Actors Playhouse's 2012-2013 season will feature something old, something new, something you may have heard of but likely never seen, and something only the playwright's mother is aware of …
The bond between two friends is tested by their own morality and betrayal in A Steady Rain by Keith Huff, now making in southeastern premiere at GableStage in Coral Gables. Together,actors G…
By Michelle F. Solomon When Grammy-winning composer Stephen Schwartz (Godspell, Wicked, Pippin) first adapted Studs Terkel’s 1974 book Working for Chicago’s Goodman Theatre it wa…
In the sense that economics are the root cause, observers might group The Promethean Theatre's imminent closing with the high profile problems plaguing other South Florida theaters during th…
There's no taking your eyes off of Kathleen Turner for a minute as she commands the stage in Matthew Lombardo's addiction-focused play High. While the star vehicle has some fairly unexceptio…
In the sense that economics are the root cause, observers might group The Promethean Theatre's imminent closing with the high profile problems plaguing other South Florida theaters during th…
Kathleen Turner doesn't shy from acknowledging that her devotion to the play High, a harrowing look at the world of addiction, is somewhat rooted in her own battle with alcoholism. "I think …
Initially, it's impossible to ignore that 15-year-old actor J.P. Viernes leaping and soaring through the musical Billy Elliot is not a typical youngster in a downtrodden unsophisticated mini…
Mad Cat Theatre Company's Paul Tei, Alliance Theatre Lab's Mark Della Ventura and The Project [theatre], all known for their edgy approach and Gen X/Y/Z-oriented material, are featured in fr…
This edition of My Fair Lady at Broward Stage Door is a disappointing muddle other than a few adequate performances under the direction of the usually reliable Michael Leeds. The first two t…
It was surreal even by theater standards: Michael Lombardo's drama about addiction High had broken box office records in its world premiere at Hartford's TheaterWorks. And here they were, on…
This essay was written as a playwright's note for his play High, opening this week at the Parker Playhouse.
Theater Shelf, a recurring feature, will review recently-released books, CDs and DVDs of interest to theater lovers. Some will be popular titles like a new Original Cast Recording, others wi…
Onesies, short plays by David Michael Sirois and Mark Della Ventura, will provide the centerpiece of a fund raiser for the Alliance Theatre Lab, hosted at GableStage at 7:30 p.m., Monday, Ma…
Art as an ennobling sanctification for both the artist and the observer whose interpretation completes the symbiotic circle is just one of a dozen themes swirling around Palm Beach Dramawork…
Red, John Logan's illumination of art and artists now at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre, is so insanely popular (50 productions licensed this season across the country; six in Florida) that snobs…
The bank holding the mortgages on the Caldwell Theatre Company's building has filed a foreclosure complaint and asked the Palm Beach County Circuit Court to appoint a receiver to manage the …
Broward Stage Door Theatre has a knack for Neil Simon. Just when you thought there wasn't much new to be done with yet another of Simon's old chestnuts, the Coral Springs theater company pre…
This production of Top Gun! The Musical at Empire Stage suffers from Shoulda Woulda Coulda Syndrome: It shoulda been cast with performers who could actually sing and act. It woulda had a sh…
War Horse, one of the most stunningly theatrical plays to overwhelm mainstream New York audiences last year will close out the six-show season on Broadway Across America's slate for 2012-201…
You've heard of one-act play programs and ten-minute play, but now comes The First South Florida One-Minute Play Festival. More than 40 playwrights with South Florida connections have wri…
In this edition, we talk with Barbara Bradshaw, one of the most admired stage and voice-over actresses in South Florida whose 200-plus roles include four Carbonell-winning performances. In t…
The Maltz Jupiter Theatre's 10th anniversary season will feature the crowd-pleasing brand of musicals that have cemented its popularity, but it will continue its push toward serious fare wit…
Robert Caisley's world premiere script for Winter at New Theatre could use some pruning and the two lead actors could use a bit more stage time to get comfortable with the punishing cascade …
The board of directors at the Caldwell Theatre Company are considering seeking federal bankruptcy protection as one solution to persisting financial problems at South Florida's longest runni…