In his Arsht Center solo concert, the celebrated star offers a two-in-one musical experience.

Dancer, choreographer, and cultural pioneer Heather Maloney grew up on a farm in Virginia. And so the habits of working hard to make things grow, of waiting patiently for things to mature, come naturally to her.

Dancer, choreographer, and cultural pioneer Heather Maloney grew up on a farm in Virginia. And so the habits of working hard to make things grow, of waiting patiently for things to mature, come naturally to her.

The <span class="bold">Miami Bach Society</span> has announced that Spanish viola da gambist and conductor <span class="bold">Jordi Savall</span> and his <span class="bold">Hesperion XXI</span> chamber ensemble will headlines its 13th annual Tropical Baroque Music Festival.

There was an air of celebration to Seraphic Fire’s magnificent performance of Bach’s B Minor Mass.

Broadway’s go-to leading man, Miami’s Raúl Esparza, brings his theatrical magic to the stage of the John S. and James L. Knight Concert Hall at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts at 8 p.m. Saturday. A hometown-tailored version of his acclaimed American Songbook shows at Lincoln Center, the concert will feature Esparza (soon to star on Broadway in Leap of Faith) backed by a 16-piece orchestra as he sings the Spanish-language songs he heard growing up and the Broadway numbers that helped make him a star. Tickets are $50-$125, and the Knight Concert Hall is at 1300 Biscayne Blvd., Miami. For info, call 305-949-6722 or visit www.arshtcenter.org.

Poland’s Wroclaw Philharmonic Orchestra, which opens a 14-city U.S. tour this week with concerts in South Florida, is worth catching Friday night in Miami for as fine a performance as you’re ever likely to hear of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2. Read the review here: <a href ="http://southfloridaclassicalreview.com/2012/02/ohlsson-and-the-wroclaw-philharmonic-serve-up-inspired-chopin/" target="_blank">http://southfloridaclassicalreview.com/2012/02/ohlsson-and-the-wroclaw-philharmonic-serve-up-inspired-chopin/</a>

The watershed moment in Garrick Ohlsson’s career is often taken to be his 1970 victory in the International Frédéric Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, where he became the first American to take the gold medal. Read the story here: <a href ="http://southfloridaclassicalreview.com/2012/02/garrick-ohlsson-a-chopin-player-for-all-seasons/" target="_blank">http://southfloridaclassicalreview.com/2012/02/garrick-ohlsson-a-chopin-player-for-all-seasons/</a>

This week, students at Miami Northwestern Senior High are learning the choreography of Revelations in a workshop with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

Director Michael Leeds and an artful cast deliver a richer take on a Neil Simon classic.

Some board members, major donors and dancers are questioning the earlier-than-expected retirement of Edward Villella, artistic director of the Miami City Ballet.

Individual tickets go on sale Saturday for the May 15-June 10 Miami debut of Disney’s megahit <span class="italic">The Lion King, </span>and the <span class="bold">Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts</span> is making sure folks notice.

Robert Caisley’s new play focuses on battling, self-absorbed twins.

In his Arsht Center solo concert, the celebrated star offers a two-in-one musical experience.

Director Michael Leeds and an artful cast deliver a richer take on a Neil Simon classic.

Robert Caisley’s new play focuses on battling, self-absorbed twins.

Playwright Robert Caisley concocts a witty family feud in ‘Winter,’ which gets its New Theatre world premiere this weekend. Annemaria Rajala and Scott Douglas Wilson (center) play fraternal twins who have grave problems with their late mother’s assistant as they’re trying to arrange the funeral service. Barbara Sloan (left) and Nicole Quintana (right) are also featured in the play, which runs through Feb. 19 at the Roxy Performing Arts Center, 1645 SW 107th Ave., Miami. Performances are 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 1 p.m. Sunday (additional 5:30 p.m. shows Feb. 12 and Feb. 19). Tickets are $40 ($35 Thursday and Sunday evenings, $15 student rush tickets). Call 305-443-5909 or visit www.new-theatre.org.

Life after dark links the theater offerings of the free lineup at the Arsht Center.

In Donald Margulies’ ‘Brooklyn Boy,’ Avi Hoffman (seated at center) plays a suddenly famous novelist whose life is upended. Also featured in the cast of this inaugural show from Parade Productions are (from left) Sy Fish, Candace Caplin, Ryan Didato, Blaze Powers, Michael Gioia and Jacqueline Laggy. The moving comedy opens at 7:30 p.m. Friday at The Studio at Mizner Park, 201 Plaza Real, Second Floor, Boca Raton. Performances are 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday through Feb. 12. Tickets are $30. For info, call 561-291-9678 or visit www.paradeproductions.org.

The musical satire in west Boca Raton takes on corporate greed, politics and theater itself.

Actors’ Playhouse crafts a production that belongs among the finest in its long history.

An award-winning solo show at the Arsht reflects life in multicultural Miami.

A wife and mother struggles with bipolar disorder in the hotly anticipated Next to Normal, the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical opening this weekend at Actors’ Playhouse. Jodie Langel plays the mom, Eddy Rioseco her son in the haunting, thrilling rock musical by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey. Performances at Actors’ Playhouse, 280 Miracle Mile, Coral Gables, are at 8 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday (additional matinee this Wednesday only), through Feb. 12. Tickets are $48 Friday-Saturday, $40 other shows (10 percent senior discount and $15 student rush tickets except Saturday-Sunday). For information, call 305-444-9293 or visit www.actorsplayhouse.org.

The Peanuts gang resurfaces in a production staged by original director Arthur Whitelaw.

Dancer, choreographer, and cultural pioneer Heather Maloney grew up on a farm in Virginia. And so the habits of working hard to make things grow, of waiting patiently for things to mature, come naturally to her.

Some board members, major donors and dancers are questioning the earlier-than-expected retirement of Edward Villella, artistic director of the Miami City Ballet.

The Latin rocker ventures into new territory with his first acoustic recording, an MTV project at the New World Symphony’s concert hall

The four offerings at this year’s Here & Now Festival, Miami Light Project’s annual showcase of adventurous local performer/creators, are vivid and theatrical, if not always well-thought-out or deeply original. But helping artists develop under the spotlight of live performance is what this festival is all about.

Though Miami’s Here & Now Festival has been going for a dozen years, there’s still a sense of excitement each time it rolls around. Will another performance art star emerge? Will a charismatic dancer we’ve admired turn out to be a better choreographer than the people she’s danced with?

The mind-bending duo is about to become a regular Miami presence.

The creator-hosts of public radio’s envelope-pushing 'Radiolab' bring their live show to South Florida

AXIS, a leader in the realm of disabled dance, comes to Miami this week for workshops, a panel presentation and a performance. The San Francisco troupe, which helped upend conventional notions about who can dance, what is virtuosity and what makes a body beautiful, is being presented by Tigertail Productions’ annual DanceAble program, part of the Florida Dance Association’s Winterfest.

Miami performances by an African solo artist and an avant garde duo showed different sides of the contemporary dance spectrum.

An unforgettable performance is a bittersweet farewell to Merce Cunningham, the revolutionary master of modern dance.

Miami City Ballet showed new inspiration and life in a new ballet from a young British choreographer.