Reviews

Area Stage Presents an Electrifying Take on an Old Classic: Oliver!

Something truly remarkable is offered by Area Stage Company: , a sensational immersive production of the beloved Tony and Olivier Award-winning musical, Oliver! reimagined that is experienced with all the senses

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Legally Blonde The Musical is “Omigod You Guys” at the Actors’ Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre

 By Britin Haller Omigod you guys, Legally Blonde the Musical is so much fun! The original motion picture with Reese Witherspoon is cute with a laugh or three, but likely not for everyone. But the musical at the Actors’ Playhouse …

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Rooted at Theatre Lab

By Jan Sjostrom Something magical is happening at Theatre Lab, the new-play incubator based at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton. Deborah Zoe Laufer’s play Rooted is a not-to-be missed experience. The show is both a love letter to female …

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The Cancellation of Lauren Fein at Palm Beach Dramaworks

    By Oline H. Cogdill On the surface, Lauren Fein would seem to be immune to the fallout of the cancel culture. She’s a brilliant research scientist whose ground-breaking sickle-cell research brings in millions to the private university where …

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Morning After Grace at the Riverside Theatre in Vero Beach

Grief in various forms is explored in Carey Grim’s heartwarming play, “Morning After Grace.” But so is humor. Indeed, it’s the humor that gets us through grief. Along with the human touch, of course.. On stage now at Riverside Theatre in Vero Beach, “Morning After Grace” is both a funny and touching production.

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Two Sisters and a Piano at Miami New Drama

By Raquel V. Reyes Two Sisters and a Piano, written and directed by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Nilo Cruz, is the play we need now. It is beautifully written, well-performed, and masterfully staged. This Miami New Drama production is as perfectly …

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Which Way to the Stage at Island City Stage.

By Aaron Krause You’ve got to admire and respect actors: For them, gigs can be few and far between. And that means they must often work odd jobs to pay the bills, while continuing to practice their craft. When actors …

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Barefoot in rhe Park Still Resonates at PPTOPA

By Mariah Reed Neil Simon’s longest-running hit, Barefoot in the Park opened at the Biltmore Theatre on Broadway on October 23, 1963. It was only the second play Simon had ever written, yet it was nominated for four Tony Awards, …

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Old Wicked Songs at GableStage

By Oline H. Cogdill The relationship between student and teacher often goes beyond the learning experience, fraught on both sides with understanding, resentment, frustration, respect, among other feelings. These, among other emotions, ebb and flow in the absorbing drama Old …

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“Some Kind of Wonderful” at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre with Beautiful: The Carole King Musical

By Britin Haller Beautiful: The Carole King Musical is some kind of wonderful, but don’t expect to groove along with the songs from her greatest hits album, because that’s not what this show is about. For those unaware, it’s based …

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