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South
Boca Raton • Coral Gables • The Keys
Ft. Lauderdale • Miami • Miami Beach

Dec. 1 - Limited Engagement: 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

Dec. 1-17: Hunka Hunka Burnin' Love. A celebration of the large volume of work that made Elvis Presley a star and acclaimed musician of almost every style of music. Created by Jack Lewin, Will Friedwald and Jay Leonhart. Caldwell Theatre, Boca Raton. 561/241-7432

Dec. 1-23: The Well Appointed Room. Written by Paul Greenberg, this play tells the story of two couples in two different eras whose lives play out in the same New York apartment. Mosaic Theatre, Plantation. 954/577-8243

Dec. 2: Olivia Newton-John. The forever Sandy sings the hits of an amazing career. Carnival Center for the Performing Arts, Miami. 305/949-6722

Dec. 2: Sounds Of The Times: New Music With Meaning. The New World Symphony performs MacMillan's Tryst, Dean's Pastoral Symphony and Gruber's Frankenstein!! Lincoln Theatre, Miami Beach. 305/673-3331

Dec. 2-3: Eva. Eva Yerbabuena leads her contemporary dance company in a performance that creates richly varied portraits of women through the language of flamenco dance. Carnival Center for the Performing Arts, Miami. 305/949-6722

Dec. 5-10: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. This deliciously wicked comedy follows two con artists as they take on the lifestyles of the rich and shameless and end up with a lot more than they bargained for. Carnival Center for the Performing Arts, Miami. 305/949-6722

Dec. 7, 9: The Abduction From The Seraglio. The Florida Grand Opera performs Mozart's masterpiece about two young women held hostage on the Orient Express by Turkish captors. Broward Center for the Performing Arts, Fort Lauderdale.
800/741-1010

Dec. 8: Robert Schumann: Quintessential Romantic.
The New World Symphony performs Schumann's Overture to Genoveva, Piano Concerto and Symphony No. 2. Lincoln Theatre, Miami Beach. 305/673-3331

East

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

Dec. 1-3: Pop Go The Classics. Celebrated pianist and arranger Mac Frampton brings his six-piece ThreePenny Symphony to perform works by Bach, Chopin and other classics. Crest Theatre at Old School Square, Delray Beach. 561/243-7922

Dec. 1-3: The Nutcracker. The Miami City Ballet performs Balanchine's classic with music by Tchaikovsky. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, West Palm Beach. 561/832-7469

Dec. 1-10: Stepping Out. Richard Harris' comedy follows nine women and one man trying to conquer their inhibitions and their left feet in a seedy dance studio. Lake Worth Playhouse. 561/586-6410

Dec. 1-10: A Christmas Carol: The Musical. Charles Dickens' famous holiday story gets the musical treatment. Adapted by Allen D. Cornell. Music and lyrics by Ken Clifton. Riverside Theatre, Vero Beach. 772/231-6990

Dec. 1-2, 7-9: Marianne Challis. The sophisticated chanteuse and comedian performs an eclectic mix of musical favorites from Irving Berlin, Jule Styne, Rodgers & Hart and others. Royal Room at The Colony Hotel, Palm Beach. 561/655-5430

Dec. 3: Jesus Christ Superstar. The first masterpiece from the legendary writing team of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber dramatizes the last seven days of the life of Jesus of Nazareth. King Center for the Performing Arts, Melbourne. 321/242-2219

Dec. 8-11: Cavalleria Rusticana/I Pagliacci. Performed as a double bill, these two melodramatic one-act operas are set in rural 19th Century Italy and share the common themes of illicit affairs, infidelity, jealousy and morality. Performed by the Palm Beach Opera. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, West Palm Beach. 561/833-7888

West

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

Dec. 1-3: Charles Gounod's Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare's classic tragedy translates expertly into opera with dreamy, tender music that perfectly depicts each familiar scene. Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center. 813/229-7827

Dec. 1-3: Cirque Dreams: Jungle Fantasy. An international cast of aerialists, contortionists, strong men and balancers bring a magical jungle to life with this unpredictable circus. Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, Sarasota. 800/826-9303

