Reviews
1922’s Forbidden! — First Major Gay Play Seems Contemporary
What do you do when who you are threatens to make you an outcast and shatter your family? That’s the question bedeviling a young man facing his homosexuality in Forbidden!, a 104-year-old play widely believed the first to portray an openly gay character as neither criminal nor amoral.
True Mirage Provides Riveting, Thoughtful Carrie: The Musical
Promotional material for True Mirage Theater’s riveting, realistic production of Carrie: The Musical tells audiences to “start Halloween season off right.” But audiences are also doing the right thing by asking “What does it cost to be kind?”
Comedy Plus Serious Side Of Politics In Island City Stage’s Timely Eureka Day
Everything is political—especially now. Nothing, it seems, is beyond political scrutiny as shown in the equally funny, serious and timely Eureka Day at Island City Stage.
Prepare to be Moved by Other Desert Cities At New Theater
There is good theater, and then there is good theater. In short, Other Desert Cities, produced by a relatively new local production company and now playing at Empire Stage, is so much so in the latter category we would be hard-pressed to find anything wrong with it.
‘The Shark Is Broken’ Is Part Comedy, Part Musing Set During The Making Of Jaws
The title of Actors Playhouse’s The Shark Is Broken comes from a recreation of the making of Jaws in a sometimes broadly comic, sometimes dryly witty, sometimes rue-tinged exploration of fame, fathers and film seen from the three lead actors waiting for filming to continue.
My Book Report: Bill Reviews 7 Theater-Related Tomes Including New Sondheim Bio
Florida Theater On Stage’s summer reading list worth for a few evenings encompasses three looks at Sondheim including a fresh off the press biography. Plus we dissect a detailed look at Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf’s evolution from play to film, plus a newly prefaced edition of Raisin in the Sun with post-script analysis,.
‘Burst’ Explodes As Integrity And Ambition Collide at New City Players Season Closer
Fury, frustration, deception, integrity, ambition and amorality combine and collide in a super-charged spiral downward that cements a cuttingly wry satire liberally seasoned with chuckles and giggles in New City Players’ all-too-well-titled Burst.
Larsen’s Fall Well Satirizes Falwell Jr, Wife & The Pool Boy
Jerry Falwell Jr. and his wife, Becki, take a tumble in Ronnie Larsen’s new play Fall Well at The Foundry in Wilton Manors. But before their downfall they revel in frolicking with their toothsome, much younger Cuban boy toy Giancarlo.
Todo Lo Que No Dije From Miami New Drama Is Magical.
Todo Lo Que No Dije, having its world premiere from Miami New Drama, is a triumph. Harley Elias’ Spanish language play with live English translation is whimsical, poignant, and magical. It is clever, delightful, and magical.
My Take On: Reviews of NYC’s La Cage aux Folles & Heated Rivalry
A new feature “My Take On: Short reviews from New York shows by Nunzio Michael Lupo, veteran journalist and an insightful appraiser of the arts. These pieces were first posted on his page at https://www.show-score.com/member/mrstrategery. Some of these are still running for you to see on your next trip; other have closed but remain interesting for his assessment.
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