Monthly Archives: November 2010
Bradshaw and Dean unforgettable in Mosaic Theatre’s “Collected Stories”
The temptation is to liken Barbara Bradshaw and Kim Morgan Dean’s performances in Mosaic Theatre’s Collected Stories to shooting stars intertwining on their blazing path across the heavens. But the miraculous artistry on display Friday was pointedly not pyrotechnic. These …
Critic’s Choice
‘ It’s November and there’s plenty on the theater scene to be thankful for in the week ahead. ‘ ”’ The most promising is Collected Stories, opening Friday at the Mosaic Theatre in Plantation. Pulitzer-winner Donald Margulies’ 1996 two-hander depicts …
Hey, the guy�s not really a bum, he�s an Actor
When an actor inhabits a series of characters so well, even savvy theatergoers forget that he’s just playing a role. For years, South Florida audiences got accustomed to seeing white-haired Dennis Creaghan exemplify patrician Brahmins in A.R. Gurney’s The Dining …
“12 Angry Men” lives again in Maltz Theatre’s top-drawer revival
There is something achingly nostalgic about a 1954 script built on the premise that men of good will can engage in rational debate and persuade each other to change their minds because both sides acknowledge that truth matters. And yet …
Alliance Theatre’s “House of Yes” receives a less-than-affirmative production
Wendy MacLeod’s viciously funny The House of Yes struggled to escape Thursday from under The Alliance Theatre Lab’s muffled, muted production. There were some passing moments when MacLeod’s whip-smart script filled with snappy repartee was well-served by director Adalberto Acevedo …
“Culture jammer” Wong brings new one-woman show to Miami
To quote that theological philosopher, Kermit the Frog, ‘It’s not easy being green.’ It’s a sentiment Kristina Wong plans to dramatize with a vengeance in her one-woman comedy, Going Green the Wong Way, a slightly surreal memoir from Mad Cat …
Alliance Theatre’s “House of Yes” leads the week’s openings
The Alliance Theatre Lab could provide the dictionary definition of scrappy. The tiny company operates on a shoestring budget in a rented space in a Miami Lakes shopping center, taking on challenging contemporary dramas. Until a year and a half …
Ledford new head of Theater League
Margaret M. Ledford, resident director at The Promethean Theatre in Davie, has been elected president of the Theatre League of South Florida, the group announced this week. She replaces Meredith Lasher who has led the 18-year-old professional association since October …
Broward theater looking again for a new stage door
The Broward Stage Door Theater is trying once again to expand its operations to another venue outside its Coral Springs home. The company is ‘in negotiations’ with the City of Miami Beach to rent the 304-seat Byron Carlyle Theater as …
Stage Door�s “On the Town” makes for a dull shore leave
Sailors on leave in the big city for 24 hours.’ It’s a premise that hold the promise of adventure and misadventure, of comic situations and romantic entanglements. And that’s the basic plot of On the Town, the musical now playing …
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