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If you're suffering from the holiday blues, Elf isn't going to pull you out of it. But if you can pry open your sugar-clogged aorta a smidge, this sweet peppy musical may generate a warm aft…
Like the rest of the country, South Florida theater took tentative steps forward throughout 2013, banking on the promise of a recovering economy and a durable demand for their art. Hard evid…
As certain as mistletoe and Auld Lang Syne are top ten lists from arts critics. These are the shows that spoke to me personally and professionally, the ones I'd want to see again.
So you think you know nearly everything about theater except why Spiderman: Will Someone Please Turn Off The Light managed to run so long? On an intermittent random basis, we will run our ex…
No cheating. Not yet. Try to answer the questions first. Yeah, you. Stop calling up Wikipedia. Come on, some of these are easy.
Arts Garage staged It's A Wonderful Life as part of its Radio Theatre series, which kicked off in August with the radio play adaptation of A Star Is Born. Eight actors, plus two sound effect…
So, here's a happy surprise: The revival of the empowerment musical Respect, A Musical Journey of Women at Boca Raton Theatre Guild is so superior to most of the ubiquitous second-rate revue…
The newly-opened Wick Theatre received a $250,000 donation Thursday night from Henrietta, the Countess de Hoernle, echoing a gift that she gave the former occupant of the Boca Raton facility…
Enjoy Broward Stage Door's 9 to 5 The Musical, an undemanding cartoonish musical comedy that provides a pleasant way to pass an afternoon or evening. This production works thanks to amiable …
Sixteen playlets, short but sweet (or tart, hilarious, profound or any of a dozen other adjectives) are the draw in New Theatre's biennial 1-Acts Festival this weekend in Miami.
Urban Apparel is not just a store " it is theater, the latest offering from Miami-based The Project [theatre], which specializes in "immersive theater" for its audiences.
The Miami-Dade County Commission voted to allow the mayor to negotiate away debts that remain a deal-breaking roadblock to the resurrection of the Coconut Grove Playhouse as a Jan. 15 deadli…
From Door to Door, James Sherman's generational play at West Boca Theatre Company, that's a mix of past and present is a brilliant paean to family life, and a heartfelt portrayal of the bond…
We Will Rock You, another one of those jukebox musical mixtapes this time with the lyrics and music of megaband Queen, doesn't quite follow Queen's intended path.
There is only one way to ensure that I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change, doesn't morph into a cheesy Hallmark card, In The Plaza Theatre's production of Perfect, the cast and its direct…
The Miami-Dade County Commission faces a decision Tuesday that could make or break the resurrection of the historic Coconut Grove Playhouse as deadlines close in. With discussions still unde…
Wondering what to give your theater lover this holiday season " besides season tickets, of course. Our media reviewer Brad Hathaway listens to, reads and sees nearly everything, and he makes…
Sometime after more than 400 performances, Wayne LeGette lost track of how often he had appeared in the enduring musical about relationships I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change. Whatever …
Nicky Silver's wickedly hilarious satire The Lyons about self-centered souls in the most dysfunctional family ever seen, on display at The Women's Theatre Project, hides a deeper portrait of…
To summarize The Lion in Winter as a drama about a dysfunctional family is to facilely devalue this examination of just how base the human animal can be in the grip of power and ambition. D…
Put Actors' Playhouse production of Making God Laugh pretty much in the insightful column. Playwright Sean Grennan uses our recognition of the laughter and pain common to most familial relat…
While David Sedaris' The SantaLand Diaries has its share of funny, when his script stoops low for laughs, he dashes all the other precious gifts he doles out in this very inventive one-perso…
The Maltz Jupiter Theatre's sumptuous and skillful production of Annie resembles that strange holiday gift that you're not quite sure how to react to. It's beautifully wrapped and artfully m…
There may be 12 days of Christmas, eight days of Hannukah and seven days of Kwanzaa, but there are 31 days of theater in South Florida underscored by the coming week in which at least 10 sho…
The Radio City Christmas Spectacular at the Kravis Center is, unlike much in life, precisely what its reputation promises. Start with spectacular, derived from the word spectacle. Nearly 40 …
