Features
15 Years, 4 Productions And 400-Plus Performances Later, Wayne LeGette Returns to Role
Sometime after more than 400 performances, Wayne LeGette lost track of how often he had appeared in the enduring musical about relationships I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change. Whatever the figure was, the odometer is about to roll over this month.
A Quiet, Lazy Holiday: 29 Shows Play South Florida This Month
There may be 12 days of Christmas, eight days of Hannukah and seven days of Kwanzaa, but there are 31 days of theater in South Florida underscored by the coming week in which at least 11 shows are opening in addition to at least 11 already open and at least seven more opening later.
Photos From Tarell McCraney’s Antony And Cleopatra
These photos were taken of the world premiere of Tarell Alvin McCraney’s new take on Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra which premiered this week at the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Swan Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon.
The Gleefully Irreverent Romp The Book Of Mormon Opens This Week At Broward Center
Aggressively, gleefully and literally irreverent, with the most profane lyric about the Almighty ever heard in a Broadway musical, The Book of Mormon is the most improbable smash since a prequel to The Wizard of Oz premiered a decade ago. So it’s not odd that the national tour opening Tuesday at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts is one of the most popular tickets in the Broadway Across America season.
Back From Exile, Levy’s Mourning Becomes Electra Finally Gets Local Bow At Florida Grand Opera
Considering that some aficionados say Mourning Becomes Electra is one of the most thrilling operas ever written, Fort Lauderdale composer Marvin David Levy can be forgiven a bit of curmudgeonly pique that it’s also one you’ve never heard. That will change Thursday thanks to the Florida Grand Opera.
Photo Slideshow of Renovations at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre
Photos of Thursday’s ribbon cutting for the Maltz Jupiter Theatre’s $2.5 million renovation plus photos of the new interior.
Maltz Jupiter Theatre’s Major Makeover Marks Next Stage
When the finished $2.5 million project is unveiled at an open house Monday, the transmogrified Maltz Jupiter Theatre will serve as a valediction and validation of its decade growing from Burt Reynolds’ local dinner theater into one of the premier producing houses in the state.
Theaters Plan a “Horror”ble Season For This Halloween
Never have the undead been more alive than in South Florida theaters this month as companies take advantage of the spooky season to raise money or just let their unnaturally hirsute hair down. Both the original play The Rocky Horror Show and the cult film, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, are mainstays of various events. But there’s more than that.
Our First Honest-To-Goodness Theater Geek Trivia Contest
So you think you know nearly everything about theater except what will be a guaranteed hit on Broadway next year? 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 answers on the Internet.
News
GableStage Tries Funding McCraney’s Shakespeare Through Cyberspace
Archive of BECON-TV’s Panel Show: Spotlight On The Arts
Theatre League Announces Remy Award Recipients
New Theatre Postpones “My First” A Week; Four Openings This Week; Six Next Week
24-Hour Theatre Project Gets “Plenty Scary” For Halloween
National Arts Institute Signs Lease To Re-Open Royal Poinciana Playhouse
Reviews
Nicky Silver’s The Lyons Scores As Jet Black Satire Of Dysfunctional Family
Bravura Lion In Winter Is Family Battle Royal As Blood Sport
Home For The Holidays: Comedy In Making God Laugh Morphs Into Poignancy At Playhouse
SantaLand Diaries Good For Seasonal Laughs, But Has Its Share Of Bah-Humbug Moments
Maltz’s Appealing Annie Has Adorable Orphans, Skill & Polish, But Little Magic Or Heart
Kravis ‘ Radio City Christmas Spectacular Is, Indeed, A Pretty Spectacular Holiday Present
Features
15 Years, 4 Productions And 400-Plus Performances Later, Wayne LeGette Returns to Role
A Quiet, Lazy Holiday: 29 Shows Play South Florida This Month
Photos From Tarell McCraney’s Antony And Cleopatra
The Gleefully Irreverent Romp The Book Of Mormon Opens This Week At Broward Center
Back From Exile, Levy’s Mourning Becomes Electra Finally Gets Local Bow At Florida Grand Opera
Photo Slideshow of Renovations at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre
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