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Tony
Award-winning
actress
Idina
Menzel
will
light
up
the
stage
of
Fort
Lauderdale's
Parker
Playhouse
this
Friday,
July
25.
Menzel,
who
first
gained
fame
for
her
roles
in
"Rent"
the
musical
and
movie,
and
more
recently
as
Elphaba,
the
Wicked
Witch
of
the
West,
in
"Wicked,"
won't
be
wearing
green
this
time.
The
talented
musician
will
be
performing
songs
from
her
new
CD,
"I
Stand."
Produced
by
veteran
pop
producer
Glen
Ballard,
the
songs,
all
written
by
Menzel,
pay
homage
to
her
Broadway
roots
while
venturing
into
the
pop
and
Latin
realms.
Menzel
performs
at
the
Parker
Playhouse,
707
NE
8th
St.
in
Fort
Lauderdale,
Friday,
July
25
at
8
p.m.
Tickets
are
$44
and
are
available
at
www.parkerplayhouse.org.
Around
the
Community
The
National
Gay
and
Lesbian
Task
Force
(NGLTF)
presents
the
Academy
for
Leadership
and
Action,
a
series
of
1-day
intensive
campaign
trainings,
on
Saturday,
July
26
and
Sunday,
27.
According
to
the
organization,
these
trainings
“play
a
critical
leadership
role
in
the
fight
against
Amendment
2
by
learning
how
to
recruit
a
team
of
volunteers,
talk
to
voters
and
coordinate
large-scale
actions
to
educate
Floridians
to
vote
no
on
Amendment
2.”
The
trainings
will
be
held
in
Miami.
To
register
and
for
more
information
on
the
location,
call
NGLTF
Senior
Field
Organizer
Becca
Ahuja
at
(202)
360-8327.
Speaking
of
trainings:
The
ACLU
of
South
Florida
is
holding
a
training
about
Amendment
2,
on
Tuesday,
July
29,
from
7
–
9
p.m.
Learn
all
about
why
Amendment
2
is
evil
and
why
it
must
be
destroyed.
At
the
City
Hall
Commission
Chambers
of
Wilton
Manors,
524
NE
21st
Court,
Wilton
Manors,
FL
33305.
RSVP
to
Kileen
Marshall
at
kmarshall@aclufl.org.
On
Thursday,
July
24,
Gary
Resnick
is
hosting
a
fundraising
event
for
his
bid
for
Commissioner
of
Wilton
Manors,
at
George’s
Alibi,
2266
Wilton
Drive.
As
if
you
don’t
know
where
George’s
Alibi
is.
RSVP
by
emailing
rsvp@garyresnick.com,
or
just
give
him
a
call
at
(954)
761-7496.
Speaking
of
fundraising
parties:
The
Log
Cabin
Republicans
are
hosting
a
fundraising
reception
honoring
Illeana
Ros-Lehtinen,
on
Sunday
July
27,
from
6-8
p.m.
Suggested
minimum
contribution
is
$100.
You
know
the
Republicans
like
the
big
money.
For
more
informaLeche-Vitrines
Art
Gallery
opens
its
new
summer
show,
“In
the
Mix,”
a
juried
exhibition
of
mixed-media
works
on
Saturday,
July
19.
Featured
artists
are
all
members
of
the
Broward
Art
Guild.
The
show
will
be
on
view
until
Aug.
23.
The
gallery
is
located
at
3038
N.
Federal
Hwy.
in
Fort
Lauderdale.
On
Stage
Rising
Action
Theatre
announced
its
2008-09
season
this
week.
Artistic
Director
David
Goldyn’s
Oakland
Park
company
will
mount
three
gay
themed
shows,
including
Tim
Evanicki
and
Esther
Daack’s
“Bathhouse,
the
Musical”
running
Aug.
20
–
Sept.
7;
Terrence
McNally’s
“Some
Men,”
Sept.
24
–
Nov.
2;
and
Paul
Rudnick’s
“The
Most
Fabulous
Story
Ever
Told”,
Dec.
3
–
Jan.
19.
A
fourth
production,
planned
for
November,
has
yet
to
be
finalized.
A
flexible
four-play
subscription
is
available
for
$100.
For
more
information
or
tickets,
go
to
www.risingactiontheatre.org
or
call
1-800-595-4849.
Miami’s
Arsht
Center
for
the
Performing
Arts
offers
both
hot
and
cold
shows
opening
this
week:
“Slava’s
Snow
Show,”
called
“a
cross
between
Cirque
du
Soleil
and
Blue
Man
Group,”
opens
Thursday,
July
24
in
the
Ziff
Ballet
Opera
House.
Across
the
street
in
the
Knight
Concert
Hall,
“Miami
Libre,”
featuring
local
timba
band
Tiempo
Libre,
transforms
the
space
into
a
sizzling
nightclub
with
the
hottest
dancers
north
of
Havana.
“Miami
Libre”
opens
Friday,
July
25.
Both
shows
close
on
Aug.
17.
For
more
information
or
tickets,
go
to
www.arshtcenter.org.
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