New Theatre’s Ricky J. Martinez debuts the second play in his ‘Island Trilogy’

An imagination-fueled British hit has a young man’s male and female lovers squaring off.

At dinner-party-like ‘atelier nights,’ Copperbox chef Gabriela Machado is wowing diners with her artful food

Theatrical magic and artful puppetry power the Royal National Theatre’s award-winning production.

The Dranoff event showcases duo pianists and student poets at the Arsht Center.

Despite common threads, the stories of two tragic teens don’t mesh in the new AAPACT production.

Playwright and journalist Janet Langhart Cohen, wife of former defense secretary William S. Cohen, imagines a meeting between Anne Frank (Zasha Shary) and Emmett Till (Shawn Burgess) in ‘Anne & Emmett.’ The African American Performing Arts Community Theatre is presenting the memory play about the two famous teen victims of hatred and prejudice at the African Heritage Cultural Arts Center, 6161 NW 22nd Ave., Miami, through May 12. Performances are 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday. Regular tickets are $20 ($25 for Saturday’s opening performance; $15 for first weekend Friday and Sunday performances). Call 305-456-0287 or visit www.aapact.com.

The actor brings dimension and depth to a fearful guy in Miami Beach Stage Door’s production.

James Sherman’s Beau Jest is well-suited — maybe ideal — for the core audience at Stage Door Theatre in Coral Springs.

Matthew Korinko soars as the mad, vengeful barber in Stephen Sondheim’s challenging musical.

Though well-acted, Evan Smith’s comedy doesn’t pay off for Zoetic Stage.

The touring production at the Broward Center fails to invigorate a not-so-hot musical.

Avi Hoffman climbs a mountain of a text in Outré Theatre’s production.

The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts is raising the curtain on its 2013-2014 Theater Up Close programming, partnering again with Miami’s Zoetic Stage, the House Theatre of Chicago and the University of Miami for an eclectic season — including a pair of world premieres — in the center’s Carnival Studio Theatre.

Six strong singers power a collection of classics, though history is barely addressed.

Three divas on a bus take a back seat to costumes at Miami’s Arsht Center.

Palm Beach Dramaworks gives its audiences an accessible Eugene Ionesco play.

GableStage, Zoetic Stage honored for plays during 37th annual ceremony.

Disco divas journey through the Outback in wild costumes in a Broadway musical at the Arsht

Producer Maxine Tulloch aims reality TV cameras at diverse South Florida women.

Five nominated for Carbonells get their looks together for South Florida’s ‘Theater Prom’

Amy Herzog’s observant play gets a funny, poignant production at GableStage.

Betsy Graver and Cliff Burgess shine in a simple, fine production at the Theatre at Arts Garage.

Writer-actor Tom Dugan revisits the life’s work of ‘the Jewish James Bond.’

Island City and Empire Stage join forces in a well-acted, complicated play by Annie Baker.

Six versatile performers deliver the work of the man who got Mame and Dolly singing.

David Michael Sirois’ hit is a funny, knowing look at siblings who won’t grow up.

A resonant made-in-Manhattan musical hits all the right notes in diverse South Florida.

With ‘Sin sangre,’ the company is bringing a dark revenge tale to the Colony Theatre.

Growing up is hard to do for brothers Kevin and Brad Beckett, the roomies at the center of David Michael Sirois’ darkly hilarious ‘Brothers Beckett.’ A smash when it premiered at Alliance Theatre Lab in 2011, the Carbonell Award-nominated play is being showcased at the Carnival Studio Theater in the Arsht Center through March 24. Gabe Hammad, left, plays Kevin Beckett, Sirois his bro Brad. Mark Della Ventura returns as the brothers’ pal Doug, with Ashley Price as Kevin’s girlfriend and Julie Daniels as a germaphobic meteorologist. Performances are 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday, 4 p.m. Sunday at the Arsht, 1300 Biscayne Blvd., Miami. Tickets are $35. Call 305-949-6722 or visit www.arshtcenter.org.