Saturday, March 9, 2024
By Oline H. Cogdill Moulin Rouge! may be the ultimate mash-up musical. This high-energy production, enjoying rousing performances though March 17 at the Broward Center for the Performing Art…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 12:12AM[SHARE]Thursday, February 29, 2024
Michel Hausmann is again creating theater away from Miami New Drama's home at the Colony Theatre. Joining forces with Miami's Rubell Museum, it premiered The Museum Plays, six commission…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 01:48PM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Any Sondhead knows there are enough books, tapes, documentaries, podcasts, scripts, speeches, interviews and websites connected to Stephen Sondheim to fill a wing of Library of Congress book…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 08:36PM[SHARE]Sunday, February 25, 2024
Kinky Boots is made of such strong stuff that it survives time...and politics. In fact, Riverside Theatre's winning cast and crew find the heart and fun in its flawless production of the Ton…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:06PM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 21, 2024
 By Britin Haller Want a good laugh, or a few dozen? Then check into the romantic comedy Plaza Suite at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre through Feb. 25. Room service has never been more satisf…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:42PM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 20, 2024
Almost 15-and-a-half years after its Broadway debut, the multi-Tony Award-winning musical, Memphis still provides a rousing good time and offers messages that keep the show as fresh as recen…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 04:06PM[SHARE]Sunday, February 18, 2024
An array of arts crossing genres, ethnicities and expectations at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts is the result of an unprecedentedly smooth integration of culture and society wh…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:02PM[SHARE]Friday, February 16, 2024
By Britin Haller Produced by Mid Life Crisis Productions, Inc., directed by Peter J. Loewy, and written by cardiothoracic surgeon John S. Anastasi, Pied À Terre is billed …
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:06PM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Something truly remarkable is offered by Area Stage Company: , a sensational immersive production of the beloved Tony and Olivier Award-winning musical, Oliver! reimagined that is experienc…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 08:54PM[SHARE]Sunday, February 11, 2024
By Mariah Reed Based on the wildly successful 1992 film, the Broadway version of Sister Act was nominated for five Tony Awards, including best musical. With music by multi-Academy, Grammy an…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:36PM[SHARE]Thursday, February 8, 2024
 By Britin Haller Omigod you guys, Legally Blonde the Musical is so much fun! The original motion picture with Reese Witherspoon is cute with a laugh or three, but likely not for everyone…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:18PM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 7, 2024
By Jan Sjostrom Something magical is happening at Theatre Lab, the new-play incubator based at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton. Deborah Zoe Laufer's play Rooted is a not-to-be miss…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:36PM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 6, 2024
  By Oline H. Cogdill On the surface, Lauren Fein would seem to be immune to the fallout of the cancel culture. She's a brilliant research scientist whose ground-breaking sickle-cell…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:42PM[SHARE]Monday, February 5, 2024
Grief in various forms is explored in Carey Grim's heartwarming play, "Morning After Grace." But so is humor. Indeed, it's the humor that gets us through grief. Along with the human touch, o…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 08:36PM[SHARE]Saturday, February 3, 2024
By Raquel V. Reyes Two Sisters and a Piano, written and directed by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Nilo Cruz, is the play we need now. It is beautifully written, well-performed, and maste…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 05:42PM[SHARE]Friday, January 26, 2024
By Aaron Krause With Anti-Semitism so widespread these days, the following line from Fiddler on the Roof feels like a particularly hard punch to the gut: "You are a decent, honest person, ev…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 07:18PM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 24, 2024
By Aaron Krause You've got to admire and respect actors: For them, gigs can be few and far between. And that means they must often work odd jobs to pay the bills, while continuing to practic…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:48PM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 23, 2024
By Mariah Reed Neil Simon's longest-running hit, Barefoot in the Park opened at the Biltmore Theatre on Broadway on October 23, 1963. It was only the second play Simon had ever written, yet …
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:02AM[SHARE]Saturday, January 20, 2024
By Oline H. Cogdill The relationship between student and teacher often goes beyond the learning experience, fraught on both sides with understanding, resentment, frustration, respect, among …
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 12:02PM[SHARE]Friday, January 19, 2024
By Oline Cogdill It's doubtful any statistics exist to back this up, but probably a week doesn't go by in which at least one professional, community or student theater somewhere isn't produc…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:48PM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 17, 2024
By Britin Haller Beautiful: The Carole King Musical is some kind of wonderful, but don't expect to groove along with the songs from her greatest hits album, because that's not what this show…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:48PM[SHARE]Sunday, January 14, 2024
By Oline H. Cogdill Family get-togethers can be fraught with underlying disagreements, resentments augmented by past histories. But in the case of the extended family in Zoetic Stage's solid…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:32PM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 10, 2024
By Oline H. Cogdill Can a musical that is on the surface highly entertaining, clicks all the buttons with strong acting, singing and dancing, with an innovative set enhanced by solid lightin…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:54PM[SHARE]Sunday, January 7, 2024
By Pam Harbaugh Add an enthusiastic audience shooting to its feet and whooping out its approval and a musical transcends into something more immediate. That's the case of Riverside Theatre's…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:32PM[SHARE]Monday, December 25, 2023
By Aaron Krause A patriotic feeling envelops you as you hear Tevye the Dairyman talk about his share of the American Dream over the strains of The Stars and Stripes Forever. After all, Tevye…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:54PM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 20, 2023
By Oline Cogdill Disney has become the master of crossover entertainment that appeals to both children and adults, especially those who can tap into their inner child. Proof positive of this…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 08:32AM[SHARE]Saturday, December 16, 2023
By Bill Hirschman Over 24 years, from its time in a compact storefront theater, Palm Beach Dramaworks has always produced a mix of classic titles, more modern works and a handful of debuts. …
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 08:54PM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 12, 2023
 By Britin Haller The Wick Theatre & Museum Club's 10th anniversary season is off to a rollicking start with Bye-Bye Birdie, a winner of four Tony Awards, including Best Musical, whe…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:42PM[SHARE]Sunday, December 10, 2023
By Oline H. Cogdill "The only thing necessary for evil to triumph in the world is that good men do nothing.'' That quote, attributed to 20th-century German philosopher Hannah Arendt and, in …
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 08:54PM[SHARE]Thursday, December 7, 2023
By Britin Haller Is there any literary character portrayed more than Ebenezer Scrooge? There are, but not many. The miserly grinch has been interpreted over many decades in myriad incarnatio…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 12:32AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 5, 2023
By Britin Haller The Maltz Jupiter Theatre's rendition of A Christmas Carol will make audiences forget previous incarnations of this holiday classic. Forget about your favorite TV or film ve…
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