Friday, January 10, 2014
When Fort Lauderdale playwright Tony Finstrom met Florida's First Lady of Theater Jan McArt three years ago, he felt like he had already "known her forever." She felt the same camaraderie. I…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:24PM[SHARE]Just as Shakespeare's poetry nestles surprisingly smoothly in the cadences of Caribbean characters, Tarell Alvin McCraney's vision transplanting Antony and Cleopatra to 18th Century Haiti i…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:20AM[SHARE]Thursday, January 9, 2014
There may be a lack of originality in this The Wizard of Oz with additional songs by Andrew Lloyd Webber, but how can one top perfection? This is more of a wink to the marvelous magic of the…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 04:31PM[SHARE]You know The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess at the Kravis Center is opera because you can't understand a third of the lyrics even in English; you know it's glorious opera because the swelling mus…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:42AM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 8, 2014
At a minimum, Thursday's opening of Tarell Alvin McCraney's fresh spin on Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra is a watershed event for the region. But this co-production of GableStage, the Ro…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 01:08PM[SHARE]Sunday, January 5, 2014
Mixtapes are by definition quirky, passionate, uninhibitedly self-expressive to the edge of self-indulgence, sometimes puzzling, sometimes touching, sometimes hilarious. Mad Cat Theatre Com…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 12:25PM[SHARE]Friday, January 3, 2014
There are theater companies, when planning a season, that pick a theme, but for Kutumba Theatre Project, the coincidence was kismet " or in true Kutumba fashion, plucky luck.
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:26AM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 1, 2014
If you're suffering from the holiday blues, Elf isn't going to pull you out of it. But if you can pry open your sugar-clogged aorta a smidge, this sweet peppy musical may generate a warm aft…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 05:25PM[SHARE]Friday, December 27, 2013
Like the rest of the country, South Florida theater took tentative steps forward throughout 2013, banking on the promise of a recovering economy and a durable demand for their art. Hard evid…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:33AM[SHARE]As certain as mistletoe and Auld Lang Syne are top ten lists from arts critics. These are the shows that spoke to me personally and professionally, the ones I'd want to see again.
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:29AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 24, 2013
So you think you know nearly everything about theater except why Spiderman: Will Someone Please Turn Off The Light managed to run so long? On an intermittent random basis, we will run our ex…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 05:54PM[SHARE]No cheating. Not yet. Try to answer the questions first. Yeah, you. Stop calling up Wikipedia. Come on, some of these are easy.
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 05:47PM[SHARE]Sunday, December 22, 2013
Arts Garage staged It's A Wonderful Life as part of its Radio Theatre series, which kicked off in August with the radio play adaptation of A Star Is Born. Eight actors, plus two sound effect…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 03:44PM[SHARE]Friday, December 20, 2013
So, here's a happy surprise: The revival of the empowerment musical Respect, A Musical Journey of Women at Boca Raton Theatre Guild is so superior to most of the ubiquitous second-rate revue…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 12:25PM[SHARE]The newly-opened Wick Theatre received a $250,000 donation Thursday night from Henrietta, the Countess de Hoernle, echoing a gift that she gave the former occupant of the Boca Raton facility…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 12:12AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 19, 2013
Enjoy Broward Stage Door's 9 to 5 The Musical, an undemanding cartoonish musical comedy that provides a pleasant way to pass an afternoon or evening. This production works thanks to amiable …
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 12:07PM[SHARE]Sixteen playlets, short but sweet (or tart, hilarious, profound or any of a dozen other adjectives) are the draw in New Theatre's biennial 1-Acts Festival this weekend in Miami.
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:56AM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Urban Apparel is not just a store " it is theater, the latest offering from Miami-based The Project [theatre], which specializes in "immersive theater" for its audiences.
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:38AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 17, 2013
The Miami-Dade County Commission voted to allow the mayor to negotiate away debts that remain a deal-breaking roadblock to the resurrection of the Coconut Grove Playhouse as a Jan. 15 deadli…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 01:09PM[SHARE]Monday, December 16, 2013
From Door to Door, James Sherman's generational play at West Boca Theatre Company, that's a mix of past and present is a brilliant paean to family life, and a heartfelt portrayal of the bond…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 08:46PM[SHARE]Friday, December 13, 2013
We Will Rock You, another one of those jukebox musical mixtapes this time with the lyrics and music of megaband Queen, doesn't quite follow Queen's intended path.
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:11PM[SHARE]There is only one way to ensure that I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change, doesn't morph into a cheesy Hallmark card, In The Plaza Theatre's production of Perfect, the cast and its direct…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:17AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 12, 2013
The Miami-Dade County Commission faces a decision Tuesday that could make or break the resurrection of the historic Coconut Grove Playhouse as deadlines close in. With discussions still unde…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 12:39PM[SHARE]Wondering what to give your theater lover this holiday season " besides season tickets, of course. Our media reviewer Brad Hathaway listens to, reads and sees nearly everything, and he makes…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:48AM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Sometime after more than 400 performances, Wayne LeGette lost track of how often he had appeared in the enduring musical about relationships I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change. Whatever …
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 12:13PM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Nicky Silver's wickedly hilarious satire The Lyons about self-centered souls in the most dysfunctional family ever seen, on display at The Women's Theatre Project, hides a deeper portrait of…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:33AM[SHARE]Sunday, December 8, 2013
To summarize The Lion in Winter as a drama about a dysfunctional family is to facilely devalue this examination of just how base the human animal can be in the grip of power and ambition. D…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:58AM[SHARE]Put Actors' Playhouse production of Making God Laugh pretty much in the insightful column. Playwright Sean Grennan uses our recognition of the laughter and pain common to most familial relat…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:34AM[SHARE]Saturday, December 7, 2013
While David Sedaris' The SantaLand Diaries has its share of funny, when his script stoops low for laughs, he dashes all the other precious gifts he doles out in this very inventive one-perso…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:31AM[SHARE]Friday, December 6, 2013
The Maltz Jupiter Theatre's sumptuous and skillful production of Annie resembles that strange holiday gift that you're not quite sure how to react to. It's beautifully wrapped and artfully m…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:42AM[SHARE]Sunday, December 1, 2013
There may be 12 days of Christmas, eight days of Hannukah and seven days of Kwanzaa, but there are 31 days of theater in South Florida underscored by the coming week in which at least 10 sho…
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