65 stories by "Mindy Leaf"
As the nation marks its semi-quincentennial, Broward County’s ensemble theatre company presents its most ambitious season yet. As America celebrates its 250th birthday (July 4, 2026), Ne…
Back in 2022, Elizabeth Price’s old college friend couldn’t stop raving about a cutting-edge, corporate thriller-style dark comedy called BURST whose premiere she’d attended at Alley…
A Cutting-Edge Reenactment of What Lies Behind Jerry Falwell Jr.’s Notorious Sex Scandal POW! stands for “Plays Of Wilton,” Ronnie Larsen’s hot (in every way), explosively popula…
By now, many of us have seen CABARET at least once – typically performed on a large stage with flashy scenic design and memorable musical numbers. The 1967 megahit is also famous for its e…
JAGGED LITTLE PILL is harsh, it’s real. It cuts, it stings, it challenges and resonates … crushes and exhilarates! The contemporary Tony Award-winning musical featuring the music and lyr…
A World Premiere Now Playing at The Foundry “Could of” … “Should of” …. Hollywood, CA, is littered with ghosts of missed opportunities and roads-not-traveled to stardom. If our o…
An oft-cited attribute of live theater is its ability to transport audiences into the hearts, minds, and lived experiences of the actors. More than just opening a window into another place a…
1947 was a very special year in theater history. It’s when Moss Hart & George S. Kaufman won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for their Broadway comedy hit YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU (ad…
Sadly, Stephen Sondheim is no longer with us, but his body of work lives on. If anything, the prolific, groundbreaking American lyricist and composer – often credited with reinventing the …
If you missed the spectacular THE CHER SHOW on Broadway a few years back, or even the popular two-year national tour that followed, fret not. Because now you can see it all, complete with le…
What happens when one decides to make a parody of a long-established and beloved mockumentary by turning it even further on its head into a full-blown musical comedy? If you’re the famousl…
I was blown away by Conversa (part 1 of Joanna Castle Miller’s autobiographical trilogy) and couldn’t wait to see part 2, INFERNA, another Theatre Lab world premiere that’s now also th…
Many of us recall watching John Waters' groundbreaking 1988 hit film Hairspray at movie theaters, on TV, or in some other fashion. And everyone recognizes "Good Morning Baltimore," the openi…
Our local production and the takeaway message of five Tony Award-winning KIMBERLY AKIMBO (including Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical, and Best Original Score) " whose National Touring Co…
Who could predict when playwright Ted Malawer's (co-writer of Emmy-nominated "Red, White & Royal Blue") latest play was selected two years ago for Palm Beach Dramaworks' new play reading…
From perfect weather to ideals of peace and justice, the mythical era of "Camelot" represents many of humanity's highest and deepest aspirations. No wonder the perennially popular Lerner &am…
The "City That Never Sleeps" (aka "The Big Apple" aka New York City) is often seen by outsiders as a cold and impersonal concrete jungle. And it might be " for some new arrivals. But to thos…
When Tim Davis, producing artistic director of New City Players (NCP) and director of Samuel D. Hunter's raw and unsettling play, A CASE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD, welcomed us to Island City …
American Jews " at least those within the Orthodox community I grew up in " are at least somewhat familiar with the story of Spain's "conversos," the forced conversion, in place of expulsion…
Dating has never been easy. Back in the old days when parents and/or matchmakers set up the kids, the pressure to be liked was still there, but the voices in young people's heads were few. N…
If ever there were a popular movie that begged to be turned into a live theatrical production " already known for its great songs, memorable characters, and a riveting storyline, it would be…
MY FAIR LADY, the iconic Lerner & Lowe musical of the 1950s, was the soundtrack of my childhood. Famous and beloved as the longest running Broadway musical in 1956 (with book & lyric…
There are popular, stand-up comedy acts, and there are musical-theater revues by Broadway-caliber vocalists. And then there's TOVAH FELDSHUH. I could say, with this multi-award-winning actre…
Looking to extend some holiday cheer? You can't do better than take the whole family to see Slow Burn Theatre Company's magical, brrr…shivery, snowy (bring sweaters " if anything, the sugg…
Given our daily international news shockers, homeless and addiction numbers, soaring unemployment, not to mention the constant threat of gun violence, climate disasters, pandemics and povert…