Monthly Archives: March 2011
Carbonell tickets on sale
Tickets are now on sale for the Carbonell Awards ceremony, that event known to insiders as Theater Prom when even stage managers and carpenters put on tuxes and gowns to walk down the red carpet, to pat each other on …
“Donuts” proves compelling yet problematic at GableStage
Two elements injected electricity into GableStage’s entertaining production of Tracy Letts’ flawed script for Superior Donuts: Marckenson Charles’ breakout performance as a street kid with unfettered dreams, plus one of the most convincing brawls ever seen on a Florida stage. …
“August: Osage County” an epic, harrowing experience at Actors’ Playhouse
If words were scalpels, the stage of Actors Playhouse would be slick with blood and viscera. After all, who knows better where to aim the blade than our loved ones? August: Osage County is the epic tragedy of family dysfunction, …
March shows
March 25 – April 17 The Radiant New Theatre Coral Gables World premiere of Shirley Lauro’s play about Madame Curie, starring Angelica Torn. March 25 The Second City — Fair & Unbalanced Off Broadway in Broward Broward Center for the …
Building a mansion and a world for “August: Osage County” at Actors’ Playhouse
In less than two months, a small cadre of craftsmen has designed and built a three-story house in Coral Gables complete with a study, a wraparound porch, a dining room and a bedroom in an attic that looms 40 feet …
Broward Stage Door shines brilliantly with “Light in the Piazza”
To embrace the risk of hyperbole: The Broward Stage Door production of The Light in the Piazza may be the finest locally-produced musical theater since Floyd Collins at Actors’ Playhouse in 2003. It’s not a perfect edition and it requires …
A carp about those overlooked for Carbonells
The saying goes that simply to be nominated for an award among a field of esteemed colleagues is honor enough and those of us who judge these things know how true that statement is. The final selection of a winner …
Intriguing “Ghost-Writer” has only shadowy success at Florida Stage
Michael Hollinger’s Ghost-Writer, which opened at Florida Stage Friday, delves into the link between creativity and human relationships. In 1919, a secretary claims that a dead novelist continues to dictate the end of his masterpiece to her, the true love …
Critic’s Choice
Even though the list of shows worth seeing this season just keeps growing, we’re not even close to exhausting the possibilities. Beginning Saturday, Broward Stage Door in Coral Springs is taking on its most challenging material in many years, The …
Maltz rakes in the moolah
Virtually every theater company in South Florida has been struggling in the current economy, but the Maltz Jupiter Theatre is celebrating a welcome financial boost reflecting what its administration hopes is increasing long-term support. Its eighth annual gala, ‘A Night …
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