Performances

Marriage in the Combat Zone: Gulfshore Playhouse’s Sublime Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Kristin Coury has directed an astounding production of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? that’s more a master class in acting than yelling. You’ve likely not seen a production as nuanced and as superb as Gulfshore Playhouse’,

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Only One Out of Four Visits Lands, But California Suite is Not Neil Simon’s Best

Neil Simon’s California Suite produced by Curtain Call Playhouse, is a series of four playlets revolving around guests at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
Three vignettes are disappointments that don’t land at all, but one is the proverbial “diamond in the rough” that is worth the visit.

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Flying High in the Circus with Water for Elephants

Finding your place in this world, loving what you do and never giving up your dreams, no matter how young or old you are, reverberate throughout the entertaining musical Water for Elephants that revolves around a down at luck circus, people who’ve made it their home cris-crossing the country and the animals that inhabit it, currently at the Broward Center,

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Better Late Proves It’s Never Too Late at Pigs Do Fly

An actress dealing with guilt from of her first marriage as she copes with her second marriage is the core of Better Late, a present-day dramady from Pigs Do Fly Productions.

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Ambition Never Looked So Good As In  Ruthless!

Island City Stage’s Ruthless! The Musical fires on all cylinders, literally everything clicking be it the cast, the direction, the design, the music, the choreography, or the costumes. This is theatrical excess in the best, and worst, way: is a perfectly choreographed train wreck, and that’s a compliment.

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Heart and Humor Melt Pompano Players’ Steel Magnolias

Pompano Players’ Steel Magnolias captures all the heart and humor that made this story a classic with a strong ensemble, deft direction, and performances that spark both hearty laughter and heartfelt tears.

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Zoetic Stage’s The Mother Is Psychological Dark Comedy

Zoetic Stage’s season has opened with a tantalizing, psychological, playful dark comedy that has the audience second-guessing, laughing, and gasping in surprise. The Mother is described by the playwright as a black farce.

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Theatrical Artistry Catapults Maltz’s Breathtaking Misery

The acting is fine and the direction brilliant in Maltz Jupiter Theatre’s recreation of Stephen King’s classic Misery, but what ultimately catapults this stage version to a breathtaking production is the remarkable cohesion of its design team.

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Dramaworks Takes Us To The Mountaintop With Dr. King

 Death, race and dreams intersect in Palm Beach Dramaworks’ stirring, powerful The Mountaintop. This profound drama leavened with a bit of humor imagines the night Martin Luther King Jr. spent in the Lorraine Motel where he was assassinated the next evening.

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Leave a comment

Just In Time: Little Shop of Horrors at Riverside Theatre

Just in time for Halloween, Riverside Theatre’s production of Little Shop of Horrors in Vero Beach is a treat.

Posted in Performances, Reviews | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment