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“Mrs. Doubtfire: The Musical,” the Broadway show based on the beloved Robin Williams movie of the same name, is caught in the crossfire of Florida's anti-drag war.

South Florida playwright Michael McKeever debuts his 36th full-length play, “American Rhapsody,” at Zoetic Stage in Miami. It begins in 1969, as the Cabot family of Lawrence, Kansas, huddles around their television to watch astronauts landing on the moon. It ends in 2032, in a country forever evolving, an America and an extended family vastly changed.

This weekend, South Florida playwright Michael McKeever will debut his 36th full-length production. 'American Rhapsody' was written for Sarasota’s Florida Studio Theatre but it will get its world premiere at Zoetic Stage in the Carnival Studio Theater at Miami’s Arsht Center.

As amusing as the play can be, “Red Speedo” by Lucas Hnath is ultimately unsettling, says theater critic Christine Dolen.

Ronnie Larsen, a multifaceted talent who writes and produces plays and musicals, sometimes acting in them and/or directing them, has created a body of work that is the definition of eclectic. From start to finish, “The Actors” - playing in Wilton Manors' The Foundry - underscores this truth about him: He’s a skilled actor-playwright with great depth.

Another bike path, another fight: Why some local businesses are opposing a trial run of an urban trail.

In a sad reminder of the pre-vaccine days of the pandemic, venues from West Palm Beach to Miami are putting concerts and shows on hold in hopes that COVID numbers improve.

The winners of the Finstrom Festival of New Work are Finding Neil Patrick Harris by Donna Hoke, The Guilt Mongers or Los Traficantes de Culpa (for those not willing to submit to the Anglicization of our people) by C. Julian Jiménez, The Equivalent of Sensation by Arianna Rose, One-Shot by Andrew Rosendorf and Baby Camp by Nandita Shenoy.

The interactive crime caper 'Art Heist' will be staged outside the Broward Center, and the audience gets to play along.

Rest in Peace Jan McArt Jan McArt, photo by Aaron Bristol Boca Raton has lost yet another icon in our community with the passing this weekend of Jan McArt, a much beloved longtime community leader and our own first lady of the theater. In her honor, we’d like to re-publish a recent profile we did of her which captures her singular spirit and very great talent. Jan McArt arrived in Boca Raton, in 1977, having established herself as a performer of international renown and uncommon dexterity...