24 stories by "William Oser"
Comedy, especially farce, is very difficult to play well, so a production as good as this one—and it is very good—is a treat.
Overall, the acting is effective but lacking Yiddishkeit, a strong innate Jewish core. In Asher Lev, also deeply rooted in the same period and religious community, the Jewish identity was al…
The direction by Mark Clayton Southers is not showy but such extraordinary ensemble acting does not come out of nowhere. He paces the play well and keeps things in focus.
Asolo Rep is presenting Hero: The Musical, a charming musical with a book and concept by Aaron Thielen and music and lyrics by Michael Mahler.
For its season finale, WestCoast Black Theatre Troupe (WBTT) is presenting Bubbling Brown Sugar by Loften Mitchell, a revue that attempts an overview of American black music circa 1920-1940s.
... it is riveting theater in every way.
I look forward to an August Wilson Century Cycle plays at American Stage in January of each year. Two Trains Running is the strongest in several years.
Outstanding acting in service to a provocative play gives Sarasota audiences reason to see The Whipping Man.
Florida Studio's production represents its first home grown representation, and it's a darn good one. This is probably the largest production ever attempted by FST, made possible by the beau…
verything about this production is wonderful and sure to leave audiences singing and dancing as they leave the theater.
Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein's bold 1927 musical Show Boat opens the second year of Asolo Rep's five-year survey of The American Character.
To open a full season at their new Manatee Center for the Performing Arts, Rick Kerby has gone BIG, and is staging the first non-professional full production of Boublil and Schonberg's epic …
Everything about this production is exciting, staged in the round on a multi-layered stage with the six musicians grouped in various corners of the auditorium.
When an explosive thought-provoking play is presented in a brilliantly acted production, sparks can be expected to fly. And indeed they do in American Stage's production of My Name is Asher …
For American audiences the central character has been tweaked into an ex-patriot American married to a Brit, but this conceit is hit and miss.
Written, conceived and choreographed by Noah Racey and directed by Jeff Calhoun, Pulse shows the audience how it feels to be a dancer.
The Manatee Players have finally opened their new theater, The Manatee Performing Arts Center, for a soft opening, and what better way to do it than with a spectacular production?
The Manatee Players say goodbye to the Riverfront Theater after 60 years, heading a few blocks east to a brand new theater that has been almost five years in the making with A Funny Thing Ha…
Wendy Wasserstein's The Heidi Chronicles is the third play in the winter repertory at Asolo Rep during its first of a multi-year examination of The American Experience, and an excellent choi…
Florida Studio Theater is offering the regional premiere of an intriguing if imperfect play, The Columnist by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright David Auburn (Proof).
This program, conducted by Pops conductor Andrew Lane, featured soloists Susan Egan, Doug LaBrecque and Lisa Vroman singing a varied program of new and old favorites.
When all of the acting is as good as what is seen here, much credit must go to director, Jim Weaver.
Asolo Repertory Theater scores a bullseye with George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart's You Can't Take it With You, brilliantly directed by Peter Amster.
For its Christmas outing, American Stage in St. Petersburg is presenting Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House in a modern adaptation by Kelly Lapczynski and T. Scott Wooten.
