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Noël Coward meant to write a full tome on "Theatre" but time, health and a score of other projects apparently got in the way. But Barry Day, a stage producer, biographer of literary figur…
PPTOPA's earnest, merely passable production of Cabaret is notable for a few solid performances, but especially for the resonating script by Joe Masteroof which, decade after decade, becomes…
As you read this, no matter the time zone, country or phase of the moon, it's playing somewhere, in this case an inarguably competent production at The Wick Theatre. Even those of us who hav…
The "horror" in Zoetic Stage's Frankenstein shares little kinship with the film monster with bolts in his neck terrorizing the countryside or even the 1818 novel of science gone wrong. But a…
Jason Robert Brown's brilliantly insightful and emotionally powerful Songs for a New World lets you know you're not going crazy all alone in Slow Burn Theatre's season opener that would be a…
What better way to mark the return of live, in-person theater than to celebrate the major role that an audience's imagination plays in this unique art form? In fact, the professional, nonpro…
The Twentieth Century Way creates intersecting, overlapping realities in Island City Stage's celebration of its 10th season by restaging its 2012 inaugural play. This thought-provoker melds …
The premise: A white director leads a multi-ethnic cast in a production of Midsummer's Night as an answer to charges of institutional racism in society. But with wry humor and painfully inci…
Theater isn't just coming back to life, it's emerging in a score of ways. Here's a sampling of opening nights, fundraisers, new venues, even a call for ushers. News about Miami New Drama, Ma…
Broad changes to the Carbonell Awards, designed to assuage a theatrical community whose love-hate relationship has exacerbated in recent years, were detailed Monday. Many changes reflect a r…
The show will go on for South Florida theater, but 2021-2022 will be a season of asterisks, what ifs and when. In a three-part series, we talk to artistic and managing directors about why th…
The show will go on for South Florida theater, but 2021-2022 will be a season of asterisks, what ifs and when. In a 3-part series, we talk to artistic and managing directors about awhy this …
The show will go on for South Florida theater, but 2021-2022 will be a season of asterisks, what ifs and when. In a three-part series, we talk to artistic directors and managing directors ab…
The 2021 Remy Awards honoring those who provide outstanding service behind the scenes to the region's theater community were announced this week by the South Florida Theatre League. The live…
Major changes for the Carbonell Awards honoring excellence in South Florida theater will be unveiled Monday at a town hall meeting live and online will reveal a new team of judges, a new jud…
The Broward Center in Fort Lauderdale and the Arsht Center in Miami will require all audience members to provide proof of a negative COVID test or proof of full vaccination to be admitted to…
Yes, there is broad humor, over-the-top characters, cartoonish sets, a fairy tale vibe and a 10-foot tall puppet, but Theatre Lab makes it clear that Rachel Teagle's world premiere script of…
Fuácata! has been tweaked by star Elena Maria Garcia and director Stuart Meltzer with references to non-binary, Uber and "draining the swamp." But the exuberantly hilarious and moving wor…
It's almost impossible to accurately depict the guts of the creative process, let alone make its intricacies interesting. But director-librettist James Lapine has not only conquered that tas…
The ghosts of Eugene O'Neill and Sam Shepard creak the floorboards of Main Street Players' Wolf & Badger, the latest exorcism of filial trauma from New Jersey playwright Michael John McG…
The Maltz Jupiter Theatre has announced its 2021-22 season.
The post Maltz Jupiter Theatre's 2021-2022 Season first appeared on Florida Theater On Stage.
The show must go on, and it absolutely will, assures Maltz Jupiter Theatre chief Andrew Kato. But the first show of the season won't be inside the theater under construction. The locally-pro…
GableStage's 23rd season under its new producing artistic director Bari Newport will have more productions and additional performances in what is currently planned to be offered in full hous…
Echoing the resurrection of local theater, the new artistic director Bari Newport will inaugurate GableStage's 2021-2022 season in November directing the late Joseph Adler's detailed plan fo…
Not exactly svelte, and, yes, her taste in clothing leaves a bit to be desired, her grooming is decidedly askew and her gait will never be described as slinky. But the lovely Jess will likel…
