Four productions opening this week bring the work of very different voices to South Florida educational stages.
South Broward High School alumnus Colin Healy and his band The Republik will play as students perform his new work Anthem: The Musical, based on the 1938 novella by Ayn Rand. The musical, about the loss of individuality in a repressive, futuristic society gets two performances at 7 p.m. Wednesday and Friday. South Broward High is at 1901 N. Federal Hwy. in Hollywood. Tickets are $5 in advance, $10 at the door. Call 754-323-1875 for tickets and information.
On Thursday, Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit brings its witty comedy to the stage of Florida International University's Wertheim Performing Arts Center, 10910 SW 117th St., Miami. Michael Yawney directs the play about a man, his second wife and the ghost of wife No. 1, who inconveniently moves in with the couple after a séance. Performances run through Nov. 15, with shows at 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $10 for students, seniors, faculty and staff, $12 for everyone else. For tickets, call 305-348-0496 or visit the FIU web site.
On Friday, Florida Atlantic University opens its production of Horton Foote's Talking Pictures. Danielle Bailey and Sam Sherburne are featured in the play about the residents of a rooming house, including a woman who makes her living playing piano at silent movies in the little town of Harrison, Texas, circa 1929.
Performances of the work by the late Pulitzer Prize winner are in the Studio One Theatre on FAU's campus at 777 Glades Rd., Boca Raton. Performances are at 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, through Nov. 15 (additional matinee Nov. 14). Tickets are $15. For information, call 1-800-564-9539 or visit the university's events web site.
In conjunction with the Miami Book Fair International, the Spanish-language Prometeo Theatre professional training program is presenting Chéjov vs. Chéjov, a sampling of Anton Chekhov's one-act plays with biographical anecdotes mixed in. Jacqueline Briceño directs the production, which features Jimmy Garcia, Katia Pineda and other actors from Prometeo's program.
Performances are 8 p.m. Sunday-Tuesday and Thursday-Friday in Prometeo's theater on Miami Dade College's Wolfson campus, 300 NE Second Ave., Miami. Tickets are $10. The performances are in Spanish, but English supertitles are provided. Call 305-237-3262 or visit Prometeo's web site.
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