Follies – New Broadway Cast Recording Oh, my! What am I to do now? The 2011 Broadway Revival Cast recording of Follies has just come out on PS Classics and now my “desert island&…
One of the most frustrating evenings in theater is The Mess. One moment, you're moved by ineffable loveliness, the next you're groaning at ham-handed ineptitude. Such is the careening qualit…
The most satisfying spectacle amid all the glitter, spangles and amazing feats at the first matinee of Cirque Dreams Holidaze was the blaze of delight in the face of the little girl in Row K…
Mad Cat Theatre Company is quite right to warn that their new production of Macbeth & the Monster is not children's theater, although children may enjoy the nonsensical anarchy of this …
If Boomers wondered why their parents feared rock 'n' roll, Million Dollar Quartet provides a visceral object lesson of the exhilarating danger, galvanizing defiance and the electrifying se…
In real life, we rarely have the clarity of identifiable watersheds as heroes discover in dramas. But five years from now, you'll likely look back on the past 12 months and recognize not a t…
Rising Action Theatre, one of South Florida's few theaters devoted primarily to gay-themed plays, is closing mid-season; but some staffers plan to replace it next fall with a new company, Is…
A flood of emails this month are reminding us that as the calendar year comes end, so do the opportunities to get a tax deduction and do some good for the theater community at the same time.…
In this edition, we talk with Eric Alsford is one of the best-known music directors in South Florida, usually shuttling from one job to another here, in New York and at regional theaters acr…
The very idea that Mad Cat Theatre"the embodiment of edgy, adult fare in South Florida " is doing what some might misclassify as children's theater simply doesn't compute. The explanation is…
If you're on this site, the odds are you're at least a theater fan, and likely a proud theater geek. Our Theater Shelf critic Brad Hathaway has been compiling the cream of the current crop o…
With such irresistible raw material as the Irving Berlin songbook, Broward Stage Door's production of I Love a Piano can't help but be mildly entertaining and this edition finally emits infe…
And in his current tour de force in the comical and touching Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol at Actors' Playhouse, Ken Clement reaffirms his ability to single-handedly mesmerize an audience. …
The Caldwell Theatre Company is offering a rare look behind the scenes Wednesday Dec. 14Â during a free open house from 1 to 8 p.m. that will feature backstage tours of the facility, perf…
In his current tour de force in the comical and touching Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol at Actors' Playhouse, Ken Clement reaffirms his ability to single-handedly mesmerize an audience.Both …
The SantaLand Diaries is a holiday tale " not a warm inspiring morality fable for Christmas, but a harrowing if hilarious horror story for Halloween. In Zoetic Stage's production, the sat…
Don't go looking for the sassy charming movie Shrek in its musical incarnation now appearing in the Broadway Across Miami tour at the Arsht Center for one week only. Streaks of imaginatio…
Brad Hathaway, our critic of CDs, DVDS and books related to theater, has been busy this fall looking at a large number of potential additions to your library. We're going to start running se…
By Bill Hirschman Don't go looking for the sassy charming movie Shrek in its musical incarnation now appearing in the Broadway Across Miami tour at the Arsht Center for one week only. Streak…
GableStage has been given seed money to start an annual Winter Shakespeare Festival that would team with the Royal Shakespeare Company and Miami native Tarrell Alvin McCraney, and involve bu…
Bill Schwartz as Twain listens to Stephen Neal as Shaw holding forth / Photo by Eileen Suarez By Bill Hirschman An intriguing premise and the words of two witty literary giants are not enoug…
The Promethean Theatre, best known for its thought-provoking and irreverent fare, is continuing its children's programming this season with Jingles, Jokes & Jollies: A Tropical Holiday o…
President of the Palm Beach Theater Guild Patrick Henry Flynn, who has been heading the effort to preserve and reopen the Royal Poinciana Playhouse in Palm Beach, is in New York to hear a fr…
Playwriting Group Meets The Playwrights Drama Group, affiliate with the Writers' Network of South Florida, will hold readings of its members' short plays on Monday, Dec. 12, in Fort Lauderda…
An intriguing premise and the words of two witty literary giants are not enough to build an engrossing evening in New Theatre's world premiere of Chambers Stevens' comedy, Twain and Shaw Do …