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Jeff Talbott's The Submission, enjoying its regional premiere from Island City Stage, is predicated on the realization that "Everyone's a little bit racist." It charts the ignition of a raci…
There's a daringness to Stephanie Ansin's vision " a fearlessness in her direction at Miami Theater Center that makes you find things to love about a piece, even one that ends up having more…
The tent-pole theater companies in South Florida took home a majority of the Carbonell Awards for excellence Monday night with one major exception " although several up-and-coming troupes ha…
All the winners, nominees and statistics for the 40th anniversary Carbonell Awards presented Monday.
Alyona Ushe, the founding administrator of the embattled Arts Garage in Delray Beach, is resigning to lead a similar Pompano Beach operation in what an Arts Garage spokesman characterized as…
Florida Grand Opera's shattering production of Mieczyystaw Weinberg's The Passenger. explains why opera exists and what it can be.
Even though it's April, we remain in one of the busiest seasons in South Florida theater. If you don't see a review of a show that has opened while looking at the top of the front page, plea…
Diego & Drew Say I Do, the new interactive theater wedding show in Broward Center's Abdo New River Room, is so authentic that a group of Chinese performers from the Cirque Dreams troupe…
There are two crucial and easily misunderstood aspects to comprehend about The Hammer Trinity, a piece of epic storytelling playing eight weekends at the Arsht Center beginning this Saturday…
Opening Thursday in the Abdo New River Room is Diego & Drew Say I Do, a twist on the popular Tony 'n' Tina's Wedding in which audience members join in the show and become "guests" at t…
When a company like GableStage takes risks so many others will not, there's bound to be some triumphs, some failures, and mixed results as in A Minister's Wife. The local artists give everyt…
Regardless of your politics, Punchline Theatre Company's 50 Shades of Hillary is a treat to relish for the machine-gun comedy and the high octane performances of these four remarkable actors.
The gem of Palm Beach Dramaworks' continuing expansion is the new play development program The Dramaworks featuring Jennifer Fawcett's Buried Cities bowing next month.
The Passenger, composer Mieczyslaw Weinberg's operatic treatment of the Holocaust and its aftermath, will be a heavy enterprise, in a number of ways, when it makes its area debut April 2-9. …
Riverside Theatre chose an intriguing time to mount its handsome and exquisitely well-performed production of Mark St. Germain's play, Freud's Last Session. Indeed, opening it between Palm S…
Watching Outside Mullingar at Palm Beach Dramaworks, audiences might catch themselves straining for the hero and heroine to burst through their wounded psyches and join souls. John Patrick S…
But with one significant caveat, An Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein at the Vanguard lands most of the ten quirky gems of satirical and somewhat blue comedy with a skill, energy and polish …
A supremely confident and corrupt demagogue whips up the sheep in a populist uprising targeting a change in the government status quo. While that sounds like the latest CNN report, it's act…
Bullets Over Broadway, a musical based on the Woody Allen film, fits an undemanding appetite for light entertainment at the Kravis Center. But it's what some theater fans call a "Why Musical…
Ricky J. Martinez, artistic director for the New Theatre in Miami, has been named the recipient of the 2016 Margo Jones Award presented by The Ohio State University Libraries and OSU Arts an…
Since you can understand the lyrics here better than in any previous production, Slow Burn Theatre Co.'s Spring Awakening, the powerful punch and pungent poetry come through with a clarity t…
The Actors' Playhouse production of Sondheim On Sondheim transcends the Broadway edition in nearly every detail. The work by eight inspired performers and the band, molded by director David …
The Mad Cat Theatre Company, which prides itself on experimenting with non-mainstream offerings, has collected three short Samuel Beckett plays under the umbrella title, Tones On Tales. Some…
With humor, but pride as well, tenor Anthony Laciura refers to many of his roles in a half-century as a professional opera singer as the "second banana." More formally known as "the comprima…
Getting old, or older, is not for sissies, the saying goes… but it's easier if you can laugh at it and if you know you're not going crazy all alone. The second half of that is the unspoken…
