Imagine white water rapids raging past you; now imagine the liquid is molten lava – a heedless force of nature threatening to destroy everything. Such images are the by-product of watching…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 01:16PMYou don't get any better, any more professional, any more resplendent than Riverside Theatre's production of Hello, Dolly! This production is a dazzling bouquet of theater delights.
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 01:16PMThe Maltz’s 2016 production of a 1948 classic Kiss Me Kate is a skilled homage to that post-war period of theater when everyone knew which war you were talking about. A mixture of classic …
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 12:03PMInfinite Abyss’ courageous production of Extremities opens with one of the most harrowing 15 minutes in theater and ends with a troubling finale. But the challenge is the play in between, …
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 07:23PMA bravura tour de force by Avery Sommers is central to the success of Arts Garage's production of The Devil's Music: The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:20AMThe national tour of the dark musical Matilda at the Kravis is enthralling for its energy and imagination -- when you can understand what people are saying which is less than half the time.
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 04:46PMKinky Boots, the droll story of a drag queen rescuing a failing shoe factory by switching its focus to thigh-high boots favored by cross-dressers was, , a well-polished evening of musical co…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 01:24PMCurtains is a show designed for anyone who loves musical comedy, or anyone who has ever played Toto in a community theater production of The Wizard of Oz. Envisioned as a no-calories hoot of…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:16PMThere’s something interesting about seeing at the Arsht Center a national tour of the 30-year-old Phantom of the Opera for the who-knows-which time. It's amazing that people who have perfo…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 04:44PMBroward Stage Door revives its 2014 hit jukebox musical of hit tunes from the late 1950s through the early 1970s, What's New Pussycat, with a new cast.
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:43PMPunchline Theatre Company’s adorably scruffy puppy of a msuical comedy about modern relationships, I Love You Because succeeds because every aspect -- from the performances to the directi…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:32AMThe fate of Arts Garage in Delray Beach has taken a more encouraging turn because a major funder received enough financial information to make its leaders comfortable in disbursing some if n…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 05:01PM"Or," is a delightful daffy farce underpinned with social commentary that fits Thinking Cap’s eclectic bent for thought-provoking comedies and dramas that are aggressively off-beat, have a…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 12:00AMTo say that Sondheim's Passion is not to every intelligent patron’s taste is an understatement. But if you can open yourself up to it, Zoetic Stage's production is a transcendent work of …
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 12:06PMYou'll laugh wildly at the pumped up, absurd comic antics in Riverside Theatre's brilliant production of Christopher Durang's award-winning Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. But then, it'…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 08:46AMArts Garage received a temporary reprieve from eviction and extinction late Tuesday night from the Delray Beach City Commission, but its long-term existence depends on significant changes to…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:13PMDespite the title , the musical Romance, Romance is not so much saccharine as bittersweet. In two playlets set in separate times, locales and social strata, we see true love blossom but ulti…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 01:52PMIf it’s snowing up north, then it’s time for Florida theaters to announce their 2016-2017 seasons. Among those that have: Slow Burn Theatre Company, Actors' Playhouse, Thinking Cap Thea…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:06PMThe strength of the acclaimed 2006 play Froist/Nixon is that no one is depicted in pure white hats or black hats. That facet is brought out in the Maltz’s production better than in any ea…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 01:15PMIf you’re going to stage a dorm debate about the meaning of life, the role of religion and science, suffering, love, guilt, the predilection of populaces to totalitarian governments, and t…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 04:31PMBy Bill Hirschman The future of the Arts Garage in Delray Beach is in serious jeopardy, its executive director said, because of a nearly depleted cash flow, crucial operating funds being wit…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 01:19PMAt the marrow of Eugene O’Neill’s masterpiece Long Day’s Journey Into Night at Palm Beach Dramaworks is its compassionate sorrow that the ultimate human tragedy is the death of hope. …
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 02:50PMIt might drip with sentimentality, but Riverside Theatre's Over the River and Through the Woods will nudge out a few tears and win you over, due in no small part to the handsome and well-act…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:45AMWe are still in one of the busiest periods in one of the busiest seasons in South Florida theater – at least 30 openings, and likely more. If you don’t see a review of a show that has op…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 12:54AMActors’ Playhouse pulls out all the stops to mount its annual winter centerpiece production. Director David Arisco molded a troupe of actor-singer-dancers who deliver a vibrant evening rem…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 03:42PMSometimes, as in the case of Marquee Theater Company’s Jekyll & Hyde, the performances are so powerful that you forget the material isn’t worthy of the artistry. Frank Wildhorn’s …
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:31PMIf Arthur Miller were also a doctor on the side, he might have written a play like Unlikely Heroes. A family drama full of long-harbored resentments and new ones stemming from intimate secre…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 07:22AMArts Garage's Reborning is a thought-provoking work hints at many weighty topics—the anxieties of pending motherhood, the conflicting desires to both nurture and destroy, the futility of t…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:33PMBroward Stage Door’s edition of Carnival, featuring one of the loveliest scores in the canon, under Dan Kelley’s experienced hand features a hard-working cast, some of whom have fine voi…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 01:48PMBut our recent visit to Broadway took in shows running nearly a full season or even longer – and they seem as vibrant as the reviews said they were on the day they opened: The King and I, …
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 08:37AMFine talent, stirring music and Slow Burn Theatre's enthusiasm elevate the musical Violet, but the material has consistent void somewhere deep down in this musical's emotional investment.
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