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Welcome to SFGN’s 2014 Fall Arts and Entertainment guide, once again capturing in print, the breadth and depth of South Florida’s amazing cultural community. Our pages feature a vibrant and vigorous schedule of entertainment and events, enhancing and enlightening; enriching and energizing all of us.

The Arts represents the best of humanity’s soul.

It’s our season of spiritual awakening. From live theater to magical ballets, from gay choruses to masterful symphonies, we are witness to fantasy and fulfillment. Stages bring dreams to life.

Theater illuminates who we are.

My goal before my round trip on earth ends is to again be on a stage, and not one that leaves town in an hour. In a diverse career that has enabled me to everything from a decade long stint as a radio talk show host, to four decades of closing arguments in a courtroom, few rewards are as intoxicating and inspiring as live theater.

There is magic to engaging an audience, as much a marvel for the actor as the crowd. The energy is synthesized and shared. We are appreciative of the creativity we bear witness to, whether it comes from tenors at the opera or acrobats in Circus du Soleil. And we have a universal way of saying thank you, don’t we? We stand up. We cheer. We applaud.

The SFGN Arts Guide is really more than a catalogue

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and collection of shows, isn’t it? In fact, it’s a celebration of the greatness of the human spirit, representative of what we can achieve and accomplish when we set our minds to goodness. For me, the beginning of the fall theater season is a personal reminder of my own relationship with my mom. Oh, did she ever love the theater!

You see, my dad passed away when he was still young, over a quarter of a century ago. But come the fall, for the next two decades, mom always had me as her date on opening night at Parker Playhouse or the Broadway Center. Dressed to the hilt, smiling with enthusiasm, how she would look forward to the fall schedule. How she would have loved ‘The Phantom’ again this season.

The theater is your place to fantasize and dream, enrich your spirit and engage your soul. I hope you too will find a show on these pages that you can share forever with your partner. One day, I might even be in one of them. In the meantime, do what I do. Enjoy the theater as a guest.

From museums to movies, there are venues to stand up and cheer, places where you can say ‘Bravo!’ Today, I do so to the staff that created this book and to the marvelous performers all over South Florida who will bring these pages to life in the next few months.

Come out and enjoy the passion and presence of live entertainment. It’s all over your own backyard, illuminated on these pages with articles and advertising.

Be not a Phantom in your living room. See the real one on a live stage near you.

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Features 6 • Slow Burn Theatre: It’s meteoric rise to success 8 • This Fall’s top 10 Hottest Tickets of the season 10 • Joan Rivers: Her Last Words 12 • The Golden Age of Radio 14 • South Florida’s Art Walks

What’s Happening This Season 15 • Cinema 16 • Dance 17 • Classical Music & Gay Choruses 21 • Concerts & Comedy 22 • Theater – Big Venues 24 • Theater – Small Venues 26 • Gay History

Datebook 28 • Your Guide to Everything that’s Happening

Page 6: Slow Burn Theater continues to grow with a line of new productions this fall.

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LIFE IS SHOCKING WHY SHOULD

NOT BE SO, TOO? Pier Angelo In an LGBT international art exhibit to be held this month, dedicated to the 7 Deadly Vices, artists from all over the world will face each other on the “S.A.L.I.G.I.A” theme.

The words, in the Italian acronym, Pride (Superbia), Avarice (Avarizia), Lust (Lussuria), Envy (Invidia), Gluttony (Gola), Wrath (Ira), Sloth (Accidia) are the starting point for the participating artists, translating their thoughts into images and works of art.

The exhibition was initially sponsored by the city of Turin but as soon as advertisements and programs were printed and released the city withdrew its support. Controversy has erupted over a poster bearing an image some say is sacrilegious. It is emblazoned with a photo of a large naked woman (representing Pride) with one foot propped on religious icons of the Virgin Mary and Christ.

The Church and several right wing conservative parties are, of course, in a tizzy, calling for the Mayor of Turin to apologize to all people of decency and faith, at the same time blasting “the gay lobby.” It is an old refrain and the religious fury has nothing to do with the merits, or lack thereof of the piece itself, but rather with the arrogance of wanting to censure anything that differs from their own beliefs.

Amazing because the most profane work of art is the Bible. What other work contains so many deeply offensive elements – slavery, murder, war, rape, fratricide, a man attempting to kill his son, another man offering his virginal young daughters to be raped by an angry mob, torture (Job, et al.) – and yet it has been embraced, and all too often twisted, to bad ends, by so many billions of people?

The paradox is that art has always threatened religion; yet, very often it relies on the divine.

Can art still shock? Art should shock; it should make you feel uncomfortable. The only way we grow is when critical thinking is provoked and we are challenged as individuals to step outside our comfort zone.

Art that incites a radical response from the public has achieved its purpose. It elicits involvement. It enlarges the value of freedom of speech and the glory of self expression. It should

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stir up in the viewers the feeling, not that their boundaries have been violated, but that they have just witnessed something so true, so real, so...known to them...that they didn’t even know they knew.

The audience is shocked by art, not because it is boundary violating, but because it is revelatory.

There are too many ignorant, crazy, and super religious people who would prefer to destroy it and silence the artist. Someone once said: “art is medicine.” Medicine can certainly shock the system, but that is not its only means, and in the end, medicine heals, or is supposed to heal.

In the end, it isn’t art unless somebody hates it.

Otherwise it is decoration, or maybe illustration.

And of course hypocrisy runs deep. John Lennon’s erotic sketches were confiscated, in 1970, from the London Art Gallery by Scotland Yard because they were deemed obscene. At the time, the rebellious and always challenging Lennon enjoyed the controversy and accused the establishment of double standards since it reacted to lines drawn on paper but at the same time ignored the “real” pornography of the Vietnam War and starvation in Africa.

But it is not only the power to shock that defines controversial art. It is the power to move us emotionally, spiritually, physically, sensually that elicits the satisfaction that art provides.

When one reaches that aesthetic realm and it is orgasmic, art has done its job. The blinders are removed.

The only things that have genuinely shocked me over the years have been the deaths of friends, lovers and family.

Or the first time in my life that I was confronted with the fact that there were actually people who didn’t like me. And finally my full realization of the totality of the Holocaust.

After that, I’m no longer “shocked” by anything in the world of art and/or human actions of any type, not at my age.

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Slow Burn Theatre

Catches Fire The young company continues to impress and is growing by leaps and bounds J.W. Arnold The old adage goes, “When you play with fire, you might get burned.”

Not so for Matthew Korinko and Patrick Fitzwater, co-artistic directors of Slow Burn Theatre.

Ask any of the local theater critics to name top regional companies and Slow Burn’s name is sure to come up. But when the duo arrived in South Florida six years ago, the company was not yet a spark in either’s eyes.

They followed Fitzwater’s day job to the region, avoiding New York and Los Angeles, but immediately had their gaze turned on the local theater scene.

“I started to look for a theater company like the one I worked for in St. Louis,” said Korinko. “One that did the contemporary shows with a little more meat.”

They didn’t have much luck.

“There was nobody I wanted to hitch my wagon to at the time,” Korinko added.

“So we decided in August 2009 to be that company.”

The couple scoured theater books for a name. The idea of that impending “something” like the lighting of the wick on a stick of dynamite appealed to them.

“You know what’s going to happen, but you don’t know when or how big….that’s Slow Burn,” he explained, followed by Fitzwater, “It applies to a song, a show, a character, even the actors that we attract who have that desire to do theater.”

They had a concept and a name, but it wouldn’t prove as easy as those classic Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney “Let’s put on a show in the barn!” movies that seem so optimistic, even quaint today.

After searching the region, they ended up at the cavernous performing arts center (Korinko insists there are only 350-400 good seats) at West Boca Raton High School at the very end of Glades Road, just about as close to the Everglades as possible in Palm Beach County and Submitted Photo.

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surrounded by perfectly manicured retirement communities and residents with a penchant for “Annie, Get Your Gun” and “Guys and Dolls.”

They didn’t know any actors, but they put out the call for auditions anyway and announced their first production, the Off Broadway cult hit “Bat Boy.” Not the stuff octagenerian Boca retirees are used to buying tickets to see, for sure.

Korinko was a seasoned leading man, but Fitzwater had never really directed a big budget musical. His credits were mostly as a choreographer. He would just have to follow in the footsteps of those other great choreographers-turned-directors like Bob Fosse and Susan Stroman, he resolved, and he did.

They overreached with a 12-performance schedule and spent a little too much money on that first production, but the lessons were learned quickly and applied. They conservatively put up show after show, wowing the critics, but most importantly, filling the seats and creating a devoted subscriber base.

“Bat Boy” was followed by Stephen Sondheim’s “Assassins,” “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” “Blood Brothers” and “Urinetown.”

They had grabbed the attention they needed and that slow burning wick was lit.

Just a Couple of Boys from the Midwest Korinko grew up in a musical family in suburban Wisconsin. His parents were both accomplished musicians who sang in national award-winning quartets.

“I was a little intimidated because my parents set the ‘bar’ so high,” said Korinko, “so I did the acting thing.”

His first performance, while just a second grader, was in the school talent

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show. He and a buddy recited the famous “Who’s on First?” skit to enthusiastic applause.

“That was all I needed. I was a class clown from then on,” he explained.

He continued to pursue acting and stagecraft in high school, winning awards at the state level, and later, completed a degree in acting and technical theater at the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point.

It was at Stevens Point that a musical theater professor encouraged Korinko to sing, teaching him to “attack a song from an acting standpoint.”

Soon he found himself singing on stage at Six Flags in Chicago — where he would meet Fitzwater — beginning a relationship that would continue for more than 20 years.

“I always thought I was going to be an art major,” recalled Fitzwater, who only set his sights on the stage after his family moved from St. Louis to Oklahoma in the middle of the school year. “Of course, (art) was the cool class to be in and it was full.”

The guidance counselor assigned him to the choir and he was later cast as one of the Wright brothers in a show called, “Sky Happy.”

“I loved it,” he said, “and that’s when I stopped the art classes and got more into theater.”

Fitzwater eventually moved back to the Midwest where he performed at theme parks and would later serve as the entertainment director for Spirit Cruise Lines. In between performing, he completed cosmetology school and would soon be traveling the world as a master stylist and industry consultant.

“We definitely balance each other out,” Fitzwater said, noting the couple find themselves most days spending every waking hour working on Slow Burn. “It just doesn’t stop and we certainly have

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our moments. (Matthew) knows how far he can push me,” but they also know how to support each other and offer timely “pep talks” when the other gets stressed.

An Overnight Success “We’re not,” they insisted emphatically, “well, maybe to somebody who just met us,” speaking in that singular voice most longtime couples develop. Sure, they adopted a cautious approach in the early seasons and earned critical acclaim show after show. But, it was time to take the next step and they extended two productions with additional performances last season at the Aventura Arts and Cultural Center.

Slow Burn became the talk of the South Florida theater community when the 2014 Carbonell Awards were announced. Their first eligible show, the cathartic musical, “Next to Normal,” about a family coping with bipolar disorder, snatched up 10 nominations, more than any other musical production and edging out the usual powerhouses like the Maltz in Jupiter and Actors Playhouse in Coral Gables.

But, on awards night, one by one, the trophies went to other companies, most to another small, relatively young company, Island City Stage for “The Timekeepers,” a moving play set in a Holocaust concentration

camp. The cast was backstage at the Broward Center getting ready to perform a number from the show.

“Best Director was the ninth award and at this point we were thinking we were ‘The Color Purple’,” another show that went into the Tony Awards with lots of nominations and left with few statues, recalled Korinko.

But then the envelope was opened and Fitzwater’s name was announced.

“It took me so long to get over the shock of the thing,” Fitzwater admitted with his humble, still boyish smile.

Even though they didn’t take home the best musical award, Fitzwater’s recognition from the Carbonell judges would have lasting effects for him and Slow Burn.

“It made me more confident and brave,” he said. “I wasn’t scared — it really helped me with “Parade”—and I took more risks. I have an artistic eye.

The Next Steps “It’s grown faster than we ever thought it would be and bigger,” said Korinko of their theater company.

Big opportunities are definitely coming their way. In addition to continued performances in West Boca and Aventura, the Broward Center, unhappy with the consistency and quality of many of the

available touring productions, engaged Slow Burn to co-produce two shows in the facility’s underutilized Abdo New River Room.

This fall, Fitzwater will direct productions of “The Marvelous Wonderettes,” a fun 1950s musical review, and “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” a popular Broadway hit. Both are expected to be commercial successes with the center’s dependable snowbird and the new, younger audiences Slow Burn continues to attract.

