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Miami New Drama's triumphant 20-year-anniversary production of Nilo Cruz's Pulitzer-winning Anna in the Tropics., directed by Cruz, enables us to see ourselves and all around us more clearly…
The Maltz Jupiter Theatre's Sweet Charity is a thorughly well-produced and inarguably entertaining time machine back to when the musical was created in 1966 and when the cutting-edge dance …
The drama Anna in the Tropics, about a family of Cuban-American cigar makers in Ybor City near Tampa in 1929, has now turned 20, and Miami New Drama is presenting a production directed by i…
Evil thrives when good people, normal people, do nothing. This banality of evil provides the crux of playwright David Meyers' incisive play We Will Not Be Silent, receiving a bold, powerful …
Time alone often brings out moments of self-doubt; of deep, endless grief; questions of what ifs and should haves that crop up in the middle of the night"so skillfully explored in Boca Stage…
With its soul-stirring theme ," the musical Man of La Mancha is the ideal choice for Riverside Theatre to reflect on how it has triumphed over adversity.This abundantly satisfying production…
D.T. Max got Stephen Sondheim to reveal glimpses of his work process in five "interviews" but clearly, Max is almost as crucial, at least to him, for what's in this book as what Sondheim say…
Quite a come back year: World premieres, epic musicals, moving two-character dramas, you name it. Here's not so much a "best of the year" list " no such list can be reliable or complete " bu…
It has been said that this New York production of Into the Woods merging heart, humor, energy and imagination is better than the original. But that's not the case; it is it's own vision exec…
A hallmark of Slow Burn Theatre Company is its knack in finding new, mostly young talent and shaping those performers' creativity. That approach"and this current round of talent"are on full …
Leopoldstadt's breathtaking scene of a family's debate whether to flee the Third Reich -- ended by a knock on the door -- is only one facet in Tom Stoppard's borderline masterpiece that trac…
In Aesop's Fable-ous Christmas Tree at Main Street Players, Aesop's fables receive a holiday spin in vignettes illuminating important life lessons by reinventing the classic fables. Humor, r…
Charm bubbles throughout the Wick Theatre's lush production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella, a very 21st Century riff on the classic musical that can legitimately be promoted as ente…
A baker's dozen actors we've seen in myriad roles over the past decade or more submerge themselves so deeply in their characters that they are nearly unrecognizable. An unequalled assemblage…
A tattoo of a sea serpent is playwright Lucas Hnath's damning metaphor for the grip of ambition to the point that betrayal of anyone is an accepted expedient in the scathing Red Speedo from…
That every hero and heroine in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is a misfit we secretly recognize from the bathroom mirror explains how this musical has thrived 17 years. Add to su…
In the 21st Century, the adjective "merry" has fallen out of use except in conjunction with a holiday. But "merry" is precisely the right word to describe the brew of warmth and humor in New…
The contradictions of what we say the Constitution is, what we want it to be, and what it really is, what it really does are at the heart of one of the most timely and important pieces of t…
The circus has come to town with A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre. In this time of upheaval and uncertainty, sometimes what you need is a dose of s…
While the younger audience at & Juliet is beyond delighted how more than 30 beloved 21st Century standards were slipped into the plot, you don't have to have a scintilla of familiarity w…
Actors and other artists are huddling at Palm Beach Dramaworks in preparation for a timely revival of 12 Angry Men that looks at interpersonal interplay as well as justice.
The post Justice…
The newest edition of Death of a Salesman emanates an unique vibe, not simply because the Loman family is African-American. Racial overtones inarguably add an extra topspin on the socio-econ…
Has the mega-hit musical Hamilton lost its sheen since it opened in 2015 before embarking on tours? It has not. Now playing at the Broward Center, this rendition actually is a stronger produ…
In a time when so much theater and film seem dependent on sling-shots of unexpected left turns there's a quiet life-affirming pleasure in a work that follows precisely the arc you expect fr…
Elvis, Carl, Johnny and Jerry Lee return for the Million Dollar Quartet Christmas at Actors' Playhouse with the same virtues and flaws as the previous editions: impressive musicians with wi…
