FIM CALENDAR

South

Boca Raton • Coral Gables • The Keys

Ft. Lauderdale • Miami • Miami Beach

Jan. 1-21: Pirates Mutiny. This live touring production from Spain features a unique blend of human circus and pantomime featuring world-class acrobats, dancers and specialty acts from around the world. Bicentennial Park, Downtown Miami. 888/568-8469

Jan. 1-28: Romance. David Mamet's courtroom comedy gleefully lampoons everyone from lawyers and judges, to Arabs and Jews, to gays and chiropractors. GableStage, Biltmore Hotel, Coral Gables. 305/446-1116

Jan. 1 - Feb. 11: Steel Magnolias. Penned by Robert Harling, this semi-autobiographical play lets us in on the lives of women in Chinquapin, Louisiana who discuss just about everything at Truvy's Beauty Spot. Caldwell Theatre, Boca Raton.
877/245-7432

Jan. 2-7: Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life. One of Broadway's diva performers, Chita Rivera stars in a dazzling musical that celebrates her astonishing career. Carnival Center for the Performing Arts, Miami. 305/949-6722

Jan. 4-6: Flexion. Combining stilt acrobatics with hanging, falling and flying, this performance is part dance, part theater and part aerial circus. Plaza for the Arts, Carnival Center, Miami. 305/949-6722

Jan. 5-7: Orchestra Series:
The Poetry of Music. Michael Tilson Thomas leads the New World Symphony through Ravel's Valses Nobles et Sentimentales, Mahler's Songs for Baritone and Orchestra, Debussy's Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun and La Mer. Lincoln Theatre, Miami Beach. 305/673-3331

Jan. 8 - Feb. 11: Sin Full Heaven. Ricky J. Martinez's gothic drama tells of an overbearing tyrant and the adult daughter he confines to his vast sugarcane plantation until a housemaid's mariner son visits and changes their lives. New Theatre, Coral Gables. 305/443-5909

East

Delray Beach • Ft. Pierce • Lake Worth
Melbourne • Palm Beach • West Palm Beach

Jan. 3-4, 7: Aida. Elton John and Tim Rice's musical tells of the love triangle between Aida, a Nubian princess stolen from her country, Amneris, an Egyptian princess, and Radames, the soldier they both love. Jan. 3-4 at King Center, Melbourne. 321/242-2219. Jan. 7 at Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, West Palm Beach. 561/832-7469

Jan. 5 - Feb. 4: Trying. Joanna Glass's play is set in 1967 when internationally known Francis Biddle, a former attorney general under FDR and chief judge of the Nuremberg trials, is trying to put his life in order. Palm Beach Dramaworks, West Palm Beach. 561/514-4042

Jan. 9-13: Tom Wopat. The popular TV actor of Dukes of Hazzard, and Broadway performer sings from his various albums. The Royal Room at The Colony Hotel, Palm Beach. 561/655-5430

Jan. 9-14: Movin' Out. This Tony Award winning musical features 24 Billy Joel classics and choreography by Twyla Tharp as it tells the story of five life-long friends over two turbulent decades. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, West Palm Beach. 561/832-7469

Jan. 9, 23: Flagler Museum Music Series. Chamber music performances by internationally acclaimed musicians. Flagler Museum, Palm Beach. 561/655-2833

Jan. 10: Tosca. Puccini's well-known opera tells the passionate melodrama of Tosca, a heroic opera singer, Cavaradossi, a young and romantic painter, and Scarpia, the treacherous yet refined police chief. Performed by the Bulgarian State Opera. King Center, Melbourne. 321/242-2219

Jan. 11: Linda Eder. With her enchanting voice and unique style, Linda Eder sings songs from her latest album, By Myself: The Songs of Judy Garland. Riverside Theatre, Vero Beach. 772/231-5860

West

Clearwater • Ft Myers • Naples
Sarasota • St. Petersburg • Tampa

Jan. 1-4: The Plexiglas Slipper. Cinderella's story takes on a comedic twist in this fresh adaptation of the fairytale. Music by Scott Warrender. Book and lyrics by Jim Luigs. Asolo Repertory at the Mertz Theatre, Sarasota. 941/351-8000

Jan. 1 - March 7: Amadeus. Peter Shaffer's play is set amidst the opulence of 18th Century Vienna and tells the life story of the country's most famous composer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Asolo Repertory at the Mertz Theatre, Sarasota. 941/351-8000

Jan. 1 - March 8: Men of Tortuga. Jason Wells weaves a tale of conspiracy in his play about three businessmen who scheme with a weapons specialist to eliminate a member of the "opposition." Asolo Repertory at the Mertz Theatre, Sarasota. 941/351-8000

