Performances
Damaged Furniture Expertly Crafted by Boca Stage
After being shuttered for far too long, Boca Stage returns with a bang, literally and figuratively, with the outrageously dark and raunchy comedy Damaged Furniture, returning to the Willow Theatre where it got its start decades earlier.
MSP’s Heart-Pounding Riveting Contemporary Take On Medea
Expect emotional whiplash in Main Street Players’ heart-pounding production of a lean and riveting modern adaptation of Euripides’ Greek tragedy, Medea. The dizzying contrast between moods—jarringly funny at first, then devastating—underscores how quickly our lives often return to normal following tragedies.
Mysteries of Memory: Gulfshore’s Premiere of Deb Hiett’s ‘Circle Forward’
There are fond memories, distant memories, comforting memories, disturbing ones. In Deb Hiett’s Circle Forward, enjoying its world premiere at Gulfshore Playhouse, teenager Evan (Anthony Zambito) is dealing with some rather unusual memories: those of a past life.
Good Night, Oscar Mixes Copious Sharp Humor With Spiraling Descent
The protagonist in the drama Good Night, Oscar is in a downward spiral, but audiences watching the Maltz Jupiter Theatre’s first-rate production will be fascinated with copious slashes of humor as it takes us into the soul of an outsider living among society’s insiders, accepted as an insider by them, yet not by himself.
New City’s A Case for the Existence of God Explores Complexities Male Friendships
New City Players’ A Case for the Existence of God explores the complexities of male friendships by focusing on two men whose deepening relationship at a critical point in their lives shatters their protective shells; it crackles with emotional energy, fueled by electrifying performances along with propulsive pacing and a keenly insightful script.
Slow Burn’s Carole King Bio BeautifuI Is Pure Enjoyment
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical in Slow Burn Theatre’s polished production is more than a story about how a teenager evolved into one of the first successful female rock singer/songwriters. For many of us, Beautiful is the soundtrack of our youth, the music a touchstone of the culture of the 1960s and 1970s and a trajectory of American rock music, going from light, teeny-bopper tunes to deeper lyrics.
To Go or Not to Go? to I Hate Hamlet at West Boca Theatre
I Hate Hamlet at the West Boca Theatre Company sounds like a swashbuckling comedy, it’s actually an often clever “play within a play” dramady about learning to step out of your comfort zone and embrace your destiny.
Dear Evan Hansen: Intimacy, Impact At Actors’ Playhouse
Actors’ Playhouse’s Dear Evan Hansen embodies the commitment to meaningful, community-engaged theater addressing the prevalence of suicidal ideation among youth in a way that has resonated deeply with audiences and critics alike. Meticulous attention is paid to every artistic detail creating raw human experience that painfully and accurately recalls a time when each of us struggled for acceptance and purpose.
Religion, Immigration, Humor Intersect In CONVERSA
The responsibility to progress beyond religious belief and on to social action. The 6,000-year-old never ending saga of perilous immigration. Evolving from your religious upbringing into a different faith. Such themes intersect in Theatre Lab’s CONVERSA driven by the infectiously enthused playwright/performer Joanna Castle Miller whose direct TED-like address is infused with her engaging skill as a stand-up comedienne.
First Date Is Fun Fresh Frolic Through Dating Hell
Pompano Players’ First Date will feel instantly familiar to anyone who has ever endured a blind date. The series of hilariously staged scenes and songs capture the trials and tribulations of this dreaded rite of passage with wit and warmth.
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