Viva Paris International Show will let you step into the most
celebrated French Cabaret.
Immerse yourself into an exotic world that entertains the senses through
dance, elegance and beauty with a sizziling flare of burlesque. This
dynamite 80 min. show featuring a full international team of more than
20 artists/production expert presents a colorful variety of acts that
will dazzle and seduce the audience. Fri. 8 p.m.; Sat. 8 p.m. and 10
p.m.
Colony Theater 1040 Lincoln Road Miami Beach, FL 33139
The
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright pays his respects to his old South
Boston neighborhood, with this tough and tender play about the
insurmountable class divide between those who make it out of this
blue-collar Irish neighborhood and those who find themselves left
behind. Is it strength of character or just a few lucky breaks that
determines a person's fate? By David Lindsay-Abaire.
GableStage at the Biltmore
1200 Anastasia Ave.
Miami, FL 33134
305-445-1119
The
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright pays his respects to his old South
Boston neighborhood, with this tough and tender play about the
insurmountable class divide between those who make it out of this
blue-collar Irish neighborhood and those who find themselves left
behind. Is it strength of character or just a few lucky breaks that
determines a person's fate? By David Lindsay-Abaire.
GableStage at the Biltmore
1200 Anastasia Ave.
Miami, FL 33134
305-445-1119
She was one of the most desirable women in Paris but was labeled by
society as "la traviata," a woman who has gone astray. When she at last
meets a young man with whom she truly falls in love, his father demands
a supreme sacrifice from her to save the family's reputation. Her
broken heart and the disease that ravages her body bring her to an
early and tragic death.
Verdi's Violetta Valéry is one of opera's most sublimely drawn characters, and La traviata has continued to captivate audiences for more than 150 years. Verdi's glorious music and Violetta's moving demise make La traviata one of grand opera's most compelling experiences.
Ramon Tebar Conductor
Bliss Hebert Director
Allen Charles Klein Designer Children under the age of seven will not be admitted. - Sunday, April 21 at 2pm
Jeffrey,
a young gay man living in New York during the height of the AIDS
crisis, decides that sex is too risky, and he decides to become
celibate. He immediately meets the man of his dreams and must decide
whether or not love is worth the fear of a boyfriend dying. Written by
Trena Cormier.
Byron Carlyle Theatre
500 71st St.
Miami Beach, FL 33141 305-397-8977
A
legendary musical by the legendary writing team of Rodgers and
Hammerstein, South Pacific is set on an island during World War II. It
tells the stories of two parallel love stories threatened by prejudice
and war. It features such beloved songs as "I'm In Love With a Wonderful
Guy," "Younger Than Springtime," "Happy Talk," "Some Enchanted
Evening," "There is Nothin' Like a Dame," and "I'm Gonna Wash That Man
Right Outa My Hair."
University of Miami Jerry Herman Ring Theatre 1312 Miller Drive Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-284-3355
Paquito D'Rivera, Jon Faddis, Giovanni Hidalgo, Dave Samuels, and FIU Jazz Big Band
The musical collaboration between bebop innovator Dizzy Gillespie -- who
became "the godfather of Latin jazz in the U.S." -- and the great Cuban
conguero Chano Pozo will be celebrated on this program that
showcases the groundbreaking body of work that these legendary artists
created, pushing the boundaries to bring Afro-Cuban jazz into the jazz
mainstream. The newly formed Cubop sound fused African-based rhythms
with the post-modernist bebop, and together Gillespie and Pozo produced
some of the most enduring Afro-Cuban jazz standards, such as the hit
songs "Manteca," "Tin Tin Deo," and "Cubana Be, Cubana Bop." Despite a
short stint as percussionist in Gillespie's band, Pozo's influence was
reflected in the bandleader's playing and compositions for decades.
The renowned Cuban multi-instrumentalist and jazz ambassador Paquito D'rivera will headline the concert, joined by Dizzy Gillespie protégé and trumpeter extraordinaire Jon Faddis. Also sharing the bill is the esteemed percussionist Giovanni Hidalgo – a former member of Gillespie's United Nations Orchestra - vibraphone virtuoso Dave Samuels, and the FIU Jazz Big Band!
A six-member dance ensemble, comprised of local students from the
Arsht Center's AileyCamp Miami 2012, will open the show with a thrilling
dance display set to the mesmerizing rhythms of African drumming to
emphasize the connection between the drums that came from Africa to Cuba
and how they are part of the DNA of the music of the Americas.
Tango is a one act comic concert operetta composed for a single tenor and sung by Matthew Newlin. The second opera, Maria de Los Buenos Aires, is full of magical realism and set in the poor suburbs of Buenos Aires. 8 p.m.
The Stage
170 NE 38th St.
Miami, FL 33137 800-741-1010
This provocative hybrid of dance, theater and music explores the extravagant world of Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti. The show has become an international sensation having been performed on three continents.
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts 1300 Biscayne Blvd. Miami, FL 33132 305-949-6722
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From a team of producers including Jay-Z and Will and Jada Pinkett Smith comes FELA!
Directed by Bill T. Jones, this provocative hybrid of dance, theater
and music explores the extravagant world of Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti
and has become an international sensation having been performed in three
continents.
A triumphant tale of courage, passion and love, FELA!
is the true story of Kuti, who created a type of music, Afrobeat, and
mixed these pounding eclectic rhythms (a blend of jazz, funk and African
rhythm and harmonies) with incendiary lyrics that openly attacked the
corrupt and oppressive military dictatorships that rule Nigeria and much
of Africa. Featuring many of Fela Kuti's most captivating songs and
Bill T. Jones's visionary staging, FELA! reveals Kuti's controversial life as an artist and political activist and celebrates his pioneering music.
- Sunday, April 21 at 2pm
Jeffrey,
a young gay man living in New York during the height of the AIDS
crisis, decides that sex is too risky, and he decides to become
celibate. He immediately meets the man of his dreams and must decide
whether or not love is worth the fear of a boyfriend dying. Written by
Trena Cormier.
A
legendary musical by the legendary writing team of Rodgers and
Hammerstein, South Pacific is set on an island during World War II. It
tells the stories of two parallel love stories threatened by prejudice
and war. It features such beloved songs as "I'm In Love With a Wonderful
Guy," "Younger Than Springtime," "Happy Talk," "Some Enchanted
Evening," "There is Nothin' Like a Dame," and "I'm Gonna Wash That Man
Right Outa My Hair."