One of the benefits of the overwhelming critical response to the company is that theatrical licensing agents are shopping their shows to them first. The couple snagged rights to mount the regional premieres of the cult favorite “Carrie: The Musical” and Frank Wildhorn’s “Bonnie & Clyde,” both shows that found limited success recently on Broadway, but have their fans and audiences.

After finishing up the 2013 production of “The Wedding Singer,” Fitzwater had grown tired of its pop score (“I was burnt out on bubble gum.”) and he purchased the new cast recording of the “Carrie” revival. It came up on his iPod during a trip to Target and by the fourth number, Fitzwater was hooked.

“I called Matt and by the time I got home, the rights became available and the royalty company had just contacted us,” Fitzwater said, calling the occurrence “fate.”

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This summer, the couple opened Space, a rehearsal facility in Oakland Park with scene and costume shops and lots of storage for the growing company.

“We won’t be rehearsing in our living room any more,” they laughed, again speaking almost in unison, and longtime Slow Burn costume designer Rick Pena will not have fabric strewn across his house and “Avenue Q” puppets climbing the walls.

“And we don’t have to give them a hypodermic needle during rehearsals,” alluded Fitzwater to the couple’s cats.

Ask their cast or other directors and producers and they will quickly confirm Korinko and Fitzwater are among the most well liked and supportive members of South Florida’s tight theater community.

Recognizing the shared challenges many small companies face, they have made Space available to others and are offering movement and other classes during the year.

They also enjoy working with students and young cast members (nearly the entire cast of the last production, “High Fidelity,” were newcomers).

“We take incredible pride in seeing what people can do with their first opportunities and when they come through, it’s so rewarding,” said Korinko, just as the South Florida community took a chance on them.

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Diane Paulus’ “Amaluna”.

1. “Carrie: The Musical” Slow Burn Theatre, West Boca Raton High School, Oct. 16 – Nov. 2

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You’ve got to hand it to the boys at Slow Burn Theatre for accepting a challenge. The 1988 musical adaptation of Stephen King’s chilling tale of a bullied high school misfit who finally exacts revenge on her tormentors went down in history as one of the biggest flops on Broadway. A 2012 revival didn’t fare much better, but if anybody can successfully resurrect this show, it’s Patrick Fitzwater, Matthew Korinko and their enthusiastic, incredibly talented cast. Tickets are $40 at SlowBurnTheatre.org.

2. “Romeo & Juliet”

Miami City Ballet, Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach, Oct. 17 – Nov. 13 William Shakespeare’s timeless tale of young, starcrossed lovers gets a classical treatment by Lourdes Lopez and Miami City Ballet. Set to Sergei Prokofiev’s soaring melodies and bombastic brass and accentuated by brilliant sets and dazzling costumes, John Cranko’s evocative choreography allows every dancer an opportunity to shine. Catch this production at Miami’s Arsht Center, Oct. 17 – 19; Fort Lauderdale’s Broward Center, Oct. 24 – 26; and West Palm Beach’s Kravis Center, Nov. 21 – 23. Tickets start at $20 at MiamiCityBallet.org.

3. Fort Lauderdale Gay and Lesbian Film Festival

The Classic Gateway Cinema and Cinema Paradiso, Fort Lauderdale, Oct. 10 – 12 and 17-19

After several years as the poor neglected stepchild to the Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, organizers have expanded Fort Lauderdale’s annual celebration of

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LGBT cinema to two weekends, nearly doubling the numbers of features, shorts and documentaries. Organizers have an exceptional number of filmmakers, actors and writers scheduled to attend screenings and panel discussions throughout the festival. Oh, and don’t forget the parties, too. Festival passes and individual tickets are available at FLGLFF.com.

4. “The Book of Mormon”

Arsht Center, Miami, Dec. 2 - 14 and Kravis Center, West Palm Beach, Dec. 16 – 21 Last year’s biggest ticket was definitely “The Book of Mormon,” the almost heretical musical from the creators of “South Park,” that packed audiences in the Broward Center for a month. This season, the hilarious production about two wayward missionaries in Uganda returns to South Florida with extended runs at both the Arsht Center and Kravis Center.

If you’re not already a subscriber to the Broadway in Miami or Kravis on Broadway seasons, reserve your tickets as soon as possible because this is one show that is sure to sell out quickly. For tickets, go to ArshtCenter.org or Kravis.org.

5. “Mothers and Sons” GableStage, Coral Gables, Sept. 20 – Oct. 19

GableStage Producing Artistic Director Joseph Adler wasted no time snapping up the South Florida rights to Terrence McNally’s Tony-nominated Broadway play, “Mothers and Sons.” Gay audiences—and their families—will certainly connect with this story of a mother who pays an unexpected visit to the New York apartment of her late son’s partner, who is now married to another man and has a young son. Values clash as they struggle to reconcile their vastly different worlds.

Tickets $45 – 55 at GableStage.org.

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Puccini’s “Madame Butterfly”.

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6. “Madama Butterfly”

Florida Grand Opera, Miami and Fort Lauderdale, Nov. 15-22 and Dec. 4-6 Puccini’s melodious tale of tradition, romance, sacrifice and yearning is one of the gems of the operatic repertoire.

Emotions soar as a Japanese geisha catches the fancy of a caddish young American naval officer. But then she crosses cultural boundaries to become his bride and grapples with a serious dilemma, all while faithfully awaiting his long delayed return.

This is the perfect show to take in a little “culture” on date night. Tickets start at $12 at FGO.org.

7. “Amaluna”

Cirque du Soleil, Sun Life Stadium, Dec. 11 – Jan. 4 Tony Award-winning director Diane Paulus is the creator of Cirque du Soleil’s 33rd production, “Amaluna,” opening in December under the iconic blue and yellow Big Top at Sun Life Stadium. Set on an island governed by goddesses and guided by the cycles of the moon, this new show is a celebration of love and a tribute to the work and voice of women.

And, like all Cirque du Soleil productions, “Amaluna” features a troupe of incredibly talented international performers. Tickets start at $ at CirqueDuSoleil.com.

8. “So You Think You Can Dance” Live on Tour Kravis Center, West Palm Beach, Nov. 26 and Arsht Center, Miami, Nov. 28

If you’ve been watching the popular Fox competition “So You Think You Can Dance” this summer, here’s your chance to see the talented Top 10 finalists live, performing the biggest hits of the season.

Whether you enjoy hip-hop, Latin,

Broadway or ballroom, the production promises a memorable evening of grace and athleticism from these upcoming professionals. For tickets, go to Kravis. org or ArshtCenter.org.

9. Art Basel Miami Beach/ Art Week Miami Miami Beach Convention Center and Greater Miami, Dec. 2 – 7

A decade ago, nobody would have guessed that Art Basel Miami Beach would evolve into one of the major world art events, drawing the rich and famous from around the globe. The title show, held at the Miami Beach Convention Center, is the showpiece of what has quickly grown to become Art Week Miami, with dozens of satellite pop-up art fairs in Wynwood, Midtown and the Design District and glitzy events at galleries from Bal Harbour to Coral Gables. While tickets to Art Basel Miami Beach can be pricy, admission to the many satellite events can be as low as $10 (or free). For more information, go to ArtBasel.com and MiamiAndTheBeaches.com.

10. “POZ”

Island City Stage at Empire Stage, Fort Lauderdale, Oct. 23 – Nov. 23 Island City Stage, the plucky LGBTcentric company that practically swept last year’s Carbonell Awards, kicks off its season with the world premiere of the topical comedy, “Poz,” by Michael Anan. Set in 2003, the play explores the budding love affair between a young man dying of Leukemia and the older HIV plus man he needs to infect him so he can get medical coverage for his chemo.

This play promises to be one of the most provocative productions of the season in South Florida. Tickets are $30 at IslandCityStage.org.

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Joan River’s Last

Interview Michael Cook

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Joan Rivers is the epitome of a gay icon and her recent death is a tragic loss for the LGBT community. From starting out with the boys doing stand up in New York City’s Greenwich Village, to keeping us up on all the latest trends on E!’s “Fashion Police,” SFGN sat down for a chat with this comedy legend just days before her surgery, where they chatted about her new book “Diary Of A Mad Diva,” why she loves gay men so much, and what makes things funny to her. This is her last known print interview with the gay press.

SFGN: Joan, thanks so much for taking the time to talk to me, this is a thrill!

Joan Rivers: It’s my pleasure! Go ahead, ask me anything, I’m ready!

Well, we would be remiss to not mention the unfortunate passing away of comedy legend Robin Williams recently.

There’s a big difference. He didn’t pass away. He committed suicide. It was a terribly sad choice. I think all comedians are all so close to the line. Robin was a very wild and manic person. Think who else was-Jonathan Winters (who costarred with Williams on the 1980’s hit sitcom “Mork and Mindy”)! Comedians, if you’re that crazy when you’re up, you’re that crazy when you’re down. There’s a real ying and a yang, and we just never saw that really dark side of him.

I just finished your book “Diary Of A Mad Diva” on the beach this past weekend, and it’s amazing!

That’s exactly where you should read it! It’s perfect for that, and it’s also sand absorbent! [Laughs].

You went through so many different celebrities and non-celebrities that you had fun with throughout the book. Was it random or is there a method to the madness?

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Oh no, it’s definitely not random. When you have to write three hundred and fifty two entries and you’re doing it over a period of time, it’s whatever makes you laugh that day. If you skip a couple of days and then I go back and remember something my friend Larry and I were discussing over dinner a couple nights ago, I may put that in. It’s just a silly and funny book, and no one should take it seriously. It made the bestseller list for six weeks, so it’s all been a very happy experience.

There are many things you say that many people can consider inflammatory or controversial, but I feel it’s all humor and I find them personally, very funny!

Exactly! And that’s why I’ve been working for fifty years!

In today’s times, many people are so overly politically correct and sensitive.

How do you respond to people that may not “get” your humor?

You know what-then get out of my face.

I’m so not interested in that. This year, I finally figured out, what makes all of my friends my friends, and it’s one thingthey’re all funny. I don’t have one friend who I’ve ever had to say “no no no, that’s a joke.” If someone doesn’t have humor, fine, I can work with you and we can do whatever we need to do for business, but

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Joan Rivers during what would be her final performance on August 27th, 2014.

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I’ll tell you one thing, you ain’t comin to my house.

Everywhere we turn on the news, is some form of bad news. Humor like yours is very welcome. What do you think it is that makes some people so overly sensitive that they aren’t able to laugh at it?

You know what it is, it’s whatever group can scream the loudest; that’s what it’s all about. I’m terrified that the Koreans are going to rise up and there goes my eating dog jokes!

You are at the point that so many people strive to get to in life, where you can just say essentially, anything you want.

I just think things are funny and I get through life by laughing at things. Bill Cosby said to me years ago, “don’t worry, if one percent of the entire population thinks you’re funny, you will fill stadiums for the rest of your life.” You can’t worry who’s not gonna think you’re funny, I don’t care. Go see “Donny and Marie.” Don’t come to my show.

There is just something about you and the gay men, who just absolutely adore you! What do you think makes the gay men love your shows so much?

As long as I have at least six gay men in the front row, you’re gonna have a good show. They are the best audience in the world. I don’t know why really. I started with them in the Village and they’ve always been so much a part of my life, with my friends. The humor is right there and they are the ones that you can make the joke with. I find that fascinating.

and you must say it pronouncing every syllable-Cate Blanchett! I think she wears clothes beautifully.

There are a couple around that you really think they know what they’re doing. Or their stylists know that they’re doing! Jennifer Lopez is another one. She’s beautiful. You look at her, you think Audrey Hepburn.

Much more fine and delicate than in the pictures. She’s gorgeous!

I can’t speak for all of us, but most gay men I know love you for your honesty and your openness.

I don’t know — it really comes and goes. Kesha has really pulled herself together; I’m very proud of her, she’s obviously taken a bath, shaved under those armpits. She’s really looking good.

Oh vice versa definitely I always make sure I wear good shoes too.

The audience looks up.

Speaking of shoes, “Fashion Police” is must see television viewing at my house every week. Who’s style are you absolutely loving right now?

Well, of course, even though she’s so stupid really, Rihanna is really amazing. You wanna just say “shut your mouth and be beautiful.” No one wears clothes and carries them off like Rihanna. I think Cate Blanchett-

Anyone that you are not loving right now?

Has your opinion on Mel Gibson changed?

