Performances
Ring of Fire Encircles Johnny Cash Music In Pure Song At Theatre Arts Garage
Ring of Fire, the Johnny Cash Musical, is not a biographical play about The Man in Black. It’s smarter than that. This music-heavy tableau, at the Theatre at Arts Garage i offers more depth than what its title may imply. When that appreciation hits, Ring of Fire lights a burning flame right through to your soul.
City Theatre’s Summer Shorts Kicks It Up A Notch Once Again
Efforts by City Theatre staffers to improve the consistency of its offerings has paid off: This edition of Summer Shorts is not only lushly and imaginatively produced with a noticeable extra bit of polish, but is more consistently funny and entertaining than any edition in recent memory.
Slow Burn’s High Fidelity Is Scruffy Appealing Musical
Like a scruffy stray found on the streets with little promise of being housebroken, Slow Burn Theatre Company’s musical High Fidelity shouldn’t be so appealing and downright winning. But it is. The sense that the energetic cast and creative team seem to be having this much fun should enchant most anyone open to a summer lark.
Alliance’s Linked One-Acts Are Comedies Are Tinged With Mourning For Lost Pasts
Copious laughter embraces Alliance Theatre Lab’s production of James McLure’s related one-act plays, Laundry & Bourbon and Lone Star. But snaking through the jovial landscape is a quiet mourning that the good times are irretrievably behind us in a changing world.
Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah at Broward Stage Door Campy Fun
Despite its almost two hours of one-liners, caricatures and Borscht Belt humor, Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah, the show based on Allan Sherman’s parody songs at Broward Stage Door, in all its campiness, is energetically enjoyable.
Report From New York: Violet Shines From Foster’s Glow, But Show Itself Is A Bit Dimmer
Something is missing that makes the revival of Violet a fully-satisfying production. It seems inconceivable that it might be “heart,” which would seem to be the strongest suit of a show like this, especially with the unassailably appealing Sutton Foster at its core.
Area Stage’s [title of show] Is Musical Theater Geek Heaven
If you know who Alice Ripley is, if you recognize the name of the musical Brooklyn, then [title of show] at Area Stage Co. was written for you. While its scruffy charm should amuse a general audience, this musical satire is theater geek heaven crammed t with humor rooted in Broadway inside baseball lore.
Estrogen-Infused Cougar The Musical at The Plaza Theatre Goes Limp Due To Cliched Script
There’s fun to be had at Cougar The Musical at The Plaza Theatre because of the cast, but don’t expect a lion’s roar — this Cougar hungers for better material.
Island City Stage’s The Pride Joins Worlds Apart Eras With Skillful Perfection
Island City Stage’s production of the thought-provoking The Pride understands the beauty and depth of this remarkable play —and, done right here, makes us question our history, both individually and collectively.
Outre Kills It With Bleak, Minimalist True-Crime Musical
Thrill Me, a stunning musical about the child murderers Leopold and Loeb, closes out Outre Theatre Company’s season with a two-man, one-act piece noteable for offbeat immediacy and barebones potency of a feverish fringe festival favorite.
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