrating sixty years of the Peanuts gang and forty years since Clark Gesnero adapted Schulz's characters for the stage, the Main Street Players bring the gang to life on their stage once more.

Anagram Entertainment and The Empire Stage are proud to present the South Florida premiere of Michael A.Matteo's new comedy, An Evening With Mister Johnson - The Penis Diatribes. Performed in two versions, 'It's Hard Being a Dick' and 'It's Harder Being a Gay Dick', explores the relationship between man and his..... 'best friend'.

Set in the Louisiana bayous, the play explores the struggles of two brothers who walk the line between law and liberty, locked in a fierce tug-of-war for their souls. This haunting, funny, and heartbreaking tour-de-force probes sexuality, coming of age, and the bonds of family. The Brothers Size marks the emergence of a major new voice in American theatre.

The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County announced its 2011-2012 Box Office Opening, with more than 20 jazz, Broadway, theater, dance, classical music and pops concert performances going on sale for the first time to the general public, beginning at 12 noon on Sunday, September 18, 2011. Plus, FOR ONE DAY ONLY, all handling fees will be waived in celebration of the box office opening event, which features the first opportunity to buy single tickets to world-class performers and award-winning shows slated for the Arsht Center's 11-12 season, including Shrek the Musical, Twyla Tharp's Come Fly Away, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Pilobolus Dance Theatre, Jazz Meets Gershwin, Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Sergio Mendes and many more.

Rena Blades, President & Chief Executive Officer of the Palm Beach County Cultural Council, announced the upcoming season of the popular series CULTURE & COCKTAILS. From November 2011 through March 2012, five one-on-one Conversations will be held at Café Boulud, which is located at the Brazilian Court Hotel in Palm Beach.

Winner of the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, ‘night, Mother takes a deep look into a mother-daughter relationship while making a disturbing statement about responsibility and courage. In this 90 minute harrowing story, the character's interactions culminate into a disturbing, yet unavoidable, climax.

This 'wry confectionery, extremely entertaining fable' (NY Times) comes to Rising Action to kick-off their fifth season. Douglas Carter Beane (The Little Dog Laughed, Sister Act, To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar) spins a sexy and very funny tale of a young gay writer caught in the excitement of finding a rich socialite patron, Alexa Vere de Vere. An eccentric diva, inspired by the likes of Auntie Mame, Sally Bowles, Holly Go Lightly and Tallulah Bankhead, Alexa is a self-described promoter of British rock stars, and is now in the market for an even greater dose of fame. When she sees a near naked photo of a young gay novelist named Evan Wyler, Alexa is certain she's found the right man to do the job. And Evan thinks he's found his destiny fulfilled.

TheatreZone founder Mark Danni believes the Broadway musical and opera have been moving closer together over the last 40 years with the works of Stephen Sondheim, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Claude-Michel Schonberg. He is also unwavering when it comes to bringing Southwest Florida audiences the opportunity to experience the treasures of Broadway.

Miles Coon, Director of the Palm Beach Poetry Festival (PBPF), today announced that the nonprofit organization would be celebrating Veterans Day 2011 by sponsoring a series of public events with award-winning soldier-poet Brian Turner.