THEATERS
Miami Artists know how to put on a show. Elaborate marquees, graceful facades, history-laden buildings, and clear acoustics and sightlines are part of the unique nature of performances at these venues. Diverse, stimulating, and of the highest quality, the city's theaters and performing arts centers give residents of Williams Island access to a myriad of opportunities to experience the color and vitality of Miami.
The Jackie Gleason Theater. Elegant, acoustically superior, and technically sound, the Jackie Gleason Theater plays host to some of the industries most popular and magnificent performances. The theater has featured such events as contemporary performances by David Copperfield, Tori Amos, Lizamine, Tracy Champan, and Tony Bennett. This state-of-the-art facility is perfect for Broadway show such as Stomp, Rent, and Les Miserables have visited the theater, as well as world-class dance such as American Ballet Theater with Rudolph Nureyev, and the Bolshoi Ballet and exquisite symphony performances by the Moscow Philharmonic, Boston Pops, and the New York Pops Orchestra. Just one minute from some of America's most dazzling beaches, and located right in the heart of Miami's historic Art Deco District, the Jackie Gleason Theater gives residents of Williams Island a ticket to the best in Broadway panache, beautiful music, and passionate dance available anywhere.
Olympia Theater at the Gusman Center for the Performing Arts. Tucked within Miami's modern architecture is a treasure built in 1926 to showcase silent movies. Today this theater is serves as a beacon of light for Florida's artists and theatergoers and is home to live performances, films and social affairs. For more information on this historic theater and its events, please click here.
The Roxy Performing Arts Center is home to the Roxy Theater Group. The Roxy Theatre Group is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that focuses on entertaining children ages 3 to 17 years old, but caters to all ages. Their programs include performing arts classes such as dance, drama and voice. Their programs are provided in an educational format of teacher / student classroom environments culminating in on-stage productions. For more information on this unique Miami treasure that seeks to promote and enrich culture in our community by launching dreams and feeding creativity and imagination, please click here.
Actors Playhouse at the Miracle Theater. Exciting performances soar from the stages of Actors' Playhouse. The beautifully and historic Miracle Theatre has been restored and is now home to a leading performing arts Company. The Actors' Playhouse produces a full season of critically acclaimed dramatic and musical theatre for adults, a children's theatre series and extensive educational programming. The mission of Actors' Playhouse is to enrich South Florida's cultural vitality with the highest quality classic and contemporary live theatre productions; to provide comprehensive education and outreach programs to multi-cultural audiences; to provide a supportive and creative work environment for Florida-based theatre professionals; to encourage the creation and production of new works for adults and children; and to maintain the historic identity of its home venue, the Miracle Theatre. For more information on the Actors Playhouse at the Miracle Theater, please click here.
GableStage at the Biltmore offers year-round programming in the historic Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables. Their programming includes contemporary main stage productions as well as educational theatre programs that include Shakespeare and the Classics. The company has won critical acclaim for its artistic excellence and has been recognized through numerous awards. For more information on GableStage, please click here.
New Theater of Coral Gables is a multi-cultural theatre that produces theater that speaks to and about a diverse contemporary audience by stimulating, provoking, challenging, and entertaining. The company embraces the voices of early and mid-career playwrights. Many talented artists would not have a forum for their work without our unflagging commitment to “new voices-new work.” They have commissioned and/or produced over fifty world premieres including Nilo Cruz's 2003 Pulitzer Prize and Steinberg award-winning play Anna in the Tropics, Steinberg and Osburn award nominated Just A Kiss by Catherine Bush, recently published works such as Clarence Darrow's Last Trial by Shirley Lauro, Elaine Romero's Barrio Hollywood, and David Caudle's Sunken Living Room. For more information on the new theater of Coral Gables, please click here.