By Oline Cogdill When the John Kander/Fred Ebb musical Cabaret opened on Broadway in 1966, it was a gamechanger in its staging, tone and story. Certainly, other musicals tackled politics …
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:36PMRodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel is inarguably a beloved masterpiece musical at the Wick, but if it has been a while since you’ve seen this musical, don’t expect just a happy circus…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 07:18PMIn Pembroke Pines Theatre of the Performing Arts’ fine Deathtrap, suspense, conflict, and comedy merge irresistibly in Ira Levin’s Tony Award-winning play, -- one of the longest-running…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:48PMBy Oline H. Cogdill The immigrant experience with its promises for a new start wrapped in the frightening reality of the suspicion of strangers, the fear of the unknown and the loss of wh…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:54PMThe Affections of May playing this month by Pigs Do Fly Productions is a wonderful evening out of the house. You’ll laugh, you’ll laugh some more, and if you’re a sentimental sort, you…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:54PMBy 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 12:12AMMichel 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 commissi…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 01:48PMAny 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 08:36PMKinky 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 T…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:06PMBy 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 satisfyi…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:42PMAlmost 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 04:06PMAn 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 09:02PMBy 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 as “Not you…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:06PMSomething 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 08:54PMBy 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 06:36PMBy 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 10:18PMBy 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 mi…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:36PMBy 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 r…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:42PMGrief 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 …
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 08:36PMBy 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 05:42PMBy 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, …
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 07:18PMBy 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 pract…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:48PMBy 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, ye…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:02AMBy 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 12:02PMBy 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 …
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:48PMBy 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 …
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:48PMBy 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 sol…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:32PMBy 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 11:54PMBy 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…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:32PMBy 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 10:54PMBy 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…
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