Sunday, September 1, 2024
By AARON KRAUSE While summer camp is over for kids, a different kind of camp is in session for adults at Island City Stage (ICS). There, the side-splitting camp comic classic Die, Mommie, D…
SOURCE: Theatre Criticsm at 03:25PMSaturday, August 10, 2024
By AARON KRAUSE The term “collision” usually carries a negative connotation. After all, serious injuries or worse can result when people or vehicles collide. But a potentially healing co…
SOURCE: Theatre Criticsm at 06:59PMTuesday, July 23, 2024
By AARON KRAUSE “Bigger isn’t better.” So go the lyrics to a Cy Coleman and Michael Stewart song from the musical “Barnum.” At least, bigger isn’t always better. A fine example…
SOURCE: Theatre Criticsm at 11:51PMWednesday, June 5, 2024
By AARON KRAUSE If you look closely at the program for Palm Beach Dramaworks’ (PBD) polished and poignant production of the touching historical drama, Trying, you’ll notice a tilted “…
SOURCE: Theatre Criticsm at 07:16AMMonday, February 19, 2024
By AARON KRAUSE “We don’t need you to tell us about (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion). We live it,” the title character says in Christopher Demos-Brown’s riveting and vital play, T…
SOURCE: Theatre Criticsm at 08:41AMThursday, January 19, 2023
Under Cruz' direction, a strong cast helps us appreciate the power of live, in-person theater. Leading the cast is Gabriell Salgado, a recent graduate who has established himself as one of t…
SOURCE: www.miamiartzine.com at 11:25AMMonday, April 18, 2022
By AARON KRAUSE Accurately depicting Damon Runyon’s fantasy world of colorful characters can prove a tough task. In particular, a director and his or her cast must aim for broad comedy wit…
SOURCE: Theatre Criticsm at 06:20AMFriday, January 28, 2022
By AARON KRAUSE It is frigid these days at Palm Beach Dramaworks (PBD). Therefore, frostbite is a distinct possibility in a part of South Florida. But a warmth also emanates from PBD’s sta…
SOURCE: Theatre Criticsm at 01:01PMMonday, September 13, 2021
By AARON KRAUSE A story that is ripe with rich, raw, and real emotion is often a tale worth musicalizing. Certainly, Frank McCourt’s award-winning memoir, “Angela’s Ashes,” is a work…
SOURCE: Theatre Criticsm at 03:02PMTuesday, August 24, 2021
By AARON KRAUSE “Hello Broadway. Gee, you’re good to see. You look good to me,” theatrical legend George M. Cohan sings. Well, George, you sure do look and sound spry yourself, conside…
SOURCE: Theatre Criticsm at 09:55AMMonday, July 26, 2021
By AARON KRAUSE Wolf and Badger, a taut, intense drama receiving a mostly strong world premiere production at the professional Main Street Players in Miami Lakes, presents a sobering reminde…
SOURCE: Theatre Criticsm at 11:05PMSaturday, July 10, 2021
By AARON KRAUSE All Denitra Morgan wants is for her daughter, Noelle, to remain at the high school that she feels will provide the best possible education. But to the Black, working class, s…
SOURCE: Theatre Criticsm at 12:06AMWednesday, June 16, 2021
By AARON KRAUSE Young, visionary director Giancarlo Rodaz’s winning approach in Area Stage Company’s (ASC) current unorthodox, yet triumphant production of the classic musical Annie feat…
SOURCE: Theatre Criticsm at 12:04AMWednesday, June 9, 2021
By AARON KRAUSE While watching Drew Droege’s delightfully comic, single-character play, Bright Colors and Bold Patterns, one might wonder: Is the horizontally big fellow at the piece’s …
SOURCE: Theatre Criticsm at 06:29PMThursday, May 6, 2021
By AARON KRAUSE When it comes to musicals, A Bronx Tale is not one of the great ones. Still, it’s a crowd-pleasing, familiar tale populated by characters we care about. Surely, you don�…
SOURCE: Theatre Criticsm at 11:41AMThursday, April 15, 2021
By AARON KRAUSE “What are you doing to promote equality?” a black college student demands of her white professor in Eleanor Burgess’s taut, intense, timely drama The Niceties. The pro…
