David Arisco News

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a goodnight,' so ends the traditional poem and so ended the opening night performance and festivities of the new holiday musical ANOTHER NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS at Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre.

In case the dismal economy has made you say, 'no, no, no,' to the 'ho, ho, ho' this year, Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre is providing a restoring boost of belief in holiday miracles with the heartwarming new musical, Another Night Before Christmas.

Barbara S. Stein, Executive Producing Director of the Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre, was honored among other leading industry professionals at the South Florida Theatre Festival's closing party in Fort Lauderdale on Monday.

With his hit show, The Marvelous Wonderettes, still going strong in New York and having just opened in Chicago, writer/director Roger Bean took a break this weekend to come check out the first regional production of his work here in Coral Gables at the Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre.

Audiences left the Miracle Theatre humming classic 50's and 60's tunes and still smiling from the on-stage antics of the four-girl wonder act at the Opening Night of Actors' Playhouse's production of The Marvelous Wonderettes on October 2nd.

Coral Gables is South of Broadway to South Florida theatre fans when Actors' Playhouse opens its exciting 2009-2010 season with the current New York hit musical THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES at the Miracle Theatre October 2nd. Actors' Playhouse is the first regional producing theatre company outside of New York to receive the licensing rights for this smash hit musical while it is still playing Off-Broadway.

Coral Gables is South of Broadway to South Florida theatre fans when Actors' Playhouse opens its exciting 2009-2010 season with the current New York hit musical THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES at the Miracle Theatre October 2nd. Actors' Playhouse is the first regional producing theatre company outside of New York to receive the licensing rights for this smash hit musical while it is still playing Off-Broadway.

Laughter was certainly in the air on Friday night, as was generosity at the opening of the new summer musical comedy, Married ALIVE! at Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre in downtown Coral Gables. Audiences were treated to a riotous musical about the mayhems of matrimony in the upstairs balcony theatre while Actors' Playhouse received a special gift from long-time sponsor American Express, a $20,000 check in support of the Theatre.

Laughter was certainly in the air on Friday night, as was generosity at the opening of the new summer musical comedy, Married ALIVE! at Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre in downtown Coral Gables. Audiences were treated to a riotous musical about the mayhems of matrimony in the upstairs balcony theatre while Actors' Playhouse received a special gift from long-time sponsor American Express, a $20,000 check in support of the Theatre.

The 33rd annual Carbonell Awards, South Florida's oldest and most prestigious arts honors, were bestowed in a ceremony at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in a benefit performance which raises scholarships for South Florida arts students.

At the end of last year, when the future of the Carbonell Awards seemed in doubt, the community rallied together to voice support for South Florida's oldest and most prestigious arts honors which applaud the best shows and performances in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties.

As one of the nation's senior regional arts awards, the Carbonell Awards has seen a lot of changes since its debut in 1976 with ceremonies that featured stars such as Carol Channing, Chita Rivera, Burt Reynolds, Robert Goulet and Florence Henderson, presented in hotel ballrooms, night clubs, regional theaters and performing arts centers.

At the end of last year, when the future of the Carbonell Awards seemed in doubt, the community rallied together to voice support for South Florida's oldest and most prestigious arts honors which applaud the best shows and performances in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties.

This year's red carpet season got off to a shaky start as a strike derailed the glamour in Los Angeles and New York. South Florida shows the nation how to get it right as the 32nd Annual Carbonell Award nominations were released today along with details of the awards ceremony, which is one of the most anticipated events of the theatrical season. The Carbonell Awards, sponsored by The Law Firm of Broad & Cassel, P.A., will take place Monday, April 7 at 7:30 p.m. in the Amaturo Theater of the Broward Center for the Performing Arts.