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Sins Of The Father…And Mother In Dramaworks’ Witty, Moving, Deftly Acted My Old Lady

Israel Horovitz’s My Old Lady at Palm Beach Dramaworks is a cornucopia of delightful wordplay and an insightful examination of human relationships, featuring superb performances by Estelle Parsons, Angelica Page and Tim Altmeyer

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Theatre League Celebrates Theatrical Community’s Unsung Heroes With Remy Awards

The South Florida Theatre League has announced its 2014 Remy Awards recognizing outstanding service and pioneering efforts in the development of the arts in the region.

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Dramaworks’ Quiet, Insightful Our Town Is Worth Investing Your Attention, Imagination

For such a seemingly simple play, Our Town requires the audience to generously invest their attention and imagination. Thornton Wilder’s classic only works when its visitors travel more than halfway there. But for those willing to make that journey, the gossamer delicate play can vibrate the heartstrings and the synapses.

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The Coming South Florida Theater Season Is As Much About Where As What

Usually there isn’t anything sexy or newsworthy about real estate in the world of theater unless it’s Glengarry Glen Ross. But as the season approaches, South Florida hasn’t seen so much packing and unpacking, opening tubes of Ben Gay, filling out of change-of-address cards, remodeling, scanning blueprints and updating websites as in the past season and the one coming up

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15 Best Bets That We Want To See In The Coming Season

In chronological order, here is a highly subjective, personal list of the shows whose titles or concepts we most want to see this season.

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Dramaworks’ Dramaworkshop May Become Region’s Most Ambitious New Play Program

Palm Beach Dramaworks is embarking on an ambitious new plays development program: Dramaworkshop. Over the next three years, the company is building a framework to nurture nascent scripts through readings, workshops and full developmental productions.

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Most Happy Fella Among Best Sung Musicals Of The Season

Palm Beach Dramaworks’ current staged concert of Frank Loesser’s 1956 musical The Most Happy Fella overflows with a purity of emotions common to even the most ordinary of us, proclaiming them one of the glories of existence to be welcomed, not shied away from.

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Vibrant, Zesty Zorba! Gets Staged Concert At Dramaworks

From the first tinkling of the bouzouki, Palm Beach Dramaworks’ mounting of the rarely-seen Kander and ebb musical Zorba! fairly throbs with life-affirming spirit in direct spite of the vagaries of Fate.

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Veteran Actor William Parry Embraces Zorba In Palm Beach Dramaworks Staged Concert

As he relates the philosophy of his title character in the musical Zorba, William Parry’s acting chops are so second-nature that he probably doesn’t realize that a slight Greek accent is slipping into his warm deep baritone and a brio is filling the small, hot conference room at Palm Beach Dramaworks.

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Tryst Plumbs Complexities Of A Scoundrel And His Prey

A swirling spiral of emotional DNA echoes the emotional dance in The Tryst at Palm Beach Dramaworks. It’s a psychologically-rooted tale of romance, albeit an unconventional definition of romance.

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