SOURCE: Theatre Criticsm at 11:45AMSunday, April 4, 2021
By AARON KRAUSE If you search Emily Dickinson on Google, one of the photos you’ll find is that of an austere-looking woman dressed in black. The famous poet from Amherst, Massachusetts (18…
SOURCE: Theatre Criticsm at 12:51PMTuesday, March 16, 2021
By AARON KRAUSE A problem with online theater, especially a taped production, is that performers cannot take bows. In addition, the actors cannot bask in bravos, cheers, and sustained applau…
SOURCE: Theatre Criticsm at 08:40AMSunday, December 27, 2020
Rebecca Luker, a much-praised Broadway actress and singer who earned three Tony Award nominations during her 30-year career, died on Wednesday, Dec. 23 in a Manhattan hospital. She was 59. L…
SOURCE: Theatre Criticsm at 05:26PMSaturday, October 17, 2020
By AARON KRAUSE While we still do not know when the 2020 virtual Tony Awards broadcast will take place, we at least now know the nominees. The Tony Awards’ presenters, The Broadway League …
SOURCE: Theatre Criticsm at 11:50PMWednesday, September 30, 2020
By AARON KRAUSE Certainly, six years ago, “This too shall pass” carried the same meaning as it does today. But oh, how we yearn to believe a speaker of those words in this age of COVID…
SOURCE: Theatre Criticsm at 11:07PMThursday, September 17, 2020
By AARON KRAUSE What are some “gifts” that you’ve brought to dark, anxiety-inducing times, places, or situations? Perhaps you smiled brightly while visiting a lonely, scared person for…
SOURCE: Theatre Criticsm at 05:48PMMonday, March 16, 2020
BOCA RATON, FL. — Hopefully, sooner rather than later, Coronavirus will disappear. Then, the media may choose to highlight “unsung heroes” in the battle against the virus. Specifically…
SOURCE: Theatre Criticsm at 10:43PMFriday, February 21, 2020
By AARON KRAUSE FT. LAUDERDALE — A man with much physical difficulty tries to reach the love of his life. Naturally, she seems overjoyed that hubby is approaching. And so, she cheers him o…
SOURCE: Theatre Criticsm at 05:32PMMonday, February 10, 2020
By AARON KRAUSE FT. LAUDERDALE — Whoever said “You never get a second chance to make a first impression” obviously had never heard of Phil Connors. Certainly, the quote’s originator …
SOURCE: Theatre Criticsm at 10:19AMThursday, January 23, 2020
By AARON KRAUSE MIAMI –A black mother expresses a chilling, yet valid concern in American Son, Christopher Demos-Brown’s unflinchingly honest and heartbreaking play about race, set in …
SOURCE: Theatre Criticsm at 07:37AMFriday, November 22, 2019
By AARON KRAUSE NEW YORK, N.Y. — Dorothy Michaels is unstoppable. We learned that much in the Tony Award-nominated Broadway musical adaptation of Tootsie. It is based on the popular Acad…
SOURCE: Theatre Criticsm at 10:41AMSunday, November 17, 2019
By AARON KRAUSE NEW YORK, N.Y. — If you want to hear current members of the famed musical group The Temptations perform live this year, you’re out of luck. According to https://www.song…
SOURCE: Theatre Criticsm at 09:25PMFriday, November 15, 2019
By AARON KRAUSE NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. — The wording on the Playbill at Circle in the Square Theatre does not deceive your eyes: It really does say Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! No…
SOURCE: Theatre Criticsm at 08:25AMSaturday, September 14, 2019
By AARON KRAUSE INDIANAPOLIS — Hairspray might not offer the most in-depth examination of race and racial attitudes. Nevertheless, this big-hearted, tuneful and sweet, (yet not saccharin…
SOURCE: Theatre Criticsm at 10:52AMSaturday, May 4, 2019
By AARON KRAUSE He is entering his 50th and final season as TheatreWorks Silicon Valley’s Artistic Director and has garnered many awards for his work with the Bay Area company. And to top …
SOURCE: Theatre Criticsm at 02:17AM 
