Monthly Archives: January 2014

Dugan Creates Lively History Lesson, Delightful Portrayal In Wiesenthal At Stage Door

The beauty of the one man play Wiesenthal at Broward Stage Door Theatre is it’s more of an immersive theater experience than history lesson, actor/playwright Tom Dugan has the audience. eating out of his hand

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M Ensemble Resurfaces At South Miami Dade Cultural Arts Center In Cutler Bay

After months of almost invisible activity, M Ensemble will resurface early next month far from its previous homes: South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center in Cutler Bay.

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Pippin May Feel A Bit Threadbare, But BRTG Delivers Vibrant Performances

Those big budget companies make productions with much smaller budgets such as Boca Raton Theatre Guild seem to be missing something – when, in fact, their Pippin this season has outstanding elements that are just as fine as those found in better heeled-companies.

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FGO’s Nabucco Features Two Of The Few Sopranos Willing To Perform The Voice-Killing Role

On opening night at Florida Grand Opera’s production of Nabucco, the audience joined the chorus singing “Va, pensiero, sull’ali dorate.” The sing along was the highlight of an otherwise entertaining if not especially thrilling rendition of Verdi’s first major success notable because two of the three or four singers willing to do the role of Abigaille had been hired by FGO.

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Slow Burn Holds Courageous, Dark And Difficult Parade

Even if Slow Burn’s moving production of the dark and dangerous musical Parade wasn’t the success that it indeed is, the troupe would deserve honor for the fearlessness in choosing a pre-ordained tragedy about anti-Semitism that mixes soaring melodies with discomforting dissonance. But this company has again delivered an enviable piece of theater that challenges the audience as well as its artists.

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Hollywood Maven Renée Taylor Dishes In Solo Show At Plaza

Renee Taylor’s one-woman autobiographical show, My Life on a Diet, now at The Plaza Theatre is filled with humorous and self-deprecating stories of her life in image-conscious Hollywood. The main drawback is that Taylor sits behind a desk for 90 minutes reading from the script.

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Stage Door’s Crimes Of The Heart Suffused With Quirky Humor, Endearing Warmth

The past is too much with us, to misquote Wordsworth. Beth Henley’s Crimes of the Heart urges us to get past our pasts if we are to have some hope for the future. That homespun homily is delivered with endearing warmth in Broward Stage Door’s production of this 1979-80 comedy performed by a competent cast under Michael Leeds’ sure direction.

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New Theatre’s New Home Is In South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center In Cutler Ridge

It’s not exactly a wandering band of players, but New Theatre will move next month into its fifth “permanent” home in 27 years, a small flexible space at the South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center in Cutler Ridge.

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Tovah Feldshuh Delivers Stunning Tour De Force In Revival Of Golda’s Balcony

Tour-de-force is frequently overused to describe any one-actor show in which the performer dons a few personas and feigns a few emotional pyrotechnics. To see an example of a true tour de force, witness the opening salvo of Tovah Feldshuh’s 10th anniversary tour of Golda’s Balcony that kicked off Wednesday at the Parker Playhouse in Fort Lauderdale.

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Slow Burn Theatre Takes On Anti-Semitism In Parade

It’s been 100 years since Leo Frank’s trial in 1913 for the death of Mary Phagan. And on Thursday, the Boca Raton-based Slow Burn Theatre Company – which prides itself on presenting challenging works of musical theater to its audiences – will take on the musical Parade, which was inspired by the Frank case a century ago.

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