Absolutely not. He’s a stupid, arrogant fool. Once someone is really stupid, I’m done.

I love people that are funny and I love people that are smart. Once you show me you’re stupid, you’re out, you’re finished. People will say something like “I don’t read books.”

Done. Goodbye!

I have to ask more importantly, how has your friend Helen Keller enjoyed the summer?

Oh God love her. You know, she tends to sunburn. Then, she misplaces her beach umbrella and really can’t find it. She’s so dumb she thinks we’re at the beach, at five o’clock, I just throw water at her.

You know, at an antique show several years ago, I bought a hand written letter from Helen Keller to a friend, and when you really look at it, how she figured out how she did it and wrote it is extraordinary. Trust me though, I don’t dwell on that in the act though.

Do you change your act based on where you are performing?

My act changes slowly, I never see my act changing, I just keep adding. I just know that it’s changing because I’ll come off stage after an hour and fifteen minutes and realize that there were things I didn’t mention, but other things I did mention. If you saw me last year, it will probably be half different. If you saw me five years ago, it will probably be all different.

The act definitely evolves.

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Arts Garage Radio Theatre Celebrates the

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Decades before HDTV — or even plain old television, as a matter of fact — millions of Americans huddled around the radio every evening.

This nightly ritual took listeners along for the ride with the Lone Ranger and the crime fighter Green Hornet, elicited laughs at the antics of Edgar Bergen and his ventriloquist dummy, Charlie McCarthy, and drew sobs at every melodramatic turn in many popular soap operas.

“From Orson Welles and the thrilling Mercury Theatre broadcasts of the 1930’s

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to Guy Noir and the hilarity of ‘A Prairie Home Companion,’ the radio play has been one of America’s most beloved art forms,” said John Watts, producer of Arts Garage Radio Theatre. “Our productions give life to classic movie screenplays while visually presenting the unique art form of radio drama. It’s a treat for the eyes as well as the ears!”

Radio plays again take center stage at Arts Garage in Delray Beach, thanks to Watts and his creative cast. Last year, the company produced “A Star is Born,” “It’s

a Wonderful,” “Casblanca” and “Sunset Boulevard,” to critical and audience acclaim.

“We were thrilled with the response,” said Watts, who insisted the season be expanded with additional performances of each production.

The second season, which kicked off in August with “The Philadelphia Story,” will continue with “Dracula,” Oct. 22-23; “It’s a Wonderful Life,” Dec. 17-19; “Rebecca,” Feb. 11-12; “You Can’t Take it With You,” April 8-9; and “The Thin Man,” May 27-28.

Audiences will relive the golden era of the radio play when Arts Radio Network returns to Delray’s Arts Garage with a new season of classic stories.

Photo: Amy Pasquantonio

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Watts, a former on-air personality with WXEL radio, first became involved with these elaborate production at Arts Radio Network, a website devoted to the Palm Beach County arts scene.

Watts became interested in the old radio plays after listening to recordings that belonged to his father: “As I did research, it was exciting to learn that these radio plays were being made right there in the studio.

All the sound effects, all the music, every play had to be written that week (for the broadcast).”

He and his wife, Caroline Breder-Watts, a familiar WETA radio personality, originally produced Orson Welles’ legendary “War of the Worlds” as a pledge drive break for WXEL in 2002 and would later produce other shows for the Kravis Center starting in 2007.

“We start off with the historic scripts.

A lot of the scripts are still in existence.

Orson Welles donated his whole collection of CBS scripts….and a lot are available online,” explained Watts.

Noting that each production includes three elements — dialogue, music and the all-important sound effects — Watts also consulted three encyclopedic books on sound effects from the 1940s.

“That’s about all there is, as much information today as there was then,” he said, noting he had assembled a number of car and house doors, bed springs, bells, telephone ringers and special effects to mimic the sounds of a car engine running and even screeching to a stop. All are painted bright colors so the audience will recognize when they are in use.

Just as was done decades ago, Watts and his cast and crew must put the shows together in just days, a task made easier by the lack of scenery and staging, and of course, the ability of the actors to read their lines from a script. But, he points out, the biggest challenge remains timing as the actors often must portray multiple characters and navigate the myriad sound effects.

For tickets and more information about Arts Garage Radio Network at Arts Garage, 180 NE 1st St. in Delray Beach, go to ArtsGarage.org.

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One of the best ways to explore South Florida’s vibrant, diverse cultural scene is to join the many monthly art walks that wind their way through the region’s trendy neighborhoods: In Miami, thousands regularly turn out each second Saturday of the month in Wynwood to admire the famous Wynwood Walls, as well as the burgeoning nearby Design District and its trendy boutiques and galleries. Food trucks and street musicians contribute to the festive atmosphere. On the first Saturday of the month, art lovers head to Lincoln Road for the South Beach Art Walk, starting at the Art Center/South Florida and winding up at commercial pop artist Romero Britto’s gallery. And for a crash course in Cuban culture, Viernes Culturales in Little Havana takes place on the last Friday of the month. For more information, go to ArtOfMiami.com/bestof/art-walks In Fort Lauderdale, check out the city’s emerging North Beach arts and design district on the first Saturday of the month, located just north of Oakland Park Blvd. and west of A1A, for a nice mix of boutiques and gallery exhibitions. On the third Friday of each month, November through April, Island City Art Walk (IslandCityArtWalk. com) attracts hundreds of art lovers to the galleries and boutiques along Wilton

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Drive in Wilton Manors. But, the big event is the last Saturday art walk hosted in trendy FAT Village (FATVillage.com), just north of downtown and off Andrews Blvd.

Take in a show at Andrews Living Arts (AndrewsLivingArts.org) or browse the work of many live-in artists.

Delray Beach has emerged as one of Palm Beach County’s redevelopment success stories, attracting dozens of restaurants, boutiques and art galleries along the quaint downtown strip. On the third Thursday of the month, Artists Alley (ArtistsAlleyDelray. com), an exciting new artist’s warehouse complex in the Pineapple Grove Arts District, hosts open studios.

Of course, the pinnacle of the fall visual arts calendar is Art Basel Miami Beach (ArtBasel.com), the international contemporary art fair that has put MiamiDade on the map each December (Dec. 4-7), attracting jetsetting glitterati and high-end arts collectors alike. While the center of attention will again be the official Art Basel exhibition at the Miami Beach Convention Center, much of the excitement and attendant glamour can also be found at dozens of satellite fairs, such as Art Miami, Pulse, Scope and the Miami Project at galleries downtown, as well as tents in Wynwood, Midtown and the Design District.

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Festivals, Features Highlight

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LGBT film fans in Fort Lauderdale have two major festivals to look forward to: The Fort Lauderdale Gay and Lesbian Festival (FLGLFF.com) will be expanded to two weekends for 2014, Oct. 10-12 and 17-19, and add a second venue, Cinema Paradiso, in addition to the Classic Gateway Cinema on Sunrise Boulevard.

Organizers have scheduled even more new features, shorts and documentaries, as well as the usual panel discussions and guest filmmakers, actors and writers. The year promises the biggest festival in recent years.

While not strictly gay, the Fort Film

Lauderdale International Film Festival

(FLIFF.com) always features several films and events of interest to LGBT film buffs. Spanning more than two weeks of multiple daily events, the festival will screen more than 100 features, shorts and documentaries from Nov. 7 – 23.

Watch local listings for the upcoming release of two important independent feature films: “Love is Strange” and “The Skeleton Twins.”

The former is the tale of a gay couple, portrayed by John Lithgow and Alfred Molina, who, after 40 years together, are suddenly confronted with the possibility of getting married. They survived discrimination and the AIDS crisis, but the simple act of getting legally hitched offers perhaps the greatest challenge to their relationship. This film was an audience favorite at Sundance and will likely rack up lots of nominations — and hopefully, trophies — during awards season.

“The Skeleton Twins” stars Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader (both “Saturday

Night Live” alums), as estranged twins who coincidentally cheat death on the same day, prompting them to put their differences aside and confront how their lives went astray. Hader’s character, Milo, is openly gay and his sexual orientation plays prominently into the film.

Other feature films hitting the big screen this fall include:

Tom Hardy stars in “The Drop,” another hard-boiled crime drama, Sept. 12; “The Maze Runner,” the latest young adult novel to be adapted to film, Sept. 19; Brad Pitt stars in another epic World War II drama, “The Fury,” Oct. 17; “Horns,” a psychological horror tale starring grownup Harry Potter, Daniel Radcliffe, Oct. 31; Matthew McConaughey finally tries sci-fi in “Interstellar,” Nov. 7; the life of brilliant, physically disabled physicist Stephen Hawking and his wife is explored in “The Theory of Everything,” Nov. 7; and Katniss Everdeen returns in “Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1,” Nov. 21.

The film we’re dying to see most? The updated, multicultural version of “Annie,” starring Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz.

Yes, “It’s a Hard Knock Life” gets the rap treatment from Jay-Z and God knows what they’ll do to that saccharine tear-jerker, “Tomorrow.” This flick will either be the biggest hit or the biggest flop of the holiday movie season.

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Classes Kick off Fall

Dance Calendar J.W. Arnold

The fall dance season gets an early start with the XIX International Ballet Festival of Miami (InternationalBalletFestival.org), hosted by Miami Hispanic Ballet. The festival includes film screenings, workshops, master classes, book signings and competitions at venues across Miami and Miami Beach, culminating with a closing gala at 5 p.m. on Sept. 14 at The Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theatre. Rising stars of the ballet world will be spotlighted, as well as classical and contemporary works, with an emphasis on Hispanic dancers. Many events are free and open to the public. Tickets to the gala start at $40.

Vladimir Isaaev’s Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida (ArtsBalletTheatre.org) pays tribute to the great Russian choreographer and founder of the Ballet Russes, Sergei Diaghilev, at the Broward Center, Oct. 11-12, and the Aventura Arts & Culture Center, Oct. 18-19. The small, but resourceful company will celebrate the centenary of Diaghilev’s controversial, “Rite of Spring,” set to music by Stravinsky. The program also includes the short ballet, “Le Spectre de la Rose,” and “Petrouchka,” the story of three puppets set in the middle of the Russian moor and also accompanied by the music of Stravinsky. Tickets start at $30.

The company then ushers in the holiday season with “The Nutcracker,” the beloved Tchaikovsky ballet performed to the choreography of Isaaev. This family event will be presented at The Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theater, Dec. 7; the Aventura Arts & Culture Center, Dec. 12-14; and the Parker Playhouse in Fort Lauderdale, Dec. 17 and 20-21.

Tickets start at $40.

Miami City Ballet (MiamiCityBallet.org) opens its season with the epic romantic ballet, “Romeo & Juliet.” Widely regarded as the finest choreographic interpretation of the classic play, John Cranko’s masterpiece deftly recreates Shakespeare’s timeless drama with passion and tragedy, lavish sets, romantic costumes

and Prokofiev’s thrilling score. This ballet will be presented at the Arsht Center, Oct. 17-19; Broward Center, Oct. 24-26; and Kravis Center, Nov. 21-23. Tickets start at $20.

Miami City Ballet also presents Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker,” danced to the choreography of the modern master, George Balanchine. This setting is just as magical, but offers a darker, epic yet lavish interpretation of the cherished holiday tradition performed by the entire company and nearly 100 students from Miami City Ballet School. This production will be presented at the Broward Center, Dec. 12-14; Arsht Center, Dec. 18-24; and Kravis Center, Dec. 27-30. Tickets start at $25.

Fans of contemporary dance will mesmerized by several touring companies:

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The sultry dance of Argentina is the inspiration for “Tango Lovers,” at the Broward Center (BrowardCenter.org), Oct. 18. “Tango Lovers” transports the audience through the history of tango, introducing the different styles and achieves harmony between tango salon and tango show with a powerful finale of avant garde dance. Tickets start at $35.

Diavolo – Architecture in Motion will take over the stage at the Kravis Center (Kravis. org), Nov. 7. Under the Artistic Director Jacques Heim, the company creates an almost cinematic experience of powerful images that develop conceptual accounts of the human condition, utilizing unique architectural creations, to provide the backdrop for an evening of dramatic movement. Tickets start at $25.

The top 10 finalists of Fox’s hit television competition, “So You Think You Can Dance,” will bring the most popular numbers of the season to the Kravis Center (Kravis.org), Nov. 26, and Arsht Center (ArshtCenter.org), Nov. 28. These young dancers were all winners and they showcase the original dances of some of the industry’s most promising young choreographers. Tickets start at $30.

Miami City Ballet: “Romeo & Juliet”.

