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Christine Andreas The nominations for the 32nd annual Carbonell Awards, honoring the best in South Florida theater, have been announced. The awards ceremony, to be ...

C.S. Lee C.S Lee will join the cast of the Orlando Shakespeare Theater's production of Opus by Michael Hollinger, February 6-March 9. The play is being ...

Toxic Audio in Loudmouth Florida Studio Theatre has announced its line-up for its 2008 season. Kicking things off is the docu-drama

The Maxwell C. King Center for the Performing Arts in Melbourne serves up exciting fare for the whole family, including Blast! (January 3), Broadway on Ice (January 8), The Golden Dragon Acrobats (January 17), and Annie (January 20).

Games People Play

For a family-friendly circus event, try Cirque Eve, a spectacular show featuring performers from around the world (Hollywood Central Performing Arts Center, December 27-29).

Another Spiegelworld

Plenty of family entertainment can be found at The Broward Center in Ft. Lauderdale. Catch The Tweaksters on November 2, If You Give a Pig a Party on November 3, Legends of Sleepy Hollow on the sixth, the Radio City Christmas Spectacular on the eighth, and Charlotte's Web on the ninth. Also, on November 3, the Ormond Beach Performing Arts Center invites you to bring the family to WHOOPS. The physical comedy follows a trio of dim witted employees of the Worldwide Handlers Of Outgoing Packages Service. As the three find mishaps in every box, slapstick comedy abounds.

Male Order

At the Broward Center in Fort Lauderdale, there are plenty of shows for the young and the young-at-heart: On October 11, Stone Soup provides memorable musical lessons on the importance of sharing; Paul Zaloom brings the wacky science of his hit educational T.V. show, Beakman's World, to the stage in Beakman Live! (October 16); on the 20th, TheatreworksUSA presents its musical adaptation of Max and Ruby, based on the hit Nickelodeon show and the books by Rosemary Wells; the 23rd finds Mole, Rat, Badger, and Toad on many an adventure in The Wind in the Willows; and the master of adventures, Tom Sawyer, makes his way to the stage on the 24th.