Tag Archives: Cat Pagano

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.

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Lively ‘Catch Me If You Can’ Kicks Off Slow Burn’s Season

Slow Burn Theatre Co. soars into its 16th season with a lively production of the musical Catch Me If You Can, a highly entertaining production that benefits from its young cast enhanced by South Florida veteran actors and on point choreography of Cat Pagano.

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Wick’s Joseph Production Is As Multi-Faceted As His Coat

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, playing into next month at the Wick Theatre & Museum Club in Boca Raton, has something for everyone, or as Donny Osmond would tell you, it’s a little bit country, it’s a little bit rock ‘n roll. But to be fair, it’s also not for everyone.

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Tale As Old As Time — With Puppets: Beauty And The Beast

It’s unfair to the Maltz Jupiter Theatre’s Beauty and the Beast — which is as thoroughly charming on its own merits as you could ask — but understandable that the focus is diverted to its use of puppets to portray the enchanted household objects. So, yes, the vision that Producing Artistic Director Andrew Kato and director John Tartaglia came up with does indeed work, .

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Glad To Be Conned By Stage Door’s Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

It’s a genuine compliment when a critic doesn’t particularly look forward to a show based on past productions and recordings – and then reassesses his antipathy based on seeing a fresh new production. So it’s saying something that Broward Stage Door’s Dity Rotten Scoundrels is a pleasing romp.

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