Reviews

‘Every Brilliant Thing’ At Gulfshore Playhouse Lists What Makes Life Worth Living

Every Brilliant Thing at the Gulfshore Playhouse in Naples is a moving and often funny one-man show in which the Storyteller comes up with a list of “every brilliant thing” that makes life worth living with us following his life from childhood to adulthood as he keeps adding to his list.

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Compelling Tale of Artistic Anxiety In Jonathan Larson’s Pre-Rent ‘tick, tick… BOOM!’

Jonathan Larson’s semi-autobiographical pre-Rent musical tick, tick…BOOM! compellingly injects us deep into the agonized guts of a young man teetering on the Great Divide of pursuing his artistic dream or compromising for a “normal” life.

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The Gloves Come Off in The Long Weekend At Pigs Do Fly

What happens when one unhappily married couple invites another unhappily married couple to spend a holiday weekend with them in their country home? As the claws come out, long-buried resentments resurface, and dirty little secrets are exposed in Pigs Do Fly Productions’ The Long Weekend,

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Pompano Players Promises Future With Delightful I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change

If I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, from The Pompano Players, a new resident theater company, is an indication of what’s to come, we have an exciting new theatrical organization that is chock-full of seasoned and talented professionals that are sure to delight South Florida audiences.

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All Too Timely: The Outsider Is Political Farce In West Boca

Just in time for a little after the election light-hearted fun comes the West Boca Theatre Company’s production of The Outsider, a farcical comedy by Paul Slade Smith that tells the story of a man who doesn’t think he wants to be king.

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It’s the Top: Sublime ‘Anything Goes’ Opens Gulfshore Playhouse’s new Baker Theatre

Anything Goes is the just what it needed in our difficult times: upbeat and optimistic. It’s celebratory tone fits the opening of the Gulfshore Playhouse in Naples first show in the newly opened $72 million Baker Theatre and Education Center.

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Full Court Press In Gablestage’s King James Is As Much About Friendship As Basketball

Trust us, the considerable verbal dribbling and turnovers in Rajiv Joseph’s season opener at Gablestage is only the top layer over the profound examination of the underlying defining themes of friendship and betrayal and returning home to find peace.

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Who Is Gaslighting Whom? In Reimagined Deceived at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre

Anyone going to the Maltz Jupiter Theatre’s Deceived hoping to see their parent’s version of Gaslight will be sorely disappointed. Because this new adaptation has a completely different resolution for the terrified housewife whose character made “gaslighting” a household word.

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Dramawork’s Lost In Yonkers Is Profound, Trenchant Drama

The 1991 Pulitzer Prize-winning Lost in Yonkers with its intersection of culture and families shows Simon at his most profound and makes a fitting launch for Palm Beach Dramaworks’ 25th season.

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Try To Remember A Little Differently At Island City

 Hot off the heels of their outstanding 12th year comes Island City Stage’s 13th season opener, The Fantasticks, a delightful romantic dramady billed as the South Florida premiere of “The world’s longest running musical in history … with a twist.”

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