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Sharp Inquest Into Gender Politics At Heart Of Oleanna

Skilled direction and excellent performances plumb the deep currents in Oleanna, currently on stage at Riverside Theatre in Vero Beach. In fact, Riverside’s production is as sharp and pointed and keenly drawn out as is the very play itself.

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‘A Comedy of Tenors’ Is Welcome Sequel to ‘Lend Me A Tenor’

Those needing a good hearty laugh will find the right medicine in Riverside Theatre’s achingly hilarious production of A Comedy of Tenors. The show is awash with impeccable split-second timing, zany, over the top half-clad characters, mistaken identity and jokes galore.

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Riverside’s Bakersfield Mist Delves Into The Power of Art

From F-bombs to high-brow discourse, Riverside Theatre’s absorbing Bakersfield Mist provokes and expands boundaries of what we know about the power of art and broader meanings of authenticity and delusion.

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Riverside Gifts Exquisite Voices, Bold Visuals To La Mancha

With its soul-stirring theme ,” the musical Man of La Mancha is the ideal choice for Riverside Theatre to reflect on how it has triumphed over adversity.This abundantly satisfying production boasts exquisite voices and bold visuals to tell the basic story of summoning the courage to follow one’s star.

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Butterflies Are Free Once Again at Riverside In Vero Beach

Riverside Theatre in Vero Beach opened its 50th season with Butterflies Are Free, a charming romantic comedy harkening back to the years of the theater’s beginning. While it may not be the big-name musical with which Riverside usually launches a season, it’s a frothy of-its-time favorite with appealing characters and plenty of laughs.

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Vero Beach’s Riverside Reopens With John Denver Bio-Musical

After its January re-opening production of Carousel was cut short by Covid, the Riverside Theatre in Vero Beach re-re-opened its season on May 10 with a splendid production of Almost Heaven: John Denver’s America. This show’s Opening Night audience was clearly stoked to be back in the theatre after so long and embraced the performance with heartfelt affection.

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A Lush and Lovely Carousel Opens The Year At Riverside

The big, emotion-charged music of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel welcomes audience, actors and artists back to Riverside Theatre in Vero Beach.

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Riverside Tackles Neil Simon’s Multi-Faceted Lost In Yonkers

Something unexpected is on Riverside Theatre’s mainstage: A straight play. That’s right, no big box office-guaranteed lavish, toe-tapping musical Instead, patrons are getting well-developed characters, witty banter, heart-rending confrontations and the satisfaction of a good play well done in Neil Simon’s Lost in Yonkers.

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Riverside’s The 39 Steps Is A Hilarious Faux Hitchcock

Face it. Resistance is useless when it comes to enjoying The 39 Steps. Any theater worth its comic salt will plunge head long into this madcap Hitchcock parody — Vero Beach’s Riverside Theatre included.

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Thoroughly Modern Millie Shines In Riverside’s Edition

Riverside Theatre puts a new shine on old tropes in its snappy and vibrant production of Thoroughly Modern Millie.

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