Tag Archives: Ricky J. Martinez
New Theatre’s Twelve Angry Men Plays With Conviction
This 61-year-old Twelve Angry Men gets an effective production in New Theatre’s edition of what it rightfully deems an American classic. A dozen actors give some of the better performances of their careers in Reginald Rose’s well-crafted incisive dissection of human behavior as much as the process of judicial sausage making.
The Best Of Times Is Now: Memorable Moments Of 2014
Here’s a look back at 2014 including a very subjective subjunctive reductive list of outstanding shows, performances and developments guaranteed to make someone unhappy they were not on the list. Take comfort in that there was so much good work that this is the crème de la crème de menthe.
New Theatre’s Cuban Spring Plumbs How Generations Define Their Identity As Cubans
The overall picture may seem a bit disjointed and fuzzy, but the world premiere of The Cuban Spring at New Theatre incisively depicts the complexities of Cuban-American families in modern Miami as their American-born generation conflicts with parents struggling with ghosts of their birthplace.
City Theatre’s Summer Shorts Kicks It Up A Notch Once Again
Efforts by City Theatre staffers to improve the consistency of its offerings has paid off: This edition of Summer Shorts is not only lushly and imaginatively produced with a noticeable extra bit of polish, but is more consistently funny and entertaining than any edition in recent memory.
New Theatre Neatly Untangles A Gordian Knot In Gidion’s Knot
This is why we go to theater. New Theatre’s Gidion’s Knot – wrenching, thought-provoking, shocking, visceral in ways no film can be– exemplifies why we spend time in dark rooms watching live people pretend to be people they’re not.
New Theatre’s Look At Saturday Night Live Not Ready For Prime Time Never Peaks
New Theatre’s debut of the new, locally written work, Not Ready for Primetime, has a way to go before it is actually ready for prime time
New Theatre’s My First, My Fist Is Sincere, Stylized Misfire
New Theatre’s world premiere of Megan Breen’s examination of sexual repression and liberation, My First, My Fist, My Bleeding Seeded Spirit is a well-intentioned but overheated, self-indulgent, ham-handed, pretentious misfire.
Talkin’ In The Green Room With: New Theatre’s Ricky J. Martinez
Actor, playwright, designer, dancer, choreographer, artistic director of New Theatre and probably a few other job descriptions we’ve left out, Ricky J. Martinez is one of the most hyphenate artists in mainstream theater in South Florida. It’s what the affable and passionate Martinez calls being a “theatrician.”
New Theatre’s Bird In The Hand Is A Flawed But Intriguing Hoot
By Bill Hirschman There’s a moment in New Theatre’s quirky and surprisingly pleasant production of Bird In The Hand that captures the offbeat vibe in this bittersweet comedic memoir about growing up in Miami. Actors are dressed to resemble flamingos, …
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