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This article focuses on announcement of 28th Annual Carbonell Award nominations for the year 2003. The nomination committee considers productions from three South Florida areas: Miami-Dade, Palm Beach, and Broward counties. Sixteen different theatre companies from the three counties received nominations, from 34 separate productions. Every year the Committee has a special award for "Best New Work" which is given to the playwright, be it a straight play or a musical. This year's New Work category was dominated by Nilo Cruz's "Anna in the Tropics," which had its world premiere last fall at The New Theatre in Coral Gables and has since gone on to win this year's Pulitzer Prize and the American Theatre Critics Association's Steinberg New Play Award.

Presents theatrical productions in Florida as of March 2002. 'The Play About the Baby,' by Edward Albee; 'Proof,' by David Auburn; 'Thomas Makes It to the Top of the World,' by Peter Parnell.

Presents news updates on issues related to theatrical plays and companies in Florida as of April 21, 2000. Production of `Shear Madness' at the Broward Performing Art Center's Amaturo Theatre; Production of `This Is Our Youth' by Coral Gables; Season lineup of the Coconut Grove Playhouse.

Features the stage plays performed at some theaters in Florida. `Steel Pier,' at Actors' Playhouse; `Of Mice and Men,' at GableStage.

Discusses highlights of the Seventh Annual Key West Theatre Festival 1998 in Florida. Highlights of the festival; Several productions presented; Problems during the festival.

Focuses on the City Theatre's `Summer Short Festival,' on June 4 through 28, 1998 at the University of Miami's Jerry Herman Ring Theatre, Florida. Details on some selected playlettes, such as `Final Fittings,' directed by Gail Garrisan; Neena Beber's `Misreadings.'

Presents updates on theater-related issues in Florida as of August 1996. Information on the musical `Puttin' on the Ritz,' performed by Pope Theatre Company; Closure of the Acme Acting Company; Appointment of Juan Cejas as the artistic director of Florida Shakespeare Theater.

Reports on developments in the performing arts and theater communities in Florida. Includes Pope Theatre Company's world premiere of Gen LeRoy's `Not Waving'; Asolo Theatre Company's musical adaptation of the classic novel `Jane Eyre'; Florida Studio Theatre's readings of `Gail Warnings.'

Focuses on the 1995-96 theater season in Florida. PACE Theatrical's Road Show series; Coconut Grove Playhouse's presentation of `Ladies in Retirement' and `Death of a Salesman.'

Reports that artistic director Joan McGillis has moved back the 1995 Key West Theatre Festival in Miami, Florida a week from previous year's events. Reduction of the number of plays to be presented; Factors that convinced McGillis to implement the changes; Process of selecting the plays; Works selected for full productions; Romulus Linney as the events' honored guest; Other events aside from the presentation of the plays.

Features the Key West Theatre Festival. Theodore Shell's `External Pressure'; Daniel DuPlanti's `Tennessee's Rose'; Julie Jensen's `Sweet Tuesday Falls'; Edwin Gilweit's Waiting for the Dough';Carbonell Award Nominations; Actors' Playhouse's grand prize winners of National Children's Theatre Festival.

Reports on several motion picture and theatrical productions in Florida. Warner Bros.' `The Specialist'; Paramount's `Drop Zone'; `The Perez Family'; Premiere of `Miss Saigon'; `Fool for Love' at the Lunatic Theatre; `Love Letters' at the Coconut Grove Playhouse; More.

Reports on theatrical developments in Florida. Winners of the 18th annual Carbonell Awards; Shores Performing Arts Theatre's musical `Chaplin'; Acme Acting company's `The Elephant Man'; The Bridge Theatre's `Under a Mantle of stars'; Caldwell Theatre's `Someone Who'll watch Over Me'; Filming of the motion picture `True Lies' in Miami.

Reports on the Key West Theatre Festival in Florida. Success of shows; Financing; Long-term objectives of the festival; Best productions; Schedules and contacts.

This article presents news briefs related to the field of theater in Florida. It is reported that Broward County-based theater group, Mosaic Theatre, now in its fifth season, has earned sellout crowds and unanimous critical praise for its initial production of the season, director Bernard Pomerance's "The Elephant Man," which closed on September 18, 2005. Meanwhile, the Public Theatre of South Florida will open its season with director Larry Kramer's drama "The Normal Heart" and follow with director Edwin Sanchez's "Barefoot Boy With Shoes On."

This article reports that with over 150 offerings, there is plenty to choose from in theatres around the state of Florida. In Miami-Dade County, the Coconut Grove Playhouse celebrates its 50th anniversary with a diversified lineup including the Florida premieres of Doug Wright's "I Am My Own Wife" and Kathleen Clark's "Southern Comforts," starring Dixie Carter and Hal Holbrook. It is also informed that the first Miami World Theater Festival will be held from October 7, 2005 to October 16, 2005 at several venues, featuring over 100 artists from Spain, Venezuela, France, Australia, Canada, and the U.S.

