Reviews
Reimagined Little Mermaid Is Family-Friendly Celebration
Playwright Jacqueline Goldfinger’s new family-friendly adaptation of The Little Mermaid bears little resemblance to Disney’s animated film or Hans Christian Andersen’s dark fairy tale. Theatre Lab’s production at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton is a playful and imaginative celebration of family unity, courage and following your heart.
Die Mommie, Die! Over-the-Top Hilarity on Island City Stage
When is the last time you went to the theater and enjoyed two hours of pure unadulterated fun and sheer frivolity? Die Mommie, Die! is that rare breed of entertainment that exists just for the camp of it. Trust us when we say there’s no message here. And that’s just the way it should be in Island City Stage’s production.
Hundred Days Shows the Power of Love
By Oline H. Cogdill Love—no matter how strong, how all-encompassing, how overwhelming—can never last forever, even if we are sure it will. Death, a forced separation, a mental breakdown—all kinds of things can conspire to end that most wonderful of …
Sweet 15 My Quinceañera!: Sweet and Whacky
by Raquel V. Reyes Sweet 15 My Quinceañera!, written and directed by award-winning screenwriter Rick Najera, is billed as an interactive comedic experience. Although it doesn’t fully live up to that interactive promise. Sweet 15 My Quinceañera! is messy fun …
Take a Ride on A Streetcar Named Desire With the New City Players
By Britin Haller Arguably one of the greatest dramatic plays in American theatrical history, and certainly of its time, A Streetcar Named Desire has rolled onto the Island City Stage with a bang. Timothy Mark Davis, the producing artistic director …
It’s the “Best Day Ever” at The SpongeBob Musical with the Slow Burn Theatre Company
By Britin Haller You absolutely don’t have to be a SpongeBob SquarePants fan to appreciate or even fall in love with Nickelodeon’s The SpongeBob Musical from the Slow Burn Theatre Company, now running through June 23rd at the Broward Center …
‘The Actors,’ a Plays of Wilton production, makes its Off-Broadway debut
By Oline H. Cogdill NEW YORK CITY—Families start in myriad ways—biological origins, adoptions or forged among friends. Ronnie takes a different route—he hires a family in the witty, poignant “The Actors,” a Plays of Wilton production now making its Off-Broadway …
Once Again Garcia Scores With Comic Cuban Chicken Soup
Cuban Chicken Soup: When There’s No More Café is a ‘Grand Slam with yuca’ thanks to the sparkling performance of Elena Maria Garcia. The one-woman play at Zoetic Stage is a sequel to 2016’s ¡Fuacata! Or a Latina’s Guide to Surviving the Universe written by Garcia and Stuart Meltzer. The play runs a little over ninety minutes but feels more like a thirty-minute sitcom.
Put Down Roots with Family Tree from Larsen Presents
The symbolism is as thick as smoke in the air in Family Tree by Ronnie Larsen Presents and the Plays of Wilton; this three-person, one-setting, one-act show is a masterpiece in how it’s done, so take note. For anyone who’s ever lost someone inside themselves due to memory issues, Family Tree is hard to watch, but watch it we must
Pulp is Sexy, Steamy Play With Music About Lesbians In The 50s
Pulp at Island City Stage is a a fulfilling production takes place in 1956. Certainly, it was a time when “people of a certain ilk” mostly kept themselves in the closet for fear of serious consequences and perhaps embarrassment. So, you have to admire the heroinefor being so upfront about her identity.
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