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Carbonell Nominations Honor New And Struggling Companies
The nominations for Carbonell Awards honoring theatrical excellence in South Florida released today provide some interesting material for observers to chew over. The nominations seem to depict a very healthy year for musicals and a less impressive number of new works produced, quality notwithstanding. The standout element was the large number of nominations honoring young and/or struggling companies.
Year In Review: Encouraging Signs As Theaters Bet On Recovering Economy
Like the rest of the country, South Florida theater took tentative steps throughout 2013, banking on the promise of a recovering economy and a durable demand for art. Evidence was visible across the three counties: theaters mostly opening not closing, established companies moving into new venues, young companies finding audiences, runs extended, a continued commitment to riskier experiments .
10 Most Memorable 2013 South Florida Theater Productions. Well… 11, Okay… 12
As certain as mistletoe and Auld Lang Syne are top ten lists from arts critics. These are the shows that spoke to me personally and professionally, the ones I’d want to see again.
Florida’s 2013-2014 Season Champions New & Newish Works
Encouraging trends emerge while poking among the entrails of the new season schedules for South Florida theater. Among them: an emphasis on new and newer works as producers and artistic directors try to seduce younger audiences, meaning people under 70.
Our Top Ten, Well 13, Shows To See In the 2013-2014 Season
So this is just a baker’s dozen that I personally rate as the most intriguing, promising or unarguably important opportunities to be entertained or moved by in the coming 2013-2014 season. But no refunds. No razzing a year from now, “What were you thinking?”
Slow Burn’s Wedding Singer May Be A Trifle But It’s A Cute Hoot
fSlow Burn Theatre Company’s daffy production of the summer trifle The Wedding Singer feels like a sweet, sloppy kiss from a scruffy dog that could really use a trip to the groomer, but who’s lovable all the same. What this silly smile of a show undeniably lacks in polish and consistency, its cast makes up for with grinning enthusiasm and goofball abandon
Adam Who? Slow Burn’s The Wedding Singer And Clay Cartland Do It Their Way
There’s not one but two elephants in the room, actually in the auditorium, as Slow Burn Theatre Company prepares to take on the 2006 stage musical version of The Wedding Singer , which opens Friday for a brief two-weekend run in Boca Raton.
Slow Burn’s Sweeney Todd Is Competent But Not Thrilling
So much is right about Slow Burn Theatre Company’s scaling of that Everest of musical theater, Sweeney Todd, that there’s no shame to acknowledge that it’s a competent not a transporting production.
Slow Burn To Tour Two Shows To Aventura In 2013-14 Season
Slow Burn Theatre Company, the scrappy young Palm Beach County troupe with a reputation for skillfully mounted and thought-provoking musicals, will tour two of its productions next season to the Aventura Arts & Cultural Center.