The article states that one of the highlights of every South Florida theater season is City Theatre's Summer Shorts Festival. The 10th annual event will be held from June 2-26, 2005 at the University of Miami's Ring Theatre in Coral Gables and from July 7-10, 2005 at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts' Amaturo Theater. The 2005 festival offers 17 short plays, including 10 world premieres, two productions from this year's Humana Festival at the Actors Theater of Louisville, and two works from October's Tribeca Theater Festival in New York.

This article presents information on theatrical activities in Florida. Joseph Adler, artistic director at GableStage, still slightly lightheaded and glowing from his company's slam-dunk at this year's Carbonell Awards, has announced his 2004-05 season. Adler hopes to get more mileage out of his second presentation, "Bug," playwright Tracy Letts' thriller about a Gulf War veteran who's convinced that the government is implanting real live bugs inside various bodies in order to control the populace. Miami's Mad Cat Theatre Company just completed an all-too-short, sold-out run of Artistic Director Paul Tei's play "Artful Dodgers."

This article presents information on winners of the GableStage's 29th annual Carbonell Awards, South Florida's theatre and arts honors, held on November 8, 2004 at Broward Center for the Performing Arts' Amaturo Theater, at Coral Gables, Florida. Five of GableStage's awards went for the theatre's inventive interpretation of Edward Albee's play "The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?" In addition to best production of a play, the show's winners were Joseph Adler for best direction, Laura Turnbull for best actress, Rich Simone for best scenic design, and Jeff Quinn for best lighting. Also posting a dramatic award for GableStage was David Kwiat, who won for best actor for his dazzling performance in "QED."

This article reports that The Hollywood Playhouse has been around for over five decades and it was with great excitement last spring that John Rodaz was appointed producing artistic director. The first production under Rodaz was Cindy Lou Johnson's intense two-character drama Brilliant Traces, which ran from May 5 to June 6. On September 9, as Rodaz was preparing to open his first production of the new season, a double bill of Tom Stoppard's "The Real Inspector Hound" and "The 15-Minute Hamlet," theatre owner Gary Posner announced the closure of the theatre and the end of Rodaz's season.

This article reports that musicals lighted the way last week as the 29th annual Carbonell Award nominations for the best in south Florida theatre were announced. The two-year-old, non-Equity Atlantis Playhouse received nine nominations for its production of "The Life." Running a close second was Boca Raton's Caldwell Several smaller venues also received Carbonell nominations, including Miami's most edgy venue, Mad Cat Theatre Company, which earned one for "Betty's Summer Vacation" and one for "Fell in Love With a Girl." Amazingly, the area's biggest company, the Coconut Grove Playhouse, was totally shut out of the nominations after managing only one last year.

Reports that director Joseph Adler has been honored for his work at the 27th Annual Carbonell Awards held at the Broward Center's Amaturo Theatre in Florida on November 18, 2002. Awards given to Adler's company; Award categories; Recipient of George Abbott Award.

Announces the nominees for the 16th Annual Carbonell Awards, which will be presented by the South Florida Critics Association on November 19, 2001 at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts. Musicals presented by the Actors' Playhouse company in Coral Gables that were nominated for the awards; Musical productions presented by Florida Stage company in Manalapan that were nominated for the awards; Number of nominations received by the Caldwell Theatre Company in Boca Raton.

Presents updates about theater in Florida as of March 23, 2001. Information on the Key West Theatre Festival; Extension on the tenure of the GableStage theater company at The Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables; Opening of the play `Karen' at the Coconut Grove Playhouse's Encore Room.

Announces that the 25th annual Carbonell Awards took place at Miami Beach's Colony Theatre in Florida on November 13, 2000. Two productions that won most of the major awards; Highlights of the event.

Focuses on the innovative comedy and drama to be presented during the ninth annual celebration of the Key West Theatre Festival on October 5-15, 2000. `Sexy & Miggs,' by Michael McKeever; `The Spirit House,' by Adam Kraar; `Good Little Girls,' by Fred Silver; `Bed and Breakfast,' by Joe Godfrey.

Highlights the 24th Annual Carbonell Awards at the Miami Beach's Colony Theatre in Miami, Florida. Direction by Barry Steinman; List of winners; Addition to the ceremony.

Provides information on the theater nominees for the 1999 Carbonell Awards in south Florida. Coral Gable's Actors' Playhouse; Boca Raton's Caldwell Theatre; Coconut Grove Playhouse in Miami; Manalapan's Florida Stage.

Presents an update on theatrical productions in Florida as of November 1997. `The Sunshine Boys' drama at the Lyceum Theatre; `Goodbye, My Friduchita' at the Coconut Grove Playhouse; Production of the drama `Chicago.'