Reviews
“Les Miz” revival is a show not to miss at the Broward Center
Is it worth buying a ticket to the 349th road show of the allegedly retooled production of Les Miserables that opened Tuesday at the Broward Center where there’s likely an entire wall with graffiti from companies that have trundled to …
Dated “Sister George” makes for long, dull evening at Rising Action Theatre
If you’re planning to see The Killing of Sister George at Rising Action Theatre, load up on the caffeine.’ You’ll need it. With three acts and two intermissions, The Killing of Sister George clocks in at two and a half …
State Theatre Project’s “Billboard” pushes agenda, but not the envelope
In his wry protest against consumerism, playwright Michael Vukadinovich asks the question: Can love survive a clash of art and capitalism? The State Theatre Project was founded just over a year ago with a stated mission to present socially relevant …
Glorious singing lifts Maltz Theatre’s “Sound of Music”
Put away the insulin. The Maltz Jupiter Theatre’s production of The Sound of Music may have a few flaws, but cloying schmaltz isn’t one of them. Instead, the classic gets a musically resplendent production that respects the difference between genuine …
Caldwell’s “Clybourne Park” probes uneasy continuing issues of race relations
The climax of Clybourne Park comes as the characters tell an increasingly offensive set of undeniably funny jokes turning on racial stereotypes. The audience at the Caldwell Theatre on Saturday night wasn’t sure whether to guffaw or gasp, but ultimately …
Sharon Gless shines as sexed-up senior at GableStage
As droll and insightful as the GableStage production of A Round-Heeled Woman is on its own merits, Sharon Gless brings a surprising dimension to the 66-year-old English teacher who advertises for sex in the New York Review of Books. It’s …
Broward Stage Door’s middling “Mame” delivers the music but not the wit
Any production of the musical Mame, regardless of its other strengths and weaknesses, rises and falls on the sequined shoulders of its leading lady. Broward Stage Door’s mildly entertaining edition is both elevated and hampered by its star Tara Michelle …
Even with its inanities, its hard to fight the feeling for “Rock of Ages”
When the great-grandmother in row K stopped clapping to the music long enough to take her glow light out of her purse and wave it weakly in the air Tuesday night, you knew that Rock of Ages had succeeded in …
A compelling philosophical duel in “Freud’s Last Session”
If you were the kind of college student who sat up till the wee hours with your roommate arguing philosophical questions, you’ll revel in Palm Beach Dramaworks’ intellectual fencing match, Freud’s Last Session. Mark St. Germain’s play, which opened Friday, …
“Goldie” premiere poses tough questions about motherhood at Florida Stage
There was a takeaway moment in the mostly’ comic first act of Florida Stage’s’Goldie, Max & Milk on Friday in which a frazzled single mother, overwhelmed by the challenge of her crying newborn, calls out reflexively in pain and terror, …
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