Tag Archives: Barbara Bonilla

Dramaworks’ Alba Re-Envisions Lorca Classic With Cuban-Americans In 2001 Miami

Rewritings of classics to make them more accessible or stressing their themes’ universality are increasingly common, But Alejandro Rodriguez’s Alba at Palm Beach Dramaworks respects Lorca’s The House of Bernarda Alba, yet transmutes it into something worthy on its own terms.

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

How to Break in a Glove: Meaty Complex Tale of Family Secrets

City Theatre’s 30th season begins with an emotional and touching premiere of Chris Anthony; Ferrer’s How to Break in a Glove about an intergenerational Cuban-American family, bringing tears and laughs to a meaty and complex story about family secrets, messy love, and the cycle of trauma those secrets cause.

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

Past, Present and Future Intertwine In Magical Dance in GableStage’s El huracán

The past, the present and the future intertwine in a magical dance seasoned with love and guilt in GableStage’s outstanding El huracán as three generations of women wrestle with loss and forgiveness that crosses nine decades.

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

GableStage’s Comedy “Boca” Would Gladden The Golden Girls

GableStage takes a break from race relations and Arthur Miller to create Boca, a chuckle-fest as well-constructed and skillfully executed as any episode of The Golden Girls, the Mary Tyler Moore show or a Carol Burnett skit.

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