Actors' Playhouse at Miracle Theatre Announces 2013-14 Season: SPAMALOT, END OF THE RAINBOW, & More!

Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre is proud to announce the six stellar productions selected for its 2013-2014 Mainstage Season, featuring five South Florida regional premieres and a Tony Award-winning hit-musical production. The stellar line up will include Actors' Playhouse's Miami revival of the hilarious Off-Broadway hit Ruthless! The Musical (October 9 - November 3, 2013), followed by the South Florida premiere of the deeply moving and unbelievable funny Making God Laugh (December 4 - 29, 2013), the groundbreaking 2012 drama End Of The Rainbow (January 15 - February 9, 2014), the South Florida regional premiere of the three-time Tony Award-winning "Best Musical" Monty Python's SPAMALOT (March 5 - 30, 2014), the smart and powerful drama Scott and Hem in the Garden of Allah (May 14 - June 8, 2014) and the hilariously tuneful MID-LIFE 2! (The Crisis Continues) (July 16 - August 17, 2014).

"Three incredibly funny and entertaining musicals, two great new plays never seen by South Florida audiences and a regional premiere of a hit Broadway play that focuses on the last four months of Judy Garland's career. I'm excited," said Actors' Playhouse Artistic Director David Arisco, "and I hope that you are, too!"

The best way to support culture in the community and also guarantee seats to this exhilarating new season is to become a valued Actors' Playhouse subscriber. Season subscriptions for the 2013 - 2014 Season are on sale now with prices ranging from $185 for preview performances, $239 for Wednesday and Thursday evenings and Sunday matinees, $275 for Friday and Saturday evenings, and $279 for VIP Flexible/Anytime tickets for premium seats in any performance. Opening Night Subscriptions, which include invitations to the Gala Opening Night celebrations are $435. Miracle Maker donor subscriptions, including two tickets to the Gala Opening Night celebrations, donor acknowledgement, and invitations to special events including the annual Reach For The Stars Gala Auction, are $1,500. Subscriptions for children 18 years and younger with a full paid adult subscription, and college students, are $105 (restrictions apply). All prices include handling charges and fees. Group rates are available for fifteen people or more through the Group Sales Department.

Actors' Playhouse subscribers receive guaranteed best seating and pricing, lost ticket insurance, generous membership benefits to Coral Gables' finest restaurants and discounts on single tickets, among other benefits. To become a part of the Miracle as an Actors' Playhouse subscriber, call 305.444.9293 or order online atwww.actorsplayhouse.org.

Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre's 2013-2014 Season is as follows:

Ruthless! The Musical
Book and lyrics by Joel Paley, music by Marvin Laird
October 9 - November 3, 2013
Winner of a Drama Desk Award and an Outer Critics Circle Award, Ruthless! The Musical
is a gem of a satirical musical about the consuming drive for stardom. Practically perfect third grader Tina Demark knows she was born to play "Pippi" in her school musical, and she will do anything to win the part. Anything! This outrageous and hysterically funny hit garnered rave reviews during its Off-Broadway run in the 1990's and is perfectly poised for a revival in the celebrity driven times of today.

Making God Laugh
By Sean Grennan
December 4 - 29, 2013
Making God Laugh is that rare play that manages to be absolutely genuine, deeply moving and unbelievably funny all at once. The show title is inspired by the Woody Allen joke, "If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans." In Sean Grennan's new comedy, the play centers on a couple of empty nesters welcoming home their three children over various holidays spanning three decades. As the parents and grown children deal with each of their evolving lives, we get a glimpse inside their dreams, unresolved issues, old family traditions, and of course, dubious holiday recipes. Tensions flare up and laughs break out as audiences join the family fun during Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's visits.

End Of The Rainbow
By Peter Quilter
January 15 - February 9, 2014
It's December 1968 and Judy Garland is about to make her triumphant comeback...again. In a London hotel room preparing for a series of concerts, with both her new young fiancé and her adoring accompanist, Garland struggles to get "beyond the rainbow" with her signature cocktail of talent, tenacity, and razor-sharp wit. This savagely funny drama offers unique insight into the inner conflict that inspired and consumed one of the most beloved figures in American popular culture. A play with music, End Of The Rainbow was a hit on Broadway and features an evening of explosive acting, classic songs, and fierce emotion.

SPAMALOT
Book and lyrics by Eric Idle, music by John Du Prez and Eric Idle
March 5 - 30, 2014
Winner of the 2005 Tony Award for Best Musical, Monty Python's SPAMALOT, the musical comedy sensation lovingly ripped off from the film classic "Monty Python and The Holy Grail," now returns to spread laughter and cheer throughout the Kingdom of South Florida. Telling the tale of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table, and featuring a bevy of beautiful show girls, not to mention cows, killer rabbits, and French people, Monty Python's SPAMALOT "raises silliness to an art form" (The Sunday Times) and has been hailed as "a no-holds-barred smash hit" (The New Yorker).

Scott and Hem in the Garden of Allah
By Mark St. Germain
May 14 - June 8, 2014
F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway wrestle with the sparks of art and the perils of creativity- and the personal destruction they can reap-in this combative new play set amidst Hollywood's glittery backdrop. Fueled by friendship and rivalry, two literary heavyweights reunite in 1937 for a final night at the Los Angeles resort villa, the Garden of Allah. A humorous and heated exchange ensues in this smart and powerful drama about the cost of love, friendship and the personal and professional price of being a writer.

MID-LIFE 2! (The Crisis Continues)
Book, music and lyrics by Jim Walton & Bob Walton
July 16 - August 17, 2014
MID-LIFE 2! (The Crisis Continues) Mid-life 2, the follow up to the hilarious Mid-life! (The Crisis Musical) performed to critical acclaim and great success by Actors' Playhouse in 2008, takes us back into the middle ages once again. This hilariously tuneful look at the aches, pains, and joys of getting older. From ever-increasing trips to the doctor's office, to the horrifying moment when one qualifies for a senior discount, the ever-growing legion of aging Baby Boomers and beyond are sure to see their lives reflected in this brand new, witty musical revue.

Visit www.actorsplayhouse.org for up-to-date information on details and schedules.

About Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre
Founded in 1988, Actors' Playhouse is the nonprofit resident theatre company and managing agent of the historic Miracle Theatre on Miracle Mile in Coral Gables. Actors' Playhouse, which has brought home 75 regional Carbonell Awards for artistic excellence, is a Florida Presenting Cultural Organization and one of 22 major cultural institutions in Miami-Dade County. In addition to its Mainstage season, Actors' Playhouse offers a year-round season of Musical Theatre for Young Audiences, a National Children's Theatre Festival, a Theatre Conservatory and Summer Camp Program, as well as educational arts outreach programs for underserved youth, and has initiated a Young Talent Big Dreams contest for children in partnership with The Children's Trust.

To post a comment, you must register and login.