Monday, March 31, 2014
David R. Torres, the electrical engineer, florist and entrepreneur who saw an arts venue in a deserted movie house and co-founded Broward Stage Door Theatre, died Sunday at age 54.
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:27AM[SHARE]Sunday, March 30, 2014
One advantage of Florida Grand Opera mounting a beloved classic is the audience knows when it's being done well, and the audience opening night certainly recognized the current revival of th…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:46PM[SHARE]Saturday, March 29, 2014
Plenty of laughter greets every witticism and absurdity in Palm Beach Dramaworks' production of Dividing The Estate, Horton Foote's acidic depiction of greed, jealousy and family. But throug…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 12:44PM[SHARE]Friday, March 28, 2014
Earth, fire and blood mix with resentments, loyalties, betrayals, secrets and love in M Ensemble's Brothers of the Dust. The production and performances veer from moving to stilted. But noth…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 03:08PM[SHARE]If the 38th annual Carbonell Awards honoring theatrical excellence in South Florida are considered a mirror by some, the nominations provide some interesting material for observers to chew o…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:09AM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Buried under the profligate volume and frequently unintelligible lyrics, American Idiot remains entertaining for the unflagging energy of its performance and the power of its raw material, a…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 12:09PM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 25, 2014
In addition to the two major productions still running that opened earlier this month and the four productions that opened last week, there will be 10 " count 'em 10 " productions opening th…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:02AM[SHARE]Monday, March 24, 2014
The Book of Mormon was unveiled Monday as the headliner in the 2014-2015 Kravis on Broadway season. It's joined on the schedule by Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella, Flashdance, Anything …
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:15PM[SHARE]Sunday, March 23, 2014
Slow Burn Theatre Company has once again tackled a difficult show in Chess that few if any Florida companies would attempt. And once again, it has come out the victor, at least as victorious…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 04:56PM[SHARE]Saturday, March 22, 2014
Death, drug overdose, murder, lies, hypocrisy, soulless creatures willing to do absolutely anything for greed and glamour " you really shouldn't be laughing this much or this hard. But after…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 02:22PM[SHARE]Not taking a thing away from Sondheim or anyone else who followed them, but the Maltz Jupiter Theatre's glorious production of The King and I reminds you that when it's done right, nobody ca…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:02AM[SHARE]Friday, March 21, 2014
Jews honor a direct bond with their forebears stretching across 6,000 years. That cornerstone of Passover also underlies James Sherman's The God of Isaac, enjoying an enthusiastic and effect…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:53AM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 18, 2014
A pre-holiday foray to a snow-struck Broadway delivered a master class of insights that last beyond a temporary season, whether it was Macbeth or Matilda, The Glass Menagerie or A Gentleman'…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 03:41PM[SHARE]Monday, March 17, 2014
When it came time to cast the roles of the King's children for its production of The King and I, the Maltz Jupiter Theatre did more than just a casting call. They consulted data, sent more …
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 04:30PM[SHARE]Sunday, March 16, 2014
Certainly, The Mountaintop is about Martin Luther King's place in the civil rights struggle, but the superb production at GableStage examines a more universal issue of how ever-present morta…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 01:21PM[SHARE]Sunday, March 9, 2014
Not every show is a home run. But that doesn't deprive the audience of an interesting night when talented actresses make a flawed script land as well as can be hoped. Patti Gardner and Jacqu…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 04:47PM[SHARE]Three of Broadway's most popular hits come to the Arsht Center next season through the Broadway Across Miami series: the irreverent satire The Book of Mormon, the exuberant Disney's Newsies …
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:54AM[SHARE]Saturday, March 8, 2014
A delightfully demented cast enhanced by the inventive imagination of chief jester/director David Arisco and choreographer Ron Hutchins make Actors' Playhouse's Spamalot a satisfying pleasur…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 05:11PM[SHARE]Thursday, March 6, 2014
Entirely well-acted, thoughtfully directed, in a evolved play about past loves we can't leave behind, Fighting Over Beverley by Israel Horovitz has its way way off Broadway tryout at Theatre…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:47AM[SHARE]Monday, March 3, 2014
It is wonderful to see creativity in approaching a work that isn't usually staged; the bad news is, when it doesn't come together, all of the inventiveness is lost. Such is the case with The…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 07:48PM[SHARE]Sunday, March 2, 2014
Among the reasons to see The Women's Theatre Project's Red Hot Patriot are Carbonell Award-winner Barbara Bradshaw as she holds court for 68 minutes in a one-woman show about Texas journalis…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 07:26PM[SHARE]Saturday, March 1, 2014
With its ingenious, acrobatic score, and exceptional singers who could handle both the drama and the demands, FGO's No Exit may have been a depiction of hell, but the production was hot damn…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:17AM[SHARE]Thursday, February 27, 2014
Christopher Demos-Brown is among six finalists for one of the most esteemed playwriting honors in the country, the Harold and Mimi Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association New Play Awa…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:23PM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Palm Beach Dramaworks's 2014-2015 season will continue its tradition of presenting classic American and British dramas and musicals, a few familiar, some rarely if ever done by professional …
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:20PM[SHARE]Monday, February 24, 2014
The Full Monty is one of those scruffy street mongrels that are undeniably cute and even inexplicably winning for short periods, but not a stray you want to take home. The Wick Theatre's pro…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 03:32PM[SHARE]Sunday, February 23, 2014
Jealousy, ego and unbridled schadenfreude that exist in any human being seem to be intensified among the rarefied spirits we call artists " at least that seems to be thrust of Mark Ravenhill…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 08:52AM[SHARE]Friday, February 21, 2014
All through the engrossing and ultimately wrenching second act of the Maltz Jupiter Theatre's production of Other Desert Cities, one question screamed for an answer: Where were you people in…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 01:46PM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Few Broadway shows can equal the track record of 1986's Rags: closed after four performances, rewritten, remounted, rewritten again. There are at least 10 scripts. But something about the dr…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:12PM[SHARE]Monday, February 17, 2014
A brand-new troupe, Primal Forces, is targeting a group previously left to fend for themselves: the Boomers who came of age during the political and social tumult of the 1960s and 1970s. The…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:30PM[SHARE]Saturday, February 15, 2014
Careful, he's got a gun. Nicholas Richberg is waving around a Civil War pistol and sporting an equally dangerous moustache while he sings as Booth in Zoetic Stage's Assassins. But there are …
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