Jan. 2-7, 9-14: Sweet Charity. 80s movie icon Molly Ringwald stars in this musical about the unluckiest romantic in New York City. Jan. 2-7 at Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater. Jan. 9-14 at Philharmonic Center for the Arts, Naples. 239/297-1900
Jan. 5, 8: Arturo Sandoval In Concert. The Florida Orchestra presents the master trumpeter. Jan. 5 at Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center. 813/229-7827.
Jan. 8 at Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater. 727/791-7400

Jan. 5-27: Nobody Don't Like Yogi. Thomas Lysaght's one-person plays stars David S. Howard as Yogi Berra reflecting on his baseball career. Asolo Repertory Theater, Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota. 941/351-8000

Jan. 10-13: Solid Gold. Conductor Dirk Oliver Meyer leads the Florida West Coast Symphony through Hogey Carmichael's Star Dust and the theme from the film Exodus. Holley Hall, Sarasota. 941/953-3434

Jan. 10 - Feb. 3: Mixed Emotions. Written by Richard Baer, this play focuses on two golden agers who fall in love and must decide whether to stay together or move apart. Sugden Community Theatre, Naples. 239/263-7990

Jan. 13: Chris Botti. A charismatic trumpet player, Chris Botti is considered one of contemporary jazz's greatest talents. Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater. 727/791-7400

Central

Daytona Beach • DeLand • Lake Wales
Orlando • Winter Park

Jan. 1-14: Disney's The Lion King. As un-Disney as Disney gets, this production by Julie Taymor with a score by Elton John and Tim Rice tells of a young lion and the role he must assume in the circle of life. Carr Performing Arts Centre, Orlando. 800/448-6322

Jan. 16: Rod Stewart: Live 2007 North American Tour. This tour will celebrate Rod Stewart's recent return to his rock roots with his album Still The Same... Great Rock Classics of Our Time, and will feature all the classic hits from his more than three-decade career. TD Waterhouse Centre, Orlando. 407/849-2020

Jan. 20: The Big Band Sound of Davis Gaines. The Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra performs songs from Sinatra to Count Basie with vocalist Davis Gaines. Carr Performing Arts Centre, Orlando. 407/896-6700

Jan. 20: Ensemble Chaconne. The Bach Society of Winter Park presents this performance of music from the Renaissance and Baroque eras, including Shakespearean music. Tiedtke Concert Hall, Winter Park. 407/646-2182

Jan. 25 - Feb. 25: Talley's Folly. Written by Leonard Wilson, this play set in 1944 tells of the courtship of two unlikely lovers. Mad Cow Theatre, Orlando. 407/297-8788

Jan. 26: Garrick Ohlsson.
The Bach Society of Winter Park presents the mater pianist who
will perform an all-Beethoven program. Tiedtke Concert Hall, Winter Park. 407/646-2182

Jan. 27: John Mayer. Rock's soulful singer and guitar player performs songs from his latest album, Continuum. TD Waterhouse Centre, Orlando. 407/849-2020

North

Gainesville • Jacksonville • Pensacola
St. Augustine • Tallahassee

Jan. 5-6: Aida. With a score by Elton John and Tim Rice, this musical tells the story of a Nubian princess stolen from her country, an Egyptian princess and the soldier they both love. Phillips Center, Gainesville. 352/392-2787

Jan. 6: The Devil, The Emperor and The Bear. Pianist Sa Chen joins the Jacksonville Symphony to perform Ginastera's Overture to the Creole Faust, Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor, and Shostakovich's Symphony No. 6. Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts, Jacksonville. 904/354-5547

Jan. 11: The Marriage of Figaro. The Bulgarian State Opera performs Mozart's comic opera about characters who ensnare themselves in a web of mistaken identities. Phillips Center, Gainesville. 352/392-2787

Jan. 11-13, 28-20: Avalon Hills Trilogy. Written by Don Goodrum, this play follows three men as they look back on the highs and lows of their lives. Pensacola Little Theatre. 850/434-0257

Jan. 12: How Suite It Is! Michael Butterman leads the Jacksonville Symphony through Debussy's Petite Suite, Bach's Suite No. 2, Tchaikovsky's Suite No. 4, Mozartiana, and Bizet's Carmen: Suite No. 1. Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts, Jacksonville. 904/354-5547

Jan. 12 - Feb. 4: The Smell of the Kill. Michele Lowe's deliciously wicked play tells of three unhappy wives whose husbands mistakenly lock themselves in a basement meat locker. What will the wives do? Hippodrome State Theatre, Gainesville. 352/375-4477

Jan. 13: Rod Stewart: Live 2007 North American Tour. This tour will celebrate Rod Stewart's recent return to his rock roots with his album Still The Same... Great Rock Classics of Our Time, and will feature all the classic hits from his more than three-decade career. Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena. 904/353-3309

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