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Classical, Jazz Music Seasons

Off to

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Fiery Start

While many of the snow birds who pack the region’s concert halls will not be returning until late into the fall, the region’s resident orchestras and classical music presenters have not used South Florida Pride Wind Ensemble

(PrideWindEnsemble.org), the region’s LGBT and allies concert band, hosts the Lesbian and Gay Band Association national convention, Nov. 6-9. The weekend will culminate with a massed band concert, “Fiesta Caliente,” featuring Latin and Spanish music at the Broward Center at 7 p.m. on Nov. 9. Fans of contemporary wind music will enjoy this gripping program performed by 300 talented LGBT and allied musicians from across the country.

Tickets start at $30.

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(SymphonyOfTheAmericas.org), under the direction of Maestro James BrooksBruzzese, opens its 27th season with “The Magic of Cirque de la Symphonie,” the magic of cirque in the music hall.

Aerialists, jugglers, contortionists and acrobats will all demonstrate their skills, in this electrifying collaboration accompanied by the soaring music of the Symphony, Nov. 9 and 11, at the Broward Center.

Jazz lovers will have their toes tapping to the music of the Bill Allred Classic Jazz Band, the first performance of the Gold Coast Jazz Society (GoldCoastJazz. org) season, Nov. 12 at 7:45 p.m. at the Broward Center. The concert, “Jazz Comes Up the River,” will include works from Bourbon Street to the Big Bands. The season continues at the Broward Center with American popular songs performed by the Bill Charlap Trio, Dec. 10 at 7:45 p.m.

Virtuoso violinist Joshua Bell opens the Broward Center Classical Series Season (BrowardCenter.org) on Nov. 1 at 8 p.m. Accompanied by pianist Alessio Bax, Grammy Award-winner Bell will offer works by Schubert, Grieg and Prokofiev.

that as an excuse for a soft start the season. In fact, the early performances of the season offer some of the most fiery and passionate musical programs:

Maestra Sebrina Maria Alfonso conducts the South Florida Symphony (SouthFloridaSymphony.org) in “Expressive Virtuosity,” works by Verdi and Tchaikovsky and featuring Zuill Bailey in Prokofiev’s “Sinfonia Concertante” for Cello and Orchestra. The Symphony will offer this technically and musically dazzling program at the Broward Center, Nov. 13, and Delray Center for the Arts, Nov. 15. Tickets start at $35.

Cleveland Orchestra Miami.

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The Cleveland Orchestra opens its annual Miami residency at the Arsht Center (ArshtCenter.org) on Nov. 14-15 with Rodrigo’s Concerto de Aranjuez, performed by guitarist Miloš Karadaglić and conducted by Giancarlo Guerrero.

In addition to Rodrigo’s familiar work, the program will include Tchaikovsky’s “Capriccio Italien,” Respighi’s “Fountains of Rome,” and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Capriccio Español.

The Russian State Symphony Orchestra returns to the Kravis Center (Kravis.org) Nov. 18-19 with two series premieres: Rachmaninoff’s powerful and sweeping First and Third Symphonies.

Great Russian-American pianist Vladimir Feltsman also returns with Rachmaninoff’s beloved Second Concerto and music of Mozart’s “golden period.”

The Miami International Piano Festival presents the young French breakthrough artist David Kadouch at the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center (AventuraCenter.org) on Nov. 23 performing a program including works

by Bach, Janacek, Schumann and Brahms.

Tickets start at $35.

Gay Men Singing A quick look at the gay men’s choruses of South Florida The Fort Lauderdale Gay Men’s Chorus (TheFortLauderdaleGayMensChorus. org) kicks off the fall season with its 4th annual “Fall Follies,” on Sept. 20 at the Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, 1 E. Las Olas Blvd. This fun, one night only, cabaret style show, under the direction of Dr. Gary Keating, showcases the individual talents of the chorus members and special guest performers. Tickets are $25.

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Ring in the holidays with Voices of Pride (VoicesOfPride.org), the gay men’s chorus of the Palm Beaches, with “Glad Tidings,” Dec. 5 and 7 at St. Andrews Episcopal Church in Lantana.

Get your tickets early for “Comfort and Joy,” the annual Christmas concert of the Gay Men’s Chorus of South Florida (GMCSF.org), Dec. 12-13 and 19-20 at the Sunshine Cathedral in Fort Lauderdale.

Tickets are $35 and $45.

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One of the tests to determine if someone is gay is to ask, “Quick! Who is Sally Bowles?”

And of course Cabaret comes immediately to the mind of any self-respecting LGBT person.

Now the question becomes, what comes to mind when cabarets are mentioned? And the obvious answer is...the wonderful cabaretstyle shows of the original Fort Lauderdale Gay Men’s Chorus offered in addition to their regular concert shows. In fact, “wonderful” is far too weak; it’s time to use the “F” word: their cabaret-style shows are Faaabulous!

The Chorus has been offering fabulous cabaret shows in the fall (and sometimes in both the fall and the spring) for years, and they are always worthy of that much overused accolade. This year is no exception as the Chorus presents its Fall Follies of 2014 at 8 pm, Saturday, September 20, at the Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale.

The Chorus is justly famous for its beautiful sound and the remarkable blend and balance that Founder-Director Dr. Gary Keating evokes from the members of the first and oldest gay chorus and performing arts organization in Florida. But, as those who attend any of their shows can attest, the Chorus is also filled with incredible individual talents.

In a regular concert show, these individual talents are certainly seen and enjoyed by the audiences. Who can forget dance numbers with bodies spinning and dancing with incredible grace and coordination? Who can forget hearing stunning renditions of solos, duets and ensembles from Broadway’s latest hits or from its tried-andtrue classics?

But in the Follies, these talents are showcased and allowed to shine in singular splendor.

This time around there will be hilarious numbers from

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current Broadway hits, as well as ballads and solos from some of the hottest shows on the Great White Way. Moreover, rumor has it (actually, it’s not a rumor, it’s the plan) that Director Gary Keating himself is going to tread the boards in an individual number.

And if that isn’t enough to make you run (not walk) down to Las Olas and Andrews, the co-emcees will be the well-known Carmine Martorilli, from the SMART Ride, and Carol Moran, the owner of 13 Even at 2037 Wilton Drive.

Of course, the Chorus will also present a couple of choral numbers, so fans of its fabulous sound will not leave unsatisfied on that score. And as always there will be a cash bar in the breezeway of the Museum.

So, meinen damen und herren, “Come to the cabaret!” at 8 p.m. on Saturday, September 20th, at the Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale (corner of Las Olas and Andrews - plenty of inexpensive parking at the municipal garage across the street).

Tickets at $25 General Admission can be purchased, and information on chorus events and on joining the chorus can be found at www.theftlgmc.org, or by calling 954-832-0060.

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South Florida is Destination for Recording Artists and Comedians, Too J.W. Arnold

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Just as South Florida boasts three world class performing arts centers, the region also has a wide array of concert venues, presenting both solo artists and some of the most popular bands of all time, as well as comedians and more: The Jackie Gleason Theater in Miami Beach has enjoyed new life in recent years as The Fillmore (FillmoreMB.com), attracting national and international acts. The fall season at the historic venue includes Erasure: The Violent Flame Tour, Sept. 12; The Australian Pink Floyd Show, Oct. 7; and filmmaker Isabella Rosellini’s “Green Porno” on Stage, Nov. 15.

Hard Rock Live at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino (HardRockLiveHollywoodFl. com) in Hollywood celebrates the biggest acts of the ‘70s and ‘80s on its fall schedule: Foreigner, Sept. 27; Chicago, Oct. 2; Peter Frampton, Oct. 5; Earth, Wind and Fire, Oct. 15; Motley Crue, Oct. 17-18; and Judas Priest, Oct. 30. The concert venue also will host Latin crooner Enrique Iglesias and Pitbull, Oct. 25; Natalie Cole, Nov. 5; Heart, Nov. 9; “American Idol” winner Phillip Phillips, Nov. 15; and the first “America’s Got Talent” winner, ventriloquist Terry Fator.

Balladeer Richard Marx kicks off the season Oct. 10 at Fort Lauderdale’s classic Parker Playhouse (ParkerPlayhouse.org).

Texan trio Los Lonely Boys take the stage Oct. 23 and British guitarist Robin Trower, “The White Hendrix,” comes to town Nov. 14.

West Palm Beach’s Kravis Center (Kravis. org) doesn’t always stick to button down classical performances. The legendary Charlie Daniels Band performs their greatest hits on Oct. 11 and the center welcomes the top contenders of NBC’s “Last Comic Standing” Tour to the stage on Nov. 2.

The biggest names in cabaret will appear at The Colony Hotel’s fancy Royal Room (TheColonyPalmBeach.com) in Palm Beach.

The hotel is undergoing a multimillion dollar renovation before welcoming The Four Freshmen, Dec. 10-13, and Ann Hampton Callaway and Liz Callaway, Dec. 31.

Country music fans will have the opportunity to hear the lovely Jo Dee Messina, Dec. 11-12, at the Duncan Theatre at Palm Beach State College (PalmBeachState. edu) in Lake Worth.

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With three world class performing arts centers located within 100 miles, South Florida regularly attracts the most indemand Broadway touring productions.

The 2014-15 season is no exception.

Audiences in Miami and West Palm Beach will enjoy the newest shows of the fall, “The Book of Mormon” and “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella,” while Fort Lauderdale audiences will see new productions of two long-running favorites, “Annie” and “The Phantom of the Opera.”

The Broadway Across America season at the Arsht Center (ArshtCenter.org) gets an early start, Sept. 30 – Oct. 5, with “I Love Lucy: Live on Stage,” hilarious stage adaptations of two of the funniest and most familiar episodes of the classic ‘50s television sit com. Tickets start at $35.

The reimagined musical fairy tale, “Cinderella,” which took home a Tony Award last season for its lavish costumes, comes to the Arsht Center, Oct. 28 – Nov. 2, before travelling north to kick off Kravis on Broadway (Kravis.org) at the Kravis Center, Nov. 11 – 16. Rediscover some of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s most beloved songs,

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including “In My Own Little Corner,” “Impossible/It’s Possible” and “Ten Minutes Ago,” along with an updated book

by Douglas Carter Beane. Tickets start at $35.

Audiences packed the Broward Center last fall to see “The Book of Mormon,” the irreverent musical from the creators of “South Park.” Now, audiences in Miami and West Palm Beach will have the opportunity to poke a little good humored fun at organized religion in this show about two wayward young missionaries sent to Uganda. The show plays the Arsht Center, Dec. 2 – 14, before moving to the Kravis Center, Dec. 16 – 21.

Broward Center audiences will get a fresh look at two beloved shows, “Annie,” the story of an optimistic young girl who warms the heart of a cold millionaire, Oct. 7 – 19; and a reimagined production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s classic, “The Phantom of the Opera,” Nov. 19 – 30. All of the familiar songs are still there, but this time, they are accentuated by new set and costume designs and, most importantly, special effects. Tickets start at $34.75.

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AtLANtIC CItY BOYS November 21-23

Four dynamic lead singers perform ‘60s-style rock & roll harmonies with a live band and the best music of the era.

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December 16 Tuesday, 8 pm This new adaptation of Dickens’ classic is a spectacular, fully staged musical.

A CHORUS LINe December 5-14 12 performances!

SteVe SOLOMON: Cannoli, Latkes & Guilt

We’re “kicking off” our 25th Anniversary with our first ever in-house production -- and what better way than with this iconic, Tony Award winning musical!

January 3 & 4 Sat., 8 pm & Sun., 2 pm Hilarious! Steve’s best bits from earlier shows combined with new comedy pieces.

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January 14 Wednesday, 8 pm Electrifying drumming, break-dancing and a cappella harmonies. It’s GLEE meets STOMP!

A talented cast of 10 brings to life the best scenes and songs from Broadway hits, Avenue Q, Legally Blonde, Memphis and many more.

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tHe UNIteD KINGDOM UKULeLe ORCHeStRA

February 17 Tuesday, 8 pm Rock to the music of the Beatles -- at this concert, the audience creates the playlist!

February 20-22 This sensational orchestra performs pop, rock, jazz, classical, film scores and more. Add typical British humor and you have maximum fun with mini-guitars!

BROADWAY CABARET SERIES MeGAN HILtY

January 26 & 27 This star of stage, screen and music starred in Wicked, 9 to 5: The Musical, and Gentlemen Prefer Bondes. She played Ivy on NBC’s SMASH.

