30 OctOber 5-11, 2023 miaminewtimes.com | browardpalmbeach.com New Times | music | cafe | culture | Night+Day | News | letters | coNteNts | miaminewtimes.com MIAMI NEW TIMES | MUSIC | CAFE | FILM | ART | STAGE | NIGHT+DAY | METRO | RIPTIDE | LETTERS | CONTENTS | Leaves” and “Glitter Altri/The Others.” The performance will also include a presenta- tion by the Dance Now! Youth Ensemble. 7 p.m. Sunday, November 5, at the Miami Beach Bandshell, 7275 Collins Ave., Miami Beach; dancenowmiami.org. Tickets cost $5 to $20. Sweet Goats & Blueberry Señoritas. Two of Miami’s best, Richard Blanco and Vanessa Garcia, have teamed up to write Sweet Goats & Blueberry Señoritas, the story of a Cuban- American baker named Beatriz in Maine as she tries to determine whether she should stay with the community she’s developed or reunite with her estranged mother in Miami. The play’s Miami premiere kicks off Actors’ Playhouse’s 36th season. The company’s jam- packed season continues with Legally Blonde the Musical (January 31-February 25, 2024), the revival Caroline, or Change (March 27-April 14, 2024), A Rock Sails By (May 15- June 9, 2024), and the folk-punk musical Hundred Days (July 17-August 11, 2024). Wednesday, November 8, through Sunday, De- cember 3, at Actors’ Playhouse at Miracle The- atre, 280 Miracle Mile, Coral Gables; 305-444-9293; actorsplayhouse.org. Tickets cost $40 to $100. Un Parque en mi Casa. Bilingual the- ater company Arca Images pres- ents Nilo Cruz’s Un Parque en mi Casa (A Park in My House) in Florida for the first time. The semi-au- tobiographical story is one of Cruz’s earliest produced works and will be presented in a new Spanish-language version with simultane- ous English translation. Set in 1970 Cuba, the play tells the story of five relatives of an improvised family who await the arrival of a Russian who will live with them as part of an international exchange program. The characters struggle with a life full of changes and uncertainties, a divided country, and an uncertain future. 8:30 p.m. Thursday, November 9, through Saturday, No- vember 11, and 5 p.m. Sunday, November 12, at Miami Dade County Auditorium, 2901 W. Flagler St., Miami; arcaimages.com. Tickets cost $25 to $30. “Program I: Viajes.” When it comes to con- temporary dance, few do it better than Di- mensions Dance Theatre of Miami. The company launches its season at the Dennis C. Moss Center with “Program I: Viajes.” Full of Latin flavor, this is an all-new work created for the company by Argentinian choreogra- pher Leonardo Reale that is set to the music of one of the most important Argentine tango composers, Mariano Mores. The dancers will perform Boléro, a ballet that follows the building crescendos of one of Maurice Rav- el’s most famous Spanish-inspired musical compositions, and the world-premiere com- mission of Yanis Pikieris’ Voyages. 8 p.m. Sat- urday, November 11, at Dennis C. Moss Cultural Arts Center, 10950 SW 211th St., Mi- ami; dimensionsdancemia.com. Tickets cost $25 to $45. La Traviata. Last performed by the Flor- ida Grand Opera in 2013, Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata will once again hit the stage at the Adrienne Arsht Center (November 11- 14) and the Broward Center (November 30 and December 2). Under the director of Chia Patiño, FGO’s production stars Cecilia Violetta López as Violetta Valéry, Pavel Petrov as Alfredo Germont, and Troy Cook as Giorgio Germont. The opera, sung in Italian with English and Spanish pro- jected translations, tells the story of Violetta, the most sought-after courtesan in Paris, with whom Alfredo falls in love, hoping to save her from suffering. However, Alfredo’s fa- ther, Giorgio, has other plans for his son to save the family from ruin. FGO’s season includes I Pagliacci (January 27-Feb- ruary 10, 2024) and La Bo- hème (April 6-May 4, 2024). 7 p.m. Saturday, November 11, 2 p.m. Sunday, November 12, and 8 p.m. Tuesday, November 14, at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts; 1300 Biscayne Blvd., Miami. 7:30 p.m. Thursday, November 30, and Saturday, December 2, at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, 201 SW Fifth Ave., Fort Lauderdale; fgo.org. Tickets cost $22 to $230. Small Press Fair. The Small Press Fair re- turns for an eighth edition of the two-day event highlighting local and regional artists, printmakers, booksellers, publishers, authors, poets, bookmakers, designers, and zinesters. There’ll be live demos and a larger-than-life steamroller printing event. Exhibitors from all over Florida will attend to show, sell, and exchange printed media. This year’s exhibi- tors include Jitney Books, O, Miami, Marginal Man Works, Paper City Publishing, and Radi- ator Comics. Best of all: It’s free to attend. Noon to 6 p.m. Saturday, November 11, and Sunday, November 12, at MAD Art Space, 481 S. Federal Hwy., Dania Beach; spf-ftl.com. Ad- mission is free. Miami Book Fair. From classic and vintage reads to the forefront of modern literature, the most comprehensive book fair in the U.S. returns with many of the most treasured local and international booksellers and librarians. Celebrating 40 years, the festivities will feature in-person and virtual programs, live entertainment, food vendors, book signings, readings, and educational lectures for all ages. Sunday, November 12, through Sunday, November 19, at the Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus, 300 NE Second Ave., Miami; miamibookfair.com. Ticket prices vary. Funny Girl. The recent Broadway revival of Funny Girl, the musical made famous by Bar- bra Streisand, has been getting more press, not necessarily because of what’s happening on stage, but because of all the casting drama. Even the U.S. tour hasn’t been spared from controversy, with the internet upset that Cu- ban-American actress Katerina McCrimmon was cast in the role of Fanny Brice, a Jewish vaudeville star. You can be the judge when the McCrimmon-led Funny Girl makes its way to the Broward Center. Here’s hoping “Don’t Rain on My Parade” doesn’t become a proph- ecy. The performing art center’s Broadway season also features The Book of Mormon (De- cember 12-17), Hadestown (January 9-21, 2024), Moulin Rouge! The Musical (March 5-17, 2024), Mrs. Doubtfire (April 9-21, 2024), and Clue (June 11-16, 2024). Tuesday, November 14, through Sunday, November 26, at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, 201 SW Fifth Ave., Fort Lauderdale; 954-462-0222; broward- center.org. Tickets cost $45 to $121. Florida Grand Opera’s La Traviata Florida Grand Opera photo >> p34 Plan Ahead! from p28 The characters struggle with a life full of changes and uncertainties, a divided country, and an uncertain future.
