The soul-killing inherent in the film dream factory’s deconstruction and then sanitized reconstruction of its icons has been a popular topic, from 1932’s What Price Hollywood to four ver…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 03:36PMArea Stage Company travels back to 1982 on an exploration of the sociological jungle of Manhattan as born-rich 20-somethings give birth to the Me Generation in the issues oriented drama with…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:18PMMore than $40,000 awarded to four playwrights in the Steinberg / American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award. The post Critics’ Bestows Thousands of Dollars In New Play Award first…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 02:36PMThe South Florida Cappies program honoring student achievement in high school theater and criticism, which had to present awards online last year, will return in a live gala celebration at 7…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 07:24PMNot Ready for Prime Time, a play by Miamians Erik J. Rodriguez and Charles A. Sothers, have continued working on its script about the creation and early years of Saturday Night Live, postpon…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 03:54PMThere is still a lot of life in these Cats as the Broadway Across America tour at the Broward Center still manages to charm and, oddly, seem fresh as the various lithe, limber dancer fill th…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:42PMDespite being one of the greatest musicals of all time, Guys and Dolls always poses a difficult make-or-break challenge that determines if a production is mildly entertaining or sublime. So,…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:48AMLynn Nottage’s incisive Intimate Apparel explores a dozen themes simultaneously and all viewed through the prism of race at the turn of the century. But this Palm Beach Dramaworks edition …
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:36AMYou don’t have to know that Sondheim and Webber share the same birthday to adore the broad send-up of musical comedy tropes melded with an equally wicked spoof of Shakespeare in PPTOPA's S…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 12:33PMSometimes all you want out of an evening of theater is not Lear or Seurat. But just fun. Escapist laughter-laden fun. Dovetailing with the re-opening of the Maltz Jupiter Theatre, the daffy …
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 12:12PMSome of the hottest ticket titles on Broadway right now will be within driving distance next season as the Broadway Across America tours stop off in Miami and Fort Lauderdale: Six, Hamilton,…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:54AMSlow Burn Theatre Company’s Matilda is a lesson in theater education, showing how a regional director takes a successful Broadway show and road tour and makes it his own highly entertainin…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:18AMBuckle up if you’re attending the world premiere run of Overactive Letdown at Theatre Lab as a new mother spirals out of control in a harrowing descent into madness. Crumbling under the po…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 07:48PMThe comedy-drama Ben Butler was meant to explore race relations when it was first produced in 2014. But this tale about a runaway slave seeking refuge on the cusp of the Civil War has taken…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 04:18PMTennessee Williams’ Suddenly Last Summer presents a considerable challenge for theaters to pull off with its quirky characters, its quirkier premise and its total abandonment of theatrical…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 04:36PMSome of the most skilled theater artists in the region deliver a gloriously funny and moving celebration of the work of the finest musical theater genius of the 20th and 21st Century in Zoet…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 03:07PMA sea of unmasked faces at FGO’s opening Saturday signaled South Florida theaters on the cusp of relaxing restrictions, some only for certain productions and some cautiously gingerly peer…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:12AMTime changes how we view classic works: In this edition of Rigoletto at Florida Grand Opera, the title “villain” who gets his comeuppance at the end of this revenge tragedy seems for mor…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 04:37PMNo doubt most critics will try to weave in the title or lyrics of “Let It Go” in their reviews of the Broadway Across America production of the Disney’s Frozen at the Broward Center. I…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:33PMIf you’re expecting Miami New Drama’s world premiere When Monica Met Hillary to be some D.C. spin on an Andy Cohen catfight, you’re going to be disappointed. Playwright Winter Miller, …
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:06PMYou may never view crossword puzzles the same way again after watching Jerry Mayer’s romantic, touching, and hilarious character-driven comedy, 2 Across. Fortunately, the Ft. Lauderdale-ba…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:54AMGulfshore Playhouse in Naples has used dependable artistic vision and generous patronage to defy the economic m breaking ground on a $60 million venue and being admitted to the League of Res…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 05:24PMShattering. Penetrating. Upsetting. Only a few of the adjectives elicited by Claudia Rankine's drama The White Card at GableStage, a searing if polemic evening cross-examining progressive wh…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:37AMSocial workers face tragedies in which there may be no satisfying solutions and in which the warring parties truly want “what’s best for the child.” Those dilemmas echo larger question…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 02:42PMBruce Graham’s world premiere The Duration developed at Palm Beach Dramaworks is an intellectually and emotionally powerful drama rooted deep in a post 9/11 world, but also in a timeless i…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 07:33PMMNM Theatre Company’s Sister Act, is a work that you may not have taken to the first time or two, but can surprise you when a company invests freshness, energy and skill. You see it as if …
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:12PMThe moment after the house lights go down at Actors Playhouse, there’s a percussive warmup of Latin beat and then the auditorium explodes with a blinding almost deafening assault of light,…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:06AMThe art of acting – alternately glorious and mundane – is celebrated in the Maltz Jupiter Theatre’s return to live production after 700 days with Paul Rudnick’s delightfully comical …
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 07:37PMFor the majority of white Americans, the word “colonialism” is an abstract term usually confined to college history courses. But in Layon Gray’s consciousness-expanding new drama The …
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 01:48PMBio-jukebox musicals hinges on the strength of the music and the audience’s connection. Music takes you back to where you were and who you were. The exuberant production of Ain’t Too Pro…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 01:33PMA nerdy teenager struggling with being an outsider takes a pill with a dangerous computer that advises him on dealing with high school hell in Area Stage Company's intriguing but flawed sci-…
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