Monthly Archives: December 2010
Beautiful harmonies highlight kitschy “Taffeta Wedding”
If you’re in the mood for a stroll down a musical memory lane, the current production at Broward Stage Door Theatre, A Taffeta Wedding, is right up your alley. A Taffeta Wedding is the fourth show in the Taffetas musical …
Two faces of the same old rudeness
If Sartre was right in No Exit and hell is other people, the next circle of hell would be a theater with rude people. If you’re on this website, you obviously share our hatred of audience members who seem to …
Compassionate “Academy” shows potential amid rough edges and technical glitches
An infectious earnestness and compassion imbue Maltz Jupiter Theatre’s production of Academy, a heartfelt pop chamber musical about the angst of teens struggling toward responsible adulthood. If this world premiere stumbled at times Thursday, director/conceiver Andrew Kato ably led a …
Maltz set to premiere highly anticipated musical, “Academy”
The young Floridians met in the kitchen of a Jupiter dinner theater in 1987 when they made the surprising discovery that they both loved musicals. Today, the former waiter and food server are back in Jupiter with 23 years of …
New play about New Coke fizzles at New Theatre
One thing theater does better than film is put you right there in the room with surreal images that disorient your equilibrium. When it successfully enlists your willing suspension of disbelief and the active participation of your imagination, you can …
Zoetic Stage debuts with “South Beach Babylon,” a stinging satire of Miami’s cultural pretensions
There’s a riveting monologue that actor Michael McKeever ardently delivers Friday (written by playwright Michael McKeever) during the world premiere of his wicked satire South Beach Babylon. ‘Why do we work so hard to produce something that brings in so …
Miami City Ballet’s “Nutcracker” opens with a mixed performance at the Kravis Center
Miami City Ballet’s presentation of The Nutcracker began its annual run Friday night at the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach. Despite the immense popularity of this perennial holiday spectacle, there were a considerable number of empty seats in the …
Critic’s Choice
Three big openings this week: the world premiere of Michael McKeever’s South Beach Babylon (and the first full production by Zoetic Theatre); the Maltz Jupiter Theatre’s original musical Academy, and New Theatre’s Fizz, the story of the development of the …
PlayGround Theatre receives $100K Knight award
The PlayGround Theatre in Miami Shores, known for its lush and imaginative productions for children, has received a $100,000 matching grant this week from the John S. And James L. Knight Foundation to help produce the world premiere of a …
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