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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…
The newly-reimagined national E
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…
There is a difference having CIS actress Jane Krakowski play the lead that non-binary Cole Escola wrote and played in Oh, Mary. But this edition is easily one of the most hilarious evening t…
Coming in with a capital M for Merry is A Christmas Carol: The Musical now playing at the Wick Theatre in Boca Raton. Trust us when we say this recreation of the hit musical of Charles Dicke…
If the world's been getting you down and you're finding it difficult to get in the holiday mood, here's your antidote: go see Gulfshore Playhouse's production of White Christmas in Naples. Y…
West Boca Theatre Company;s The Last Romance is a play that does exactly what it's supposed to do; remind us that love can find us long after we're sure that door has closed.
The post Late L…
Jukebox musicals are not this critic's thing, but as they go, Million Dollar Quartet, now playing at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre,the opening night audience didn't go away disappointed starring…
 Visually, Little Bear Ridge Road is minimalist " solely a circular platform with a sofa " appropriate because the script calls for it to be surrounded by a black void. But emotionally, i…
For women, Liberation is a mirror that celebrates and reaffirms their complex challenges and triumphs. For many men, it's a profoundly deep eye-widening, educational revelation -- even if, e…
Thinking Cap Theatre is creating a reimagined version of Shakespeare's Cymbeline opening Dec. 5, what its director terms "It's Shakespeare's most thrilling"and, in my opinion, his funniest"…
Off-Broadway's Beau the Musical successfully spins from endless kick-ass energy to moving introspection and back to tongue in cheek humor, melding country, rock and gospel in a basement temp…
It's 60 years old, but Actors' Playhouse re-re-production of Man of La Mancha resounds loudly with undeniable resonances today, remaining a relevant clarion call for us to remain steadfast i…