Dec. 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

Dec. 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 the "opposition." Asolo Repertory at the Mertz Theatre, Sarasota. 941/351-8000
Dec. 3: Winter Fest. The Florida West Coast Symphony performs a program of chamber music that includes Handel/Roberts' Music for the Royal Fireworks, Ewazen's Trio for Bassoon, Horn and Piano, Prokofiev's Quintet, Op. 39, Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G Major, and Smetana's Piano Trio in G Minor. Holley Hall, Sarasota.
941/953-3434

Dec. 4, 5: A Scottish Christmas. Lead by virtuoso fiddler Bonnie Rideout, this multi-talented group of musicians performs a wide range or song and dance, including Scottish carols, wassail tunes and traditional hymns. Dec. 4 at Philharmonic Center for the Arts, Naples. 239/597-1900. Dec. 5 at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, Sarasota. 800/826-9303

Dec. 5-10: On Golden Pond. TV stars Tom Bosley and Michael Learned star in this new Broadway production of Ernest Thompson's family drama about a old couple that decide to spend one final summer at their Maine cottage and are interrupted by the arrival of their daughter and her fiancé's young son. Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center. 813/229-7827

Central

Daytona Beach • DeLand • Lake Wales
Orlando • Winter Park

Dec. 1-17: Present Laughter. In Noel Coward's comedy, aging matinee idol Garry Essendine's life is one long performance, and his self-indulgent existence is about to backfire on him. Mad Cow Theatre, Orlando. 407/297-8788

Dec. 1-24: Every Christmas Story Ever Told. A comedic take on holiday-themed theater standards written by Michael Carleton, John Alvarez and Jim Fitzgerald. Orlando-UCF Shakespeare Festival, Lowndes Center, Orlando. 407/447-1700

Dec. 7 - Jan. 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

Dec. 9: Holiday Pops Concert. The Orlando Philharmonic performs holiday classics in the Leu's garden. Leu Gardens, Orlando. 407/246-2620

Dec. 9-10: International Music of the Holiday Season. Presented by the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park, this performance features special surprise guests performing with the Bach Festival Choir and Orchestra. Knowles Memorial Chapel, Winter Park.
407/646-2182

Dec. 14-17: The Nutcracker. The Orlando Ballet presents the holiday classic with choreography by its late artistic director, Fernando Bujones, with over 100 children from the award-winning Orlando Ballet School. Carr Performing Arts Centre, Orlando. 407/426-1733

North

Gainesville • Jacksonville • Pensacola
St. Augustine • Tallahassee

Dec. 1: Too Hot. The Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra performs Handel's Royal Fireworks Music, Falla's Ritual Fire Dance, Nielsen's Helios Overture, Kernis' Too Hot Toccata, Beethoven's Prometheus Overture and Wagner's Wotan's Farewell and Magic Fire Music. Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts, Jacksonville. 904/354-5547

Dec. 1: Delbert McClinton. Blues from Texas sets the tone for this concert from one of the genre's most prolific performers. The Florida Theatre, Jacksonville. 904/355-2787

Dec. 3: Handel's Messiah. Fabio Mechetti leads the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra through the holiday classic. Joining the Symphony will be the Jacksonville Symphony Chorus and various operatic talents. Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts, Jacksonville. 904/354-5547

Dec. 5-6: Hairspray. Based on John Waters' popular movie, this musical follows 16-year-old Tracy Turnblad as she sets out to make it onto TV's most popular dance show and win the guy of her dreams in the process. Phillips Center, Gainesville. 352/392-2787

Dec. 8-10: First Coast Nutcracker. The Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra plays Tchaikovsky's ubiquitous holiday score as the area's finest young dance corps takes the stage. Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts, Jacksonville. 904/354-5547

Dec. 12: A Stan Kenton Christmas. The Boston Brass and the All-Stars Big Band perform spirited big band renditions of such favorites as "The Twelve Days of Christmas" and "O Holy Night." Phillips Center, Gainesville. 352/392-2787

Dec. 12: Tony Bennett. An American classic, Tony Bennett will perform the jazzy standards that made him great then and now. The Florida Theatre, Jacksonville. 904/355-5661

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