‘ Shakespeare’s valedictory The Tempest is frequently set in a lush magical Eden featuring flying fairies, a monstrous creature, a category 5 hurricane, an onstage shipwreck and enough special effects to break the budget of most theater companies. Director John …

Rising Action, the Broward County theater that leans toward gay-themed plays, has moved to a larger venue in Fort Lauderdale. The company took advantage of an expiring lease to move out of an Oakland Park strip shopping center to rent …

A report from the front: Well, not the front rows, because if you sit in the first two rows at the Promethean Theatre’s production of Evil Dead the Musical, you’re certain to find another meaning (and spelling) for ‘rain of …

Mack and Mabel has achieved legendary status despite the fact that few people have seen the Jerry Herman musical. The 1974 Broadway version folded after 66 performances. But thanks to the original cast album, cultists rave over what may be …

Palm Beach Dramaworks has announced casting for the coming season, a mix of familiar local names and out-of-state ringers. George Bernard Shaw’s Candida (Oct. 8- Nov. 21) stars Kim Cozort as a beautiful Victorian woman caught in a romantic triangle …

Zoetic Stage, the theater company just wriggling out of its shell, is holding the second of three fundraisers at 7 p.m. Aug. 30 at Actors’ Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre in Coral Gable. Once again, the program will be a …

How many theater productions warn audience members that they may be sitting in a splatter zone? Clearly, Evil Dead The Musical, which’opens Friday at the Promethean Theatre, ‘will never be mistaken for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Featuring zombies, demons, gore …

When Hap Erstein and I were appearing on the internet radio/TV show, Aisle Say, one of our favorite running jokes was following the comical crawl toward Broadway of the bloated, ill-starred Julie Taymor musical, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. In …

Friday: The Comfort of Darkness at The Caldwell Theatre in Boca Raton. Passion, ego and hypnotism are stirred into what the Caldwell hopes will be a bewitching brew in the world premiere of Joel Gross’ romantic drama about Anton Mesmer, …

South Florida playwright Michelle Rosenfarb has been accepted in the Master of Fine Arts Dramatic Writing program at the prestigious at New York University’s Tisch School of the Art for the fall semester. To underwrite her sojourn, GableStage has volunteered …