Reviews

Main Street Players Depicts Human Cost Of Economic Flux

Main Street Players’ unsparing edition of Lynn Nottage’s stunning Sweat insightfully tracks the spiraling toilet spin of blue collar workers as economic changes devastate their incomes and the substance of their lives.

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One More Yesterday Deserves Many More Tomorrows

The musical One More Yesterday may see it itself as a work in progress, but enfold yourself in this humorous, tuneful and heartfelt work, especially to savor Angie Radosh giving yet another superb performance.

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Capote Returns To Life As Unique &Complex As Ever In Tru

Tru, the play bringing the audience into Truman Capote’s living room for a chatty wit-lathered visit at a crucial moment in his life, entertains as Charles Baran evokes the engaging persona of the writer but does not tries to mimic his unique voice or other externals. But he succeeds in creating this outsized creature alternately, compassionate, cruel, haunted, indestructible and a dozen attributes.

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Past, Present and Future Intertwine In Magical Dance in GableStage’s El huracán

The past, the present and the future intertwine in a magical dance seasoned with love and guilt in GableStage’s outstanding El huracán as three generations of women wrestle with loss and forgiveness that crosses nine decades.

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PPTOPA Asks You To Join Us In The Summer Of Love In Pippin

Pembroke Pines Theatre of the Performing Arts presents a new vision for the musical Pippin echoing the Summer of Love.

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Choice, Politics & Dreams In 1964 Haiti In ‘Cry Old Kingdom’ From New City Players

Jeff Augustin’s incisive tragedy Cry Old Kingdom from New City Players provides an embarrassingly rare look for Florida mainstream theater into Haiti’s past. With passion – repressed then explosive, the play depicts with unapologetic clarity how people struggled to deal with the horrifying despotism of Duvalier in 1964.

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Riverside’s Intoxicating 42nd Street Is As Good As It Gets

Riverside Theatre’s intoxicating production of 42nd Street is as good as it gets — anywhere. This high-spirited show is awash in entertainment from beginning to end and you’ll remain a happy captive to the exhilarating song and dance numbers for days to come.

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The Walls Have Ears Explores Brutal Terror in 1962 Cuba

Politics, family and revolution—each volatile in their own way—provide the harrowing backdrop for Robby Ramos’ debut drama The Walls Have Ears, having its world premiere through May 14 at the Westchester Cultural Arts Center in Miami.

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Theatre Lab’s Refuge Examines Immigration Through Mysticism, Magic and Theatricality

Embracing the eloquence of imaginative theatricality, Theatre Lab’s Refuge depicts a deeply moving journey through the immigration crisis viewed not as a political issue, but a complex human one. It melds music, drama, humor, puppetry, and speeches in Spanish, resulting in a campfire story told through magical realism and mysticism.

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A New Company, Loxen, Bows Little Shop Of Horrors In Miami

It’s always commendable to have new theaters with emerging talent start in South Florida, especially when the goal is to feature local performers. Loxen Productions shows potential with its fourth production, Little Shop of Horrors, performed in its permanent home, the ARTime Theater in Miami.

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