Reviews

‘Would You Sacrifice Your Identity’ Queried In GableStage’s Prayers for the French Republic

Would we abandon our history, our nationality or our faith to maintain another part of our identity if we faced overwhelming social prejudice? GableStage’s Prayer for the French Republic depicts a family like your own struggling to sort out these issues as specific and inescapable as life and death.

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Integrity and Honor Underscored In Maltz Jupiter’s Relevant Man of La Mancha

 Man of La Mancha is always a dependably affecting evening of theater and the Maltz Jupiter Theatre’s current production certainly delivers that. But there’s something nearly indefinable, something deeper landing this time that makes it special.

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Boca or Bust: Pompano Players’ Hilarious Ode to the Second Act

Pompano Players has unearthed a sparkling treasure in Jessica Provenz’s Boca, a wickedly fun comedy set in the sun-soaked retirement community of Boca Raton, where a band of New York transplants refuse to act their age, trading rocking chairs for a second shot at their wild teenage years.  

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Zoetic Gifts With Sondheim’s Glorious Merrily We Roll Along

Stephen Sondheim’s oft-revamped Merrily We Roll Along prevails in Zoetic Stage’s glorious production in a fresh vision of the musical, visually and passionately different than the acclaimed 2022-23 revival.

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High-Energy Hell’s Kitchen Delivers Invigorating Engrossing Alicia Keys Musical

Enjoy Hell’s Kitchen an engrossing, engaging, coming-of-age story about a sometimes fraught relationship of a mother and daughter, learning to find your purpose—in this case music—and the perils and heartbreak of growing up, based on Alicia Key’s music.

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Profound Unrest in a Family Mirrors Tumult in Detroit ’67

Dominique Morisseau’s compelling drama, Detroit ’67, rooted in that year’s violent unrest achieves mixed results as it deeply dissects exploring dreams, economic struggles, racial injustice, police brutality, and the enduring power of family.

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 Damaged Furniture Expertly Crafted by Boca Stage

After being shuttered for far too long, Boca Stage returns with a bang, literally and figuratively, with the outrageously dark and raunchy comedy Damaged Furniture, returning to the Willow Theatre where it got its start decades earlier.

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Riverside Theatre Delivers Powerful Jesus Christ Superstar

Heed the warning. This Jesus Christ Superstar at the Riverside Theatre is a contemporary telling of a story that feels as fresh in 2026 as it did in 1971 when it opened on Broadway, and as disturbing now as the events it portrays from two thousand years ago. What’s old is new again, indeed.

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MSP’s Heart-Pounding Riveting Contemporary Take On Medea

Expect emotional whiplash in Main Street Players’ heart-pounding production of a lean and riveting modern adaptation of Euripides’ Greek tragedy, Medea. The dizzying contrast between moods—jarringly funny at first, then devastating—underscores how quickly our lives often return to normal following tragedies.

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Mysteries of Memory: Gulfshore’s Premiere of Deb Hiett’s ‘Circle Forward’

There are fond memories, distant memories, comforting memories, disturbing ones. In Deb Hiett’s Circle Forward, enjoying its world premiere at Gulfshore Playhouse, teenager Evan (Anthony Zambito) is dealing with some rather unusual memories: those of a past life.

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