Week of May 21, 2009
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THEATER Thursday 5/21 STAMP ACTNew Theatre presents Theresa Rebeck's "Mauritius," which comes to Coral Gables after its Broadway premiere. It follows half-sisters who wage war over a rare stamp collection left to them by their recently deceased mother. Ends May 24. The New Theatre, 4120 Laguna St., Coral Gables. $15-$40. Details: www.new-theatre.org. HAVANA BOURGEOIS The Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre hosts the Florida premiere of "Havana Bourgeois." The play by Carlos Lacámara explores the impact of Fidel Castro's revolution on the Cuban middle class through the eyes of the employees of a Havana advertising agency. Ends June 7. Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre, 280 Miracle Mile, Coral Gables. Details: (305) 444-9293 or www.actorsplayhouse.org. Tuesday 5/26 WINDY CITY MUSICALBroadway Across American presents a production of "Chicago." Set in prohibition-era Chicago, the musical is based on a play by Chicago Tribune reporter Maurine Dallas Watkins, who had been assigned to cover the 1924 trials of murderesses Beulah Annan and Belva Gaertner. 8 p.m. Ends May 31. Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, 1300 Biscayne Blvd., Miami. $25-$63. Details: (305) 949-6722 or www.arshtcenter.org. Thursday 5/28 ONE NIGHT, TWO OPERASThe Miami Lyric Opera will perform an act of Giacomo Puccini's "Suor Angelica" as well as Pietro Mascagni's "Cavalleria Rusticana." The first opera follows a nun who lives seven years in a convent, banished by her family for having had a child out of matrimony. In "Cavalleria Rusticana," Turiddu, a young villager, returns from military service to find that while he was gone, his fiancée, Lola, had married another man. 8 p.m. May 28 and 30. Colony Theatre, 1040 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach. Details: (305) 674-1040 or www.miamilyricopera.org.
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