Monthly Archives: December 2013
Year In Review: Encouraging Signs As Theaters Bet On Recovering Economy
Like the rest of the country, South Florida theater took tentative steps throughout 2013, banking on the promise of a recovering economy and a durable demand for art. Evidence was visible across the three counties: theaters mostly opening not closing, established companies moving into new venues, young companies finding audiences, runs extended, a continued commitment to riskier experiments .
10 Most Memorable 2013 South Florida Theater Productions. Well… 11, Okay… 12
As certain as mistletoe and Auld Lang Syne are top ten lists from arts critics. These are the shows that spoke to me personally and professionally, the ones I’d want to see again.
Our Honest-To-Goodness Ultimate Theater Geek Trivia Contest, Round Two
So you think you know nearly everything about theater except why Spiderman: Will Someone Please Turn Off The Light managed to run so long? On an intermittent random basis, we will run our exclusive no-cheat trivia contest. There are no prizes other than to be able to brag that you aced it. You are on the honor system – you cannot look up the answer on the Internet.
Answers To Theater Trivia Quiz
No cheating. Not yet. Try to answer the questions first. Yeah, you. Stop calling up Wikipedia. Come on, some of these are easy.
For One Day, Delray Beach Becomes Bedford Falls For Arts Garage’s Radio Theater Series
Arts Garage staged It’s A Wonderful Life as part of its Radio Theatre series, which kicked off in August with the radio play adaptation of A Star Is Born. Eight actors, plus two sound effects “actors” performed the play for one day only — a shame really that such a worthwhile production only had a matinee and evening performance. But others are on the calendar.
Respect Is A Musical Revue That Actually Deserves Respect
So, here’s a happy surprise: The revival of the empowerment musical Respect, A Musical Journey of Women at Boca Raton Theatre Guild is so superior to most of the ubiquitous second-rate revues that your discernment may need a double-take to make sure this show is really being done this well.
Countess de Hoernle Gives $250,000 To Wick Theatre
The newly-opened Wick Theatre received a $250,000 donation Thursday night from Henrietta, the Countess de Hoernle, echoing a gift that she gave the former occupant of the Boca Raton facility, the Caldwell Theatre Company.
Stage Door’s 9 to 5 The Musical Is Undemanding Pleasant Fluff
Enjoy Broward Stage Door’s 9 to 5 The Musical, an undemanding cartoonish musical comedy that provides a pleasant way to pass an afternoon or evening. This production works thanks to amiable performers, a droll concept and a score that waxes between infectiously peppy to affectingly earnest if not especially profound.
New Theatre Holds Biennial 1-Acts Festival This Weekend
Sixteen playlets, short but sweet (or tart, hilarious, profound or any of a dozen other adjectives) are the draw in New Theatre’s biennial 1-Acts Festival this weekend in Miami.
Really Commercial Theater: Urban Apparel Lets Audience Shop While They Enjoy The Play
Urban Apparel is not just a store – it is theater, the latest offering from Miami-based The Project [theatre], which specializes in “immersive theater” for its audiences.
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