JeKYLL & HYDe, the Musical March 6-8 Called, “an over-the-top bloody hoot!” by the New York Daily News, this musical thriller is based on The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. It’s glamorous, sexy and deliciously wicked!

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February 9 & 10 An accomplished TV and film actor, Leslie starred in RENT on Broadway and played Sam Strickland on NBC’s SMASH.

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Set in the 1850’s Oregon wilderness, this high energy show is all boisterous fun and romance that harkens back to the glory days of the movie musical.

March 2 & 3 Canada’s “first lady of musical theater” received wide acclaim for her starring roles in Mamma Mia!, Les Miserables and Gypsy.

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March 16 & 17 One of the most powerful voices on the Broadway stage, Lea won the Tony Award for her performance in Miss Saigon.

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Joseph Adler’s GableStage at the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Springs (GableStage.org) snagged the rights to Terrence McNally’s Tony nominated Broadway play, “Mothers and Sons,” Sept. 20 – Oct. 19. This is a moving story of a mother who must deal with her son’s death and the new family of his partner. Next up is “Bad Jews” by Joshua Harmon, Nov. 22-Dec. 1, the OffBroadway comedy about the grandchildren of a recently deceased Holocaust survivor arguing over his religious heirlooms. Tickets start at $35.

Actors Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre in Coral Gables (ActorsPlayhouse.org) kicks off its season with the Off-Broadway rock opera hit, “Murder Ballad,” Oct. 8 – Nov. 2, as a love triangle goes bad in the violent world of a Lower East Side bar. Fresh from its Off-Broadway run and just in time for the holidays, “Miracle on South Division Street” is the story of the Nowak family living amidst the urban rubble of Buffalo, NY’s East Side, Dec. 3 – 28. Tickets start at $15.

Winner of five Tony Awards, Rick Elice’s “Peter and the Starcatcher” is the innovative and imaginative play with music based on the best-selling novel by Miami native Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson. This show is a production of the Arsht Center (ArshtCenter. org) and University of Miami Department of Theater playing Oct. 9 – 26. Tickets start at $45.

Zoetic Stage at the Arsht Center (ZoeticStage.org) opens its season with the regional premiere of Lisa D’Amour’s “Detroit,” Nov. 6 – 23. Ecstatic and dangerously funny, “Detroit” rips up the floorboards to reveal the racing heart under a crumbling suburban dream. Stuart Meltzer directs the incendiary comedy set at a backyard barbecue.

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Island City Stage (IslandCityStage.org), the plucky LGBT-centric company that practically swept last year’s Carbonell Awards, kicks off its season, Oct. 23 – Nov. 23, with the world premiere of the topical comedy, “Poz,” by Michael Anan. Set in 2003,

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the play explores the budding love affair between a young man dying of Leukemia and the older HIV plus he needs to infect him so he can get medical coverage for his chemo. Tickets start at $30. The company also revisits its 2014 Carbonell sensation, Dan Clancy’s moving gay-themed Holocaust drama, “The Timekeepers,” with the original cast, Dec. 3-21, at Levis Jewish Community Center (LevisJCC.org) in West Boca Raton.

Tickets start at $29.

With two theaters, Broward Stage Door (StageDoorTheatre.com) in Coral Springs mounts both intimate plays and big musicals. “The Last Romance” by Joseph DiPietro (“I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change”) opens in Theater 2, Oct. 10 – Nov. 23, followed by the rollicking musical, “Five Guys Named Moe,” Dec. 10 – Jan. 18. Tickets start at $38.

West Boca company Slow Burn Theatre teams up with the Broward Center (BrowardCenter.org) for the rockin’ 1950s jukebox review, “The Marvelous Wonderettes,” a fun time for audiences of all ages in the Abdo New River Room, Oct. 2 – Nov. 23. Dig out that poodle skirt and your penny loafers. Tickets start at $45.

Big, traditional musicals are back in style at The Wick Theatre (TheWick.org) in Boca Raton. Executive Producer Marilynn Wick kicks off her season, literally, with non-stop song and dance in “Swing,” Oct. 23 – Nov. 16. This show features the spirited music of Fats Waller. Then, Broadway and film star Leslie Uggams takes the stage as the greatest “aunt” of all time in “Mame,” Jerry Herman’s beloved musical, Dec. 4 – 28. Tickets start at $58.

Slow Burn Theatre (SlowBurnTheatre.org) at West Boca Raton High School is hot and this season, the company offers the regional premiere of the cult favorite, “Carrie: The Musical,” Oct. 16 – Nov. 2. If you’ve seen the movie or are one of the dozens of people who saw the infamous Broadway productions, you know to avoid the “splash zone.” Tickets start at $40.

“The Rocky Horror Picture Show” will always be a classic. Entr’Acte Theatrix

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South Florida’s regional theater scene is arguably among the most vibrant with dozens of companies offering yearround programming. The 2014-15 season is no exception, with many theaters opening with important works.

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(EntrActeTheatrix.org) gives South Florida audiences another opportunity to do “The Time Warp,” Oct. 16 – Nov. 1, at the Crest Theatre at Delray Center for the Arts in Delray Beach. Tickets start at $25.

Palm Beach Dramaworks (PalmBeachDramaworks.org) has carved out a niche mounting the classics and the 2014-15 season is no exception, opening with Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town,” Oct. 10-Nov. 9. The beauty of ordinary life is celebrated in this Pulitzer Prize-winning play, as the citizens of Grover’s Corners experience birth, love,

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marriage, and death, and the attendant joy, heartbreak, and transcience of being alive. Contemporary playwright Israel Horovitz’s “My Old Lady” follows, Dec. 5 – Jan. 4. Tickets start at $62.

In far north Palm Beach County, the Maltz Jupiter Theatre (JupiterTheatre.org) opens its season with the comedy, “The Foreigner,” Oct. 28 – Nov. 9, and then moves on to its real specialty—big, lavish musicals. “Fiddler on the Roof,” Dec. 2 – 21, is sure to be one of the most memorable and critically acclaimed productions of the season. Tickets start at $54.

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Gay History PAINTING

Steve Walker (1961-2012) Iconic Canadian painter. His work has been a recognizable part of gay culture for at least the past two decades. Steve Walker’s paintings can be described as pensive, quiet, emotional, haunting, empathetic, knowing.

The men who inhabit these paintings tell a story that is at once very personal, yet seemingly familiar to all gay men, with a universal message. He once said, “As a homosexual, I have been moved, educated and inspired by works that deal with a heterosexual context. Why would I assume that a heterosexual would be incapable of appreciating work that speaks to common themes in life, as seen through my eyes as a gay man?” Among his most popular paintings are the images that depict the “Wave Wall” on Fort Lauderdale Beach.

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In the spring of 1972 John Lennon was asked to contribute to an anthology called “The Gay Liberation Book“ (Gay Writing and Survival In the Straight World). He submitted a drawing of a naked man sitting on a cloud with the following limerick: “WHY” – “Why makes it so sad to be gay? Doing your own thing is OK. Our bodies are our own. So leave us alone. Play with yourself – today. “The drawing is called: ”He Tried To Face Reality”.

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PHOTOGRAPHY Robert Mapplethorpe (1946 –1989) was an American photographer, known for his sometimes controversial large-scale, highly stylized black and white photography. His work featured an array of subjects, including celebrity portraits, male and female nudes, self-portraits and still-life images of flowers. His most controversial work is that of the underground bondage and sadomasochistic scene in the late 1960s and early 1970s of NYC. The homoeroticism of this work fuelled a national debate over the public funding of controversial artwork.

SHOWBIZ “Sunday Bloody Sunday” is a 1971 British drama film , directed by John Schlesinger and starring Murray Head, Glenda Jackson and Peter Finch. It tells the story of a free-spirited young bisexual artist (played by Head) and his simultaneous relationships with a female recruitment consultant (Jackson) and a male Jewish doctor (Finch).The film is significant for its time in that Finch’s homosexual character is depicted as successful and relatively well-adjusted, and not particularly upset by his sexuality. In this sense, Sunday Bloody Sunday was a considerable departure from Schlesinger’s previous film Midnight Cowboy, which had portrayed its gay characters as alienated and self-loathing. The film was released before the 1972 shooting by the British Army of unarmed protesters in Derry, Northern Ireland, an event dubbed “Bloody Sunday.”

MUSIC Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ( 1840 – 1893), was a Russian composer whose works included symphonies, concertos, operas, ballets, chamber music. He wrote many works that are popular with the classical music public, including the 1812 Overture, and his three ballets The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty. Despite his many popular successes, Tchaikovsky’s life was punctuated by personal crises and depression. Contributory factors included his leaving his mother for boarding school, his mother’s early death, as well as that of his close friend and colleague Nikolai Rubinstein . His homosexuality, which he kept private, has traditionally also been considered a major factor. His sudden death at the age of 53 is an ongoing debate as to whether it was accidental or self-inflicted.

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“LA Cage Aux Folles” ( 1983) was the first gay-themed Broadway hit.

Audiences cheered for the story of a middleaged gay couple struggling with homophobic in-laws. It was a breakthrough moment , and a very entertaining one. The movie version of the show was the highly successful : “The Bird Cage” (1996) starring Nathan Lane and Robin Williams.

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Broward County Disney on Ice: Worlds of Fantasy Sept. 18 to 21 at the BB&T Center, One Panther Parkway in Sunrise. Your favorite Disney characters come to life on the ice in an exciting show that the whole family will enjoy, including Ariel, the gang from Toy Story, Tinkerbell, Mickey and Minnie Mouse, and more. Tickets $23.70 to $67.15. Call 954-835-7000 or visit TheBBTCenter.com.

Sleeping Beauty Act III Sept. 20 at 2 and 8 p.m. at the Broward Center, 201 SW Fifth Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. Dancers from the South Florida Ballet Theater perform the third act of the beloved fairy tale -- Aurora’s wedding. Tickets $30 to $100. Call 954-462-0222 or visit BrowardCenter.org.

Jamaica Farewell Sept. 25 to Oct. 19 at Empire Stage, 1140 N. Flagler Drive in Fort Lauderdale. Debra Ehrhardt tells the story of her leaving revolution-torn Jamaica in the ‘70s to pursue her dreams in the United States. Tickets $35. Call 954-678-1396 or visit EmpireStage.com.

The Orphan Train Sept. 26 to 27 at 8 p.m. the Broward Center, 201 SW Fifth Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. The arts come together in a melding of theater, music, movement, and film to tell the story of the children of the Orphan Train -- a program that brought more than 250,000 homeless children to new homes in the pioneering American West from 1853 to 1929. Tickets $25 to $65. Call 954462-0222 or visit BrowardCenter.org.

The Marvelous Wonderettes Oct. 2 to Nov. 23 at the Broward Center, 201 SW Fifth Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. Head to Springfield High School’s 1958 prom where four girls, the “wonderettes” sing hits from the ‘50s and ‘60s as they dream of their future. Tickets $45. Call 954462-0222 or visit BrowardCenter.org.

Annie Oct. 7 to 19 at the Broward Center, 201 SW Fifth Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. America’s favorite redhead comes to Fort Lauderdale in the musical that will have you singing along to “It’s A Hard Knock Life” and “Tomorrow.” Tickets $34.75 to $114.50. Call 954-462-0222 or visit BrowardCenter.org.

Kon Jo: The Spirit of Courage Oct. 10 at 7:30 p.m. at the Broward Center, 201 SW Fifth Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. The Japanese musical tradition of taiko drumming tells the story of the Ronin warrior. Benefits the Children’s Diagnostic & Treatment Center.

Tickets $25 to $75. Call 954-462-0222 or visit BrowardCenter.org.

Richard Marx Oct. 10 at 8 p.m. at Parker Playhouse, 707 NE Eighth St. in Fort Lauderdale. The man who ruled pop ballads in the ‘80s and ‘90s performs hits like “Right here Waiting,” “Hold on to the Nights,” and “Now and Forever.” Tickets

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Romeo & Juliet will be performed at the Broward center by the Miami City Ballet on Oct. 24 to 26.

$37.50 to $182.50. Call 954-462-0222 or visit ParkerPlayhouse.com.

The Willie Brown and Friends Gospel Comedy Live Tour Oct. 11 at 7:30 p.m. at the Miramar Cultural Center, 2400 Civic Center Place in Miramar.

A Christian comedy show starring Willie Brown, Nikita B, Vyck Cooley, and Chris Clark. Tickets $25. Call 954-602-4500 or visit MiramarCulturalCenter.org.

