Zoetic Stage, the regional theater company in residence at the Arsht Center, and multiple Carbonell Award-winning artistic director Stuart Meltzer, has three premieres and a classic musical planned for Miami-Dade audiences:

The Maltz Jupiter Theatre in north Palm Beach County is offering audiences classics of every genre, starting with Agatha Christie’s quintessential whodunnit, “Murder on the Orient Express,” Oct. 29 – Nov. 12. All aboard the exotic and mysterious Orient Express as it departs with a train full of larger-than-life suspects, each one with a motive and an alibi. This clever adaptation boasts all the glamour, intrigue and suspense with a healthy dose of humor to quicken the pace.

Pigs Do Fly Productions at Empire Stage in Fort Lauderdale showcases mature actors and speak to the issues of older audiences.

Two plays written by two of Broadway’s greatest playwrights have recently opened, both dealing with AIDS. Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s “Into the Woods” was seen as an allegory for the AIDS crisis when it debuted in 1987. Terrance McNally’s “Love! Valour! Compassion!”, which debuted on Broadway in 1994 deals with AIDS head-on as two of the characters battle the disease.