Monthly Archives: October 2011

Dramaworks Unveils Marquee

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Back Talk at Mosaic

Post-show talk back bull sessions between actors and audiences have become a popular way to engage jazzed-up crowds after a performance and cement a relationship between the theater and its patrons. But there are talk backs and there are talk …

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Zev Buffman Returns to Florida

Famed South Florida theater producer Zev Buffman will become president and CEO of Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater in January, the performing arts center announced last week. Buffman, one of the last theatrical impresarios, virtually created Florida’s touring circuit and …

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Changes in Latitude for Alliance, Stage Door

Alliance Theatre Lab had to postpone its first musical, [title of show] slated for next month when two cast members dropped out. But the good news is they are substituting Kenneth Lonergan’s acclaimed contemporary play Lobby Hero. Longeran’s drama will …

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It’s Alive! It’s Alive! The Reanimated Addams Family Rises From the Dead

This droll, tuneful and thoroughly winning burlesque bears little resemblance to the New York corpse whose sole virtue was comic genius Nathan Lane in the lead as Gomez.Taking the show for the vision its creators wanted to achieve, this vastly improved version is an unreserved delight.

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Lend Me a Tenor at Broward Stage Door is a Dizzying Ride

Doors slam, identities are mistaken and laughter ensues in the classic farce Lend Me a Tenor now getting a delightful production at Broward Stage Door Theater in Coral Springs.

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Slow Burn’s Rocky Horror is Irreverent Fun

This paean to hedonism doesn’t need a critic’s affirmation. It is exactly what it wants to be: big, silly, mindless, nose-thumbing, irreverent fun.

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Musical Chairs: Caldwell Shakes Up Season

The Caldwell Theatre Company has replaced two of its previously announced shows. The first to go is that perennial favorite mixing drama and comedy, the ever-popular TBA. (They never seem to actually get that one on the boards.) The pinch …

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After the Revolution at the Caldwell is a Tale of Family Betrayals More than Politics

After the Revolution is a smooth, polished, persuasive production — well-acted and directed — that is intellectually stimulating, but the playwright’s witty repartee undercuts the emotional anguish.

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See Rising Action Theatre’s “Leopold & Loeb” For The Thrill Of It

Thrill Me isn’t an easy undertaking, but the verdict is more than clear; Rising Action Theater’s production is must-see thrilling.

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