A Tribute to Diaghilev Oct. 11 to 12 at the Broward Center, 201 SW Fifth Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. In honor of the 100th anniversary of Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring,” a collection of ballet pieces by the Russian composer. Tickets $30. Call 954-4620222 or visit BrowardCenter.org.

An Evening with Cheap Trick Oct. 12 at 7:30 p.m. at Parker Playhouse, 707 NE Eighth St. in Fort Lauderdale. Their hit “I Want You to Want Me” has been covered countless times, but no one does it quite like they do. Tickets $37.50 to $63. Call 954-462-0222 or visit ParkerPlayhouse.com.

NE Eighth St. in Fort Lauderdale. Reminisce in the sounds of the past with this quartet. Tickets $51.50 to $61.50. Call 954-462-0222 or visit ParkerPlayhouse.com.

NE Eighth St. in Fort Lauderdale. Trower is considered one of the best guitarists in the British blues rock genre. Tickets $37.50 to $57.50.

Call 954-462-0222 or visit ParkerPlayhouse.com.

Andy McKee Oct. 25 at 7:30 p.m. at the Broward Center, 201 SW Fifth Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. McKee gained a following on YouTube with his dexterity on the guitar, producing what seems like an orchestra out of a single instrument. Tickets $25 to $35.

Call 954-462-0222 or visit BrowardCenter.org.

The Kings of Chutney Nov. 15 at 8 p.m. at the Miramar Cultural Center, 2400 Civic Center Place in Miramar. KI and Ricki Jai, the soca chutney stars, share the stage with their bands. Tickets $35 to $45. Call 954-602-4500 or visit MiramarCulturalCenter. org.

Joshua Bell Nov. 1 at 8 p.m. at the Broward Center, 201 SW Fifth Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. The American-born violinist is joined by Alessio Bax on the piano to perform classical favorites. Tickets $35 to $115.

Call 954-462-0222 or visit BrowardCenter.org.

Patti LaBelle Nov. 15 at 8 p.m. at the Broward Center, 201 SW Fifth Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. The legendary songstress hits the stage with fan favorites like “Lady Marmalade” and “The Right Kinda Lover.”

Tickets $39.50 to $139. Call 954-462-0222 or visit BrowardCenter.org

Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band Oct. 21 at 8 p.m. at the Broward Center, 201 SW Fifth Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. The Beatles drummer hits the road with his own band, singing originals and Beatles favorites.

Tickets $55 to $150. Call 954-462-0222 or visit BrowardCenter.org.

David Cook Nov. 1 at 8:30 p.m. at the Broward Center, 201 SW Fifth Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. American Idol season seven winner, Cook, broke records with 14 debt singles on the Billboard charts.

Tickets $25 to $74.50. Call 954-462-0222 or visit BrowardCenter.org.

Los Lonely Boys Oct. 23 at 8 p.m. at the Parker Playhouse, 707 NE Eighth St. in Fort Lauderdale. The Texas brothers made their name known with their hit single “Heaven.” Tickets $35 to $45. Call 954462-0222 or visit ParkerPlayhouse.com.

Susan Boyle Nov. 3 at 7:30 p.m. at the Broward Center, 201 SW Fifth Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. The world fell in love with the Britain’s Got Talent alum after the surprising audition, and now she’s coming to Broward for a performance you’re not soon to forget. Tickets $35 to $140. Call 954-462-0222 or visit BrowardCenter.org.

POZ Oct. 23 to Nov. 23 at Island City Stage, 1140 N. Flagler Drive in Fort Lauderdale. A young man with tuberculosis discovers that he could be covered by insurance if is HIV+, so he sets out to date an HIV+ man. Tickets $30. Call 054678-1496 or visit IslandCityStage.org.

Justin Hayward Oct. 24 at 8 p.m. at the Parker Playhouse, 707 NE Eighth St. in Fort Lauderdale. Hayward of The Moody Blues performs solo. Tickets $37.50 to $57.50. Call 954-462-0222 or visit ParkerPlayhouse.com.

Romeo & Juliet Oct. 24 to 26 at the Broward Center, 201 SW Fifth Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. The tragic story of star-crossed lovers is performed by the Miami City Ballet to Prokofiev’s score. Tickets $20 to $175. Call 954-462-0222 or visit BrowardCenter. org.

A Night of Music and Memories starring The Duprees Oct. 25 at 7 p.m. at the Parker Playhouse, 707

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Diavolo: Architecture in Motion Nov. 5 at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. at the Broward Center, 201 SW Fifth Ave. in Fort Lauderdale.

A performance seamlessly bringing together gymnastics, dance, and martial arts. Tickets $41.30 to $64.90. Call 954-462-0222 or visit BrowardCenter.org Gheorghe Zamfir: King of the Pan Flute Nov. 8 at 8 p.m. at the Parker Playhouse, 707 NE Eighth St. in Fort Lauderdale. The legendary pan flute player makes his return to the United States. Tickets $35 to $55. Call 954-462-0222 or visit ParkerPlayhouse.com.

Bill Allred Classic Jazz Band Nov. 12 at 7:45 p.m. at the Broward Center, 201 SW Fifth Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. A part of the Gold Coast Jazz Society series, the band performs jazz from Bourbon Street to Big Band.

Call 954-462-0222 or visit BrowardCenter.org Robin Trower Nov. 14 at 8 p.m. at Parker Playhouse, 707

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The Phantom of the Opera Nov. 19 to 30 at the Broward Center, 201 SW Fifth Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. The beloved Broadway musical of an opera house’s phantom and his obsession with up-and-coming singer Christine. Tickets $34.75 to $124.75. Call 954462-0222 or visit BrowardCenter.org Evil Dead -- The Musical Nov. 20 to 23 at the Parker Playhouse, 707 NE Eighth St. in Fort Lauderdale. Over the top gore in this hilarious musical of five college students on their way to an abandoned cabin in the woods.

Tickets $36.50 to $73.50. Call 954-462-0222 or visit ParkerPlayhouse.com.

Dave Mason’s Traffic Jam Nov. 21 at 8 p.m. at the Broward Center, 201 SW Fifth Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. The member of Traffic performs the band’s hits. Tickets $39.50 to $69.50. Call 954-462-0222 or visit BrowardCenter.org Marvel Universe Live!

Nov. 21 to 23 at the BB&T Center, One Panther Parkway in Sunrise. The superheroes of Marvel have enjoyed a resurgence on the screen, and now they’re here for a live show with special effects, pyrotechnics, aerial stunts, and other impressive feats. Tickets $27.80 to $173.95. Call 954-835-7000 or visit TheBBTCenter.com.

Mystical Arts of Tibet Nov. 29 at 7:30 p.m. at the Broward Center, 201 SW Fifth Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. The famed Loseling monks perform the feat of multiphonic singing -- simultaneously singing three different notes. Tickets $49. Call 954-462-0222 or visit BrowardCenter.org

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Brilliant production of The Phantom of the Opera dazzles longtime fans and inspires new ones

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Cameron Mackintosh’s spectacular new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera dazzles us from the moment we enter the theater and see, hanging above the auditorium seats, the show’s famous chandelier, bundled and covered in what appears to be burlap sacking. Our anticipation turns to excitement when, minutes later, the chandelier, along with the entire luxuriant world of the 19th century Paris Opera, comes to glittering life before us.

“That moment for me is so legendary showman explains, “you can’t give an galvanizing,” says Linda Balgord, audience less of a thrill than it would get in that who plays the opera’s ballet mistress, Madame original production.” Nonetheless, he says, “My Giry, “because the audience hears the musical theme of the show. They hear the organ chords, productions aren’t done to be lavish just for the sake of it. They’re done because I realize it’s the and there’s the thrill of the lights as the chandelier Submitted Photo. is uncovered. It’s all expectation, and you can feel best way to tell a story.”

In the end, it is this element of the audience gasp, ‘Oh…it’s happening!’”

The Phantom of the Opera – its elegant and It’s clear that this new production, directed haunting love story – that perhaps best explains

by Laurence Connor with choreography by Scott Ambler and set design by Paul Brown, is the musical’s enduring popularity. The tale of a the Phantom we’ve always loved. At the same disfigured but romantic genius, cloistered inside time, with its fresh musical orchestrations a lonely theater, who discovers a new humanity through his doomed infatuation with the young and reimagined design, it offers an experience magically distinct from the brilliant original still opera singer, Christine Daaé, is one that all audience members, regardless of age or life running in six productions worldwide.

“I think what Laurence and Paul have been experience, can understand.

“The idea of someone who has been hidden able to do,” says Balgord, a Drama Desk nominee away, and who momentarily finds love, strikes with a number of Broadway credits, “is take the a chord in everyone,” observes Mackintosh. audience backstage at the opera in a way that “There’s always someone that we’ve put on a perhaps has not happened before. What’s really pedestal, who we’ve dreamt of a relationship special about this production is that you get a with. The Phantom of the Opera touches all wonderful sense of place: the small, cramped these things in our hearts, of something that nature of the manager’s office and the ballet dressing room, contrasted with the majestic happens so briefly – and then doesn’t happen – but in the process heightens a huge emotion in opera sets. It all brings the characters to life for us. That’s the story’s emotional core.” the audience.”

Linda Balgord says she encounters “two To achieve this remarkable experience, the different kinds” of audience members: those show’s designers have incorporated a 10-ton cylindrical wall, set pieces that open and retract who “love the original but are really excited to have a fresh look at it,” as well as a “generation before our eyes, and trick effects complete with of younger theatergoers who have heard the fantastical illusions and pyrotechnic stunts. The chandelier weighs a full ton and contains over soundtrack but haven’t seen the show, and are six thousand beads. Stunning original costumes captivated by the story, the beauty, and the power of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s music. The response designed by the late Tony-Award® winner, Maria that I’ve gotten from all of them is that they love Björnson, are made up of 1,200 separate pieces.

Twenty tractor-trailers move the show from city this production.”

It’s a dynamic approach to a musical to city, making this Phantom one of the largest classic whose legendary compositions – among Broadway productions now touring in North them, “Think of Me,” The Music of the Night,” America. and “All I Ask of You” – feature some of the It all adds up to what producer Sir Cameron most beautiful melodies in Broadway history.

Mackintosh describes as a “visual feast” of the

“Our goal,” explains Associate kind audiences will not see anywhere else.

Director Seth Sklar-Heyn, “is to give audiences “Whilst the show in its original splendor is something that lives up to the memory of the still running on Broadway and in London,” the

original, and then surpasses all expectations.”

Mackintosh smiles when describing Andrew Lloyd Webber’s reaction: “When Andrew saw this production, he said, ‘I always thought you were just going to do a touring show,’ and I said, ‘I am doing a touring show, but it’s a first-class touring show.’ The new orchestrations, which are very similar to the original, have tremendous scale.

And Tony-Award® winner Paule Constable, who did the lighting and also worked on my Les Miz

now on Broadway, is one of the greatest lighting designers in the world. It all feels as fresh as it’s ever been.”

More than just a visual feast, The Phantom of the Opera, with its enduring music, story, and stagecraft, is a banquet for all the senses.

“That’s what I think going to the theater is all about,” affirms Mackintosh. “I hope it turns the audience on to come back, again and again; and, with this Phantom, they will.”

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September 20th, 2014 • 8pm The Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale

Celebrate the arrival autumn with the Ft. Lauderdale Gay Men’s Chorus at a special concert: Fall Follies, a fun evening of performances by chorus members and talented guests. Join us for some amazing cabaret-style entertainment!

Tickets are $40 Premium Seating and $25 General Admission.

You can RSVP by visiting theftlgmc.org or by calling 954.832.0060.

Funding for this organization is provided in part by the Broward County Commissioners as recommended by the Broward Cultural Council.

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For updated information on our concerts, events or joining our chorus, please visit our website www.theftlgmc.org or call 954.832.0060.

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Palm Beach County Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers & Steve Winwood Sept. 20 at 7 p.m. at the Cruzan Amphitheatre, 601 Sansbury Way #7 in West Palm Beach. The all-American band is joined by British musician, Steve Winwood.

Tickets $50 to $2,559. Call 561-795-8883 or visit CruzanAmphitheatre.net.

Luke Bryan Sept. 27 at 7 p.m. at the Cruzan Amphitheatre, 601 Sansbury Way #7 in West Palm Beach. The young country heartthrob shares the stage with Lee Brice and Cole Swindell. Tickets $95 to $12,485. Call 561-7958883 or visit CruzanAmphitheatre.net.

