A WORLD OF ADVENTURE COMES TO LIFE WHEN ELMO & FRIENDS LIGHT UP THE STAGE WITH SESAME STREET LIVE "123 IMAGINE": Just imagine singing and dancing with Elmo, Abby Cadabby, Big Bird and all of the favorite Sesame Street Live friends. This high-energy musical will transport audiences to far away places as Ernie captains the high seas on the "Good Ship Rubber Duckie," and Elmo dances to the rhythm of the African rainforest while Bert meets an octopus who has the blues. It's a story of adventure and fun that teaches children they can be anyone, do anything and go anywhere with the power of imagination. The magical journey begins as Sesame Street's mail carrier, Sam, stops by to deliver special postcards from far-away places. When Elmo, Abby Cadabby, Big Bird and friends wish to visit the exciting locations, Sam shares her secret as to how they can exactly do this by counting "123 Imagine." 

    Each Sesame Street live production features timeless lessons for all ages. The universal appeal of each Broadway-quality musical production continues long after preschool. Adults will appreciate the high-tech stagecraft, cleverly written script, and music easily recognized they will also enjoy sharing with their children songs such as: "I Don't Want to Live on the Moon," "She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain," and "Surfin' Safari."

    As the lights dim, and the curtain starts rising, the children squeal loud and clear as the big yellow bird takes the stage at the Broward Performing Center, from September 25 to 27, 2010. Saturday performances are at 10 a.m., 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. and Monday 10:30 a.m. For Tickets & Group Discounts, call the box office located at 201 Southwest Fifth Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, at: (954) 462-0222.  TM / (©) 2010 Sesame Workshop All Rights Reserved. Photographs courtesy of Vee Corporation.

AMERICAN HEAVY METAL BAND ROCKERS GODSMACK BRING THEIR "STRAIGHT OUT OF LINE" HITS TO HARD ROCK LIVE: Godsmack is an American heavy metal band from Lawrence, Massachusetts, formed in 1995. The band members are the founder and front man, songwriter Sully Ema, vocals, guitarist, keyboard and drums, Tony Rombola, guitarist, bassist Robbie Merrill, and Shannon Larkin, drummer and percussionist. Since its formation, Godsmack has released five studio albums, one EP, four DVDs, and one greatest hits collection. The band has had three consecutive number one albums, "Faceless," "lV," and "The Oracle," on the Billboard 200. The band has also chalked up eighteen top ten-rock radio hits, including fifteen songs in the Top Five. The band is one of the most popular heavy metal acts of the last decade, in the United States, selling more than nineteen million records and counting worldwide.

    Godsmack has had many other large tours and festivals, including its own arena tours. In the summer of 2009, Godsmack toured as support to Motley Crüe's Fest 2 tour. After the multi-platinum success of Godsmack, the band returned to the studio to record their latest, "Awake," which includes the song, "Vampires," released in October 2000, earning the band a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Single.

    Godsmack brings all of their hits to Hard Rock Live on September 28, 2010, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets, now on sale, are $45 at the box office located on State Road 7 (US 441) in Hollywood. For more information, call: (954) 327-ROCK, 1 (800) 937-0010 or Tickemaster.

THE BROWARD STAGE DOOR THEATRE PRESENTS A REVIVAL OF THE POPULAR PLAY

"STEEL MAGNOLIAS": Steel Magnolias serves up a southern slice of life that is as warm and comforting as sweet potato pie. The story revolves around Truvy's local, homey beauty salon, in Chinquapin, Louisiana, where several very different, close-knit friends, patronizing the salon, share their inner most secrets, regarding fears and love, for one another, while including the audience in their hysterical neighborhood gossip, that includes weddings, divorces, babies, funerals, and many other stories. They share everything about their lives with grace and determination, while admiring each other's perfectly, beautiful, newly groomed hair. When tragedy happens, Truvy's Salon is where they seek comfort and support to help them through their sorrow. In the play's four different scenes, these women experience birth, life, and death in each other's arms.

   Steel Magnolias is a very funny, sweet, slightly clichéd, look at the lives of six southern women who were raised to be delicate flowers, but when necessary, can handle anything with nerves of steel, grace, and naturally, well kept beautiful hair, and a sense of humor.

    This quaint and charming play opens at the Broward Stage Door Theatre September 24, and runs through November 7, 2010, in theatre 2. Performances are Wednesday at 2 p.m., Thursday at 2 p.m. & 8 p.m., Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m. & 8 p.m. & Sunday at 2 p.m. & 7 p.m. Tickets are $38 at the box office located at 8036 West Sample Road, Coral Springs. For more information, call: (954) 344-7765.

PANDEMONIUM: THE LOST & FOUND ORCHESTRA TO MAKE THEIR DEBUT IN ADRIENNE ARSHT CENTER'S ZIFF BALLET OPERA HOUSE: Pandemonium recreates every section of a symphony orchestra, using musical saws, bottles, whirley toys, and everyday objects. As a result of all this chaos, surprisingly enough, they create every section of the sounds of a symphony orchestra. The debut of Pandemonium brings adventure, imagination, and a great, delightful way to launch the Adrienne Arsht Center's Fifth Anniversary Season, one month earlier, by making it their first stop on their North American tour.

    Reworked for 2010 with a dazzling array of homemade instruments, a twenty-five member mix of veteran Stomp performers, classical musicians, physical comedians and aerialists, Pandemonium, also includes the human voice added to the mix. What begins with simple melodies becomes a symphonic adventure as Luke Cresswell serves as the on stage conductor of the fifty plus member company.

     A thirty-member choir of local singers will add the vocals, ready to take Miami by storm, at the Arsht Center from September 16th to September 26th, 2010. Tickets are $15 to $55, with special VIP seats at $75, which includes best seats plus an opportunity to meet and greet the cast, available at the box office located at 1300 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami. Performances vary with some evenings at 7 p.m., or 7:30 p.m. and others at 8 p.m. Matinees, several days at 2 p.m. For schedules and information, call: (305) 949-6722.

THE MIRAMAR CULTURAL CENTER PRESENTS A NIGHT OF SMOOTH JAZZ FEATURING NICOLE HENRY AND COMEDIAN SEAN G.: Nicole Henry has the power and grace to express her charm in each of her international performances, in which she inspires and touches the hearts of her audience. She has a beautiful, soulful voice, a captivating stage presence, and is one of the finest jazz vocalists of this decade. Nicole was honored with "Outstanding Jazz Vocalist 2010" at the 25th Annual Bistro Awards Gala held in New York City. Henry made her jazz debut in 2004 with the song "The Nearness of You," which sold more than fifteen thousand copies. Her follow-up, "Teach Me Tonight," also gained her honors. Her third song, "The Very Thought of You," marked her return to song writing.

    There's no one safe from comedy when Sean G. is in town. Sean's first shot at stardom began in high school at the age of seventeen. Sean will steal the show as he has already hit the big time. He has starred on the biggest stages and continues to hone his craft.

    Tickets are $35 to $42 now available, for this wonderful evening of jazz, at the Miramar Cultural Center/Arts Park, located at 2400 Civic Center Place, Miramar, on September 18, 2010, at 8:30 p.m. For more info, call: (954) 462-0222.