Tag Archives: Gaby Tortoledo

POTUS Embraces Everything From Farce to Political Satire

Timing, of course, is a crucial element in comedy. But it doesn’t hurt that it occurs when the social-political world around you conveniently coincides as it dies in Zoetic Stage’s hysterical POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive.

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Who Is Gaslighting Whom? In Reimagined Deceived at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre

Anyone going to the Maltz Jupiter Theatre’s Deceived hoping to see their parent’s version of Gaslight will be sorely disappointed. Because this new adaptation has a completely different resolution for the terrified housewife whose character made “gaslighting” a household word.

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Deceived At Maltz Jupiter Theatre Is a Lesson in Gaslighting With Gaby Tortoledo

“I love thrillers. Both as spectator and an actor,” enthuses Gaby Tortoledo who gets to explore it as the heroine in Maltz Jupiter Theatre’s current play Deceived through Nov. 10.

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Laughs in Spanish at Coral Gables is oh-so Miami

By Raquel V. Reyes Laughs in Spanish is like a Friday night in Wynwood without the next day’s hangover. The one-act play by Alexis Scheer, Laughs in Spanish is making its Florida premiere at GableStage through June 23. The “all …

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Which Way to the Stage at Island City Stage.

By Aaron Krause You’ve got to admire and respect actors: For them, gigs can be few and far between. And that means they must often work odd jobs to pay the bills, while continuing to practice their craft. When actors …

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Theatre Lab’s Refuge Examines Immigration Through Mysticism, Magic and Theatricality

Embracing the eloquence of imaginative theatricality, Theatre Lab’s Refuge depicts a deeply moving journey through the immigration crisis viewed not as a political issue, but a complex human one. It melds music, drama, humor, puppetry, and speeches in Spanish, resulting in a campfire story told through magical realism and mysticism.

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Delightful Honeymoon In Vegas Is Classic Musical Comedy

From Slow Burn Theatre Company’s brass-unleashed overture with a live band, to an ebullient cast, to winning music and witty lyrics, this musical version of the film Honeymoon in Vegas is the kind of full-fledged fully-entertaining classic musical comedy you thought no one wrote anymore.

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Murder on the Orient Express Reimagined as Comic Trip

Do not go to Actors’ Playhouse’s Murder on the Orient Express expecting the grim locked-room mystery at the heart of the films or the novel. This 2017 edition is penned by the playwright of Lend Me A Tenor. If you can wipe the tone of those earlier efforts from your mind, you will likely find yourself chuckling much of the night at these theater veterans turn the Christie classic into a cute, often quite funny two-hour comedy sketch.

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PPTOPA’s Cabaret Once Again Warns Of Current Dangers

PPTOPA’s earnest, merely passable production of Cabaret is notable for a few solid performances, but especially for the script which, decade after decade, becomes an increasingly relevant warning. Even more than the original stories, Masteroff’s 1966 “book” warns of an everyday populace willing to accommodate the rise of a totalitarian regime that promises answers, even to the point of self-inflicted blindness to its dangers.

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Despite The 10-Foot Star, ‘Mastodon’ Not Just Child’s Play

Yes, there is broad humor, over-the-top characters, cartoonish sets, a fairy tale vibe and a 10-foot tall puppet, but Theatre Lab makes it clear that Rachel Teagle’s world premiere script of The Impracticality of Modern-Day Mastodons is not children’s theater, but an adult evaluation of dreams.

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