It's a full season - Performing Arts Calendar 2002-2003

South Florida CEO, Sept, 2002

From theater to symphonies to ballet, South Florida's performing arts scene has it all. In fact, with so much going on, it's virtually impossible to list all the performances in a single place -- but we tried anyway. Here is SouthFloridaCEO's guide to the best and brightest in the performing arts this season. Use it to make your reservations now.

Florida Grand Opera

Miami Performances at Miami-Dade County Auditorium

Ft. Lauderdale Performances at Broward Center for the Performing Arts

Pletro Mascagni & Ruggero Leoncavallo's

Cavalleria rusticana & Pagliacci

Miami

November 20, 23, 24, 26, 29

Ft. Lauderdale

December 13, 14

Richard Strauss's

Salome

Miami

January 8, 11, 14, 17, 19

Ft. Lauderdale

January 23, 25

Mozart's

The Pretended Garden Girl

Miami

February 12, 15, 18, 21, 23

Ft. Lauderdale

February 27, March 1

Mozart's

The Marriage of Figaro

Miami

March 12, 15, 18, 21, 23

Ft. Lauderdale

March 27, 28, 29

Puccini's

La boheme

Miami

April 15, 19, 22, 25, 27

Ft. Lauderdale

May 1, 3

Information and tickets: 1.800.741.1010 or www.fgo.org

Gold Coast Opera

Bailey Concert Hall, Boca Raton Puccini's

Tosca

November 17

Johann Strauss's

Die Fledermaus

TBA

Gilbert & Sullivan's

The Mikado

TBA

Coral Springs Center for the Performing Arts

Puccini's

Tosca

November 24

Johann Strauss's

Die Fledermaus

February 9

Gilbert & Sullivan's

The Mikado

April 6

Eissey Campus Theatre

Palm Beach

Puccini's

Tosca

November 26

Johann Strauss's

Die Fledermaus

February 14

Gilbert & Sullivan's

The Mikado

April 11

Olympic Heights Auditorium, Boca Raton

Piccini's

Tosca

November 19, 20

Johann Strauss's

Die Fledermaus

February 11, 12

Gilbert & Sullivan's

The Mikado

April 8, 9

Information and tickets: 954.475.6578 or www.goldcoastopera.org

Kravis Center for the Performing Arts

West Palm Beach

Stanislavsky Opera Company's

La boheme

November 24

The Russian State Opera's

Tosca

February 3

Information and tickets: 1.800.572.8471 or www.kravis.org

Palm Beach Opera

Kravis Center, West Palm Beach

Mozart's

Don Giovanni

December 6-9

Gaetano Donizetti's

Lucia di Lammermoor

January 24-27

Jacques Offenbach

The Tales of Hoffman

February 21-24

Franz Lehar's

The Merry Widow

March 28-31

Information and tickets: 561.833.7888

DANCE

Miami City Ballet Program I:

Balanchine's

Bugaku

Apollo (Concert version)

Glinka Pas de Trois

Slaughter on Tenth Avenue

Program II:

Tchaikovsky's

Swan Lake Act 2

Elegie

Black Swam Pas de Deux

Theme and Variations

Program IIII:

Delibes'

Coppelia

Program IV:

Ballroom at the Ballet: The Changing Rhythms of Life

Broward Center for the Performing Arts, Fort Lauderdale

Program I January 17-19

Program II January 31-February 2

Program III March 7-9

Program IV April 11-13

Nutcracker

December 20-22

Jackie Gleason Theater, Miami Beach

Program I November 8-10

Program II January 24-26

Program III February 21-23

Program IV March 28-30

The Nutcracker

December 13-15

Kravis Center, West Palm Beach

Program I November 15-17

Program II February 14-16

Program III February 28-March 2

Program IV April 4-6

Information and tickets: 305.929.7010 or www.miamicityballet.org

Miami Light Project Gusman Center for the Performing Arts, Miami

Traditional and conpemporary African dance

Salia ni Seydou

February 1

Lucy Guerin Company's

Melt

April 5

Information and tickets: 305.576.4350 or www.miamilightproject.com

Concert Association of Florida B. Landon Dance Series

Jackie Gleason Theater, Miami Beach

Julio Boca and Ballet Argentina

November 15-16

Arthur Mitchell's Dance Theater of Harlem

February 7-9

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo

March 4

Broward Center for the Performing Arts, Fort Lauderdale

Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montreal

January 8-9

The Joffrey Ballet of Chicago

April 6-7

Information and tickets: 1.877.433.3200 ext. 301 or ww.concertfla.org

Boca Ballet Boca Raton Resort and Club 11th Annual Luncheon

A Princely Affair

October 26

Olympic Heights Performing Arts Theatre, Boca Raton

The Nutcracker

November 30-December 1

Mixed Repertory Concert

April 12-13

The Sleeping Beauty

July 26-27

Mizner Park Amphitheater, Boca Raton

Memorial Day Concert May 25

Information and tickets: 561.995.0709

Ballet Florida

Eissey Campus Theater, Palm Beach

George Balanchine's

Allegro Brillante

Vicente Nebrada's

Lento a Tempo e Apassionato

William Forsythe's

Steptext

Daniel Ezralow's

Read My Hips

October 11-13

Peter Martins'

Ash

Ben Stevenson's

Three Preludes TBA

Vicente Nebrada's

Percussion for Six Men

May 2-4

Kravis Center, West Palm Beach

Marie Hale's

The Nutcracker

December 22-28

Glen Tetley's

Sphinx

Jerome Robbins'

In the Night

Trey McIntyre's

Second Before the Ground

January 31 - February 1

Val Caniparoli's

Lady of the Camellias

March 21-22

Royal Poinciana Playhouse

Ben Stevenson's

Bartok Concerto

Ben Stevenson's

Esmerelda & End of Time

Jimmy Gamonet de los Heros'

World premiere work

April 10-13

In formation and tickets: 561.659.2000 or www.balletflorida.com

THEATER

Coconut Grove Playhouse

Musical based on the 1980 movie

Urban Cowboy

November 5-December 1

Jazz- and blues-Infused comedy, co-produced with Pasadena Playhouse, Arizona Theater Company and Paper Mill Playhouse.

Blue

December 10-29

"Shakespeare meets 'The Sopranos'", co-produced with Paper Mill Playhouse

Romeo and Bernadette

January 7 - February 2