Reviews
“Spider Woman” needs work to ensnare audience in its web
The performing arts are among the few serious creative endeavors that operate under a stopwatch—the endless gestation of Moscow Art Theater drama or Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark apart. At some prearranged point, the show must go on, ready or …
Jewish wiseguy comes to life in Aventura
While Meyer Lansky may not have become a household name like Al Capone or “Lucky” Luciano, the Jewish-American mobster is consistently ranked as one of the Top 10 gangsters of all time. Yet if you listen to his side of …
“Spelling Bee” proves wry and endearing, even with appallingly ignorant audience members
The authors of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee know that inside the most self-assured, accomplished adult are hidden the whispers we endured on the cusp of adolescence that insisted we were misfits eternally doomed to be outsiders. The …
“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 …
A PaperStreet Web Design
