38 stories by "Aaron Krause"
By AARON KRAUSE There's a moment in the much-loved musical Les Misérables during which the theater feels more like a hushed house of worship than a conventional performance space. It comes …
By AARON KRAUSE A social media influencer learns from a DNA test that she is among the 40 percent of individuals who can smell asparagus in their urine. An otherworldly being tells two zoo-g…
By AARON KRAUSE A small, dark statue of a woman rests among the items in Jacob Brown's realistic set design for Main Street Players' (MSP) shining professional production of Lauren Gunderson…
By AARON KRAUSE Broadway at LPAC's engaging and believable professional production of 9 to 5 is a fitting tribute to country music legend Dolly Parton, who recently turned 79.  Inde…
By AARON KRAUSE Forget ghosts and goblins. Deborah Zoe Laufer's frightening and moving drama, The Last Yiddish Speaker, centers on a real horrific scenario. Specifically, the playwr…
By AARON KRAUSE While summer camp is over for kids, a different kind of camp is in session for adults at Island City Stage (ICS). There, the side-splitting camp comic classic Die, Mommie,…
By AARON KRAUSE The term "collision" usually carries a negative connotation. After all, serious injuries or worse can result when people or vehicles collide. But a potentially healing collis…
By AARON KRAUSE "Bigger isn't better." So go the lyrics to a Cy Coleman and Michael Stewart song from the musical "Barnum." At least, bigger isn't always better. A fine example is New …
By AARON KRAUSE If you look closely at the program for Palm Beach Dramaworks' (PBD) polished and poignant production of the touching historical drama, Trying, you'll notice a tilted "g." …
By AARON KRAUSE "We don't need you to tell us about (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion). We live it," the title character says in Christopher Demos-Brown's riveting and vital play, The Can…
Under Cruz' direction, a strong cast helps us appreciate the power of live, in-person theater. Leading the cast is Gabriell Salgado, a recent graduate who has established himself as one of t…
By AARON KRAUSE Accurately depicting Damon Runyon's fantasy world of colorful characters can prove a tough task. In particular, a director and his or her cast must aim for broad comedy witho…
By AARON KRAUSE It is frigid these days at Palm Beach Dramaworks (PBD). Therefore, frostbite is a distinct possibility in a part of South Florida. But a warmth also emanates from PBD's stage…
By AARON KRAUSE A story that is ripe with rich, raw, and real emotion is often a tale worth musicalizing. Certainly, Frank McCourt's award-winning memoir, "Angela's Ashes," is a work that fi…
By AARON KRAUSE "Hello Broadway. Gee, you're good to see. You look good to me," theatrical legend George M. Cohan sings. Well, George, you sure do look and sound spry yourself, considering t…
By AARON KRAUSE Wolf and Badger, a taut, intense drama receiving a mostly strong world premiere production at the professional Main Street Players in Miami Lakes, presents a sobering reminde…
By AARON KRAUSE All Denitra Morgan wants is for her daughter, Noelle, to remain at the high school that she feels will provide the best possible education. But to the Black, working class, s…
By AARON KRAUSE Young, visionary director Giancarlo Rodaz's winning approach in Area Stage Company's (ASC) current unorthodox, yet triumphant production of the classic musical Annie features…
By AARON KRAUSE While watching Drew Droege's delightfully comic, single-character play, Bright Colors and Bold Patterns, one might wonder: Is the horizontally big fellow at the piece's ce…
By AARON KRAUSE When it comes to musicals, A Bronx Tale is not one of the great ones. Still, it's a crowd-pleasing, familiar tale populated by characters we care about. Surely, you don…
By AARON KRAUSE "What are you doing to promote equality?" a black college student demands of her white professor in Eleanor Burgess's taut, intense, timely drama The Niceties. The profess…
By AARON KRAUSE If you search Emily Dickinson on Google, one of the photos you'll find is that of an austere-looking woman dressed in black. The famous poet from Amherst, Massachusetts (1830…
By AARON KRAUSE A problem with online theater, especially a taped production, is that performers cannot take bows. In addition, the actors cannot bask in bravos, cheers, and sustained applau…
Rebecca Luker, a much-praised Broadway actress and singer who earned three Tony Award nominations during her 30-year career, died on Wednesday, Dec. 23 in a Manhattan hospital. She was 59. L…
By AARON KRAUSE While we still do not know when the 2020 virtual Tony Awards broadcast will take place, we at least now know the nominees. The Tony Awards' presenters, The Broadway League an…
