Reviews
Building “Bridges,” one immigrant experience at a time
The melting pot that is America comes to a boil in Bridge and Tunnel, a one-woman show that illustrates the immigrant experience in America with insight, humor and poignancy. Now on stage at The Women’s Theatre Project in Fort Lauderdale, …
Dramaworks’ fast-paced “Candida” makes challenging Shaw accessible
Question: What do you have when you’re in a room full of the smartest people in town? Answer: A play by George Bernard Shaw. In this case, it’s Palm Beach Dramaworks’ production of Shaw’s delicious but dizzyingly dense comic treatise …
“Jack Goes Boating” sets sails with terrific performances
Jack Goes Boating is having a moment in South Florida. The movie version of the off-Broadway hit by Bob Glaudini is currently playing in South Florida theaters, starring Oscar winner Philip Seymour Hoffman, who created the role of Jack.’ …
Nilo Cruz’s “Color of Desire” a sometimes exhilarating, sometimes flat drama of post-revolution Cuba
It’s autumn 1960 in Havana and everyone swirls in a dance of self-delusion. The harsh realities of the previous year’s revolution are closing in on the wary Cuban working class and the clueless Americans who still treat the country as …
Finely polished “Motherhood the Musical” is a smash hit with big potential
You can pose as a sophisticated cynic and pretend that the middle-brow charms of Motherhood the Musical don’t get to you, but your laughter and sniffles will give you away. The world premiere of Sue Fabisch’s feel-good celebration of the …
Mel Brooks’ “Young Frankenstein” musical is monstrous good fun.
Mel Brooks’ classic 1974 film Young Frankenstein comes to life on stage in a musical that’s less mad than madcap scientist. The musical lovingly recreates the film, a black-and-white spoof/homage to the Frankenstein films of the 1930s. The plot follows …
24-Hour Theatre marathon a night to remember
The South Florida theater community refers to the Carbonell Awards ceremony as “theater prom” because everyone dons formal wear and parties late into the night. They should start referring to The Naked Stage’s 24-Hour Theatre Project as “theater kegger.” Now …
Strong cast elevates creepy “Angel Eaters”
The first image of Johnna Adams’ The Angel Eaters is provocative–a tableau of Depression-era characters, looking stunned and haunted, standing in front of a broken-down farmhouse. The next image is of a young girl being embraced by an otherworldly woman. …
Weak cast does little to strengthen “Steel Magnolias”
The Broward Stage Door Theatre in Coral Springs is reviving Steel Magnolias, that iconic chestnut about the strong friendships between a group of Southern women, in a lackluster production that fails to illuminate the winning aspects of Robert Harling’s sentimental …
Caldwell�s “Follies” scores with talented cast
The unavoidable limitations of the Caldwell Theatre’s stirring concert edition of Stephen Sondheim’s Follies will only make you ache for a full production. The single piano standing in for an orchestra, projections standing in for opulent sets, 13 actors standing …
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