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Stage Door’s 46th Revival Of Beau Jest Remains Funny

There’s a reason, as seen in Broward Stage Door’s revival, that Beau Jest has survived for so long. . Despite a sentimental mechanical finale and humor so vaudevillian you can hear the rim shots, James Sherman’s may be script may be formulaic but it’s also truly funny, especially when enhanced by the skills of star Matthew William Chizever and director Michael Leeds.

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Maltz Musicals and GableStage’s Ruined Sweep Carbonell Awards

By Bill Hirschman The vast variety of theater so characteristic of South Florida’s diverse arts scene was underscored Monday night as excellence was honored in at the 37th annual Carbonell Awards. At one end of the spectrum, Ruined, GableStage’s dark …

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Complete List Of 2012-2013 Carbonell Award Winners

The complete list of the winners and nominees of the 2012-2013 Carbonell Awards honoring excellence in South Florida theater.

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Breaking News: FIU Proposes Partnership With County And GableStage To Operate Closed Coconut Grove Playhouse

By Bill Hirschman Another option has emerged for the future of the Coconut Grove Playhouse — a partnership among Miami-Dade County, Florida International University and GableStage to operate a 300-seat theater with an annual $2.6 million budget. The arrangement was …

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Entrances And Exits This Week

Openings and Closings Opening Oct. 26-Nov. 4 Avenue Q Slow Burn Theatre Company at West Boca Performing Arts Theatre 12811 West Glades Rd., Boca Raton (954) 323-7884 www.slowburntheatre.com Irreverent Tony-winning  musical with puppets about young adults trying to find their …

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Entrances & Exits This Week / Openings & Closings

Opening this week: Oct. 18-Nov. 18 Driving Miss Daisy Plaza Theatre 262 S. Ocean Blvd., Manalapan (former Florida Stage site) (561) 588-1820 www.theplazatheatre.net The Pulitzer Prize-winning play tells the story of the long-standing relationship between a stubborn Southern matriarch and …

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Caldwell Building “Sold” To Mortgage Holder; Cholerton Says Theater Company Is Done

UPDATED AT 6 P.M. By Bill Hirschman The gleaming building that symbolized the Caldwell Theatre Company’s hard-fought dreams was sold at a foreclosure auction at 11:17 a.m. today, but its circumstances didn’t change because the winning bidder was the bank …

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In Dramaworks’ Lovely Talley Tale, The Only Folly Is The Set

ut Talley’s Folly doesn’t ask you to turn off your brain even as it embraces you with an enchanting pas de deux of emotions, at least in Palm Beach Dramaworks’ charming seduction starring Brian Wallace, Erin Joy Schmidt and the crucial third leg of the stool, director J. Barry Lewis.

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Reading(s) Is (Are) Fundamental

Part One More than a few people were disappointed when the Caldwell Theatre closed its doors last spring before producing the final play of the season, Our Lady of Allapattah by Miami playwright Christopher Demos Brown. But perseverance pays off. …

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News: The Mormons Are Coming and Violence In Theater

Stage Combat Violence, the ultimate expression of dramatic conflict, has long been a staple of theater, going back to the days of Og the Caveman retelling his war exploits around the fire. The way violence is represented in theater is …

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