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Jerry Orbach, Prince of the City: His Way from The Fantasticks to Law and Order by John Anthony Gilvey. Hal Leonard Corporation. Theater Shelf, a recurring feature, will review recently-rele…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:20AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Christopher Demos-Brown's creative life right now is what a watershed looks like for an emerging American playwright in the early 21st Century. Our Lady of Allapattah bows at the Caldwell Th…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:03AM[SHARE]Monday, October 31, 2011
Don and Ann Brown, who donated $2 million toward Palm Beach Dramaworks' new home, pull back the curtain on the newly-renovated marquee bearing their name Wednesday. Workers are cleaning …
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 12:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, October 30, 2011
Post-show talk back bull sessions between actors and audiences have become a popular way to engage jazzed-up crowds after a performance and cement a relationship between the theater and its …
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:01AM[SHARE]Friday, October 28, 2011
Famed South Florida theater producer Zev Buffman will become president and CEO of Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater in January, the performing arts center announced last week. Buffman, one of t…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:17PM[SHARE]Thursday, October 27, 2011
Alliance Theatre Lab had to postpone its first musical, [title of show] slated for next month when two cast members dropped out. But the good news is they are substituting Kenneth Lonergan's…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 08:13PM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 26, 2011
This droll, tuneful and thoroughly winning burlesque bears little resemblance to the New York corpse whose sole virtue was comic genius Nathan Lane in the lead as Gomez.Taking the show for t…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Doors slam, identities are mistaken and laughter ensues in the classic farce Lend Me a Tenor now getting a delightful production at Broward Stage Door Theater in Coral Springs.
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 02:06PM[SHARE]Monday, October 24, 2011
This paean to hedonism doesn't need a critic's affirmation. It is exactly what it wants to be: big, silly, mindless, nose-thumbing, irreverent fun.
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:44AM[SHARE]The Caldwell Theatre Company has replaced two of its previously announced shows. The first to go is that perennial favorite mixing drama and comedy, the ever-popular TBA. (They never seem to…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 12:06AM[SHARE]Sunday, October 23, 2011
After the Revolution is a smooth, polished, persuasive production -- well acted acted and directed -- that is intellectually stimulating, but the playwright's witty repartee undercuts the em…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:54AM[SHARE]Saturday, October 22, 2011
Thrill Me isn't an easy undertaking, but the verdict is more than clear; Rising Action Theater's production is must-see thrilling.
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 04:05PM[SHARE] It's been a while since we've seen local theater icon Iris Acker on stage except on On Stage With Iris Acker on her BECON TV theater interview program. So it's an occasion worth remar…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 03:57PM[SHARE]Theater lovers trying to avoid the little monsters haunting the neighborhood on Halloween have an option. AirPlayz, a company dedicated to the art of radio drama produced by 2Watts Productio…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 03:55PM[SHARE]So theater is dead? Don't tell the newest kid on the block, the Outré Theatre Company, a regional troupe that describes itself as "unconventional, outrageous and out of the ordinary." The c…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 03:53PM[SHARE]Friday, October 21, 2011
Although she just turned 25, Jackie Rivera s best known locally for a procession of pugnacious characters negotiating late adolescence, but now she has the linchpin role as Emma, the idealis…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:22AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 20, 2011
Mitzi's Abortion probably won't change anyone's stance on a woman's right to choose, but this production is worth seeing.
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:42AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 19, 2011
By Bill Hirschman There is something inexplicably hilarious about people struggling to master the high technology of operating an automobile. One of the funniest comedy routines of the secon…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:26AM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 18, 2011
The idealized nuclear family is nowhere to be seen here, but playwright A. Rey Pamatmat has put in its place as strong and supportive a family unit as it is bizarre in this quirky productio…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:20AM[SHARE]Monday, October 17, 2011
The tragedy of this lavish, ebullient production of Hairspray is how the muddy, uneven, out of balance, sloppy sound on opening night fatally sabotaged the energy, enthusiasm, theatrical sk…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:06AM[SHARE]Sunday, October 16, 2011
By Mary Damiano It's like every traditional wedding you've ever attended. There are family conflicts. There is inappropriate behavior. There's dancing (Hokey Pokey, anyone?) There ar…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:12AM[SHARE]Friday, October 14, 2011
The University of Miami and the Arsht Center deliver a unique and mostly convincing rendition of this tale of parental oppression and carnal repression.
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 02:34PM[SHARE]Thursday, October 13, 2011
Even the marquee will also be revamped in the next three weeks/ Photos by Bill Hirschman By Bill Hirschman Even with a month of work remaining before the gala opening on 11/11/11, Palm Beach…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:23AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 12, 2011
By Bill Hirschman Even with a month of work remaining before the gala opening on 11/11/11, Palm Beach Dramaworks' new home in the transmogrified Cuillo Center is breathtaking. It's a vision …
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:29AM[SHARE]Monday, October 10, 2011
By Bill Hirschman It's all about synergistic partnerships. The production of The House of Bernarda Alba opening Thursday in Miami is a fusion between The University of Miami and the Arsht Ce…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, October 9, 2011
West Coast author Misha Berson got it right when she observes that West Side Story's place in world-wide popular culture exceeds that of a mere musical.
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 02:42PM[SHARE]Friday, October 7, 2011
In this edition, we talk with Ken Clement (currently Senex in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at Broward Stage Door). Besides explaining how he avoids a wardrobe malfunction, …
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 08:49AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Rain " A Tribute to the Beatles invokes the right alchemy of sounds that summon a hazy kaleidoscope of personalized memories for Boomers .If the group isn't electrifying or transporting, it …
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