Features
Rewritten And Rewritten, Schwartz/Strouse Musical Rags Gets One More At Plaza Theatre
Few Broadway shows can equal the track record of 1986’s Rags: closed after four performances, rewritten, remounted, rewritten again. There are at least 10 scripts. But something about the drama about immigrants on the Lower East Side keeps artists and audiences coming back. And now, Rags has been overhauled for a run at The Plaza Theatre in Manalapan.
BRTG Spinoff Primal Forces To Stage Mamet’s The Anarchist
A brand-new troupe, Primal Forces, is targeting a group previously left to fend for themselves: the Boomers who came of age during the political and social tumult of the 1960s and 1970s. The company opens with David Mamet’s The Anarchist at Andrews Living Arts Studio in Fort Lauderdale
In The Green Room With… Nicholas Richberg
Careful, he’s got a gun. Nicholas Richberg is waving around a Civil War pistol and sporting an equally dangerous moustache while he sings as Booth in Zoetic Stage’s Assassins. But there are hidden sides to Richberg revealed here, including his cat’s reactions to his singing, how real estate is like theater, and a previously undisclosed talent involving a semi-tractor trailer.
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.
Glamour Girl, New Musical Reading Focuses On Florida Theater’s First Lady Jan McArt
When Fort Lauderdale playwright Tony Finstrom met Florida’s First Lady of Theater Jan McArt three years ago, he felt like he had already “known her forever.” She felt the same camaraderie. It was this initial spark that led to Finstrom’s new musical Glamour Girl! The Jan McArt Story, which will be presented in a staged reading Monday at Lynn University.
McCraney’s Antony And Cleopatra Is Referendum On Future Of Florida Theater
At a minimum, Thursday’s opening of Tarell Alvin McCraney’s fresh spin on Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra is a watershed event for the region. But this co-production of GableStage, the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Public Theater lays out a put-up-or-shut-up challenge to South Florida audiences and funders: Do you want to become a major theatrical hub?
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.
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M Ensemble Resurfaces At South Miami Dade Cultural Arts Center In Cutler Bay
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Reviews
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Spamalot Is Supremely Silly And Delightfully Demented Fun
No Argument: Fighting Over Beverley Shouldn’t Be Missed
The Musical Rags at The Plaza Theatre Is In Need Of Alteration
Actress, Director Make Lukewarm Patriot Red Hot
Features
Rewritten And Rewritten, Schwartz/Strouse Musical Rags Gets One More At Plaza Theatre
BRTG Spinoff Primal Forces To Stage Mamet’s The Anarchist
In The Green Room With… Nicholas Richberg
Slow Burn Theatre Takes On Anti-Semitism In Parade
Glamour Girl, New Musical Reading Focuses On Florida Theater’s First Lady Jan McArt
McCraney’s Antony And Cleopatra Is Referendum On Future Of Florida Theater
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