Performances

True Mirage Provides Riveting, Thoughtful Carrie: The Musical

Promotional material for True Mirage Theater’s riveting, realistic production of Carrie: The Musical tells audiences to “start Halloween season off right.” But audiences are also doing the right thing by asking “What does it cost to be kind?”

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Comedy Plus Serious Side Of Politics In Island City Stage’s Timely Eureka Day

Everything is political—especially now. Nothing, it seems, is beyond political scrutiny as shown in the equally funny, serious and timely Eureka Day at Island City Stage.

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Prepare to be Moved by Other Desert Cities At New Theater

There is good theater, and then there is good theater. In short, Other Desert Cities, produced by a relatively new local production company and now playing at Empire Stage, is so much so in the latter category we would be hard-pressed to find anything wrong with it.

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‘The Shark Is Broken’ Is Part Comedy, Part Musing Set During The Making Of Jaws

The title of Actors Playhouse’s The Shark Is Broken comes from a recreation of the making of Jaws in a sometimes broadly comic, sometimes dryly witty, sometimes rue-tinged exploration of fame, fathers and film seen from the three lead actors waiting for filming to continue.

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‘Burst’ Explodes As Integrity And Ambition Collide at New City Players Season Closer

Fury, frustration, deception, integrity, ambition and amorality combine and collide in a super-charged spiral downward that cements a cuttingly wry satire liberally seasoned with chuckles and giggles in New City Players’ all-too-well-titled Burst.

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Larsen’s Fall Well Satirizes Falwell Jr, Wife & The Pool Boy

Jerry Falwell Jr. and his wife, Becki, take a tumble in Ronnie Larsen’s new play Fall Well at The Foundry in Wilton Manors. But before their downfall they revel in frolicking with their toothsome, much younger Cuban boy toy Giancarlo.

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 Todo Lo Que No Dije From Miami New Drama Is Magical.

 Todo Lo Que No Dije, having its world premiere from Miami New Drama, is a triumph. Harley Elias’ Spanish language play with live English translation is whimsical, poignant, and magical. It is clever, delightful, and magical.

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My Take On: Reviews of NYC’s La Cage aux Folles & Heated Rivalry

A new feature “My Take On: Short reviews from New York shows by Nunzio Michael Lupo, veteran journalist and an insightful appraiser of the arts. These pieces were first posted on his page at https://www.show-score.com/member/mrstrategery.  Some of these are still running for you to see on your next trip; other have closed but remain interesting for his assessment.

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Passionate Voices Propel Brevo Theatre’s The Color Purple

In these difficult times, Brévo Theatre’s glory-filled production of “The Color Purple” digs inside your spirit and releases elation at the prospect of hope. Voices propelled by passion that almost push you back in your seat deliver as solid a celebration as this musical is capable of.

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Come Hear the Music Play at ArtBuzz’s Uber-Dark Cabaret

ArtBuzz Theatrics’ interpretation on Cabaret strips away any lingering sentimentality while dragging us into the alley and smearing our lipstick.

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