Lizzie: The Musical, is making its highly entertaining South Florida debut at Thinking Cap Theatre at The Vanguard. Part of that is due to the snappy lyrics. But mostly it’s because of the…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:18PMGreed—that timeless vice that steamrolls over everything in its path—is as relevant today as it was in Lillian Hellman’s 1939 drama The Little Foxes, now receiving a sumptuous revival …
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:33PMThe Mighty Gents is a poignant moving tale worthy of a Greek tragedy except that the protagonists are members of a street gang from the mid-1960s, emotionally, economically and sociologicall…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 02:36PMGreed. Sexism. Conscienceless businessmen. Blackmail. Rebellious youth. Women fighting to break the glass ceiling. Women using sex to manipulate men. Bank embezzlement. Even murder. No, not …
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 08:36AMIn a bit of serendipitous synchronicity with the sequel of Blade Runner and the reboot of Westworld, Primal Forces’ production of The Good Girl explores the complexities of humans creating…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 12:48AMPerhaps you’ve seen The Sound of Music once too often. But if you have fond memories that seek reawakening or if you have never seen it on stage as opposed to the film, this is an enthusia…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:18AMFor a show that shattered a ceiling in 1983, La Cage aux Folles has become a warhorse in 2017. MNM Productions’ edition embraces the spangles, glitz and sheer Jerry Herman of it all. So if…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 12:48AMGableStage’s production of The Humans is like watching a Kmart photo department family portrait that has been left too near a wall heater. Almost imperceptibly, the edges start to brown, t…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:33PMJoy suffused the house on the “opening night” of the national tour of On Your Feet! the bio-musical about Emilio and Gloria Estefan. Part of the palpable elation pouring both ways across…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 04:36PMGloria and Emilio Estefan once again are bringing it back home. The national tour of On Your Feet!, an autobiographical Broadway musical powered by their iconic songbook, will open this week…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:54PMCity Theatre’s production of Building the Wall opens with audio of then-candidate Donald Trump spewing some of his more incendiary anti-immigration rhetoric. The first line has yet to be s…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:04AMConjuring the lowbrow folderol of an early 20th century burlesque, Steve Martin’s adaptation of this 1910 German sex comedy Underpants performed by Main Street Players is all too quaint fo…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:24PMAn Octoroon is the kind of art that defies a Siskel & Ebert thumbs up / thumbs down assessment. You can praise or fault elements of the script or a production, but Area Stage Company’…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:18PMIn what is believed to be a groundbreaking move, Palm Beach Dramaworks and GableStage plan a co-production of the acclaimed Broadway play Indecent to be next fall.
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:18AMA quarter-century on, the temptation is to r reinterpret Oleanna, David Mamet’s incendiary screed about toxic relations between men and women. But Evening Star Productions’ rendition in …
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 08:24PMBranden Jacobs-Jenkins’ An Octoroon virtually defines the adjective “provocative.” No matter the quality of the production that the courageous Area Stage Company actually delivers next…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:48AMTalent, energy and enthusiasm strut across the Broward Stage Door production of Saturday Night Live – The Musical. Unfortunately, this company does not have enough of those virtues to resc…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:06AMWith Hurricane Irma closing in, those in charge of theater performances and venues are considering whether to cancel or postpone productions and events. We will post this information on an o…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 08:18PMIf you’re coming to see Charles Busch camping it up in high drag at Palm Beach Dramaworks’ inaugural event in its OutStage @pbd series on Sept. 16, you’ll be disappointed. But if you�…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 12:33AMThe Riverside Theatre in Vero Beach has come up with a solution—build its own housing for professionals which has become a major expense for many theaters.
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:06PMSeniors and caretaking Boomers recognize the real pain informing the facile catchphrase “Growing old is not for sissies” – a quality sharing the stage with copious laughs in Broward St…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:12AMThe Golden Gate Bridge, cable cars, Alcatraz, all beckon visitors. Yet in the popular consciousness, theater in San Francisco does not strike many as a stand-alone reason to book a week ther…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:36PMShorts Gone Wild 5, co-produced by City Theatre with Island City Stage, follows the same entertaining pattern eliciting guffaws, chuckles and a few choked back sniffles with risque and luigh…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:36AMIf you know where to look, certainly you can find reliable warhorse titles in the upcoming theater season in South Florida, but it’s easier to find vibrant, contemporary and challenging of…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 08:36AMLocal stages have some special programs running for only one or two days starting tonight including Palm Beach Dramaworks, GableStage and Arts Garage.
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 12:06PMIndisputably, regional theaters have been a significant wellspring for new plays reaching back 30 years. But a quickening sea change has occurred quietly but demonstrably over the past decad…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 01:24PMAn explosion of passionate performances (and flying silverware) mark New City Players' production of the late Sam Shepard's True West.
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 12:18PMGregg Weiner captures the audience in Ground Up and Rising's bare bones production of Conor McPherson's monologue The Good Thief at South Miami- Dade Cultural Arts Center
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 03:54PMIs knowledge always good? Is its pursuit inherently defensible regardless of the consequences? Is there Absolute Truth?These and another half-dozen ideas careen and crisscross GableStage lik…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:06AMMarquee Theater Company is still an evolving troupe. but it's a shame that this production of Thoroughly Modern Millie isn’t Carbonell Award eligible – many elements would have given oth…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:06AMOne of the joys of seeing local theater over the years is charting a new theater’s growth and promise. But it’s rare to see a fledgling theater develop so quickly as Main Street Players,…
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