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In 1988 in Florida's Dade County, Ginger Reiter sued comedian Jackie Mason for paternity, claiming he was the father of her daughter Sheba.  She won.  Reiter went on to become a high school English teacher in South Florida, and raised her daughter on her own (Mason did pay child support until Sheba turned 18).  But she also had a story to tell, and a unique one at that.   Both Sides of a Famous Love Affair - The Jackie Mason Musical is Reiter's light-hearted, laughter-filled musical recounting of her relationship with Mason, starring the result of that much contested union - her daughter Sheba Mason. 

What do the Everly Brothers, Bobby Darrin, B.B. King, Frank, and Elvis have in common?  Great music... and great hair!  Pompadour, a new musical review by Michael Leeds and Kevin Black features a quintet of 'pompadoured' guys singing and dancing through five decades of unforgettable music.  The production will run at Margate's Stage Door theatre from December 26th, 2015 through January 31st, 2016.

Sol Children Theatre will follow up their recent sold out productions of The Mystery of Edwin Drood and Thumbelina with a classic musical comedy bound to appeal to audiences of all ages. ONCE UPON A MATTRESS opens today, December 3rd and run through December 20th in the company's charming black box venue in Boca Raton.

The South Florida Theatre League has added a number of new faces to its 2015-2016 Board of Directors, and by doing so has increased its size as well its make-up - both important factors in making sure the organization reflects the multi-faceted and wide-spread community it serves.

Tonight, November 28th, 2015 producer Connie Mason and Saladino Productions, Inc. will bring the music of some of the most lauded and recognized musicians of yesterday, today, and tomorrow to the Hollybrook Golf & Tennis Club for a 'One Night Only' Concert Event - We Own the Night - featuring Larry DiSalvi of The Duprees, The Five Satins and The Crests, along with singer/dancer Rome Saladino, and Broadway's Lissi Lennox. They will be accompanied by The Fabulous Funkadelic a 6-piece band that will 'rock the house!' says Saladino.

16th Century, Inc. and Evening Star productions will collaborate to present two FREE concert performances of Stephen Sondheim's The Frogs today, November 19th (a preview performance) and tomorrow, November 20th at Studio One in Ft. Lauderdale.

Gypsy has been called "the greatest of all American musicals" (Ben Brantley, The New York Times), "arguably, in thematic terms, the quintessential American musical," (The Hollywood Reporter), and "Broadway's own brassy, unlikely answer to King Lear". (Frank Rich, The New York Times).  Stage Door Theatre's production of Gypsy, directed by the company's newly appointed artistic director Dan Kelley, and starring 2014 Carbonell Award-winner (Best Actress/Musical) Ann Marie Olson, will open on November 20th, and run through January 3rd.

Sol Children Theatre will follow up their recent sold out productions of The Mystery of Edwin Drood and Thumbelina with a classic musical comedy bound to appeal to audiences of all ages. ONCE UPON A MATTRESS will open on December 3rd and run through December 20th in the company's charming black box venue in Boca Raton.

On November 28th, 2015 producer Connie Mason and Saladino Productions, Inc. will bring the music of some of the most lauded and recognized musicians of yesterday, today, and tomorrow to the Hollybrook Golf & Tennis Club for a 'One Night Only' Concert Event - We Own the Night - featuring Larry DiSalvi of The Duprees, The Five Satins and The Crests, along with singer/dancer Rome Saladino, and Broadway's Lissi Lennox. They will be accompanied by The Fabulous Funkadelic a 6-piece band that will 'rock the house!' says Saladino.

On November 20th, 2015 producer Connie Mason and Saladino Productions, Inc. will bring the music of some of the most lauded and recognized musicians of yesterday, today, and tomorrowto the Herb Skolnick Community Center for a 'One Night Only' Concert Event - We Own the Night - featuring Larry DiSalvi of The Duprees, The Five Satins and The Crests, along with singer/dancer Rome Saladino, and Broadway's Lissi Lennox.

Frederick Knott's Dial M for Murder is a psychological thriller - a character driven, carefully plotted, 'cat-and mouse' piece of theatre that is as contemporary now as it was when it first premiered on BBC television in 1952.  Stage Door Theatre's production of Dial M for Murder will open tonight, October 30th, and run through December 6th.

Dust off your disco shoes and get ready to have fun with puns. Thinking Cap Theatre will put its own unique spin on one of the theatre's most beloved classics when it presents Oscar Wilde's bristling comedy The Importance of Being Earnest at the Vanguard Sanctuary for the Arts from November 20th through December 13th. 

16th Century, Inc. and Evening Star productions will collaborate to present two FREE concert performances of Stephen Sondheim's The Frogs on Thursday, November 19th (a preview performance) and Friday, November 20th at Studio One in Ft. Lauderdale.  

Frederick Knott's Dial M for Murder is a psychological thriller - a character driven, carefully plotted, 'cat-and mouse' piece of theatre that is as contemporary now as it was when it first premiered on BBC television in 1952.  Stage Door Theatre's production of Dial M for Murder will open on October 30th, and run through December 6th.

If a picture is worth 1,000 words - what about a song? Can a picture inspire a song ...or fifteen? In Ryan Scott Oliver's 35mm: A Musical Exhibition, each photo creates a unique song, moments frozen in time; a glimmer of a life unfolding, a glimpse of something happening. A stunning new multimedia musical which explores a groundbreaking new concept in musical theatre, this intricately woven collection of stories told through song re-imagines what the modern American musical can be.

Pigs do Fly Productions will return to Ft. Lauderdale's Empire Stage with Flying High!, the second production of their second season, from October 9th through October 25th. There will be a preview performance tonight, October 8th.

Entr'acte Theatrix, whose recent productions of Into the Woods, Avenue Q, Spamalot, and The Rocky Horror Show have consistently filled the Crest Theatre, will present Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein from October 22nd through November 1st at the popular Delray Beach venue.

When Dan Kelley met Derelle (Dee) Wilson at an audition for Company for the Ft. Lauderdale Players in 1989 for the first time, Kelley somehow knew they had a future together, says Bunn. 'I don't know who that woman is,' he told his partner, 'but I will know her the rest of my life.'

Theatre goers need look no further than Thinking Cap Theatre's Southeastern premiere of Erin Courtney's award-winning play (Special Citation Obie Award, 2012),  A Map of Virtue, for a thrilling way to kick off the month of October.  The production will run from tonight, October 1 - October 18 at the Vanguard Sanctuary for the Arts in Ft. Lauderdale.

Promises, Promises, the Burt Bacharach/Hal David/Neil Simon musical was definitely a product of its time when it opened in 1968. And now, with the success of television's Mad Men, and the popularity of all things 'retro', the show is once again a timely piece. Stage Door Theatre will present this multi-award winning musical from September 25th through November 1st.