Monthly Archives: January 2013

UM Law School Presents Reading Of Proposition 8

Law schools are not the usual sponsors for theater, but the University of Miami School of Law is presenting Jan. 27  a staged-reading of “8,” a play chronicling the historic trial of the federal constitutional challenge to California’s Proposition 8, …

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Podcast: Tyrell Talks About Arts Garage & The Future Of Theater

As part of our On The Boards podcasts in cooperation with Arts Radio Network, Florida Theater On Stage’s Bill Hirschman sits down for a conversation with Arts Garage Artistic Director and founder Lou Tyrrell for a comprehensive discussion about the season, the challenges of presenting new work, and the state of theater today. Arts Garage presents the world premiere this weekend of Israel Horovitz’s Gloucester Blue.

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Neil Simon’s Chapter Two Masters The Meld Of Wit And Pathos At The Plaza

Director Michael Leeds and a solid cast at the Plaza Theatre in Manalapan have mastered Neil Simon’s challenging meld of witty comedy and throat-choking heartache, and make both perfectly plausible facets of life in Chapter Two.

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Other Desert Cities’ Harrowing Examination Of Familial Love

Jon Robin Baitz’s finely-crafted play asks whether there is such a thing as unconditional love in Actors Playhouse’s rock solid production of last season’s Broadway triumph which surgically peels away the Wyeth family’s layers of lies and fragile accommodations that allow humans to interact after perceived betrayals.

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Outre Theatre Slates Reading Of Nicky Silver Play Tuesday

Outré Theatre Company has scheduled a staged reading of Nicky Silver’s Fat Men In Skirts at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 22 at Empire Stage, 1140 N Flagler Drive in Fort Lauderdale. The plot is described as: “After their plane crashes, …

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Agatha Christie’s Radio Plays The BBC Murders Intriguing, Entertaining, But Not Riveting

There’s the canny germ of an idea in producer Zev Buffman’s pet project to fuse radio, theater and modern technology into a hybrid exemplified in his latest production, Agatha Christie’s The BBC Murders at the Parker Playhouse. The end result is undeniably entertaining in a quiet smile kind of way, although this is clearly an early foray into this genre and, arguably, not the most enthralling material to do it with.

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Alliance Raises Money For Brothers Beckett With Bowling,Pasta and Indiegogo

The Alliance Theatre Lab is about to graduate to another level when its successful Gen-X comedy Brothers Beckett is revived in a co-production with the Arsht Center’s Theater Up Close series March 7-24. But the cost of such a production …

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Zev Buffman Sees No Mystery In Producing Agatha Christie’s The BBC Murders In Florida

South Florida impresario and veteran Broadway producer Zev Buffman foresees a future for stage theater — in radio. Not just for any theater, but orphans like the Parker Playhouse that are too big for local theater troupes and too small for Broadway tours. And he wants to do it in part by reviving the genre of mystery/thriller plays. Local audiences will see his first foray this month with his production of Agatha Christie’s The BBC Murders, four radio plays lost for a half-century, uncovered by Buffman’s detective work and adapted by grafting full-fledged theater techniques onto a vintage radio drama foundation.

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Hirschman On Five Minutes to Curtain Tuesday and Friday

Florida Theater On Stage Editor and Chief Critic Bill Hirschman will speak about the past, present and future of South Florida theater at noon Tuesday and Friday as a guest on Jason Fisher and Jerry Jensen’s 5 Minutes to Curtain …

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Maltz’s Singin’ In The Rain Sure Dances Up A Storm, But It Doesn’t Touch The Soul

Assuredly, the Maltz Jupiter Theatre’s Singin’ In the Rain is a pleasant, skillfully executed, beautifully produced evening of cotton candy entertainment. The asterisk is that this Singin’ In The Rain has no soul. It’s a funny, diverting, two-dimensional cartoon.

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