Now Playing Onstage in Fort Lauderdale - Week of 1/27/2013

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MARION GRODIN
Aventura Arts & Cultural Center
2/2-2/2/2013
Marion Grodin was born funny. How could she not have been. It's in her DNA. Of course, her father, the comedy icon, Charles Grodin passed along all his "funny", but this legacy goes way back. Marion's paternal Great Grandfather was actually a Talmudic Scholar whose students would come from very far away to hear him teach because he was so popular for his phenomenal ability to make the Torah humorous! His hilarious anecdotes were famous near and far! And then on her Mother's side, Marion's extraordinarily funny Grandmother, her "Mama" is actually one of the main characters in Marion's hysterical show, "Growing Up Grodin"...which traces how this comedy dynamo evolved into being one of the countries' funniest, warmest, most relatable comedians, working today. In the fabulous journey Marion takes her audience on in "Growing Up Grodin" we get a behind the scenes look at how growing up around such eccentric, colorful, characters, made Marion who she is today! Marion Grodin had been a Nationally Headlining Comedian for the last fifteen years. She has opened for Lewis Black, Linda Ronstadt, Robert Klein, to name just a few. She is also a favorite on the Philanthropic Circuit, performing regularly for organizations such as Gilda's Club, JCC's Nationwide, as well as having recently co-hosted the Juvenile Diabetes Annual Fundraiser alongside Mary Tyler Moore. Along with her unforgettable live performances, Marion has also appeared on The Conan O'Brien Show, The Joy Behar Show, and just made her second appearance on The View.
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Prodigies and Masters of Tomorrow - Sijing Ye in Broadway

PRODIGIES AND MASTERS OF TOMORROW - SIJING YE
Aventura Arts & Cultural Center
2/3-2/3/2013
The third of Four Classical Sundays at Five in The Aventura Cultural Series presents Prodigies & Masters of Tomorrow: Sijing Ye of China. The program is a journey into Chopin & Liszt's favorite repertoire. Sijing Ye performes Chopin's favorite Mazurkas, Waltzes, Nocturnes, Ballades , the great Sonata No. 2, plus Liszt's Rhapsodie Espagnole. Sijing Ye was discovered by Patrons of Exceptional Artists and has participated in numerous competitions in China and abroad. In December of 2005, Sijing won first prize at the 69th Steinway and Sons International Children and Youth Piano Competition -- held in Bejing, China. On June 2007, Sijing won the 2007 Academic Piano competition in the Aspen Festival and she performed a concerto with the Orchestra of the American Academy of Conducting at Aspen in July in the Benedict Music Tent. This is the third event in the intimate salon style series; this thrilling performance by prodigy Sijing Ye is not to be missed. Purchase your tickets now for this performance on Sunday, February 3, 2013.
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NO BULLIES ALLOWED!
Aventura Arts & Cultural Center
2/4-2/4/2013
At Enchanted Elementary, things haven't been so charming lately. The Big Bad Wolf is not only bullying his usual suspects, The Three Pigs and Little Red, but now he's moved on to his other classmates, Jack, Cinderella and Ugly Duckling. Flashbacks to earlier times show these characters being bullied in their own past hiSTORIES. But wait...the Wolf has HIS side of the story to tell too. Popular fairy tale characters and story lines are intergraded into anti-bullying lessons and solution-oriented messages. But how do they propose to do this over at Enchanted Elementary? They form a club.... a club called NO Bullies Allowed!
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GLOUCESTER BLUE
Arts Garage
1/25-2/13/2013
Sex, murder and mayhem in a sleepy New England seaside village; now, that's pure Chamber of Commerce! The renovation of an old Gloucester, MA harbor house is the setting for master playwright Israel Horovitz' dark comedy, the latest in his series of "Gloucester plays." As two painters apply the specific "blue" selected by the privileged lady of the house, revelations of old connections and mounting sexual tensions explode when her husband returns home to all manner of bondage, bad blood, and bedlam.
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I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change in Broadway

I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE
Broward Center for the Performing Arts
1/13-2/16/2013
The long-running off Broadway hit musical is updated for a new generation! A cast of four portrays over 20 roles in a collection of scenes and songs that scale the full spectrum of male/female relationships. From first dates, to pre-marital jitters, post-marital complaints, honeymoons, parenthood and divorces, the agony and ecstasy of relationships are celebrated with a simplicity and truthfulness that will leave you rolling in the aisles with laughter and privately wiping the tears from your eyes. Find everything you've ever wanted to know about dating, mating and marriage; husbands, wives, kids and in-laws but were afraid to ask about the trials and tribulations of dealing with the opposite sex. Parents who talk baby talk, men who talk and women who pretend to listen, infidelity and the injustice of long lines for the ladies room are just some of the issues that are hilariously skewed in Joe DiPietro's hugely successful musical review.
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WICKED
Broward Center for the Performing Arts
1/30-2/17/2013
SO MUCH HAPPENED BEFORE DOROTHY DROPPED IN. Long before that girl from Kansas arrives in Munchkinland, two girls meet in the land of Oz. One - born with emerald green skin - is smart, fiery and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very popular. How these two grow to become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good makes for "the most complete - and completely satisfying - new musical in a long time" (USA Today). On Broadway and around the world, WICKED has worked its magic on critics and audiences alike. Winner of 35 major awards, including a Grammy� and three Tony� Awards, WICKED is "Broadway's biggest blockbuster" and "the defining musical of the decade" (The New York Times).
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Hate! An American Love Story in Broadway

HATE! AN AMERICAN LOVE STORY
Miami Theater Center
1/8-2/23/2013
Christina Alexander shares stories of love in America and the country's struggle to understand or accept that different doesn't mean wrong. One actor plays eight characters who deliver 16 monologues in a multimedia work that offer varied perspectives of what and who define love in America.
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THE WHOLE CABOODLE
The Studio at Mizner Park
1/31-2/24/2013
What do Stephen Sondheim, Abe Lincoln, munchkins and ambivalent lesbians all have in common? They all get the McKeever touch in this hilariously funny collection of the award-winning playwright's most celebrated short plays. With a wicked sense of humor and razor sharp insight, The Whole Caboodle takes apart and reassembles an entire series of loveably flawed characters and pop culture icons with hilarious results.
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THE LOVE OF THREE ORANGES
Miami Theater Center
1/30-3/10/2013
Prince Tartaglia has been sick for ten years. He has tried every treatment imaginable, but nothing makes him feel better. Finally, a pair of strange doctors reveals a possible cure: laughter. The king hires a famous comedian named Truffaldino to perform at the palace, but as soon as the prince laughs, an evil witch curses him, making him wander the world feverishly searching for three mysterious oranges. A good wizard helps Tartaglia overcome several obstacles on his way to finding the oranges, and the prince returns home with much more than fruit.
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