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A new feature "My Take On:: Short reviews of New York shows by Nunzio Michael Lupo, veteran journalist and an insightful appraiser of the arts. These pieces were first posted on his page at …
How well can we really know someone,? We know what they tell us, what they want us to see. And for those who are evil or manipulative, the outer appearance can be just an illusion. Agatha C…
Our haunted past never leaves us. Facing crippling tragedy " not suppressing it, not hiding from it " is the only way to come to terms with it. Such a theme may seem almost too familiar, but…
No question, Plays of Wilton's production of Museum will never be confused with Great Theater. But that's not it's aim. It just wants to have fun. And driven by a high-voltage and high-volum…
Lakehouseranchdotpng has mounted a touching premiere of Erin Proctor's {overlap}, a believable, humorous, and poignant production from the nonprofit, absurdist and experimental theater compa…
With a talented and energized cast, and a selection of songs chosen and slotted almost perfectly, To Life 6 entertained for over 90 minutes with hits from the Great American Songbook, a cele…
The region is home to at least 66 professional or semi-professional companies, 15 community theater companies, 13 presenting houses and 11 university-based production companies " and at …
It may be January in Vero Beach, Florida, but for a few hours you can travel to a distant time and place and enjoy a romp in 1909 London. A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder is a musical …
Broadway Bound at the West Boca Theatre Company finds its supporters among those who enjoy thoughtful family dynamics, literary humor, and Neil Simon's unmistakable voice. Others may think i…
A sextet of talented performers energetically presents Beehive: The Original 60s Musical. presented by Pompano Players, a jukebox revue capturing the "Swinging Sixties" from the innocence a…
Suffused throughout the epic length, depth and breadth of the masterpiece The Inheritance Part 1 gifted here by Zoetic Stage is a profound sense of searching, With fierce anger, incisive wit…
The trifecta of toxicity"greed, extreme ambition and pure hatred"combines in a sophisticated plot in Lillian Hellman's classic drama The Little Foxes, receiving a stunning production through…
Come From Away at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre, is a Tony Award-winning musical that comes with quite a reputation, and while it's not for everyone, it's fair to say its reverence is well-deser…
Keith Dougherty brings his unique interactive murder-mystery genre to Fort Lauderdale with his hilariously goofy production The Golden Girls Gone Wild! Stan's Back, currently playing at E…
On The Wheels of a Dream: Part Three: Â Actually putting bodies on the stage may be the most formidable issue. Starting just with pure numbers, interviewees disagreed whether there are ple…
On the Wheels of a Dream: Part Two: The future of theater over the next three seasons will continue to be the result of the fragile juggling of balancing artistic vision and balance sheets,B…
Area theater-goers are about to encounter a wide spectrum of new theatrical work as three South Florida festivals present plays in the early stages of development.
The region's unofficial ne…
On the Wheels of a Dream: Part One of an in-depth three-part series about the future of Florida theater. As the curtain cautiously rises again this year in South Florida, profound questions …
The new, improved Broadway musical Chess -- based on the procession of earlier edtiond --- is indeed new and improved. Whether that's enough to get you to buy a ticket to the run at the Imp…
In the superbly created heightened reality of the newest Broadway edition of Ragtime, not only are you inhabited by the seduction but you look around at the 1,000-plus compatriots in the aud…
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quity tour of Les Misérables at the Broward Center is alternately spectacle and moving theater. Even after multiple viewings, this beloved mega-musical re…
Ellen Wacher is closing her Pigs Do Fly troupe which has produced plays for nine years focusing on characters and topics depicting people over 50 years old.
The post Pigs Do Fly Closing On …
When Theatre Lab moved into its space at Florida Atlantic University in 2015, the backstage of their new home for the next decade was a former red mango frozen yogurt shop in a dormitory.
Ne…
Slow Burn Theatre Company's high standards for assembling top-notch talented cast glow red-hot in its enthralling presentation  of Disney's Frozen, clicks all the boxes with superb sin…
Spending an evening with the Irish men at Palm Beach Dramaworks could try the patience of any sober audience member. On top of that, the show takes a long time to pick up steam and reveal th…
