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2025 Remy Awards Recognize Service to SoFla Theater
The 2025 Remy Awards recognizing outstanding service of theater professionals who work behind the scenes and in the theater community have been announced by the of the South Florida Theatre League.
47th Carbonells Reward Broad Array — Dramas Yes, But Especially Lighter Pieces
South Florida’s huge array of theatrical offerings – from musicals drawn from kid-friendly material to adult dramas based in the region’s various ethnicities – were recognized Monday night in a diverse celebration at the 49th annual Carbonell Awards.
Deceived At Maltz Jupiter Theatre Is a Lesson in Gaslighting With Gaby Tortoledo
“I love thrillers. Both as spectator and an actor,” enthuses Gaby Tortoledo who gets to explore it as the heroine in Maltz Jupiter Theatre’s current play Deceived through Nov. 10.
Laufer’s The Last Yiddish Speaker Examines Disturbing Socio-Political Nightmare
The Last Yiddish Speaker, Deborah Zoe Laufer’s season opener at Theatre Lab in Boca Raton is a chilling, fast-paced drama with a streak of magical realism, as a Jewish father and daughter rely on their wits and powers of deceit to survive in a fundamentalist rural community where the slightest divergence from the norm could cost them their lives.
Storytelling In Zoetic’s Pillowman Filled With Chills, Horror And Laughter
Zoetic Stage’s The Pillowman lives up to this masterpiece’s amalgam of a terrifying nightmare and black comedy. It is built around a half-dozen disparate themes so fused together that it is impossible to say what, if any, overarching theme exists. And as horror-laden stories intensify, the audience is within seconds alternately chilled — and chuckling with laughter. And back again.
Diversity Is A Goal Reflected In Carbonell Awards Nominee List
The announcement of the 47th Carbonell Awards nominees today seemed to further the organization’s desire to recognize and celebrate the continuing diversity of South Florida theater. The list released today encompasses 120 nominees in 20 competitive categories plus special awards for the Nov. 11 gala..
Carbonell Awards And Silver Palms Announce Fall Plans
With the end of summer, the season of South Florida awards galas inches closer, marked by two announcements: the Silver Palms Awards sets a date for announcing the upcoming recipients at a special fundraiser in September; and the Carbonell Awards which has set a November 11 event date now reveals the recipients of its annual “special” awards.
What You’ve Seen And Will See Next Season Crippled By Lack Of Competent Craftspeople
What audiences have seen, are seeing and will see across stages has been crippled and artistically hidden in a strangulation that only insiders know about. Simply, it’s extremely difficult to find competent craftspeople, even untrained laborers to hammer sets, paint flats or sew costumes for professional regional theaters.
I’m Still Here: SoFla Theater’s Epic Journey Through the Pandemic and Beyond
Part 3 of a 4-part in-depth series tracking South Florida theater’s arc of paralysis and pivot through the pandemic and into the future, certainties becoming uncertain, and an unquenched drive to not just survive but prevail, worthy of a Shakespearean epic. Today, theaters and artists respond to criticisms about racism, sexual abuse and working conditions.
A Question & Answer Interview With Michael Hall
Caldwell Theatre Company co-founder Michael Hall stepped down as artistic director in 2009, and has been travelling and writing ever since. But he returned to the Caldwell in February 2011 to direct the drama Last Fall. In an email interview …
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