Performances

Riverside Theatre’s Glorious Cause For Singin’ in the Rain

The ‘glorious feeling’ is hard to escape, even after final bows, for Riverside Theatre’s production of Singin’ in the Rain. ‘Having fun’ is what’s at the crux of the film. Riverside director Richard Stafford and the superb cast, captures this seamlessly more than 70 years later.

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‘Confessions Of A Retired Witch’ Bows With D’Jamin Bartlett

Confessions Of A Retired Witch hit the ground running in a short run through this weekend at The Studio at Mizner Park written by and featuring experienced theater hands D’Jamin Bartlett and Mark Bornfield.

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Comedy Tonight In Wilton Manors, But Bring A Blanket

POW! in the Park’s inaugural production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum this month is the culmination of the company’s dream to produce free outdoor theater in Wilton Manors’ Mickel Park.

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Dynamic All My Sons Charts Domestic Descent Into Tragedy

What New City Players’ ensemble achieves in its dynamic production of Arthur Miller’s classic All My Sons is making totally believable the slow descent from the warmth of family gatherings to explosions of pessimistic rage and sorrow, The Kellers harbor a secret rooted in the abandonment of taking responsibility for their actions as a web of lies infects hope for the future.

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Maltz’s Lehman Trilogy Depicts Generations Who See Selves As “Merchants of Money”

The Lehman Trilogy is the journey of a country pursuing a Dream viewed through the prism of financial acquisition, following generations of an immigrant family rising to economic triumph – and then tragedy. The Maltz Jupiter Theatre’s production nimbly delivers the personal and social complexities examined in one of this country’s most challenging dramas in recent years.

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I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change Perfect For Valentine’s

Perfect for Valentine’s Day month is I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change staged by the Off-Glades Theatre Company at the Willow Theatre in Boca Raton. ILYYPNC is a musical revue themed around the difficulties and joys of romantic relationships.

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Dissolving Family in Dramaworks’ The Humans Is Clearer Than Ever

This third time seeing Stephen Karam’s Tony-winning The Humans again becomes clearer with Palm Beach Dramaworks’ fine depiction of a normal family deteriorating over Thanksgiving dinner from a close bonded unit into a shattered dissolving group barely—but still – holding together.

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West Boca’s My Name Is Asher Lev Is Emotional Rollercoaster

Suffused with the environment of a young Jewish man in America. My Name Is Asher Lev may not be for everyone’s interest, but that doesn’t mean it’s not great theater at the West Boca Theatre Company, an adaptation of the 1972 semi-autobiographical book by Chaim Potok.

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Riverside Theatre’s Master Class Soars As Callas’ Dramatic Aria

You are in for quite the theater treat at Riverside Theatre’s splendid production of Master Class. Starring award winning Broadway actress Karen Ziemba, this production rings with artful sophistication and reveals Riverside Theatre at its finest.

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Slow Burn’s Dark Musical ‘Parade’ Is Among The Season’s Finest

There is a moment in the finest musical theater when lyrics, acting, direction, and, above all, the music meld into a power-driven force that almost physically lifts the audience out of their seats. In one of the most memorable theater seasons that South Florida has seen in several years, Slow Burn Theatre Company’s superlative Parade earns its place in that pantheon.

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