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By Jan Sjostrom You might be hard-pressed to identify the hero in Lobby Hero, the 2023-2024 season opener at Palm Beach Dramaworks in West Palm Beach. None of the show's four characters qual…
  By Oline H. Cogdill The forest explored in Slow Burn Theatre Company's vigorous production of the musical "Into the Woods" is the place to be. These woods might seem to be a settin…
  By Oline H. Cogdill Theater is timeless, ever evolving, ever expanding. Themes that playwrights explored a thousand years ago are"with a bit of updating"still relevant. There's a r…
   So many people contribute their talents to making South Florida theater soar"directors, actors, technical expers, support staff, playwrights"the list is endless. But also many…
 By Oline H. Cogdill August Wilson was one of the most insightful"if not THE most insightful"chronicler of Black life in America. He found the music in the language of ordinary people, t…
    South Florida's 2022-2023 theater season has been another terrific season. That excellence is shown in the nominations for the annual Carbonell Awards, as well as the Sil…
   By Aaron Krause Picture yourself almost continuously laughing while maintaining an iron grip on the novel you are reading. Your eyes have remained wide open for so long that y…
South Florida continues to have stellar theater in the tri-county area. That level of excellence is reinforced by the list of Silver Palm honorees. The Silver Palm honorees will be recognize…
By Jan Sjostrom Jasmine Starr-Kidd is having a tough time dealing with her parents' divorce. In that she's much like many other 12-year-olds today. But Jasmine has a fix. A science prodigy J…
By Jan Sjostrom Five Guys Named Moe, the rollicking love letter to the music of Louis Jordan, works its magic in a tuneful production by Marcie Gorman & MNM Theatre Company through Sept.…
We are looking for actors for our next production, Dr. Seward's Dracula by Joseph Zettelmaier, this is a paid acting opportunity. Synopsis: "People need monsters. They need to believe that t…
 By Aaron Krause Nobody in their right mind would condone the titular character's actions in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Yet, we can sympathize with this fictional se…
WOW, Women of Wilton launches its first production By Oline H. Cogdill Love and friendship, grief and death are timeless themes that are the foundation of the entertaining productio…
Defending the Cavewoman explores the differences between women and men.
The post Lindsey Corey seamlessly slips into 15 characters in Defending the Cavewoman at Actors Playhouse first appear…
New City Players' Little Montgomery starts as a satisfyingly cute summer chuckle of a comedy, but morphs into a deeper examination of human beings struggling awkwardly to cope with the word …
What audiences have seen, are seeing and will see across stages has been crippled and artistically hidden in a strangulation that only insiders know about. Simply, it's extremely difficult t…
ArtBuzz Theatrics' compelling professional production of Six Dance Lessons In Six Weeks features impressively realistic, nuanced, and multi-faceted performances from veterans Larry Buzzeo an…
Native Gardens is, indeed, a comedy infused with character-based humor that satisfies as a warm summer evening of laughs. But Karen ZacarÃas' social satire at GableStage gently weaves in …
The musical Beetlejuice, part of the Broadway Across America series, is resplendent with silly, often stupid, jokes, over-the-top acting and sometimes forgettable songs that actually all com…
The Newsboy Strike of 1899 is the foundation of a high-energy, enthusiastic and plain old fun production of the musical Disney's Newsies closing out Slow Burn Theatre Company's season.
The p…
City Theatre's Summer Shorts vibrates with the unique distinctive essence that exceeds traditional adjectives and can best be captured in the word "Miami." Indeed, the production is subtitle…
The musical Kimberly Akimbo sounds like the premise for a Disney comedy: A teenager afflicted with a disease that ages her 4 ½ times faster than normal tries to cope at the same time with…
Parade forces you watch to first-hand the inexorable horror of anti-Semitism, not in a newspaper, but rising feet in front of you with the complexity, the fear and the human enmity envelopin…
The precise use of the technically forensic terms "fun," "delightful" and "rollicking" are absolutely accurate when describing Peter Pan Goes Wrong, the latest in the development of no-holds…
Jodie Langel promises that audiences attending the inaugural production of South Florida's newest theater company will be "blown away" by the young performers' talent. Her Off Glades Theater…