Andrew Kennedy Oct. 9 at 8 p.m. at the Delray Center for the Performing Arts, 51 Swinton Ave. in Delray Beach. The half British, half Colombian comedian will have you laughing in both English and Spanish.Tickets $20. Call 561-2437922 or visit DelrayCenterfortheArts.org.

Mame Oct. 9 to 26 at the Lake Worth Playhouse, in Lake Worth. The wealthy Mame Dennis’s cushy lifestyle is in for a change when the son of her late brother comes to live with her during the Depression. Tickets $29 to $35 with dinner packages available. Call 561-586-6410 or visit LakeWorthPlayhouse.org.

Our Town Oct. 10 to Nov. 9 at Palm Beach Dramaworks, 201 Clematis St. in West Palm Beach. Based on the novel, the ordinary day-to-day lives of Grover’s Corners’ residents are the focus of this play. Tickets $62. Call 561-514-4042 or visit PalmBeachDramaworks.com.

The Charlie Daniels Band Oct. 11 at 8 p.m. at the Kravis Center, 701 Okeechobee Blvd. in West Palm Beach. Iconic for their song “The Devil Went Down to Georgia,” the southern rock band has many other songs in its repertoire. Tickets $15 to $95. Call 561-832-7469 or visit Kravis.org.

Jason Aldean, Florida Georgia Line and Tyler Farr Oct. 18 at 7 p.m. at the Cruzan Amphitheatre, 601 Sansbury Way #7 in West Palm Beach. Get out your country gear for a night of southern fun a la “Cruise.” Tickets $63 to $1,101. Call 561-795-8883 or visit CruzanAmphitheatre. net.

Last Comic Standing Live Tour Nov. 2 at 8 p.m. at the Kravis Center, 701 Okeechobee Blvd. in West Palm Beach. The

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Girls Night: The Musical Nov. 6 to 8 at 8 p.m. at the Delray Center for the Performing Arts, 51 Swinton Ave. in Delray Beach. Follow five friends through a night of partying during a well-needed girls night out. Tickets $40. Call 561-243-7922 or visit DelrayCenterfortheArts.org.

The Last Comic Standing Live Tour will be at the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach on Nov. 2 at 8 p.m.

Diavolo Nov. 7 at 8 p.m. Tickets $15 to $95. at the Kravis Center, 701 Okeechobee Blvd. in West Palm Beach. A performance seamlessly bringing together gymnastics, dance, and martial arts. Tickets $25 to $45. Call 561-8327469 or visit Kravis.org.

DakhaBrakha Nov. 9 at 7:30 p.m. at the Kravis Center, 701 Okeechobee Blvd. in West Palm Beach. The quartet hailing from Kiev perform traditional Ukrainian music with influences from India, Russia, the Middle East, Australia, and Africa.

Tickets $28 and up. Call 561-832-7469 or visit Kravis.org.

Don McLean and Judy Collins Nov. 9 at 8 p.m. at the Kravis Center, 701 Okeechobee Blvd. in West Palm Beach.

Together, the “American Pie” crooner and the piano prodigy make for an unforgettable night. Tickets $25 and up. Call 561-832-7469 or visit Kravis.org.

Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella Nov. 11 to 16 at the Kravis Center, 701 Okeechobee Blvd. in West Palm Beach. The Broadway giants bring the fairy tale to the theater. Call 561-832-7469 or visit Kravis.org.

Tom McTiernan Nov. 13 at 8 p.m. Delray Center for the Performing Arts, 51 Swinton Ave. in Delray Beach. One of the cleanest comedians in the business, he has performed in clubs across the country. Tickets $20. Call 561-243-7922 or visit DelrayCenterfortheArts.org.

Scottish comedian brings his humor to American stages. Tickets $35. Call 561-8327469 or visit Kravis.org.

The Orchid City Brass Band Nov. 16 at 7 p.m. at the Kravis Center, 701 Okeechobee Blvd. in West Palm Beach. Come see South Florida’s only British style brass band. Tickets $15. Call 561-832-7469 or visit Kravis.org.

Russian State Symphony Orchestra Nov. 18 at 19 at the Kravis Center, 701 Okeechobee Blvd. in West Palm Beach. The Russian musicians performs compositions by classical music’s greatest composers, including Mozart, Tchaikovsky, and Rachmaninoff. Call 561-832-7469 or visit Kravis.org.

Dave Mason’s Traffic Jam Nov. 19 at 8 p.m. at the Kravis Center, 701 Okeechobee Blvd. in West Palm Beach. The member of Traffic performs the band’s hits.

Tickets $20 and up. Call 561-832-7469 or visit Kravis.org.

Casting Crowns Nov. 15 at the Cruzan Amphitheatre, 601 Sansbury Way #7 in West Palm Beach. The Christian band is partnering with World Vision. Tickets $62 to $676. Call 561-795-8883 or visit CruzanAmphitheatre.net.

Atlantic City Boys Nov. 21 to 21 at the Delray Center for the Performing Arts, 51 Swinton Ave. in Delray Beach. The quartet perform hits from ‘60s groups like The Beach Boys, The Drifters, and of course Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.

Tickets $45. Call 561-243-7922 or visit DelrayCenterfortheArts.org.

Danny Bhoy in “Dear Epson” Nov. 15 to 17 at the Kravis Center, 701 Okeechobee Blvd. in West Palm Beach. The

Romeo and Juliet Nov. 21 to 23 at the Kravis Center, 701 Okeechobee Blvd. in West Palm Beach. The

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tragic story of star-crossed lovers is performed by the Miami City Ballet to Prokofiev’s score.

Tickets $20 and up. Call 561-832-7469 or visit Kravis.org.

The Hot Sardines Nov. 23 at 7:30 p.m. at the Kravis Center, 701 Okeechobee Blvd. in West Palm Beach. The French and American band will reinvigorate the audience’s love for the music of ‘20, ‘30s and ‘40s. Tickets $30. Call 561-832-7469 or visit Kravis.org.

So You Think You Can Dance?

Nov. 26 at 8 p.m. at the Kravis Center, 701 Okeechobee Blvd. in West Palm Beach. The top 10 finalists of the TV show stop in Miami on their national tour. Tickets $30 and up. Call 561-832-7469 or visit Kravis.org.

David Koz & Friends Christmas Tour 2014 Nov. 30 at 8 p.m. at the Kravis Center, 701 Okeechobee Blvd. in West Palm Beach. Get into the Christmas spirit with Koz and his musical guests, Jonathan Butler, Christopher Cross, and Maysa. Tickets $20 and up. Call 561-832-7469 or visit Kravis.org.

Free Friday Concerts Fridays at 7:30 p.m. at the Delray Beach Center for the Arts, 51 N. Swinton Ave. in Delray Beach. Enjoy live music from the comfort of your picnic blanket or lawn chair every week, for free! Call 561-243-7922 or visit DelrayArts.org.

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Roberto Carlos Sept. 19 at 8 p.m. at the AmericanAirlines Arena, 601 Biscayne Blvd. in Miami. For more than 50 years the Brazilian singer has covered all topics from romance and love to saving the environment. Tickets $75.60 to $148.65. Call 786-777-1000 or visit AAArena.com

CIRC X Sept. 20 and 21 at the Fillmore Miami Beach, 1700 Washington Ave. in Miami Beach.

The troupe of performers includes circus entertainers, dancers, and other eclectic artists. Tickets $19. Call 305-673-7300 or visit FillmoreMB.com.

Mothers and Sons Sept. 20 to Oct. 19 at GableStage at the Biltmore, 1200 Anastasia Ave. in Coral Gables.

A woman makes a surprise visit to New York at the home of her late son’s partner -- who is now married to another man and has a child. Tickets $40 to $55. Call 304-445-1119 or visit GableStage. org.

Life is a Song -- Yisel Duque Sept. 26 at 8:30 p.m. at the Fillmore Miami Beach, 1700 Washington Ave. in Miami Beach.

The Miami musician will be performing backstage. Tickets $47 to $65.50. Call 305-6737300 or visit FillmoreMB.com.

Timeless Serenade Sept. 27 at 7:30 p.m. at the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center, 3385 NE 188th St. in Aventura.

Soprano Bles Chavez-Bernstein performs arias

by Mozart, Dvorak, Lehar, American musicals, and Filipino art songs. Tickets $35. Call 305-4668002 or visit AventuraCenter.org.

Pitingo Sept. 27 at 8 p.m. at the Fillmore Miami Beach, 1700 Washington Ave. in Miami Beach. The Spanish singer was highly influenced by the flamenco music around him growing up, turning into his own style mixed with Latino soul.

Tickets $95 to $149. Call 305-673-7300 or visit FillmoreMB.com.

Belle & Sebastian Sept. 28 at 8 p.m. at the Fillmore Miami Beach, 1700 Washington Ave. in Miami Beach. Luke Temple opens for the British indie pop band.

Tickets $44.50 to $58. Call 305-673-7300 or visit FillmoreMB.com.

David Gray Sept. 30 at 8 p.m. at the Fillmore Miami Beach, 1700 Washington Ave. in Miami Beach. For years the crooner has enchanted his listeners, including with hits like “This Year’s Love.”

Tickets $46.50 to $71. Call 305-673-7300 or visit FillmoreMB.com.

I Love Lucy Sept. 30 to Oct. 5 at the Adrienne Arsht Center, 1300 Biscayne Blvd. in Miami. The audience is taken back to 1952 as the studio audience at Desilu Productions for a new show starring a whacky red head. Tickets $26 to $89. Call 305949-6722 or visit ArshtCenter.org.

Leopoldo Betancourt Oct. 2 at 8 p.m. at the Fillmore Miami Beach, 1700 Washington Ave. in Miami Beach.

Acclaimed pianist hailing from Venezuela.

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Marc Anthony Oct. 3 and 4 at the AmericanAirlines Arena, 601 Biscayne Blvd. in Miami. The winner of 10 Latin Billboard Awards, Anthony has in Miami for two nights due to popular demand. Tickets $79.20 to $215.80. Call 786-777-1000 or visit AAArena.com CHVRCHES Oct. 5 at 8:30 p.m. at the Fillmore Miami Beach, 1700 Washington Ave. in Miami Beach. Tickets $40.50 to $44.50. Fans will be dancing along to the beats of the Scottish electronic band. Call 305-673-7300 or visit FillmoreMB.com.

St. Vincent Oct. 6 at 8 p.m. at the Fillmore Miami Beach, 1700 Washington Ave. in Miami Beach. The eclectic singer-songwriter brings her art pop to Miami. Tickets $37.50 to $47. Call 305-673-7300 or visit FillmoreMB.com.

The Australian Pink Floyd Show Oct. 7 at 8 p.m. at 8 p.m. at the Fillmore Miami Beach, 1700 Washington Ave. in Miami Beach.

The tribute band plays the best from the Pink Floyd in a show that’ll have you wondering if they’re the real thing! Tickets $65. Call 305-6737300 or visit FillmoreMB.com.

Rodrigo y Gabriela Oct. 8 at 8 p.m. at the Fillmore Miami Beach, 1700 Washington Ave. in Miami Beach. The duo perform in support of the 9 Dead Alive US tour. Tickets $59.50. Call 305-673-7300 or visit FillmoreMB.com.

Peter and the Starcatcher Oct. 9 to 26 at the Adrienne Arsht Center, 1300 Biscayne Blvd. in Miami. Twelve actors take on the roles of more than 100 characters and scenery pieces in the story of how Peter Pan became the boy who never grew up. Tickets $45.

Call 305-949-6722 or visit ArshtCenter.org.

Gov’t Mule Oct. 10 at 8:30 p.m. at the Fillmore Miami Beach, 1700 Washington Ave. in Miami Beach.

For 20 years, the band has been playing Southern rock jam for its fans. Tickets $49 to $60.50. Call 305-673-7300 or visit FillmoreMB.com.

The Choreographers Ball Oct. 11 at 7 p.m. at the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center, 3385 NE 188th St. in Aventura. An annual tribute to the area’s best choreographers, dancers, and performing arts companies.

Tickets $20 to $50. Call 305-466-8002 or visit AventuraCenter.org.

Lyle Lovett and His Acoustic Group Oct. 16 at 8 p.m. at the Adrienne Arsht Center, 1300 Biscayne Blvd. in Miami. As a singer, composer and actor, Lovett is a triple threat on the stage. Tickets $39 to $95. Call 305-949-6722 or visit ArshtCenter.org.

