SHOW OCTOBER Nu Deco Ensemble at the Colony Debut. The city’s hippest chamber orchestra, Nu Deco Ensemble, returns with its first performance at the Colony Theatre. Joining the ensemble on stage is Beninese singer- songwriter and five-time Grammy winner Angélique Kidjo. On December 10, Nu Deco takes the stage at the Adrienne Arsht Center with Fugees member Wyclef Jean, Colombian duo Monsieur Periné appears on March 2, and multi-instrumentalist Derrick Hodge on April 28. You can also catch shows with soul-pop duo Lawrence on January 21 and rock band X Ambassadors on April 1 at the Miami Beach Bandshell. 8 p.m. Friday, October 7, and Saturday, October 8, at the Colony Theatre, 1040 Lincoln Rd., Miami Beach; nu-deco.org. Tickets cost $71.50 to $101.50. JOSE D. DURAN Mlima’s Tale. Zoetic Stage kicks off its sea- son with the South Florida premiere of Lynn Nottage’s Mlima’s Tale. Directed by Stuart Meltzer, the play tells the story of Mlima, an elephant trapped by the under- ground international ivory market. Nottage is a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning play- wright known for works like Sweat and Ru- ined. Zoetic’s season continues with the world premiere of American Rhapsody by Michael McKeever (January 12-29), the mu- sical Next to Normal (March 16-April 9), and the world premiere of Vanessa Garcia’s #Graced (May 4-21). 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oc- tober 13, through Sunday, October 30, at Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Mlima’s Tale STOPPERS Your guide to Miami’s 2022-23 art season. BY JOSE D. DURAN AND JESSE FRAGA Arts, 1300 Biscayne Blvd., Miami; 305-949- 6722; arshtcenter.org. Tickets cost $55 to $60. JOSE D. DURAN Outshine Film Festival. Revel in more than 50 critically acclaimed LGBTQ films during South Florida’s 14th-annual Outshine Film Festival. The lineup includes the highly an- ticipated God Save the Queens, a dramedy about struggling contestants from RuPaul’s Drag Race, screening at Gateway Cinemas. This year’s lineup, both in-person and on- line, makes a point to emphasize intersec- tional experiences like mental health, HIV, accessibility, polyamory, and the military. The festival wraps up at Savor Cinema with The Shiny Shrimps, a French musical that scoffs at homophobic Russian conversion camps. Thursday, October 13, through Sun- day, October 23, at various locations; 305- 751-6305; outshinefilm.com. Ticket prices vary. JESSE FRAGA “Program I: Art in Motion.” Led by artists/ directors Jennifer Kronenberg and Carlos Guerra, Dimension Dance Theatre of Miami opens its season with “Program I: Art in Motion” at the Rose and Alfred Miniaci Per- forming Arts Center in Davie. The program features the premiere of David Palmer’s “Quizás,” along with a special performance of Yanis Pikieris’ “Orchids” by the Miami Youth Ballet. Later in the season, DDTM will present its “Latin Voices” program on November 12 and its production of The Nut- cracker on December 3 and 4, both at the South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center. The company returns to Davie on April 29, 2023, for “Program II: Flavors of Spain.” 8 p.m. Saturday, October 15, at the Rose and Al- fred Miniaci Performing Arts Center, 3100 Ray Ferrero Jr. Blvd., Davie; 954-462-0222; miniacipac.com. Tickets cost $37. JOSE D. DURAN New World Symphony Season Opener. The New World Symphony takes the stage dur- ing two dazzling shows: Fanfares from Uhr- ovec, which examines American and Bohemian traditions; as well as Der Freis- chütz, a German comedic opera about a hunter who competes with the Devil in hopes of wedding his lover. The symphony celebrates its 35th anniversary with world- renown artists, including Austrian-Hungar- ian conductor Christoph Koncz and Trinidadian soprano Jeanine De Bique. 7:30 p.m. Saturday, October 15, and 2 p.m. Sunday, October 16, at New World Center, 500 17th St., Miami Beach; 305-680-5866; nws.edu. Tickets cost $40 to $120. JESSE FRAGA Pageant. LGBTQ theater company Island Romeo and Juliet 28 28 City Stage is set to host an interactive smack down for the crown during its musical com- edy, Pageant. The production throws shade at traditional beauty norms as the audience de- cides who takes home the beloved title of Miss Glamouresse. The company’s upcoming season also features John Brittain’s Rotter- dam (January 19-February 19), I Want to F@#king Tear You Apart by Morgan Gould (March 2-April 2), Stephan Kaplan’s Tracy Jones (May 18-June 18), and the commis- sioned play Springfield Pride (August 3-Sep- tember 3). Thursday, October 20, through Sunday, November 20, at Island City Stage, 2304 N. Dixie Hwy., Wilton Manors; 954-928- 9800; islandcitystage.org. Tickets cost $50. JESSE FRAGA Photo by Chris Headshots Miami City Ballet’s Romeo and Juliet. In- ternationally renowned ballet choreogra- pher John Cranko brings Shakespeare’s swooning tale of tragedy and romance to the Adrienne Arsht Center on October 21. The ballet adaptation’s classical score, writ- ten by acclaimed Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev, has remained in international de- mand since the late 1930s. This Romeo and Juliet production moves to the Broward Center on November 5. 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oc- tober 21, and Saturday, October 22, and 2 p.m. Sunday, October 23, at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, 1300 Biscayne Blvd., Miami; 305-949-6722; arshtcenter.org. 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Novem- ber 5, and 2 p.m. Sunday, November 6, at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, 201 SW Fifth Ave., Fort Lauderdale; 954-462- 0222; browardcenter.org. Tickets cost $39 to $199. JESSE FRAGA Miami Symphony Orchestra Grand Season >> pxx Opening. Get swept away by the classical sounds as Miami Symphony Orchestra kicks off its season at the Adrienne Arsht Center on October 23. Led by conductor Eduardo Marturet, the orchestra will perform Brahms’ Symphony No. 4 and John Adams’ 1986 orchestral work “Short Ride in a Fast Machine,” along with two MISO- commissioned pieces: Karen LeFrak’s Piano Concerto and Rodner Padilla’s Concerto for Electric Bass and Orchestra. The orchestra will return to the Arsht later in the season, on February 12 and May 7, and will hold several chamber music series events at its Design District headquarters on October 6, November 3, December 8, and February 16, 2023. 6 p.m. Sunday, October 23, at the >> p31 Photo courtesy of Miami City Ballet MONTH XX–MONTH XX, 2008 OCTOBER 6-12, 2022 NEW TIMES | MUSIC | CAFE | CULTURE | NIGHT+DAY | NEWS | LETTERS | CONTENTS | MIAMI NEW TIMES | MUSIC | CAFE | FILM | ART | STAGE | NIGHT+DAY | METRO | RIPTIDE | LETTERS | CONTENTS | miaminewtimes.com | browardpalmbeach.com miaminewtimes.com