Foster the People Oct. 16 at 8 p.m. at the Fillmore Miami Beach, 1700 Washington Ave. in Miami Beach. The band that brought you “Pumped Up Kicks” performs after an opening set by Soko. Tickets $50 to $61.50. Call 305-673-7300 or visit FillmoreMB. com

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Romeo & Juliet Oct. 17 to 19 at the Adrienne Arsht Center, 1300 Biscayne Blvd. in Miami. The tragic story of star-crossed lovers is performed by the Miami City Ballet to Prokofiev’s score. Tickets $20 to $97. Call 305-949-6722 or visit ArshtCenter.org.

find out it will threaten their lives they way they know it. Tickets $45. Call 305-949-6722 or visit ArshtCenter.org.

Brand New Oct. 25 at 8:30 p.m. at the Fillmore Miami Beach, 1700 Washington Ave. in Miami Beach.

The band is on tour after releasing their last album five years ago. Tickets $39.50 to $50. Call 305-673-7300 or visit FillmoreMB.com.

Angel of Music: A Salute to Andrew Lloyd Webber Nov. 8 at 8 p.m. at the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center, 3385 NE 188th St. in Aventura. Glory Crampton and Franc D’Ambrosio, who played Christine and The Phantom in “The Phantom of the Opera,” perform music by Lloyd Webber.

Tickets $45 to $49. Call 305-466-8002 or visit AventuraCenter.org.

Batsheva Oct. 25 and 26 at 8 p.m. at the Adrienne Arsht Center, 1300 Biscayne Blvd. in Miami. The Israeli dance company performs contemporary pieces with music from around the world. Tickets $25 to $90. Call 305-949-6722 or visit ArshtCenter. org.

Emmylou Harris Nov. 9 at 8 p.m. at the Adrienne Arsht Center, 1300 Biscayne Blvd. in Miami. Inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2008, Harris has performed for more than 40 years and produced more than 25 albums. Tickets $29 to $125. Call 305-949-6722 or visit ArshtCenter.org.

Enrique Iglesias and Pitbull Oct. 26 at 7:40 p.m. at the AmericanAirlines Arena, 601 Biscayne Blvd. in Miami. The rapper and singer are back on tour together again, performing their duos and solo hits. Tickets $43.80 to $201.95. Call 786-777-1000 or visit AAArena.com

Bobby Collins: Mellowing with Age… “on the inside” Nov. 14 at 8 p.m. at the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center, 3385 NE 188th St. in Aventura.

A part of the Aventura Comedy Series, Collins performs bits on his stage observations and characterizations. Tickets $39.50 to $44.50. Call 305-466-8002 or visit AventuraCenter.org.

Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella Oct. 28 to Nov. 2 at the Adrienne Arsht Center, 1300 Biscayne Blvd. in Miami. The Broadway giants bring the fairy tale to the theater.

Tickets $26 to $96. Call 305-949-6722 or visit ArshtCenter.org.

New World Dance Ensemble Oct. 29 at 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. at the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center, 3385 NE 188th St. in Aventura. High school and college dancers from the esteemed conservatory perform ballet, modern and hip hop. Tickets $12. Call 305-4668002 or visit AventuraCenter.org.

Patrick Bruel Oct. 30 at 8 p.m. at the Fillmore Miami Beach, 1700 Washington Ave. in Miami Beach. The French singer is also an actor -- and professional poker player! Tickets $52 to $101.50. Call 305673-7300 or visit FillmoreMB.com.

Baauer and Boys Noize Nov. 1 at 9 p.m. at the Fillmore Miami Beach, 1700 Washington Ave. in Miami Beach. The DJ behind “The Harlem Shake” is joined by Boys Noize for a night of EDM. Tickets $40.50. Call 305-673-7300 or visit FillmoreMB.com.

Jason Derulo Nov. 2 at 8 p.m. at the Fillmore Miami Beach, 1700 Washington Ave. in Miami Beach. The RnB and hip hop singer is known for his hits “In My Head”, “Whatcha Say,” “Talk Dirty,” “Wiggle” and more. Tickets $49.50 to $62.50. Call 305-6737300 or visit FillmoreMB.com.

Ballet Nacional de Espana Nov. 6 to 9 at the Adrienne Arsht Center, 1300 Biscayne Blvd. in Miami. The dance company performs “Sorolla,” showcasing the many dance styles and music of Spain. Tickets $25 to $90.

Call 305-949-6722 or visit ArshtCenter.org.

Detroit Nov. 6 to 23 at the Adrienne Arsht Center, 1300 Biscayne Blvd. in Miami. A couple gets to know the new neighbors next door, soon to

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Green Porno Nov. 15 at 8 p.m. at the Fillmore Miami Beach, 1700 Washington Ave. in Miami Beach.

The Sundance film about animal sex goes on stage. Tickets $61.50 to $126.50. Call 305-6737300 or visit FillmoreMB.com.

San Francisco Symphony Nov. 22 at the Adrienne Arsht Center, 1300 Biscayne Blvd. in Miami. Michael Tilson Thomas returns to his role as music director in this performance of Liszt, Prokofiev, Samuel Carl Adams, and Ravel. Call 305-949-6722 or visit ArshtCenter.org.

So You Think You Can Dance?

Nov. 28 at 8 p.m. at the Adrienne Arsht Center, 1300 Biscayne Blvd. in Miami. The top 10 finalists of the TV show stop in Miami on their national tour. Tickets $29 to $365. Call 305-949-6722 or visit ArshtCenter.org.

Marvel Universe Live!

Nov. 28 to 30 at the AmericanAirlines Arena, 601 Biscayne Blvd. in Miami. The superheroes of Marvel have enjoyed a resurgence on the screen, and now they’re here for a live show with special effects, pyrotechnics, aerial stunts, and other impressive feats. Tickets $28.80 to $208.50. Call 786-777-1000 or visit AAArena.com PAMM Outdoor Music Series Third Thursdays at the Perez Art Museum Miami, 101 W. Flagler St. in Miami. Come out for live music from DJs and musicians by the bay. Drink specials available. Free with museum admission. Call 305-375-3000 or visit PAMM.org.

The Big Show Fridays and Saturdays at 9 p.m. at Just the Funny Theater, 3119 Coral Way in Miami.

A collection of comedy mixing the likes of improvisation and sketches. Tickets $12. Call 305-693-8669 or visit JustTheFunny.com.

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Gardens Galore From West Palm Beach to Key West here’s a look at some extraordinary gardens throughout South Florida. From sculptures and Japanese tea houses to rainforests and jungles South Florida gardens Mounts Botanical Garden, 559 North Military Trail in West Palm Beach Mounts Botanical Garden is Palm Beach County’s oldest and largest public garden. It includes 14 acres of landscaped gardens that should give visitors ideas of what they can accomplish in their own home exterior spaces.

The garden displays tropical and subtropical plants from six continents, including plants native to Florida, exotic trees, tropical fruit, herbs, citrus, palms and more.

Must Sees: Check out their vegetable and dooryard tropical fruit garden, shade and color Island and rose-fragrance garden.

Call 561-233-1757 or visit Mounts.org for more information.

Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens, 253 Barcelona Road in West Palm Beach The Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens consists of the Norton House and 1.7 acres of property.

It features more than 100 sculptures by Ann Weaver Norton, the second wife and widow of Ralph Hubbard Norton, an art collector and museum founder. The sculptures are displayed in the house, studio and gardens.

Must Sees: The gardens feature more than 300 species of tropical palms. One of the must see items are the Ann Norton’s Gateway sculptures.

Call 561-832-5328 or visit www.ansg.org for more information.

Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, 4000 Morikami Park Road in Delray Beach The museum features exhibition galleries, a 225-seat theater, authentic tea house with viewing gallery, library, classrooms, museum store, cafe and lakeside terrace with Japanese courtyard garden. The museum houses 5,000 Japanese art objects and artifacts, while the 200 acres that surround the two museum buildings include expansive Japanese gardens with strolling paths, tropical bonsai collection, small lakes, nature trails, pine forests and park and picnic areas.

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Must Sees: Must Sees include the museum’s many festivals including the Lantern Festival In the Spirit of Obon during which guests will personalize hand-made, paper lanterns with special messages to honor and remember their loved ones. Other festivals include New Year celebration Oshogatsu and the annual Spring festival Hatsume.

Call 561-495-0233 or visit www.morikami. org for more information.

Flamingo Gardens, 3750 S. Flamingo Road in Davie This 60-acre botanical gardens and wildlife sanctuary features thousands of rare, exotic and native plants, as well as alligators, bobcats, otters, flamingos and over 70 native species of birds. They feature native and exotic plants living among Florida’s largest collection of “Champion” trees. They are also a sanctuary for injured non-releasable Florida Wildlife.

Must Sees. Some of the must-sees include a free-flight Aviary with over 40 species of Florida wading birds, the Florida panther habitat, the Flamingo pond, river otters and the Florida Bobcats.

Call 954-473-2955 or visit www. flamingogardens.org for more information.

Bonnet House, 900 N. Birch Road in Fort Lauderdale Bonnet House (named for the bonnet lily that grows in the slough) was designed by American artist Frederic Clay Bartlett and began construction in 1920. Bonnet House remains much as it was in the 1930s and 1940s, when Frederic and his wife Evelyn created the unique blend of art and whimsy that delights us today.

Must Sees: Bonnet House hosts an annual series of outdoor music concerts, an Orchid, Garden & Gourmet Food Festival, provides exhibition opportunities for artists, and displays examples of the artwork of Mr. and Mrs. Bartlett.

Ad. Call 954-703-2614 or visit www. bonnethouse.org for more information.

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are as varied as they are spectacular. Take a trip to Japan at the Morikami Museum in Delray or to Hawaii at The Kampong of the National Tropical Botanical Garden in Coconut Grove.

Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, 10901 Old Cutler Road Coral Gables, in Coral Gables Fairchild includes 83 acres and 11 lakes. The garden bills itself as one of the world’s preeminent botanic gardens and is an international leader in tropical plant conservation. They have an extensive collection of rare tropical plants.

Must Sees: Their rainforest is a spectacular exhibit which blends native Florida species with true rainforest species. The 2-acre exhibit includes an aerial irrigation system to enhance rainfall and humidity, so visitors will have an opportunity to experience the plants and environment of the world’s dwindling rainforest ecosystems.

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The Kampong of the National Tropical Botanical Garden, 4013 S. Douglas Road in Coconut Grove The National Tropical Botanical Garden includes five gardens all located in Hawaii except for the Kampong, which is located on Biscayne Bay. The garden contains a fascinating array of tropical fruit cultivars and flowering trees. The Kampong serves as the mainland campus for the NTBG’s educational courses.

Must Sees: Their heritage collections from Southeast Asia, Central and South Americas, the Caribbean, and other tropical locales create a cornucopia of exotic fruit, including candle fruit, peanut butter fruit, egg fruit, cocoplums, and more than 50 varieties of mango.

Call 305-442-7169 or visit Ntbg.org for more information.

Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, 3251 S. Miami Avenue in Miami This Italian Renaissance-style villa contains antique furnishings and art dating from the 15th through the 19th century. The home is surrounded by more than 10 acres of formal gardens and fountains. The gardens are spectacular and unusual for their architectural

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features, fountains, and sculptural elements.

Must Sees: Check out their Secret Garden, which is a walled space with a raised terrace that provides views the gardens and Biscayne Bay and the Garden Mound, a large architectural feature capped with large live oaks.

Call 305-250-9133 or visit Vizcayamuseum. com for more information.

Montgomery Botanical Center, 11901 Old Cutler Road in Miami Montgomery Botanical Center is a notfor-profit botanic garden established in 1959.

The Botanical Center keeps living specimens from wild plant populations worldwide. They emphasize palms and cycads. MBC has a scientific focus and its mission is to advance science, education, conservation, and horticultural knowledge of tropical plants.

Must Sees: Montgomery Botanical Center’s collections of palms and cycads are world renowned. MBC houses the largest Microcycas calocoma in the U.S. They also has a robust collection of Syagrus, a sister group to the coconut, and many other rare cycads.

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Jungle Island, 1111 Parrot Jungle Trail in Miami Jungle Island, Miami’s premier entertainment destination, combines the beauty of Miami’s tropical landscape with a jungle full of extraordinary animals from around the globe. Today Jungle Island is a contemporary theme park, featuring extremely rare twin orangutans, the world’s largest cat, the liger, and over 300 vibrant birds, including the world’s only trained Cassowary.

Must Sees: Besides the animal life Jungle Island also features unusual flora, from the extraordinary African sausage tree to a collection of rare cycads.

Call 305-400-7000 or visit www. jungleisland.com for more information.

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